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Official Troll Thumping Day Thread!

Official Troll Thumping Day Thread!

O' A Thumpin' We Will Go

January 26, 2006...Troll Thumping Day came to WC!

Two years later, it's going strong with more Thumpers than a Troll could count with all his toes.

For those asking what Troll Thumping Day is...here is a brief history.
"TROLL THUMPING

Troll Thumping on the internet is quite easy and has become
quite popular, since most Troll’s have taken to hiding out on the world wide web. However, they still have the means to dwell within stumps that they create
from stray bites of deleted info. (This is where your torch will come in handy,
so that you can ‘smoke’ them out’.)

The object of Troll Thumping is not to ‘kill’ or ‘harm’ the Troll, but to just let him know you are aware of their presence. Truth be known, Troll’s rather enjoy being thumped and some have been known to hang large red flags above their stumps, making it easier for you to find them.

The history of Troll Thumping goes back hundreds of years to the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland. It was one of the greatest fires the mountain had ever seen and turned thousands of tree’s into burned out, hollow stumps. Everyone
knows how much Troll’s like the smell of burnt wood (Another reason they
look forward to Troll Thumping Day..as Troll’s are deathly afraid of fire, so they rely on US to give their stumps that ‘new burnt-stump’ smell) so the burnt out stumps became quickly occupied. It didn’t take long before the
Wicklow Mountains were over run with Troll’s, for, as we all know, Troll’s will
only multiply as the stump availability will allow. You better believe that the Troll’s got ‘jiggy’ with it after the fire left some 15,000 stumps in it’s wake.

It was discovered, quite accidentally, that a good ‘thump’ to the noggin would render a male Troll impotent for up to one year. So, the people of Wicklow would gather once a year to go Troll Thumping in order to keep the population down. Why not just ‘kill’ all the Troll’s? Because, as you well know, Troll dung is the best fertilizer there is for a variety of crops, but especially Wild Wicklow Roses.

Today, the wild Troll population is well controlled and protected, and Troll Thumping Day has become more about tradition than anything else. Since many folk cannot get to Wicklow or don’t know where any wild Troll’s live, they have made Troll Thumping on the Internet their way to celebrate the tradition.

What you need to know…
1.You can only thump a Troll on Troll Thumping Day, which is every February First. To thump before or after February First will guarantee you bad luck through out the year.
2.You may only thump a Troll on the brow. Anywhere else will guarantee you bad luck through out the year.

Thumping On The Internet…
This is tricky. The best way to thump a Troll on the internet is in forums. The idea is to bait the Troll to post in a forum..or just lurk in one and hope a Troll shows up. Immediately AFTER the Troll posts, you follow with a resounding thump by posting your club. If your thump does not immediately follow the Troll’s post, it doesn’t count!!!!!

It is after you thump a Troll that then, and only then, are you allowed a Pint of Ale. Drinking BEFORE a thump or after a BAD thump will guarantee you bad luck through out the year.

Troll Thumping FORUMS have been known to pop-up, where a thumper may go to post a link to a good thump, or just hang out with other Thumper's to tell tales and drink Ale.

TROLL THUMPING BEGINS AT ONE MINUTE PAST MIDNIGHT ON JANUARY 31ST AND ENDS EXACTLY AT MIDNIGHT ON FEBRAUARY 1ST!!!!!!!!!!

Finally, it is considered bad form and very bad luck for any one person to thump the same Troll more than once!!! Never do this. Once you have thumped a Troll, go find another one. Give someone else a shot at it.

That’s all you need to know."


All the Troll Thumping Skins are up and waiting for fellow thumpers to get what they need for the Holiday!

All the essential skins are out and brought to you in full thumping-glory by the Mother-Thumpers!

WB (with three skins): by theAVMAN
Troll Thumping Day

Desktop Sidebar: by Mike b1954
EMERALD FLAME
BLACK DRAGON
STUMPY

Logons: by 2of3
A Mother Thumping Logon Package

Bootskins: by rikalot
Troll Thumpers Day Order of the Emerald Flame
Troll Thumpers Day Order of the Stump
Troll Thumpers Order of the Black Dragon

RightClick: by Lantec
Troll Thumping Suite RC

Sysmetrix: by Lantec
Mother Thumper
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Mother Thumper

Cursor: by Drill'n Boss
Troll Thumping cxp

Dock icons: by Po' Smedley
Motherthumpers OD Icons

Dock Backgrounds: by Po' Smedley
Motherthumpers OD Zoomers
Motherthumper OD Tiles

DX Thumper:
Thump A Troll

DX countdown: by Po' Smedley
Motherthumpers Countdown

Other DX Gadgets
Mother Thumpers Calendars
Mother Thumpers Weather
Mother Thumpers Clocks

Wallpapers: by Po' Smedley
Order Of The Emerald Flame Pack
Order Of The Stump Pack
Order Of The Black Dragon Pack

Rainlendars:
A Mother Thumping Rainy Package

Logo (misc art):
Motherthumpers Outfitters


Happy Thumping!
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Reply #26 Top
Never thump a dragon!

