what is SHEMP?

[Babyshambles]

What is shemp?? I don't get it.

what does the acronym S.H.E.M.P. stand for and why is it replacing all the words like t.i.c.k.l.e and t.i.c.k.l.i.n.g?

 

[rhiannon]

It's an insider running gag. Don't worry about it.

 

[Adam]

It's an insider running gag. Don't worry about it.

Yep. An extremely stupid one.

 

[Babyshambles]

so why did they change the whole forum because it amuses SHEMP, SHEMP and SHEMP?

I don't get it?

And SHEMP must stand for something. What does it mean?

 

[Deleted member 66627]

Don't be a tard. This has nothing to do with Myself and Mairead.

It happens every year.

 

[Adam]

so why did they change the whole forum because it amuses MTP Jeff, Annie Hall and Crystal Light?

I don't get it?

And SHEMP must stand for something. What does it mean?

Whoawhoawhoa. Hold on a second. I'm not fond of the gag and never have been, but for the record, not all of whom you mention are fond of it either. Not fair to single them out.

 

[Babyshambles]

also,

tickling paradise has become SHEMPparadise

and I had trouble instant messaging someone. I got the message

"The following users were not found:

1. SHEMPxxxxx

all because this persons name started with T.I.C.K.L.I.N.G which was automatically replaced with tickling

 

[Deleted member 66627]

Look; this is ten times more tame then last years fiasco. And, btw, last years prank wasn't designed by myself and mairead either. So get over that.

 

[Adam]

also,

SHEMP paradise has become SHEMPparadise

and I had trouble instant messaging someone. I got the message

"The following users were not found:

1. SHEMPxxxxx

all because this persons name started with T.I.C.K.L.I.N.G which was automatically replaced with SHEMP

I'm getting a problem when I unsubscribe from threads. It won't direct me back to the forum afterward. It was mentioned that they wouldn't be targeting anyone this year, but I suppose it's OK to screw with screen names. I have lost respect for those involved. If that's a problem, sorry guys. Just the way I feel.

 

[Deleted member 66627]

It's not anyone purposely screwing with screennames.

You can clone words. So if you type the word, which in this case is T I C K L E and/or F E E T or F O O T. And other variations of that word, it'll replace it with SHEMP. No one is going in and changing these individually.

So anyone who has T I C K L E or F O O T or the variation of, in their name, it'll change to SHEMP.

I'm not sure how this would affect you being able to unsubscribe from threads, however. That might be a different issue.

 

[Adam]

No, I mean, I get that it's just a word replacement thing. But I do wonder how it's going to affect those logging in who have those choice words in their screen names. Hopefully this doesn't last any longer than it did last year.

 

[Lord Doctor]

It's April fools gone mad and relocated to a different shempzone urm... timezone

 

[Babyshambles]

is there any significance to the 5th july 2009? and does anyone know what S H E M P means?

all i can think of is smoking hemp? but that seems silly.

 

[Aimee]

Why do people always gotta be a buzzkill? This prank is harmless and funny .. relax.

 

[OscarTheMonkey]

It's an insider running gag. Don't worry about it.

Interestingly enough- after eight years coming to this forum, I guess I'm not an insider. Then again, when I have seen criticism of this forum as being dislikable because of "clique-yness" , that is often hard to dispute. Apprarently this whole bit is only for the "real" members of this forum

 

[Deleted member 66627]

is there any significance to the 5th july 2009? and does anyone know what S H E M P means?

all i can think of is smoking hemp? but that seems silly.

Shemp is part of the three stooges. Look it up.

And, I just signed in to the TMF under a sockname I have that has the word T I C K L E in it. It logged me in correctly, just as SHEMP, though. But it did let me in.

However:

You need to access the forum from the main page, afterwards. It wouldn't load forum for me, because the address was changed to the Shemp Media Forum.

That wasn't fun.

 

[His Divine Shadow]

is there any significance to the 5th july 2009? and does anyone know what S H E M P means?

all i can think of is smoking hemp? but that seems silly.

The answer is before your eyes, good sir.

 

[Deleted member 66627]

Interestingly enough- after eight years coming to this forum, I guess I'm not an insider. Then again, when I have seen criticism of this forum as being dislikable because of "clique-yness" , that is often hard to dispute. Apprarently this whole bit is only for the "real" members of this forum

No. It's for everyone..

If you've been coming here for that long, then I'm sure you've seen threads about people discussing Shemp. Unless you stayed mostly in A/V.

 

[Adam]

They say it's for everyone, but it ends up being divisive. So I still scratch my head over the "it's for everyone" thing. I mean, hell, I know it seems innocent enough. Just not all of us like it. Hooray for being different? 😀

 

[Lord Doctor]

It's a prank? I thought it was a serious ritual? 🙁

 

[Cavum]

Shemp FTW

 

[Deleted member 66627]

They say it's for everyone, but it ends up being divisive. So I still scratch my head over the "it's for everyone" thing. I mean, hell, I know it seems innocent enough. Just not all of us like it. Hooray for being different? 😀

Where's the divide? 'Cus we didn't have T I C K L E or F O O T in our screenames? THAT'S what it's come down to??

 

[Xodlirv]

is there any significance to the 5th july 2009? and does anyone know what S H E M P means?

all i can think of is smoking hemp? but that seems silly.

SHEMP was one of the Three Stooges.

 

[Babyshambles]

30444 Shemp (2000 NY1) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on July 5, 2000 by John Broughton at Reedy Creek Observatory. The asteroid is named after comedian Shemp Howard.

 

[paracarl44]

Why are some people being SHEMPED?????