[Update] ANNOUNCING: The Simpsons Code Version 1.1!

[David Kendall]

Okay, so you call yourself a Simpsons fan? Well, tell the world! Use the
following code in your .sig, in your .plan file, in your cereal for that
scrum-diddly-umtious taste to tell how much of a fan you are, who your
favorite characters are, etc.

This is very much a work in its infancy, so I would appreciate comments,
suggestions to add or subtract, requests for more apples in the vending
machines, to my address, and who knows? The next version might be out
faster than you can say D'oh!

Updates:

1.0 to 1.1 Some of the more discussed characters on a.t.s are added to the
character list (STU and CBG), the look like/sound like/impression modifier
is made easier, web sties are added to the I code.

The Code:

Start the code by identifying it with an S1.0 . The S is for bargain - no
sorry, the S is for Simpsons, and the 1.0 is the version number.

The Characters:

Use these modifiers with the character codes following:

--- Cannot tolerate this character at all. Starting a petition to get
this character removed from the show.
-- Don't like the character.
- Wish this character wasn't on the show as much.
0 or plain code: No real feelings either way about this character
+ Like this character.
++ Big fan of the character.
+++ Cheer for this character. My "raison d' etre". Pay attention to
every word this character utters.

In addition to the above, add one of these where it applies:

> Want to be more like this charcter. ("Be like the boy!")
@ Look like this character (yellow skin optional)
% Sound like this character
& I don't look like this character, but I do a good visual impression of
this character
# I don't sound like this character normally, but I do a good vocal
impression of this character.
* Behave like this character in real life.
! Attracted to this character

Homer J. Simpson: HOM
Marge Simpson: MRG
Bart Simpson: BAR
Lisa Simpson: LIS
Maggie Simpson: MAG
Santa's Little Helper: SLH
{alternatively, to make your Simpsons Code shorter, you could group the
whole Simpsons clan into the code OFF, with the appropriate symbol
following the OFF}.
Grampa Simpson: ABE
Patty & Selma: P&S
Charles Montgomery Burns: BUR
Smithers: SMI
Skinner: SKI
Otto: OTT
Milhouse: MIL
Martin: MTN
Barney: BNY
Ned Flanders: NED
Maude Flanders: MAU
{Or alternatively, to save space, you can indicate all the Flanderseseses
with the code FLA with the appropriate symbols following}
Hans Moleman: MOL
Apu Nahasametapetalon: APU
Krusty: KRU
Sideshow Bob: BOB
Sideshow Mel: MEL
Itchy & Scratchy: I&S
Troy McClure: TRO
John Frink: FRI
Pimple-faced teen: TEE
Comic Book Guy: CBG
Disco Stu: STU

So your Simpsons Code does not get out of control, you should limit the
characters in your Code to the necessary few that you want to tell the
world your feelings about.

If you want to include a character that isn't on this list, just type the
name: ie.

Mrs. Kraboppel+

Other activites that are nonetheless important:

For the following categories, you can use these modifiers in conjunction
with the code:

/ My opinion ranges between these two.
> I want to work towards achieving this.

Fandom:

f--- Simpsons fans are pathetic! They need to grow up and quit watching
cartoons!
f-- The show is disgusting
f- The show is beyond me
f No feelings about the show
f+ I watch it when I can
f++ I watch every episode
f+++ I have every episode on tape. I know all the little bits of
information about every episode. I live, breathe, and eat Simpsons. I
wish they put me in the show.

Internet activities:

Alt.tv.simpsons activity:

n--- The Simpsons fans on the 'Net are the worse kinds! They're a bunch
of no-brained geeks.
n-- I post on a.t.s every day - to flame
n- I don't subscribe to the group, nor would I ever want to
n No feelings about the newsgroup
n+ I read a.t.s messages as often as I can
n++ I post on a.t.s every day.
n+++ I contribute to every thread on the group, everybody on a.t.s knows
who I am.

Informational documents (FTP, screen grabs, etc.)

