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Important Announcement


Fourscore and seven days ago (give or take a score or two) the most illustrious and well-respected MovieChat member disappeared without explanation. So, the MovieChat team did as you might expect. Investigations were launched, inquiries were made, candles were lit and animals were ritualistically sacrificed. No answers were forthcoming.

Then, just as suddenly as he disappeared, he returned.

And, like all shaman, he returned from his exile having achieved profound enlightenment. Among his first statements:

“Somebody once told me that the left side of the Twix is better than the right.”

Words cannot describe the shock, nay, the panic that this aphorism instilled among the MovieChat High Command. Urgent meetings were convened and it was unanimously decided that the scientists of MovieChat Labs would test this proposition.

The $100,000 jackpot that was originally intended for the person who made the 100,000th post was immediately reallocated to this experiment. Here are the results:

No difference. Both sides of the Twix are equal in

- Caramelosity
- Chocolatey goodness
- Crispity crunchiness

Tests were repeated with Peanut Butter Twix and Dark Chocolate Twix, but the results were the same.

We would also like to take this opportunity to knock down a perpetual rumor that we experientially and categorically disproved: Twix are utterly useless for bear defense. Neither the grizzly nor the California black bear were deterred or even distracted in the slightest degree by ANY flavor of Twix.

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In all seriousness, thanks to godewey and ALL MovieChat members for an amazing inaugural year. Jim coded the site, but you all made it a home. Here’s to 200,000 and beyond 🥂.

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I can't understand much of what you write,but cheers🍻

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so we get a Twix bar ??

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I remember the commercial for it.So much for a prize,though

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At the very least id say!

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I like White Twix. The Cappuccino limited edition was also good.

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I could use one right now.

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Well, who couldn't?!

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I made a typo and tried to get it past you.

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I edited to avoid embarrassment. Too late! I'll gladly share my Twix with you, sweetie.😘

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White twix are gross
Just stop it already

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Yummy yummy, white Twix! I'm eating one right now! Look, I'm scraping off the caramel with my teeth! Now the delicious white chocolate on the side! There goes the biscuit. Crunch crunch. Mmm, white Twix, so good!

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That was very descriptive of the entire Twix eating process...

You win again

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Not according to your new frenemy Deliciousfeet. (Who's been PM'ing me, by the way, I want you to do something about that!)

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I seem to attract pretty Dutch babes and random pissed off jerkfaces everywhere i go

*incoming...

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Where are those Dutch tramps?! I've got something very special for them!👊

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I tossed some White Twix bars into the woods and they went running after them😉
Just you and me kid!

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Yeah, maybe later, I have to go, uh, look for something in the woods!

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Damn!!

Sexy Dutch girls man...

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If, by special, you mean an autographed widescreen edition of Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands or Mermaids, you might win one over. But call her something else, like Pill Lady or Emo Girl.

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You're speaking from experience, james? Bad trip?

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That was in reference to a crazy troll from the Winona Ryder board.

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I see. I never pay Winona a visit.

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That's the first time I read Winona and pay in the same sentence.

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Wait, she does everything for free?

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Just the opposite: she does things for money and expects things for free.

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Oh good lord. Yes, now I know what you mean! I totally forgot about her kleptomania!

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In her words, "it wasn't the crime of the century" so is it really fair she was convicted of grand felony? She blamed it on a breakup and a habit of taking mood pills. Poor thing. Why didn't anyone help her?

"I used to love pickled almonds. But then my back started to hurt. That's why now I choose Borin, the solution that only trepanation can rival."

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That was her cry for help, james!!!

Pickled almonds? Are they any good?

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A cry for help, indeed. She's an inspiration to people like herself.

And I'd say pickled almonds are pretty much as good as pickled macadamia nuts.

Anyway, I don't know if I'd go so far as to say that she's a hero, but perhaps a role model. If we're ever going to recognise shoplifting as a disease, we'll have Winona Ryder to thank.

"If your dog p**ps on my lawn again i'm going to staple it's a** shut."

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That's not the dog's fault! Just like it's not Winona's fault she's a lying thief!

You pickle your own nuts, by the way?

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OK, cool !

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*gasps in horror* NO! This cannot be true. Esteemed MC scientists or not, one side of Twix bars *has* to be superior to the other! I refuse to think otherwise.

Mod5, you're the best!

Addendum to the Bestie's thread: I like Mod5 because s/he is Very Funny! You've gotta love a mod with that quality.

< + 3 (because MC won't let me make a heart out of those two without a space or somethin [be]twix[t] them)

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Nope. Identical.

Of course, Stratego just threw a wrench into the works with her White Chocolate and Cappuccino Twix. Neither were tested. We may have to repeat the tests in advance of post 200,000.

Thanks for the kind words. I have to thank my training officers, Mod 1 aka Mod Prime and Mod 3 aka Mod III, both of whom bravely went into the bear pit armed only with mini, “fun size” Twix and were never seen again. We keep two candles burning in hopes of their return.

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We all hope Mod3 comes back too.

You could combine forces and become a Super 8.

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For the record I had nothing to do with the so called "lighting of candles."
The rest is fine but don't pin that one on me.

