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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 10:31AM (Unverified) said

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Thats alot of Wii lol...Man and I thought that bathtub was as big as a Nintendo can get...bad damn!
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 10:35AM (Unverified) said

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What I want to know is, does the BLACK Wii's plastic show up scratches, even those tiny buff scratches (which black iPod was notorious for) that you get from wiping with a cloth. I really think the black one is more sexy, but if it shows up buff scratches, even the tiny ones, then I'll have to get a white.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 10:36AM (Unverified) said

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Dear Lord. This man is obsessed with his Wii.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 10:41AM (Unverified) said

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Someone has just a Wii bit too much time on their hands. Were those hyperlinks manually inserted by Joystiq's fine staff? If so, take an early lunch.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 10:41AM McWeen said

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Wow, so that's what people without girlfriends do. No seriously it is kinda neat to see a well done mock-up size comparison. Ever since they ipod people seem to care about the size/looks of hardware waaaaay more than necessary.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 10:44AM (Unverified) said

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WiiStiq used to be Joystiq!
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 10:47AM chrisgrant said

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J B Cougar: sure were. I think I may do just that! ;)
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 10:47AM (Unverified) said

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hahahahhahahahahaha awesome.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 10:51AM (Unverified) said

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I'm a huge fan of Wii...but if I had a choice between a Wii and that Bill Nye "The Science Guy" Book...well I might just have to flip a coin.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 10:58AM (Unverified) said

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Okay, the one next to a Game Gear is more than a little amusing.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 11:02AM (Unverified) said

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OMG, they didn't take a picture of it next to a stack of 3 DVD cases?
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 11:04AM (Unverified) said

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I'm impressed. Truly, an inspired documentation of the soon-to-be released console's proportions. It's interesting to see it next to some of your more common household items (TV, DS Lite, Chicago Bulls championship locker room hat).

The most suprising aspect was that his bedsheets didn't feature ALF. I'm afraid what an online pictorial catalog of all of my worldly posessions would say about me.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 11:17AM chrisgrant said

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x876543: actually he did, must have just missed those ones. They were in the beginning.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 11:20AM Ayumin said

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... Holy crackers...
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 11:24AM (Unverified) said

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whats a pop bottle?
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 11:43AM (Unverified) said

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That's too much Wii for me. But that's a good mock up. I thought it was real for a second.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 11:44AM (Unverified) said

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the geek in him is strong...
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 11:56AM (Unverified) said

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"whats a pop bottle?"

It's one of the regional terms for what's usually called "soda" or "soda pop". I know western Pennsylvania tends to use "pop," and I know Chris Grant's from Pennsylvania, so I guess we have a clue as to where he grew up.

The real test, though, would be to find out what he calls a long sandwich with multiple meats and cheese, particularly made at Italian delis. Does he prefer to say hoagie, sub, grinder, po' boy, hero, or something else?
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 12:02PM jron said

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Pop is what stupid people in stupid regions call Soda.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 12:13PM MartyCota said

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18. No, Coke is what stupid people in stupid regions call soda. Trust me, I got made fun of all the time in Mississippi when I had to live there because I called it soda, and they said it should be called Coke. Even Pepsi they called Coke.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 12:23PM chrisgrant said

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Haha 32: would that it were. I just assembled his prewritten descriptions with his text-links and voila!

In Philly (and NJ where I grew up) it's most definitely soda. Although you nailed the second part ... is it hoagie or sub ... maybe even grinder. I grew up sub and have slowly gone over to the hoagie camp. Philly is *serious* about their hoagies.

I refuse to say "jimmies" though ... they're SPRINKLES!
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 12:25PM (Unverified) said

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here in the uk its called juice. fizzy juice. your all wrong, your all weird. end of
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 12:38PM Ross said

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neale: "end of ... " ? don't leave me hanging, padre
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 12:40PM (Unverified) said

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Im impressed he won the John Philip Sousa award. I never thought I would run into another Sousa winner here on Joystiq. Figured I was the only one :)
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 12:53PM kingdogfish said

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i'm more impressed that if you look hard for one of the pictures, it's an empty box :-P
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 12:57PM Foetoid said

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Your all wierd, why not call things by there names. In australia we call Pepsi: 'Pepsi', Coke is called: 'Coke', Fanta is called: 'Fanta'...is it really so hard. If we generalise exactly wot type of drink they are, it's called softdrink, the ones you mix with water is cordial. I think americans call it coolaye or something....pfft.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 12:58PM Foetoid said

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Cool, as per usual i get the -1 stars again. It must be automated for me, cause it is always there :(
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 12:59PM (Unverified) said

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Oh, so you were just lazy and copied "pop". That makes sense.

Though I can tell you're from North Jersey. If you were from South Jersey, like me, you'd have been calling them hoagies your whole life. Oh, how many times did I get a hoagie from Wawa...

And I've always called them jimmies. Nothing was as good at starting an argument in college as the "jimmies vs. sprinkles" debate.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 1:06PM chrisgrant said

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Haha, 32, thrall me with your acumen!

N. Jersey indeed (en garde!). I've capitulated to S. Jersey/Philadelphia's hoagie demands but I'll never give you Jimmies! NEVER!

