What's the story behind the green onion man?
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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.
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
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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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."
Antonio VillaRaigosa
City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA*faint*
A mum and loving it!
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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."
Antonio VillaRaigosa
City Mayor, Los Angeles, CAIt 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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Guys, please. How would you like to be told your head looks like an onion? No respect ;) cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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
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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It would be nice to know if it was a "year-long" marketing master plan, or just a stroke of genius.:confused: Abhishek
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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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
"Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
Antonio VillaRaigosa
City Mayor, Los Angeles, CABob 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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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 ;)
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
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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marketing plan or not, i love that logo :) Roswell :)
"Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
Antonio VillaRaigosa
City Mayor, Los Angeles, CARoswellNX wrote:
i love that logo
We all do.:) Abhishek
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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
:laugh::laugh::laugh: Thats great Roger!! Ever thought of writing a novel/short story? Agni