NEVER!!!!!!
Reply #27 Top
Never thump a dragon! A swift knee to the groin works much better


heh heh. That reminds me of the time I was practicing kumite with a fellow practitioner. He thought this would be a weakness to exploit. Afterwords, he was hesitant to ever entertain the thought again.

Aaahhhhh, good times.
Reply #28 Top
I am reminded of Joseph McCarthy

Re: McCarthyism =

"During this period people from all walks of life became the subject of aggressive "witch-hunts," often based on inconclusive or questionable evidence."

factoid:

n. - factoid -- (something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print)
Reply #29 Top
Facts are stupid things.
Ronald Reagan


Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
Aldous Huxley


The truth is more important than the facts.
Frank Lloyd Wright


And finally....

pixel, n.: A mischievous, magical spirit associated with screen displays. The computer industry has frequently borrowed from mythology: Witness the sprites in computer graphics, the demons in artificial intelligence, and the trolls in the marketing department.
Jeff Meyer
Reply #30 Top
denial, rationalization and justification - you're almost there.
Reply #31 Top
I wonder if we ever asked the troll if he liked to be thumped. I'm sure that all you say is true, Sir Po, and that this is a well liked holiday for all (btw, your imagination and creativity are incredible ), but I am always for the underdog. When the villagers were coming after Frankenstein, weren't we all rooting for the monster, and not the civilians? When the Hunchback of Notre Dam was running for his life, weren't we all pulling for the outcast? When Bilbo Baggins was next to the bridge, .... no, that one won't work.

This dragon tongue cannot eloquently construct near as well as yours, so let me ask it now. My purpose being only to know how I can contribute best to the skinning community; to carry a torch or to saddle up next to a stump and eat pork (it is a well known fact that the more fat a dragon eats, the more it increases the production of hono'o daeki (fire saliva) needed to make fire. When it mixes with oxygen, well, this is all stuff everyone already knows).

Torch or Pork, Pork or Torch.

Troll, do you like "Troll Thumping day"?
Reply #32 Top
ehhh...actually it started as: Troll! Thumping Day! - We'd all gather 'round and wait for idiot villagers who misunderstood the actual holiday concept and thought it was theirs. It was the one day we allowed ourselves to act in retribution for being so 'nobly' persecuted. However, as we grew within ourselves we realized the villagers were simply afraid of that which is different and they were only conjuring stories to spread in order to ally themselves with others. Mob rules, eh? Anywhoo...we have not 'celibrated' that particular holiday in over 600 years since to hold on means to never move forward.

No, I don't like that holiday....but I'm starting to think (albeit uneasily) it may need to be revived.

As for facts

stumps = we don't prefer them. it's just we like the woods and nature & nobody will allow us in their neighborhood, so we get discriminated against for housing. gotta make do or do without.

fire = no fear. else we could not befriend dragons. do we like the smell of burning woods, hell yeah...nothing grills better or adds better flavor

stumps/fire/smell of burning woood causes additional Trolls....not really, but as with all nature species there is a underlying need to perpeptuate and propagate to make up for our dwindling numbers due to over zealous 'thumping' by villagers causing so many oh so 'accidental' deaths.

I could go on, but the remembrance of so many young thumped to death for sport makes me sad, so I must retire for a while. Most don't know our young are as playful a baby seals....but even if they did, it wouldn't stop them...huh?
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do we like the smell of burning woods, hell yeah...nothing grills better or adds better flavor


I knew it meant BBQ to trolls--

Reply #36 Top
there is a underlying need to perpeptuate and propagate to make up for our dwindling numbers due to over zealous 'thumping' by villagers


Thus Thumper vs Throbber, #12, above
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Hmm, sounds like something an ogre. You sure your a troll and not an Ogre??





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Am I sensing some bantar??

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Reply #46 Top
Am I sensing some bantar??


The harmless type.
Reply #47 Top
ahhh, I know SD...just teasing ya back...hehehe

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I"ve never seen red horses before, let alone a whole herd of em

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