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Login/Join to ParticipateThe Ministry of Manipulation
2,523 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
I hadn't seen this for sooo long, I thought I'd post it for ya'll:
Deja Vu
here in all its Glory is the Original discussion board:
https://www.homeofpoi.com/archives/_disc1/toc_past.htm
Check out the names for a trip down memory lane: Jo, Maeon, Dianna, Pele (Whaterver happened to her??? :hugs: ), Draevon, Bec, Dangerboy, Shawn Fumo, Xaeda, tilasmy (I met her), Robudda, League against Poi
I found my first post on HOP was on: 16th march 00
OH the days before smilies
and I particularly like this post
https://www.homeofpoi.com/archives/_disc1/000002f7.htm
If you know why.... you know why 
Time to call another:
HOP OLD-CALL *
see if we can dig out some oldies who are lurking
Bring it on
(* Yes I know that true oldies will remember that old epic thread, and know that I've changed the meaning of the title from old fogies like charles to people who've been around for ages, but... well, tis all good
)For the newer folk, the history of HOP:
https://www.homeofpoi.com/articles/archive.php#1st_board
Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
classic! back in those days I was just a lurker....
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.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
my...how times change!! even more reason to love the new hop!!! :P
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Where did they all go, I wonder? Even though my member number is very old, first became active in late 2001.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
1,903 posts
Location: Behind the couch...
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Originally posted by Glåss
and I particularly like this post
... hang on, I'm not finished laughing yet... ... that'll do... class... 
I can't hear you... I have a banana in my ear.
"You mean I'll have to use my brain?... but I use staff!!!" ~ ben-ja-men
Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Where did they all go? Well, I can tell you that Dangerboy was living in Sydney for a couple of years and is now back home in Canada. He recently got accepted by Cirque du Soleil as a firedancer...
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Sweet talented nutter
2,615 posts
Location: Brisbane Oz, Australia
God that was the dawn of hop
that shrewd and knavish sprite
Called Robin Good Fellow ; are you not he that is frighten of the maidens of the villagery - fairy
I am the merry wander of the night -puk
Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
3,989 posts
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
I can remember when there were about a dozen people posting every week, rather than a few hundred...
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Returning to a unique state of Equilibrium
3,289 posts
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
I dont think I ever posted on that old board...so I guess i dont count...
*walks away disappointed scuffing feet*
Josh
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Help! My personality got stuck in this signature machine and I cant get it out!
member
521 posts
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
wow... what a lovely trip down memory lane.. seems like *so* long ago...hmmmmmmmm...
thanks Glass...*
Josh you're definitely old-skool HOP... look at that impressive member number!
Returning to a unique state of Equilibrium
3,289 posts
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
wooo! thats right!
Hey Glass! Mines smaller than yours!!
*looks confused*
Josh
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Help! My personality got stuck in this signature machine and I cant get it out!
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Written by:
and I particularly like this post https://www.homeofpoi.com/archives/_disc1/000002f7.htm
If you know why.... you know why
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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2,996 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Written by: flash fire
Where did they all go? Well, I can tell you that Dangerboy was living in Sydney for a couple of years and is now back home in Canada. He recently got accepted by Cirque du Soleil as a firedancer...
I didn't know that!!! That is soooo fantastic!!! Tell him many congrats when you talk to him next.
(& chuckles at the thread reference)
It was a day for screaming at inanimate objects.
What this calls for is a special mix of psychology and extreme violence...
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
there will be a day when our offspring shall link back to this page in nostalgia, which, accoding to my etch-a-sketch is somewhere near Khazakstan.
I like yoo.
Laugh Often, Smile Much, Post lolcats Always
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Written by: L i g h t n i n gWritten by:
and I particularly like this post https://www.homeofpoi.com/archives/_disc1/000002f7.htm
If you know why.... you know why
LMAO!!!
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
445 posts
Location: nottingham
awww i lived off the guest account then
There are 10 types of people, those who understand binary and those who dont.
Enjoy - A
HOP librarian
1,841 posts
Location: Prague, Czech. Republic
Maybe some of them stop whirling this moment, but Im sure
they never forgot.
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