The Rattler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[The_Lillard_King]

Dude, this thread is a joke. The !!!!!!!!! is part of the tip off (like using a green font for sarcasm).

The only emotion I put into this thread was humor. Good lord. Go back to the top and read it again. Did you actually think anything I wrote here was meant to be taken seriously?

BNM

I don't know BNM, I though you were being serious here . . . you sound frustrated but I guess you were trying to be funny:

Good lord people. Are you all so uptight and humor imparied you can't recognize an obvious parody when you read one? For those unfamiliar with the concept:

parody - in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation.

I guess I should take heart:

Often, the most satisfying element of a good parody is seeing others mistake it for the genuine article.

Folks, this is a thread about THEO RATLIFF. How can you possibly take it seriously. The thread was started with tongue planted firmly in cheek. If the main subject and the overly excessive use of exclamation points weren't obvious enough clues, I thought the mention of "ex-Blazers" Tyrus Thomas and Randy Foye would be a dead give away.

Yet, here I have multiple people explaining to me the differences between Theo Ratliff, Travis Outlaw and Steve Blake. Good lord, way to over analyse the obvious.

Come on people, LIGHTEN UP. This is a thread about THEO RATLIFF in an internet discussion board. Stop taking this shit so seriously. It's supposed to be FUN.

I mean come on. Theo Ratliff who has bounced around the league like a ping pong ball in a hurricane since the Blazers traded him, suddenly breaks into the starrting line-up the VERY SAME NIGHT Sergio cracks the starting line-up on his new team and Travis plays for the first time since coming back from his injury. That was just too much of a coincidence to pass up.

Sorry some of you actually took it seriously. No, I'm not. You should know better. When someone has to explain a joke to you you're better off pretending to get it, even if you don't. So, let's all have a good group chuckle and get back to lamenting about trades that either happened, or didn't, criticizing our coach and GM, discussing Oden's latest injury and/or revealing photos - you know, the stuff that makes this forum what it is.

 

[drexlersdad]

theo was the man! thanks op, i hadnt thought about him in awhile.

 

[drexlersdad]

Come on people, LIGHTEN UP. This is a thread about THEO RATLIFF in an internet discussion board. Stop taking this shit so seriously. It's supposed to be FUN.

and why wouldnt a theo thread be fun? and why cant fun be serious? i think theo would expect a certain measure of controlled excitement.

dont listen to these other guys and feel free to lay praise upon him, he more than deserves it.

eagerly awaiting the ike diogu thread!