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quazaplat
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[SPEC] voodoo parents, voodoo witch doctors source I googled "Voodoo parents" and "voodoo witch doctors" and "seductive danger" (three of the weird phrases from the email from Aunt Margaret) and came up with this:
http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=article&articleid=22182
It's an article about the dangers of Harry Potter, from a Bay Area Internet magazine.
Quote:
No voodoo witch doctors have ever put together a home video warning voodoo parents of the seductive danger of Christian rock.
There's three of the weird words all in one sentence. It's the only page on the internet that has all three terms in one place.
The site has free email subscription, Aunt Margaret's email probably gets it. I'm thinking that's where they came from.[/quote]
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 4:55 pm
Samari
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Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 72 Location: Notre Dame, IN
the issue that article is from is Aug 15- 28 of 2002. interesting
[edit: i screwed up the year ]
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 5:05 pm
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LilSerf
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I feel strongly that this is where those mystery phrases came from. As to WHY... I have no idea. Other than the fact that this is a Bay Area magazine, there's no obvious link.
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 5:17 pm
Grout
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Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 105
Wow now that's an interesting find...
So maybe the simple answer is Margaret had a subscription... and that article was in her inbox - but why would the PMs want to point this out?
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:23 pm
nohbdy
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Joined: 20 Mar 2003 Posts: 3
The afforementioned article was written by seanbaby (www.seanbaby.com) who, amongst other things, has been known to writes/reviews for Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM). Also, an editor at EGM, Shawn, (who posts here as EGMShawn) has said that he was one of the few lucky recipients of a package containing the honey and the letters.
So, does seanbaby have anything to do with this? Who knows... it's certainly a compelling connection.
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:26 pm
Samari
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Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 72 Location: Notre Dame, IN
there may be something else in there of interest or there may be something in there in the future of interest....
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:30 pm
LilSerf
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Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 84
The current issue of The Wave magazine is good through July 27th (Tuesday again!) so it's possible that we'll get a clue here on Tuesday or Wednesday (whenever the new issue comes out).
A strong possibility would be a message buried in their free classifieds.
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 10:12 pm
drizjr
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Joined: 28 Nov 2003 Posts: 1700
Great find quazaplat!
Just to confirm it; has anyone asked Dana if Aunt Margaret has a subscription to The Wave Magazine?
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 11:06 pm
aliendial
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Joined: 29 Sep 2002 Posts: 3438 Location: Far Far Away. Nowhere Near You. Really.
We SO need more game content. Soon. They're gonna make these calls, hack the servers, sign Margaret up for things ... GAAAAAHHHHHH!
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:22 am
Shad0
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Joined: 20 Jun 2004 Posts: 2180 Location: Southern California, USA
Re: [SPEC] voodoo parents, voodoo witch doctors source I wonder whether "voodoo" is the closest the Operator could get to "varrao," given her limited e-mail resources?
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:55 pm
Temporis
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Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 18 Location: Maui
Maybe me? You know, I use that quote in my sig when I email from home.
Don't quite remember if I left it in all this time. Gee, I'll really be embarrased if I caused this many days of SPEC.
-Marc
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:56 pm
Samari
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Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 72 Location: Notre Dame, IN
/me beats marc severely for the wild goose chase.
you know it would have been an absolute perfect set up
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:11 pm
Quazaplat
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Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 8 Location: Canada
Well that would make more sense than Aunt Margaret having a seanbaby article from a year ago sitting in her inbox.
Now we know.
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:14 pm
Guest
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Could the Voodoo be related to the enchantments in the widows story?
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:25 pm
Temporis
Boot
Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 18 Location: Maui
Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Cupla
Yeah, let the beatings commence! I totally forgot about my sig, and rarely even think of or look at it. Didn't even occur to me until this thread.
(BTW, who did the Trout emoticon? Very nice!)
-Marc
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:27 pm
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