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Who's the squinting guy smoking a cigarette avatar, and why have so many people recently changed their avatar to this person? 
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Who's the squinting guy smoking a cigarette avatar, and why have so many people recently changed their avatar to this person?
What are you talking about ...everything looks fine and normal to me 
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me too? 
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Everything's normal here. You must have picked up that virus they've been talking about. Better update your AV and run a scan.
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I guess tomorrow (April 2nd) I'll find out....
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yeah, I tried, but it kept switching back on its own 
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I guess tomorrow (April 2nd) I'll find out....
Nope! By THEN it'll be too late, Pete! You see, by tomorrow this Conficker Worm that's messin' up everything around here(AND around the whole computerized world as we speak...err, TYPE here) is supposed to end ALL communcation throughout the modern world!!!
(and so...it's been nice talkin' to all you nice folks around here all these many years...STAY STRONG!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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yeah, I tried, but it kept switching back on its own
Me too! I tried 4 or 5 times and it would not stick.
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I didn't get the memo! 
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All I see are the usual motorcycle avatars.
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Dang, sorry Pete.  I contacted so many people I lost track of the who and whens of this gig and as a result overlooked some folks who would have no doubt enjoyed the prankage a bit more from the inside of the joke.
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So who is the guy in the picture? Bear with me here....I always thought it was FriarJohn since he was the only one with it.
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It is Friarjohn, we all just have it now out of respect.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains. Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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we should do this every weekend!
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It is a single frame from FJ's original animated avatar... When he finally sneezed his toupee would fly off. 
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it's a pic of after he just read one of my posts
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Avatar = Hardtail + Railroad tracks 
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Actually guys, it's a picture of the late, sardonic, stand-up comedian Bill Hicks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks(yep, "sardonic"...does anybody here wonder why Friar John appreciates the guy???) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Dwight beat me to it. Before the chucklehead/shovelhead quote in my signature I was running Bill Hicks quotes. Well except for the last one that stated how hard it was to find an AUP-friendly quote from Mr. Hicks.
I believe the picture is from the cover of the Relentless album. I photoshopped the title off of it.
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Thanks for the explanations....I remember Bill Hicks, I didn't recognize him in the picture though. FJ wasn't it you that used to have the animated Silent Bob avatar? That one was funny!
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Yeah it's still out there. Someone else was using it for a while.
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Actually guys, it's a picture of the late, sardonic, stand-up comedian Bill Hicks:
I thought Bill Hicks, before he became sardonic & let crew cut grow out, was the original host of "What's My Line"?
I could be wrong, but rarey am.
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Actually guys, it's a picture of the late, sardonic, stand-up comedian Bill Hicks:
I thought Bill Hicks, before he became sardonic & let crew cut grow out, was the original host of "What's My Line"?
jh

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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