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Why is the word smurf censored?
« on: January 09, 2016, 08:27:13 pm »
I type smurf blue, i get saint's minion blue. What gives?
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Re: Why is the word smurf censored?
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2016, 08:33:11 pm »
Gotta be Saint being a smart-ass with the filter file.
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Re: Why is the word smurf censored?
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2016, 01:06:45 pm »
Yeah, don't remember why I did that but I remember thinking it was funny at the time :) Fixed.
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Re: Why is the word smurf censored?
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2016, 02:31:19 pm »
Quote from: saint on January 11, 2016, 01:06:45 pm
Yeah, don't remember why I did that but I remember thinking it was funny at the time :) Fixed.

I broke a rule and went around the word filter and changed it to smurfy :p
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Re: Why is the word smurf censored?
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2016, 02:40:50 pm »
Quote from: Malenko on January 11, 2016, 02:31:19 pm
Quote from: saint on January 11, 2016, 01:06:45 pm
Yeah, don't remember why I did that but I remember thinking it was funny at the time :) Fixed.

I broke a rule and went around the word filter and changed it to smurfy :p

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Re: Why is the word smurf censored?
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2016, 05:15:56 pm »
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Re: Why is the word smurf censored?
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2016, 06:07:08 pm »
:p
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Re: Why is the word smurf censored?
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2016, 08:23:24 pm »
Wasn't it some loony tune that came here to rant about gun rights (of all things) and started calling them smurfs?

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