Go down the shore and every ice cream shack wants me to call them jimmies ... fascists.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 1:25PM (Unverified) said

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Hey 23, I've got one too. :D

I wonder if it's a bad thing that if I had a mockup of a Wii I could replicate most of the pictures he took... and include one comparing it to a 5.25" floppy
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 1:37PM (Unverified) said

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I want to see one beside my 360 on my cabinet November.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 1:39PM (Unverified) said

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#19

I really am offended by your comments of stupid regions and Mississippi......I call all carbonated, sugar drinks "soda" when referring to them generically, and by their product name when referring to them directly.

Regardless of where we live; however, I am pretty certain that GFY still means the same thing...
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 1:51PM (Unverified) said

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Those are my models. They really don't take long to make, maybe 3 hours tops. I made the first one just for my own comparison purposes, and the other, more detailed ones were made with the intention of selling them.

As for all the talk about location, I'm a now-sophomore at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign majoring in Music Education, and grew up in the SW suburbs of Chicago, right around the Orland Park area.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 2:02PM (Unverified) said

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Pop / Subs in Michigan
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 2:38PM (Unverified) said

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can anyone say "off topic"? or is that said differently somewhere else too

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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 2:43PM (Unverified) said

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Wii + Saxophone + Wicked = Whoever you are, You're my new best friend.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 2:59PM (Unverified) said

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25. Your all wierd, why not call things by there names. In australia we call Pepsi: 'Pepsi', Coke is called: 'Coke', Fanta is called: 'Fanta'...is it really so hard. If we generalise exactly wot type of drink they are, it's called softdrink, the ones you mix with water is cordial. I think americans call it coolaye or something....pfft.

its koolaid. hahaha you crazy aussies and your socceroos. hey you did better than our stinkin team.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 3:30PM (Unverified) said

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All that, and no pic of it beside the PS2 Slim?
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 3:33PM (Unverified) said

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Because as we all know, Joystiq comment threads are known for their slavish devotion to the topic at hand.

Really, we've already had plenty of posts doing the Wii size comparison. So we found something else to talk about as a tangent. It's not like it'll hurt the Internet or anything.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 4:05PM (Unverified) said

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# 19. martin - Only a moron would say something like that. You're going to call an entire state stupid because you don't agree with what they call something? That would almost be insulting if it wasn't coming from a know-nothing like you. A lot of us call it Coke here in Texas also, but we mostly drink Dr Pepper (Not the shitty DP they have up north. The real stuff) so I guess that makes us stupid.

I can probably point out 20 or 30 things you call by a brand name when you shouldn't. Does that make you stupid too? Do you say Q-Tip? Zip-Lock Bag? Well you're stupid then.

See how that works?
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 4:23PM (Unverified) said

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In New York we call soda what it is. Wether it be Coke, Sprite, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, etc, we call it by it's trademarked name.

Oddly enough we call long sandwiches Heroes or subs.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 4:29PM (Unverified) said

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Scott, it's Kool-Aid.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 4:32PM Crono141 said

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#31 devi8i

GFY?

Good fun Yummies?

Got food yet?

Good for you?

I guess it doesn't mean the same thing for everybody...

Lighten up, nobody was insulting anybody with any seriousness.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 5:12PM (Unverified) said

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I want that mock-up so bad. It could possibly quell some of my antsyness before launch... plus, it would make for a fine joke to play on you friends. Set that thing on a shelf next to your Xbox and hear people ask how you got an early copy.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 5:41PM (Unverified) said

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I'm from Omaha, NE, and we say "pop" here.

Another one is "sack" and "bag." Go into a store, buy something, and say "can I hav a sack for that?" I lived in California for a few years, and every time I'd ask for a sack, they'd just look at my funny until I remembered to ask for a bag.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 10:32PM (Unverified) said

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Oooooh. I just figured out how comments work here lol

Well, again, those are my models. They really don't take long to make, maybe 3 hours tops. I made the first one just for my own comparison purposes, and the other, more detailed ones were made with the intention of selling them.

As for all the talk about location, I'm a now-sophomore at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign majoring in Music Education, and grew up in the SW suburbs of Chicago, right around the Orland Park area.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2006 11:01PM (Unverified) said

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Sweet, I have a John Phillip Souza award as well! It's displayed proudly in front of my "Winnie the Pooh playing a sax" doll.

GO BAND NERDS!!!
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Posted: Jun 24th 2006 12:32AM supremespleen said

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Hey, I know this guy in real life.
Nice to see him hitting it big on the net.
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Posted: Jun 24th 2006 1:55AM (Unverified) said

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"(Not the shitty DP they have up north. The real stuff)"

Are you talking about Mr Pib, kind sir? Because they are two totaly different drinks, and I'm pretty sure Pib ain't sold anywhere north of the mason-dixie. Sorry chap, but both are equally good drinks. Now... if your talking about moxie? yeah we got that up north... nasty shizzasty that crapola is...

yes, i just called it nasty shizzasty crapola. get over it.
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Posted: Jun 24th 2006 10:15AM (Unverified) said

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how on earth did he make such an neat and plastic wii mockup. the wiimote is also unbelieveably realistic. whith al its buttons that aren't flat etc... can somebodu tell me where he got the materials for his mockup?
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