"War is the H-word" possible VERY obscure ref

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Okay, in tonight's episode, Leela disguises herself as a male soldier named "Lee Lemon". Now, who here has heard of a comic-book series called "Legion of Super-Heroes"? This series, which has been running on and off for over 40 years, takes place in the same basic timeframe as Futurama (1000 years from tomorrow). In one of the early episodes, a character calling himself "Legionnaire Lemon" joins the team (back in the 60's, this was a VERY silly series). The character is actually another character in disguise.
I may be way off, but this seems like just the sort of extremely geeky reference that the writers would throw in.
Or am I just reading my own geekiness into things?

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Hey, as long as ur facts are right, u're probly right. 
ps. woohoo, i dug up such an old topic!

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do you enhoy digging up old topics or something. Does it give you pleasure to discuss the oldest topics you can find?

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is that original poster still around

I bet this was posted when PEEL was unpopular

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Originally posted by JDHannan:
Hey, as long as ur facts are right, u're probly right. 
ps. woohoo, i dug up such an old topic!

Score one for archaeology... 

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Geek asked:
is that original poster still around

Of course, it's OUR FABULOUS UBERMOD KRYTEN!!!!!!

*Huge, huge, round of applause*

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PEEL was never unpopular.  It was just unpopulated.  Subtle difference! 

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Possible extremely obscure reference: my Russian teacher told me today that in Russia you sometimes call stupid or daft people "Dup", which is pronounced DOOP
It would explain Zapp Brannigan   
But probably little else... 

/edit - another reference...no coincidence, is that one of John Lennon's relatives was called Leela (or possibly Leila) Lennon

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But then, DOOP on it's own is funny. 

And you're probably right about Lee Lemon, if the facts are just that.

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Originally posted by -Geek-:
is that original poster still around

I bet this was posted when PEEL was unpopular

ya know, I've recently been given the ability to suspend people's accounts... care to try it?

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Originally posted by -Geek-:
is that original poster still around

I bet this was posted when PEEL was unpopular

Nah, I bet he's long gone by now.

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Originally posted by Zed 85:
Possible extremely obscure reference: my Russian teacher told me today that in Russia you sometimes call stupid or daft people "Dup", which is pronounced DOOP

That's not a reference, that's a coincidence. Dub in Russian actually means Oak (the tree), and by calling someone an oak you simply imply that their skull is as thick as one.

 

Originally posted by SamuelXDiamond:
  Of course, it's OUR FABULOUS UBERMOD KRYTEN!!!!!!
*Huge, huge, round of applause*

Oh, and what's with all the asskissing on this board lately? Does it have something to do with the fact that Ubermods now wield Bansticks?

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I don't know Anarchist. I only did it once for fun. These people seem to have found new religion

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Originally posted by Anarchist:
 

Originally posted by Zed 85:
Possible extremely obscure reference: my Russian teacher told me today that in Russia you sometimes call stupid or daft people "Dup", which is pronounced DOOP

That's not a reference, that's a coincidence. Dub in Russian actually means Oak (the tree), and by calling someone an oak you simply imply that their skull is as thick as one.

But by the end of the post I had realised it all meant nothing. It's a funny (possibly) coincidence then 
I knew it meant Oak, we came across it in a text book then my teacher said "Oh by the way..." 

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Well this is awesome...I bet this is up there in longest running thread.

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Or it could simply be that Lee Lemon sounds like Leela Man. Because she wanted to show the stupidity of the backward thinking of Zapp and/or Pres. Nixon.

Or maybe not, carry on.   

-cs

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ohh chriswell with his education.... damn good for nuthin common sence

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aside from being the oldest thread, this might also be the biggest increase in replies ever.  It had 0 replies for 3 years and now has 16 including this one in less than 24 hours

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Now it's got 17, wow!

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I think DOOP might be a reference to the English word "Dupe."  It means both "Duplicate" and "To decieve."

So its a duplicate of the United Nations that doesn't really work... just like the original one! :lol:

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exactly how many members where there when this thread was made?

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Originally posted by JDHannan:
Hey, as long as ur facts are right, u're probly right. 
ps. woohoo, i dug up such an old topic!

I just think it's funny that no one cared enough to reply to Kryten's original post.    I guess no one really cares what he thinks.

I'm going to get suspended for making fun of a Mod now, right?

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edit -- so weird...this was my first post tonight, but it said there was "flood control." Instead, it posted twice. Weird.

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Originally posted by mikey:
ohh chriswell with his education.... damn good for nuthin common sence

:lol:
It reminded me of what Sigmund Freud once said. "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."

What confuses me is when was this no women in combat rule applied.
I recall in WAA no objection was raised when Leela piloted the ship to fight the Omicronians.

I suspect it was Tricky Dick's head's idea.
Of course Zapp being the chauvinist pig went along with it.
Stupid Zapp. 

-cs

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Maybe the men only rule was only introduced after the point of that episode - after all, most of the time, we don't know the timeframe that these episodes occur in.