My golden suit of armour
is haunted by ghosts who bring it to life every night. It’s my most possessed treasure.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:10, 21 replies)

*Blows raspberry*
Very poor!
( girlinthehole, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:14, closed)

Argh
I had just managed to forget that someone told me this theatre wot I am sitting in is haunted.

Now I'm all scared again.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:16, closed)

@HLT
Aren't all theatres haunted?

Or is it just a meme among luvvies?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:18, closed)

As I said
Earlier, "Ghosts can kill you.
They can make you fall down the stairs, or fly scissors into your throat."

EDIT: Wait, you get memes in real life?
( Cawl, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:19, closed)

I am but a simple tulip
And doesn't know what memes means.

*hangs head in shame*
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:22, closed)

Kaol
what's this "real life" thing, then?
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Wed 14 May 2008, 20:22, closed)

@k2k6
apparently this one is, by someone who died (duh) and buried in the plague pit on which this theatre is built.

meep.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:22, closed)

Meme (n)
According to my Mac's dictionary, is "an element of a culture or system of behaviour that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, esp. imitation".

So they do exist outwith the interweb. If one actor believes in ghosties and ghoulies in a theatre, he tells his mate and he believes it too. And so on.

I'm stumped by the 'real life' thing though. What's that?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:26, closed)

Oh, I see
So... all I have to do is not believe it, and it'll go away?

Can I do that with my mortgage?
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:28, closed)

@HLT
Don't worry I didn't know what a meme was either. I don't understand half of what is said on this website.
( girlinthehole, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:29, closed)

@hlt and BGB
Is this the queue to join the "ignorant and happy" club? It is? Good!
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Wed 14 May 2008, 20:31, closed)

good lord people
I came on here to kill some time and play some poker, and what do I find?

the same suspects who haunt the qotw during the day!

umm...hooray! (I suppose)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:32, closed)

yes,
cos technically it still is the day. I haven't gone home yet.

Edit: yes it is weewitch!
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:33, closed)

A meme
is basically an idea that takes on a life of its own and passes from person to person like a contageon. A good example would be the "All your base" thing from a few years back, or lolcatz. On b3ta memes consist of things like the Death Star, the Quo, Teh Fear and other altogether-too-popular bandwagons.

Google for the term "memetics" to learn more.

EDIT: here's a definition from Wikipedia.

A meme (pronounced /miːm/[1]) consists of any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that gets transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. Examples include thoughts, ideas, theories, practices, habits, songs, dances and moods and terms such as race, culture, and ethnicity. Memes propagate themselves and can move through a "culture" in a manner similar to the behavior of a virus. As a unit of cultural evolution, a meme in some ways resembles a gene. Richard Dawkins, in his book, The Selfish Gene,[2] recounts how and why he coined the term meme to describe how one might extend Darwinian principles to explain the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena. He gave as examples tunes, catch-phrases, beliefs, clothing-fashions, and the technology of building arches.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 14 May 2008, 20:34, closed)

@HLT
My suit of armour acts as a ghost-magnet. I just need to bring it to your theatre and your ghost-problem will be gone.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:34, closed)

@ Loon
I love your little nuggets..........of information that is.
( girlinthehole, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:37, closed)

@mistaspakkaman
Will you? Will you please?
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:41, closed)

* brings suit of armour to HLT's theatre *
* listens to wooshing sound as ghosts get sucked inside *

They're all inside now, but my armour is now friskier than it used to be.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:49, closed)

@mistaspakkaman
That was clever, I didn't see you do that at all!

*is safe and comforted*
*is grateful*
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:53, closed)

happylittletulip
I am your knight outside shining armour.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:59, closed)

mistaspakkaman
Sire, I am forever in your debt...
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 14 May 2008, 21:01, closed)