RIP TonyB - A Polk Forum Roast.

treitz3
treitz3 Posts: 18,306
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Okay, TonyB has unfortunately moved onto the Vanilla heavens. RIP buddy.

This thread is dedicated to the memory of our long lost friend (or enemy) and memories of him while at Club Polk. Time to Roast the guy!!! What are your favorite memories or worst experiences? Those that are buried in cement need not apply.

.....and GO!

Tom
~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,525
    Wait Tonys banned?
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,892
    Shall he be reincarnated as a college educated liberal.
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,203
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Wait Tonys banned?
    He can no longer get logged in to his original tonyb account.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,021
    The corporeal being that was @TonyB still walks this terrestrial globe... but in cyberspace,his bits have, it seems, all been reset to zero.

    :(

    We still hope for a digital resurrection.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,306
    After winning the award for "Best in show" at LASF one year, Tony actually took a photo of my "rig" for his safekeeping. Last I heard, he will not erase that photo....it means so very much to him.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • codycatalist
    codycatalist Posts: 2,662
    Lol he somehow discovered a security risk. How did he even force the database to update his email, some wonky json scripts running here.
    Just a dude doing dude-ly things

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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,869
    Who?.....
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Let me back in! It may not look like me, but it's me! I'm Tonyb! :smile:
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,132
    There once was a man named Tony
    Enjoyed his wine and a good cannoli
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,549
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Wait Tonys banned?

    witness protection bro
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,021
    Horse heads?
    Beds?

    I actually think he's gone on the lam -- sittin' on a cache of black paint... but I am merely speculating.

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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    edited February 2019
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    There once was a man named Tony
    Enjoyed his wine and a good cannoli

    Then one day he did the wrong thing
    And bada boom bada bing!

    Now he can't get in! Holi Moli! :smile:
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  • dago
    dago Posts: 38
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Horse heads?
    Beds?

    I actually think he's gone on the lam -- sittin' on a cache of black paint... but I am merely speculating.

    Green paint Mark....you have to spray the ground after digging a hole to make it look natural again. :)
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,522
    Keep talkin smack about Tony, and he's gonna have Vinny break your tumbs.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,021
    dago wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Horse heads?
    Beds?

    I actually think he's gone on the lam -- sittin' on a cache of black paint... but I am merely speculating.

    Green paint Mark....you have to spray the ground after digging a hole to make it look natural again. :)

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  • dago
    dago Posts: 38
    steveinaz wrote: »
    Keep talkin smack about Tony, and he's gonna have Vinny break your tumbs.

    Yep, try scrolling your music selections with a cast on your tumbs.
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    edited February 2019
    He pulled up to the toll booth and the attendant disappeared and bing... the SHTF. If he only had EZPass...


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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,021
    I had some Italian snow tires once...

    I think that's all I can say, though.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,678
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I had some Italian snow tires once...

    I think that's all I can say, though.

    I had an Italian helicopter once.

    I think that's all I can say, too. :p
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,306
    I bought an Italian Ice Cone one time. Turned out to be a waste of money. Damn thing melted within 5 minutes.

    Went back to get a refund and the Italian wanted to break my tumbs. He stated that I should just Fuggett about it or some s***! The nerve of that guy.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,424
    I had an Italian girlfriend once.
    Still kind of have her. Afraid to get rid of her.
    I disabled signatures.
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  • dago
    dago Posts: 38
    msg wrote: »
    I had an Italian girlfriend once.
    Still kind of have her. Afraid to get rid of her.

    :):) That's the whole point now isn't it. lol
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    At least put your picture back so I know who I'm talking to!
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,776
    I ate at Olive Garden once...
    Does that make me an Italian?
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,678
    edited February 2019
    lightman1 wrote: »
    I ate at Olive Garden once...
    Does that make me an Italian?

    No, but if you went back a second time, that would make you a mas-o-chist. :p
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,678
    Vanilla says "NO!" to m-a-s-o-c-h-i-s-t. HAHAHAHAHAHA
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,525
    There once was a man named Tony
    Some dude called him an Italian phony
    now the guys dead
    From a bashed in head
    He will swim with fishies in the morning
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • dago
    dago Posts: 38
    Don't quit your day job Dan. :D
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,203
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    There once was a man named Tony
    Some dude called him an Italian phony
    now the guys dead
    From a bashed in head
    He will swim with fishies in the morning
    Were you beatboxing when you wrote that?

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