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SnowWhite

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Oddest Squad Name
« on: November 19, 2006, 09:48:00 pm »
What's the oddest squad name you've seen?  

My favorite today:  "The Glorious Hoary Moon-Planes of Fortifying".

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quot;...we literally tore a hole in the mountain, and slept in the mud for THREE YEARS while we waited for these tower caps to grow, and you come dancing in here, clutching your grass and berries like you''re Armok''s Sodding Gift To Dwarves, and tell us

AlStar

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Re: Oddest Squad Name
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2006, 10:07:00 pm »
One of my marksdwarf squads is "The Big Bolts" which I think is actually quite fitting.

As for oddest, "The Whips of Spring" or "The Bluenesses of Gold."

[ November 19, 2006: Message edited by: AlStar ]

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Re: Oddest Squad Name
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2006, 12:34:00 am »
The Armored Cleaners.  If only they did . . .
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Telok

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« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2006, 02:43:00 am »
The Mysteries of Paint...
Great, a squad of craftdwarves who wax poetic about the differences between teal and lilac. No wonder they fight like wimps.

The Copper Pulleys of Mist...
I'm not even going to ask. We'll just assign you to unarmed hunting, go tickle a giant lion.

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« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2006, 10:02:00 am »
I had a squad called "The Eternal Bronze Nuts," which I thought was highly appropriate. It may have actually been "Nuts (of something)" but if so, it was cut off on the screen, and that was all I could see.
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Winterwing

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Re: Oddest Squad Name
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2006, 01:24:00 pm »
In some alternate universe (before at least three accidental save revertings), the anvil bearer's squad was 'The Fiery Shells of Shooting'.  This earned zir the nickname 'Bang Bang'.  Sigh, that could have been fun.
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karnot

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« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2006, 02:18:00 pm »
Eh, "The Tomes of Kissing". Wielding romantic manuals or something ?
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ElectricEel

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« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2006, 06:26:00 am »
I've mentioned this before in the 'funny names' thread, but the 'Sacks of Paper'. Perhaps not a good idea to rely on those dwarves for your defense.
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Re: Oddest Squad Name
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2006, 09:39:00 am »
quote:
Originally posted by ElectricEel:
<STRONG>I've mentioned this before in the 'funny names' thread, but the 'Sacks of Paper'. Perhaps not a good idea to rely on those dwarves for your defense.</STRONG>

But if you must, then whatever you do, don't set them to patrol near the river.

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Rondol

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« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2006, 05:11:00 pm »
Can they fight their way out of a wet paper bag?
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« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2006, 04:46:00 am »
*** STARTING NEW GAME ***
** Loading Fortress **
`axe I' Ducimabod now commands "The Roughnesses of Sieging".
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Re: Oddest Squad Name
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2006, 09:07:00 am »
Not a squad name, but also funny:

In 501, The Dead Joke-Council of The Grand Unions founded Sprybud.

At least it's not the Dead Baby Joke Council.

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« Reply #12 on: November 25, 2006, 12:25:00 pm »
the earthen rags of packing
the gears of panting
the white yellow arrows
the rainy bodices of tongs
the tin boulders of dye
the swords of telling  <- interestingly.. it is a squad of swordsdwarves!
the helmed mighty armor

etc
... some of them actually sound reasonable!

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Maximus

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« Reply #13 on: November 25, 2006, 08:45:00 pm »
Neither a squad name nor funny -- but the most poetic name I've ever seen in DF was "The Speech of Snakes", an artifact gem.  I swear, it really has a haunting quality to it.
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Solara

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Re: Oddest Squad Name
« Reply #14 on: November 26, 2006, 04:55:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by bbb:
<STRONG>
the rainy bodices of tongs
</STRONG>

Oh yeah, any name with the word 'bodices' in it is guaranteed to be funny.    :))

Edit: Oh, and here's a newb question from me. Is there a reliable way you can see all of your squads' full names? Because I'm never able to fully appreciate them what with the way most of them get cut off in the middle.

Like I've got one called "The Gloved-Tightness Buck...something, and I desperately want to know what that the rest of it says.

Second Edit: Ah, I see that drowning or otherwise annihilating the squad does the trick nicely. So much for The Systematic Sabres of Crushing and The Artificial Diamond Meditations of Crystal. Unfortunately the dwarf with the mystery squad is too valuable to the fortress to use that method...

[ November 26, 2006: Message edited by: Solara ]

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