Stundie Finals For March - Vote Now!

[Mobyseven]

First, a disclaimer: These have been massively pruned down. To get the final twenty from the total number of nominations took a lot of work (these twenty are taken from sixty semi-finalists that had already gone through two screening and sorting processes), and I had to apply some rules to the nominations.

First, as I already stated - no link or screenshot meant an automatic out. Sorry to all those who posted quotes that fall into that category - I don't doubt that they were real, but with the massive number of nominations they had to be the first to go...

Second - and possibly more controversial - you will notice that each person nominated has only one nomination. That means that for all of WithoutRight's and scooby's attempts to flood out The Stundies, only one of each's nominations has made it through to the finals. Otherwise I could have made up an entire list based just on those two and Killtown. And it was no easy task to choose the best quote - as I type this, I've just changed one of the quotes again at the last minute.

Some people may be annoyed at this as it means that the quote they nominated or their favourite quote didn't make it through. But reading through the quotes that have been nominated I'm sure we can all agree that stupidity was the real winner today.

Link and whatnot are in the original nominations thread for those interested. So without further ado - the nominees!

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STUNDIE FINALS FOR MARCH​

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Nominated by Kent1

A team of 6 guys could wire both buildings in 2 weeks time.

The naval demolition teams operate in 6 man teams, I saw a documentary where

they wired an entire aircraft carrier in 2 days. The USS Oriskany was 904 feet

long, so similar to the towers.

-2-

Nominated by apathoid

[From a no-plane thread...Killtown has trouble understanding the limits of the internet; context provided]

If you watch a normal video (not an internet video) of the plane hitting, you will see that after the plane 'disappears' there is in fact a cloud of shredded plane skin falling downward outside of the building on the same side that it hit.

link to a "normal" video?

-3-

Nominated by chipmunk stew

[Rosie comments on a breakthrough in the field of metallurgy...]

I do believe it's the first time in history that fire has melted steel

-4-

Nominated by The Doc

We all cherry pick our evidence.

-5-

Nominated by Mobyseven

have you guys noticed that the people who are against the "conspiracy theory" have posts that are, like, pages and pages long...

the common sense posts are pretty short

-6-

Nominated by maccy

[28th Kingdom has a theory about Killtown...]

I think Killtown is a shill... but he doesn't even know it. He's under such a massive mind-control (lots of implants - basically half man / half machine) ... that he actually thinks he's helping the Truth Movement...

-7-

Nominated by Gravy

It's a mater of how you define the word building

-8-

Nominated by Horatius

Ha...that doesn't make any sense whatsoever. As an investigator, you would startt with the fact that THEIR WAS A MURDER, and then figure out how it was done in hopes you find a lead towards a suspect. So, you should START with the fact that WTC7 WAS A DEMOLITION and work from there.

-9-

Nominated by Myriad

[Our very own HeyLerow stumbles in the line of duty and provides us with our first debunker-nomination for a Stundie...]

Umm, by my math, sound will traverse a two mile distance in under a quarter-second.

-10-

Nominated by Mobyseven

Loose Change's existence IS critical thinking.

-11-

Nominated by Dave Rogers

[David Ray Griffin discovers that energy is a vector...]

...gravitational energy, which is vertical...

-12-

Nominated by Gravy

It all hinges on the collapse of the towers - 3 steel frame buildings, effectively huge springs, shattered like glass in seconds - an event that could not occur without the use of explosives.

-13-

Nominated by Pardalis

Perhaps they didn't want the plane to hit the pentagon because they wanted more control over the damage since no catastrophic destruction of the entire building was planned.

-14-

Nominated by tacodaemon

[On page 5 of a 43-page PDF sent to NIST dated March 16, adeptly disproving NIST's statement that "Within 12s, the collapse of WTC1 had left nothing but rubble."]

What rubble?

-15-

Nominated by Horatius

If 2 pigeons collided into the towers and they collasped, a group of peer reviewed analysists could scientifically explain that as well if it ment they HAD to find some explanation.

-16-

Nominated by Gravy

[pagan has an idea of what may have hit the Pentagon...]

As far ar I'm concerned. It might have been a missile in the form of Gravy in a batman suit.

-17-

Nominated by WildCat

Evidence is not facts.

-18-

Nominated by chipmunk stew

The burdon of proof should be on you. A plane hit the south tower? Dozens of people videotaped? Prove it.

-19-

Nominated by Firestone

[Micpsi know the reason WTC7 was destroyed...]

Also, the building could not be left standing with all those explosives hanging around!

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Nominated by chippy

[Roscoe devises an experiment to test the WTC collapse that you can do in your own kitchen...]

Try this.

Stack four eggs one on top of the other. Glue them together and make a tower out

of them. Ensure the structure is stable and will not topple.

Now break the top egg. Hit it with your spoon and similate an aircraft hitting

it.

Will the three eggs below the top egg break all the way to the floor?

No because the mass of the top egg will be difused and free to deflect around

the shells of the lower eggs.

Exactly like the towers.

