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That's the name of an actual event. Weight lifting or something.

Loved it! I really did laugh out loud at the twirling ribbons bit XD also I don't know if this is a goof or not but during the part where the animation is that paint style you can see through the lines in the hot girl's dress.

I liked this one. It was a more "Standard-type" email than the previous 5 or 6 or more. I think this a quintessential Lappy email.

I did not like the email itself that they chose, but I liked the Strong Badathlon. I was hoping to see more actual competition. Is the only missing character KOT? Poor KOT....

Anyway, the email gets a 2.3342882341
And maybe a few more decimal places.

StrongSadSympathizer wrote:

That's definitely intentional. It's supposed to showcase how inept/amateur The Cheat is with Flash. Or, I'm guessing so, anyway.

Great email. Made me laugh. "The official breakfast cereal of atheletes you won't remember in two weeks' time!"

Heh.

Is it just me, or is the method of naming the email changing? used to be the name was based on the subject line, even if it wasn't what the email ended up being about. Now the emails actually tell you something of what's happening in the email. Anyone else notice this? (for good or ill?)

Mike Chapman's Strong Bad impersonation has gotten incredibly good!

Author:	Cybernetic Teenybopper [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:59 am ]
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Obligatory website link Obligatory wiki link TWUT! Me, I cracked up at the Homestar-beating-the-crud-out-of-himself bit. And is it just me, or were there no Easter eggs at the end?

Author:	Einoo T. Spork [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:05 am ]
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'Twasn't just you. No easter eggs to be found!

Author:	SonOfHomsar [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:06 am ]
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There are easter eggs, I've found them, but I wont spoil them for you! Edit- Oh no, none at the end, but a few in the email itself. Gotta learn to read better

Author:	BazookaJoe [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:11 am ]
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Talk about TBC being on the ball. Excellent fast-paced slapstick humor in here. I lol'd a few times in this one. I liked this better than "looking old."

Author:	Saturn [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:14 am ]
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Click the sender's name at the beginning. Only egg I've found. The PBTC sequence in this email was the best PBTC thing EVER. Oh man. Those little... noises when The Cheat was playing the guitar. XD; "Well hello there, chocolate cake!" Wow, did Homsar say something that... almost made sense? I just hope he didn't try to eat that cake, though. Eugh. D: I too was amused by the Homestar-beating-himself-up scene. And him interrupting the closimonies at the end. I kinda liked listening to Strong Sad's song there, though...

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Author:	Cheatachu [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:24 am ]
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PBTC cracked me up pretty quickly. The cereal ad speaks the truth. I never remember who sponsors those things.

Author:	Shwoo [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:29 am ]
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Great email. Made me laugh. "The official breakfast cereal of atheletes you won't remember in two weeks' time!" Heh.

Author:	BucketHand [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:30 am ]
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Well, Los Hermanos de Chaps are either a year late or a year early to spoof the Olympics (depending on whether you're talking about Winter or Summer), but you don't hear me complaining. That was entertaining! I especially like how most everyone got to show off: The Poopsmith demonstrates his whatsit-covered The Cheat throwing technique... Homsar demonstrates his usual poor grasp of reality ("Hello there, chocolate cake!")... Marzipan demonstrates, er, a fondness for conspiracy theories? What's this about DNA evidence? Anyway, both she and Strong Sad demonstrate their nondescript ribbon-twirling skills... Homestar demonstrates that he is both a complete idiot and a terrific athelete by beating himself up, then demonstrates his soft-shoe skills and fondness for classic rock... Strong Mad demonstrates his, um, permanent wedgie (that might explain why he's so Mad)... Coach Z demonstrates that he seems to find nothing unusual about wearing your underwear high... Pom-Pom didn't quite get to show off, though he did win 60 billion points in the "Clean and Jerk Strong Mad's Underwears Over His Head". Somehow... Even ol' Cherry Greg gets into the act... And Strong Bad demonstrates both his willingness to stoop to bad animation to make himself look good, and his displeasure with gratuitous cute sitcom kids and East Germans.

Author:	JackSpicerRules13 [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:38 am ]
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I was hoping the email would be a good enough excuse to miss a few minutes of "Heroes". [Monday nights at nine on NBC! Check your local listings.] Aaaand it was. :] My favourite part was Homestar beating the crap out of himself... That looked fun. Am I the only one who thought "clean and jerk" sounded wrong? It did in my mind... At least the "jerk" part. x.x

Author:	Shwoo [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:45 am ]
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That's the name of an actual event. Weight lifting or something. It's nice to hear about Cherry Greg again.

