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What's the story behind the green onion man?

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  • R RoswellNX

    i second that... Though i think he looks like a little bit of both, so i had to decide on one, lol Roswell

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    Chris Maunder
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    Guys, please. How would you like to be told your head looks like an onion? No respect ;) cheers, Chris Maunder

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      Guys, please. How would you like to be told your head looks like an onion? No respect ;) cheers, Chris Maunder

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      RoswellNX
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      sorry, it was just a creative imagination...we didn't see nothing;P Roswell:-D

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        Guys, please. How would you like to be told your head looks like an onion? No respect ;) cheers, Chris Maunder

        CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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        leckey 0
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        hey my husband makes fun of my mis-shapen head. He's an artist and even drew a cartoon of me with forceps around my head. this happened over 10 years ago; I'm still bitter. So Bob, I love your mis-shapen head. Although I look better in hats.

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          hey my husband makes fun of my mis-shapen head. He's an artist and even drew a cartoon of me with forceps around my head. this happened over 10 years ago; I'm still bitter. So Bob, I love your mis-shapen head. Although I look better in hats.

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          Ryan Binns
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          leckey wrote:

          He's an artist and even drew a cartoon of me with forceps around my head.

          So draw a picture of him with forceps around his... *whistles innocently* ;)

          Ryan

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          • R RoswellNX

            well, that's my nickname for the CP mascot, whatever he really is. :laugh: Cool idea for a logo IMO, because it really caught my eye the first time logged in, over a year ago. Then when i decided to find this place again i Googled for the word "code" and the description of what led me here in the first place. Because all i remembered was the orange color scheme, the "onion man" and the world "code" up on the top, and when i clicked on the link for what i think was a java based IM client i saw it and knew i was in the right place. Roswell :)

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            Megan Forbes
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            *faint*


            A mum and loving it!

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            • R RoswellNX

              well, that's my nickname for the CP mascot, whatever he really is. :laugh: Cool idea for a logo IMO, because it really caught my eye the first time logged in, over a year ago. Then when i decided to find this place again i Googled for the word "code" and the description of what led me here in the first place. Because all i remembered was the orange color scheme, the "onion man" and the world "code" up on the top, and when i clicked on the link for what i think was a java based IM client i saw it and knew i was in the right place. Roswell :)

              "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
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              AbhishekBK
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              It would be nice to know if it was a "year-long" marketing master plan, or just a stroke of genius.:confused: Abhishek

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              • C Chris Maunder

                Guys, please. How would you like to be told your head looks like an onion? No respect ;) cheers, Chris Maunder

                CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                Taka Muraoka
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                Chris Maunder wrote:

                How would you like to be told your head looks like an onion?

                Even if it actually did look an onion...? ;P


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                  Guys, please. How would you like to be told your head looks like an onion? No respect ;) cheers, Chris Maunder

                  CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                  peterchen
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                  Dutch or russian onion?


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                    It would be nice to know if it was a "year-long" marketing master plan, or just a stroke of genius.:confused: Abhishek

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                    RoswellNX
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                    marketing plan or not, i love that logo :) Roswell :)

                    "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
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                    • A AbhishekBK

                      It would be nice to know if it was a "year-long" marketing master plan, or just a stroke of genius.:confused: Abhishek

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                      Joey Bloggs
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                      I group of marketing wankers professionals got together in a room and brain stormed as to what programmers reminded them of. But we can't put that on a website said one of them. What if stylised it and made in green. Brillant said another. And so Bob was conceived ;)

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                      • R RoswellNX

                        Douglas Troy wrote:

                        That's Bob.

                        cool :) *looks up at the green figure in the top lefthand corner* nice to meet ya Bob :) Roswell :-D

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                        code frog 0
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                        Bob is a well traveled Bob. See Shog's CP blog for photos of blog all over the world. He gets around. :-D


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                        • J Joey Bloggs

                          I group of marketing wankers professionals got together in a room and brain stormed as to what programmers reminded them of. But we can't put that on a website said one of them. What if stylised it and made in green. Brillant said another. And so Bob was conceived ;)

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                          AbhishekBK
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                          Brilliant......... 5 on 5 for that one! Abhishek

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                            Guys, please. How would you like to be told your head looks like an onion? No respect ;) cheers, Chris Maunder

                            CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                            Roger Wright
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                            That's cruel, without a doubt. But our rather exclusive club has grown tremendously in the past few years, and many of the newbies may not know about our mascot. Didn't David Wulff do a piece about Bob a few years ago? Perhaps it's time to replay it, or at least provide a narrative summary of Bob's significant role in the founding of our favorite site. I for one would love to hear again the touching tale about how Bob landed in your back yard (upside down, of course), found you drooling and finger-painting on the porch, and raised your IQ above the level of writing VBScript with a wave of his tricorder. The story about him teaching you the wonders of beer (after a nearly tragic evening he spent on his own in downtown Canberra in the red light district - most of it, that is), and trying in vain to wean you away from a steady diet of Vegemite and Melba Toast rounds, was particularly inspiring. And I'll never forget the exciting time in the server room involving the drunken, psychotic squirrels you accidentally released - causing a 4-day outage in the process - and Bob heroically cornering the little buggers with a butterfly net and a bamboo skewer! That was the night you decided to go public with CodeProject, if I recall correctly, though it really wasn't necessary or relevant to announce your coming out of the closet that day. Still, there's a lot of memories there, and our newer members could benefit from hearing the whole story, or at least the bits you and Bob remember. You were spending a lot of time out of your heads at the time, so it's understandable that there might be a few gaps. Please do tell - they won't be full members until they know the whole tale.:-D "...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9

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                            • R RoswellNX

                              marketing plan or not, i love that logo :) Roswell :)

                              "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
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                              City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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                              AbhishekBK
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                              RoswellNX wrote:

                              i love that logo

                              We all do.:) Abhishek

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                              • R Roger Wright

                                That's cruel, without a doubt. But our rather exclusive club has grown tremendously in the past few years, and many of the newbies may not know about our mascot. Didn't David Wulff do a piece about Bob a few years ago? Perhaps it's time to replay it, or at least provide a narrative summary of Bob's significant role in the founding of our favorite site. I for one would love to hear again the touching tale about how Bob landed in your back yard (upside down, of course), found you drooling and finger-painting on the porch, and raised your IQ above the level of writing VBScript with a wave of his tricorder. The story about him teaching you the wonders of beer (after a nearly tragic evening he spent on his own in downtown Canberra in the red light district - most of it, that is), and trying in vain to wean you away from a steady diet of Vegemite and Melba Toast rounds, was particularly inspiring. And I'll never forget the exciting time in the server room involving the drunken, psychotic squirrels you accidentally released - causing a 4-day outage in the process - and Bob heroically cornering the little buggers with a butterfly net and a bamboo skewer! That was the night you decided to go public with CodeProject, if I recall correctly, though it really wasn't necessary or relevant to announce your coming out of the closet that day. Still, there's a lot of memories there, and our newer members could benefit from hearing the whole story, or at least the bits you and Bob remember. You were spending a lot of time out of your heads at the time, so it's understandable that there might be a few gaps. Please do tell - they won't be full members until they know the whole tale.:-D "...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9

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                                Agnihothra
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                                :laugh::laugh::laugh: Thats great Roger!! Ever thought of writing a novel/short story? Agni

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