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Important - Abbreviations for the poll:​

ECK: Eckolaker
KLT: Killtown
RoD: Rosie O'Donnell
SCG: Skepticalcriticalguy
SB1: superbuick1
28K: 28th Kingdom
CR7: Christopher7
RXD: Roxdog
Hey: HeyLeroy
TSH: TrueSoundHound
DRG: David Ray Griffin
SBY: scooby
Lyt: Lyte Trip
DJW: Dr. Judy Wood
NkJ: NickJ1234
pgn: pagan
WoR: Without Rights
TS4: Truthseeker1234
MCP: Micpsi
RSC: Roscoe

Poll will close on 2nd May 2007 at 10:34 AM (Australian Eastern Standard Time)​

 

[Totovader]

Ah man, my retard didn't make it on the list...

 

[R.Mackey]

Mine didn't either, but man, with competition like that, it's no surprise.

 

[Mobyseven]

Ah man, my retard didn't make it on the list...

If it makes you feel any better, he made the shortlist...I remember the comment that came with your nomination.

 

[LashL]

I had to vote for the "egg experiment".

Just trying to visualize stacking four eggs one on top of the other and gluing them together to make a "tower" of them and trying to "ensure the structure is stable and will not topple" had me giggling.

Then the idea of hitting the top egg with a spoon to "similate [sic]" an aircraft hitting one of the WTC towers had me chortling.

But saying that this is "exactly like the towers" had me laughing so hard that Dr. Pepper came out my nose.

 

[Pardalis]

Man, this one is so difficult.

Which to choose, which to choose...

 

[Elizabeth I]

It was a tough call between "Evidence is not facts" and the egg experiment.

One thing I did wonder - should you say "clunkity-clunk" when you hit the egg?

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ETA: Thanks, Mobyseven, for putting the poll together.

 

[chipmunk stew]

Man, that was tough. In the end I went with Rosie because she said it not once but twice, and because she's a prominent media figure who should know better than to utter something so Stundilicious. Although I admit that the timing of her nomination and the fact that I nominated her probably biased my final vote.

 

[Pardalis]

I finally chose Chris' " It's a mater of how you define the word building".

Short and sweet, and completely out of left field... The only thing is that I think he really lives in the left field.

 

[LashL]

One thing I did wonder - should you say "clunkity-clunk" when you hit the egg?

ETA: Thanks, Mobyseven, for putting the poll together.

Ditto that. Thanks, Mobyseven!

 

[stateofgrace]

It's not fair none of my nominations made the final, mind you after seeing finalists, it is hardly surprising.

I voted for the eggs.

 

[NickUK]

Thanks for the hard work M7.

There's some beauties in there, but my vote has to go for the latest cause célèbre (de liste 'b'), Mz O'Donnell.

 

[Babbylonian]

Superbuick1 gets my vote for encapsulating the primary problem with CTers presenting their "evidence" and for doing so in a delicious coating of irony.

 

[humingbrd]

Tough choices, but the elegant symmetry of Roxdog's quote... just stunning. Reminds me of something one of Mark Twain's characters would have said.

 

[boloboffin]

For me, it came down to "What rubble?" and "A plane hit the south tower? Dozens of people videotaped? Prove it." Both are slobberknockers of denial, but the volume of rubble over a few dozen DVDs of home videos is just that much more unavoidable.

 

[Brainache]

I voted for Rosie. Mostly because I'd love to see someone present her with the award on her TV show. Maybe the cute blonde Bush lover could be asked to do the honours.

 

[Mobyseven]

It was a tough call between "Evidence is not facts" and the egg experiment.

One thing I did wonder - should you say "clunkity-clunk" when you hit the egg?

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ETA: Thanks, Mobyseven, for putting the poll together.

If you don't say "clunkity-clunk" it won't work properly. Geez, learn your fizikz.

No problem about putting it together by the way - it was actually rather amusing (if quite difficult and time consuming). But definately worth it in the end. I'll leave it open to volunteers - if anyone wants to take on organising April, that's fine with me. Otherwise I'm more than happy to take it on again.

And now - for your enjoyment, may I present The Best of Stundie - March Edition!!! Quotes from our namesake that were sadly not eligable for the main prize...

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BEST OF STUNDIE - MARCH EDITION​

-1-

Submitted by HeyLeroy

You cannot accuse me of being immune to changing opinions, because I actually believed the official story and changed my opinions based on facts which I never discovered or learned about.

-2-

Submitted by HeyLeroy

If I fail to understand, then it's your fault for not explaining it in a way that makes sense.

-3-

Submitted by Horatius

Well you claimed "To a man" means everyone. Man is a singular, men is the plural! So it would suggets they are talking about an individual! However, if you would like them to explain how they got "To a Man" as to meaning everyone, then you feel free to contact them.

-4-

Submitted by defaultdotxbe

When you talk to one debonker, you've spoken to them all.

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[Gravy]

I went with "evidence is not facts," but it could have easily been several others. Meanwhile, Stundie continues to prove that his crown is safe.

 

[defaultdotxbe]

despite him winning february i had to vote for killtown, because his quote is so perfectly consistant with what i believe to be his honest perception of reality

 

[rwguinn]

I had to go with the egg, 'cus he could have gotten it right with a little effort