I appreciate all the effort on finding out the age old question regarding the Twix.
I do however find the the answers to be quixotic.
Even though I am a misanthrope and only do this for mild amusement I am still convinced that
there is a difference. This question has brought me many a vexatious night.
I am a bit saddened that I wasn't involved in the tests.
I mean $100,000 in Twix must have some after effects. I wish I would have been able to feel them. The effects I mean.
But who are we to judge.
For the record the nice people at Twix make a damn fine candy bar.

It is good to know that they will not work against bears.
How are you on bird law though? I don't mean to filibuster you but there are more birds than bears.

Thank you to Jim and the Mods for making this a great first year.
We all appreciate the work you do!!!!

Hail, hail, fire and snow.
Call the Mods we will go.
Far away, for to see, friendly Mods are cool to me. 😉

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So, long story short, the $100K payoff was bullshit all along?

Quelle surprise.

Mod 5, I salute your candor and courage in delivering this news, and congratulate you on how sweetly you did it. Long ago, when I worked at Circuit City, I would process applications for the Circuit City credit card. Guy wanted a $4,000 TV. Application came back approved for a $1,000 line of credit. I would shake his hand, smile, and say, "Congratulations! You have a thousand-dollar line of credit." He would panic and say, "But that's not enough," and I would answer, "That's no problem. We take many different forms of payment. How would you like to pay the balance?"

I don't think that Dewey was motivated by money at all, but that rumor was beneath this site and should have been denounced. I am certain that wasn't your decision to make, but you are the one who fell in his/her sword. Bravo!

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Honestly, I completely missed the $100k rumor/joke when it was initially posted and just saw it tonight or I would have addressed it. I have zero personal knowledge of the economics of MC, but I’m in web development professionally and it would shock me if Jim was making any money on this site at all.

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😉 😉

You know I got your back.
What is this MC you speak of??

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MC = [spoiler]MovieChat[/spoiler]

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Ohhhhhhh, you are in trouble......
Make that a double.....

The secret's out.
You took an oath. How could you?
Have some pride for cryin out loud.

It was the tequila wasn't it?
No judgments.

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that joke started when we were at 50000.

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I don't remember when that rumor started.

I think it may have been when I was on hiatus.
I remember seeing people talking about it but never paid it much attention.

So, how did this start and did people really think that was a real thing?

Meaningless information- I still have my plasma TV's I bought from Circuit City.
I have 4 of them and still going strong.
I like to think you had something to do with that , so thank you.

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I've NEVER seen people talk about it. I mean, it 's about MONEY and *I* somehow missed it???

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It seemed pretty short lived.

I thought for sure you would have sniffed it out or at least started the post.
No worries you have other talents to make up for it.
$100,000 would be firewood compared to what you can make.

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Like I said, I need new stiletto heels. Any cash would've been welcome.

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All I need is a number.

My offshore can call your offshore .....
The password is Curaçao.

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Blue Curaçao?🍹

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What else.

It's only blue cuz I miss you. 😢

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That might change if you send me a PM! Even Shogie did and he's feeling much better.

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I'm feeling fine.
Blue yes, but nothing that another drink can't cure.

You know by you wanting a PM is screaming to me not to send you a PM.
You know this right?

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Okay, then don't send me a PM. I was simply making a suggestion.

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What's up with ladies and high heels anyway?

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It's what my clients want, croft.

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It's a mistery to me.

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That's a nice word, croft. What does it mean?Something between a mystery and misery? Or a mysterious misery? Is this another croftism?

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I haven't the foggiest,but i noticed that many of you are in fond with this word "croftism".

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Fucking hilarious ! This in itself is a " croftism . "

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Croftism?

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The legend continues to grow before our eyes.
I feel like the proud papa.

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"Alice" edits his/here/its replies. More confusion from a nonentity.

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And what kind of clients?

I mean that in the most respectful possible way, by the way.

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The kind that wants to watch me do my thing in stiletto heels on glass table tops!

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I assume they are underneath the table, gazing upward. Impressive minx.

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Don't act so innocent, arcane, I saw you when I looked down!

By the way, why are you and hownos not getting along? Did you think he was a troll?

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Very intelligent question, which it no way surprises, but pleases, me. I
put this poster on Ignore some time ago. Life is too short.

I neither know nor care
what s/he is. I know that we are not to each other's taste.

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I kinda like hownos and I don't think he's a troll. But hey, if that's your decision.

I've got another intelligent question for you. What's 'butnpledes'?😁

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I do not think s/he's a troll. I neither knownnor care. We don't care for each other,
. Juste.

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Oh, 'pleases'!😁

He didn't like your column in the Boston Herald either?😉

Nono, we're moving on now!

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There's my sassy girl !

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😂

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T'is good to be here. Silly Rabbit, Twix are for Kids.

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Aren't we all😉

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Cheers!

I'm still wrestling with the news,it may take me some time.
I'm just devastated to learn that a peanut butter twix exists.That would make my life complete.

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Cheers, Dazed! No PB Twix in the UK? We’ll have to arrange an airdrop.

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