Author:	Did he sell eggs? [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:12 am ]
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Pretty good. (Poor The Cheat! Being covered in crap would suck.)

Author:	Revenge of the Burninated [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:23 pm ]
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Is it just me, or is the method of naming the email changing? used to be the name was based on the subject line, even if it wasn't what the email ended up being about. Now the emails actually tell you something of what's happening in the email. Anyone else notice this? (for good or ill?)

Author:	miyomiyo1050 [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:39 pm ]
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I liked this one. It was a more "Standard-type" email than the previous 5 or 6 or more. I think this a quintessential Lappy email. I did not like the email itself that they chose, but I liked the Strong Badathlon. I was hoping to see more actual competition. Is the only missing character KOT? Poor KOT.... Anyway, the email gets a 2.3342882341 And maybe a few more decimal places.

Author:	thelongestpants [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:59 pm ]
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Fav moments: The Cheat Chuck "Holy gorsh!" winning the "Beat the Crud out of Homestar Competition" Yeah, good solid email.

Author:	Beaums [ Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:54 am ]
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Two killa emails in a row! This IS a good week! I quite liked this email, yes indeed. I was always wondering when the citizens of Free Country USA would do thier own spin on the Winter/Summer Olympics. The "2007 StrongBadathlon" turned out to be just what the doctor ordered! Homesar referring to doodie-covered The Cheat as a chocolate cake was a gas, the return of Cherry Greg was a blessing and Homestar breatin' the tar outta himself was just classic! Not because of the beating, but because of the way he trashed talked to himself! : "Come on you little so and so!" : "Whaddya think this is, you little placemat?" : "A diaper show?" Man, I don't care if it's pay-per-view, I'll watch it! (Man, Pom Pom sure owned at the "Clean and Jerk Strong Mad's Underwears Over His Head" eh? 6 billion points? Dang!)

Author:	barwhack [ Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:42 am ]
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Hehe, always good, always on point. There was a fourth wall breach in the cheat-chuck sequence. Whatsit got on the camera... hahaha.

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Author:	StrongSadSympathizer [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:30 pm ]
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Loved it! I really did laugh out loud at the twirling ribbons bit XD also I don't know if this is a goof or not but during the part where the animation is that paint style you can see through the lines in the hot girl's dress.

Author:	Attaboy [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:18 pm ]
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miyomiyo1050 wrote: I liked this one. It was a more "Standard-type" email than the previous 5 or 6 or more. I think this a quintessential Lappy email. I did not like the email itself that they chose, but I liked the Strong Badathlon. I was hoping to see more actual competition. Is the only missing character KOT? Poor KOT.... Anyway, the email gets a 2.3342882341 And maybe a few more decimal places. No Bubs in there, either...

Author:	Devon M [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:22 pm ]
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I didn't think this email was that great. It didn't have a really cool subject, but they did do a good job on Homestar beating himself up. I did like that.

Author:	teababe27 [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:50 pm ]
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Shwoo wrote: Great email. Made me laugh. "The official breakfast cereal of atheletes you won't remember in two weeks' time!" Heh. The cereal thing was so true. beating himself up made me laugh.

Author:	J-Man [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:10 pm ]
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I didn't like it that much. Homestar beating himself up was so obvious. You could totally see it coming. The only thing that cracked me up was the Powered by The Cheat segment (Mike Chapman's Strong Bad impersonation has gotten incredibly good!). And of course "Well, hello, chocolate cake!", even though I'm not a big fan of Homsar.

Author:	Shwoo [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:31 pm ]
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Revenge of the Burninated wrote: Is it just me, or is the method of naming the email changing? used to be the name was based on the subject line, even if it wasn't what the email ended up being about. Now the emails actually tell you something of what's happening in the email. Anyone else notice this? (for good or ill?) I haven't really noticed that. Wiki link.

Author:	Trogga [ Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:34 pm ]
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J-Man wrote: Mike Chapman's Strong Bad impersonation has gotten incredibly good! And that's a good thing?

Author:	Teh Cheatsauraus [ Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:15 am ]
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This email was pretty funny. ^_^ "Well, hello, chocolate cake!" Eww. Haha, poor Marzipan. And poor The Cheat. >_> I thought it was pretty funny when Homestar won the beating the crud out of himself event. XD And also him tap-dancing in the end...or whatever he was doing. Poor Strong Mad...wedgies suck. XD "THANK THE LORD!" I also thought the reference to drug testing was funny. ^_^ Good email!

Author:	Rocoramore [ Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:52 am ]
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Hilarious. not as good as looking old though.