[doc] The Simpsons Geek Code 1.3
Jouni Paakkinen
All,
David Kendall asked me to take over maintaining "The Simpsons Geek Code", and I
gladly accepted the kind offer. I made some minor tweaks and added a bunch of
new characters to the file, and thus, we have a new official version (1.3) of
the geek code available!
Keep this old alt.tv.simpsons tradition alive by creating a personalized geek
code to attach to your newsgroup postings!
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THE SIMPSONS GEEK CODE v. 1.3
Created by David Kendall
Maintained by Jouni Paakkinen <jo...@snpp.com>
Also available at http://www.snpp.com/guides/geekcode.html
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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 code is a notable part of the Simpsons' fandom history on the
Internet, and it was initially created in 1996 by David Kendall for
members of the alt.tv.simpsons newsgroup, the first active discussion
area for Simpsons fans from all over the world. Using your own,
personalized geek code is especially encouraged in your postings to this
group, Simpsons-L, or any other fan forum _you_ like to occupy.
This is a document that will never be completed, so I would very much
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!
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THE CODE
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Start the code by identifying it with an S1.3 . The S is for bargain -
no sorry, the S is for Simpsons, and the 1.3 is the version number.
THE CHARACTERS
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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 character. ("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 Nahasapeemapetilon: APU
Krusty: KRU
Moe Szyslak: MOE
Chief Wiggum: CWG
Ralph Wiggum: RWG
Nelson Muntz: NEL
Snake: SNA
Sideshow Bob: BOB
Sideshow Mel: MEL
Itchy & Scratchy: I&S
Troy McClure: TRO
Lionel Hutz: HTZ
John Frink: FRI
Pimple-faced teen: TEE
Comic Book Guy: CBG
Disco Stu: STU
Gil: GIL
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. Krabappel+
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
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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
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Alt.tv.simpsons activity
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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.)
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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/web board
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
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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
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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).
Production codes are listed in the episode quicklist and the episode
guide at www.snpp.com .
PERSONAL
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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):
S1.3 HOM+++ I&S++ CBG++ FRI@ CLE-- GIL- Mrs. Krabappel*
f+++ n+/++ Ilpswo $++++ 8F02,9F01,9F15,9F22 M1971
Wasn't that easy?
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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 sites are added to the I code.
1.1 to 1.2 Again, more characters added (CWG, RWG, and SNA)
1.2 to 1.3 Characters added. David Kendall passes the torch to the
current maintainer.
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© 1996-99 David Kendall, 2000 Jouni Paakkinen. 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,
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.
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Updated on August 30, 2000 <jo...@snpp.com>
--
S1.3 HOM+++ I&S++ CBG++ FRI@ CLE-- GIL- Mrs. Krabappel*
f+++ n+/++ Ilpswo $++++ 8F02,9F01,9F15,9F22 M1971
Haynes Lee
Ol' Gil has made it big time as screen wipe on the information
superhighway. Oh oh... better make sure I don't spill that coffee
on the high voltage Coleco monitor...