Begin this with an I and combine the following (eg. Iflo)

f I have a Simpsons FTP site
l I post Simpsons lists (eg "The Marge File", "Episode List", etc.)
b I have a Simpsons-related BBS
p I have Simpsons pictures (fan art, screen grabs)
s I have Simpsons .wav files
w I have a Simpsons web site.
o other

Cash

Money spent on Simpsons merchandise (which is a good way to spend it)
during your life

$ $0-20
$+ $20-50
$++ $50-100
$+++ $100-300
$++++ $300-1000 (I hope your cel is better than Bart's Itchy and Scratchy
cel)
$+++++ over $1000 (now there's a dedicated fan!)

Favorite episode

Enter the production number (ie 7G15). If more than one (as most of us
fans can't be nailed down to one episode), enter the numbers separated by a
comma (ie 7G15, 2F08)

Personal

Enter your gender and age, M for male, F for female (ie M17). If you want
to give the year of your birth, saving you updating it every year, you can,
such as F1969.

By now, your code should look something like this (yes, this is mine):

S1.1 HOM+ MRG BAR++ ABE+ BUR+ NED+ MOL++ CBG+ APU++# I&S++ f++/+++ n+ Io $
8F02,7F04 M23

Wasn't that easy?

My thanks to Dave Hall for having my ideas bounced off him and his
encouragement to get off my lazy yellow butt and post this thing.

Copyright 1996 David Kendall. This is a parody of "The Geek Code" and all
the other parodies of that, and therefore legal. Nyah! If you plan on
publishing this, creating a derivitive work, putting it on a Web site,
swimming from Seattle to Los Angeles backwards, or anything else of the
ilk, let me know or I'll send the Flanders family over to sing to you their
favorite songs.

The Simpsons Code can also be found on these _official_ web sites (that is,
until I get one of my own and mine will be the only one.) (If yours is not
listed, and I have given my blessing, inform me, I have a bad memory, and
I'll update this official list right away.)

http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gdueck/simpsons.net
http://www.dcs.rhbnc.ac.uk/~lee/simpsons/scode.html

***weir...@mbnet.mb.ca***uvr...@freenet.mb.ca***
[Geek Code Version 3.1] GB$/O/PA d- s+:- a24 C++>++++ US-- W+>++ N++ o>++ w+@ !PS !PE PGP-- t+ tv+ b+ DI+>++++ D+ G++>++++ e++ h!>---- r- !y+>++++
[Animaniacs Code] A! JW22 YK++ir WK++ir DT++i P&B++/++^i HN/+++! MS+ ME+i P0>++ I++ Dpifo Tow2 $++{dva} {Vrjtmfsc} T131 E35 Ee74 H48a PonFeather XSire A24 M
[Simpsons Code] S1.0 HOM+ MRG BAR++ ABE+ BUR+ NED+ MOL++ APU++(@) I&S++ f++/+++ n+ Io $ 8F02,7F04 M24
***Normal is only a setting on your dryer***

[LISPACC]

David Kendall (weir...@mbnet.mb.ca) wrote:
:
: The Code:

:
: Start the code by identifying it with an S1.0 . The S is for bargain - no
: sorry, the S is for Simpsons, and the 1.0 is the version number.

Intuitively, shouldn't it be S1.1?

: Mrs. Kraboppel+

It's usually written with an "a" instead of an "o". Yeah, I know I'm picky,
but it's been annoying me since version 1.0...

"Don't correct the man, Brat." [7G04]

--
Frederic Briere <*> <fbr...@lis.net>
() alt.tv.simpsons FAQs can be retrieved at http://www.snpp.com
/\ S1.1 OFF+ LIS! P&S- SKI+ MOL++ BOB++ f3+ n+ Il $ 2F15, 2F16, 3F22

[David Kendall]

l...@abacom.com (LISPACC) wrote:

>David Kendall (weir...@mbnet.mb.ca) wrote:
>:
>: The Code:

>:
>: Start the code by identifying it with an S1.0 . The S is for bargain - no
>: sorry, the S is for Simpsons, and the 1.0 is the version number.

>Intuitively, shouldn't it be S1.1?

Yup, sorry, thanks. (Hey, can't catch em all!)

>: Mrs. Kraboppel+

>It's usually written with an "a" instead of an "o". Yeah, I know I'm picky,
>but it's been annoying me since version 1.0...

You mean Krabappel? Doesn't sound right, but okkay, I'll remember that.