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Suppose you were walking down the street or snowboarding or buying a DVD or filling up at the gas station or WHATEVER and one of your fellow BADMOVIES.ORG members was right beside you.  How would you recognize him/her/it?  Maybe we should have a secret sign or phrase like the Masons or the Elks or a coillege fraternity.  Perhaps we should compile a list of "secret sign" nominations and then choose one.  Here are a few ideas:

* The Vulcan "Live long and prosper" finger spread;
* The "Our Gang" He-Man Woman Haters Club oath: "We, the He-Man Woman Haters Club, promise not to fall for this Valentine's business, because girls are the bunk."
* "Open Sesame"
* "Shazam!"

Please add your nominations . . .
 

 :thumbdown: How about a simple thumbs down to indicate bad movie...?  :thumbdown: 
'Course, now some researchers think the Romans used the thumb down to mean the opposite of what we expect and it may have been intended to spare the poor fool...

 Maybe....
.I could do the 'Little Lad Dance" like in the berries and creme" Starburst commercials?
.Do the funny walk from Monty Python?
.OH!OH! I GOT IT!>>>[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMxrXMjPMcc

Doesn't happy Godzilla (Gojira) always bring a smile to yer face?   :bouncegiggle:  Can't applaud you again for six hours, RCBela. 

Well, I suppose Badmoviers could use a verbal signal where we immitate the Godzilla-Flipper-bleat. 

A Linnea Quigley scream?  Not so subtle perhaps....

I'm fine with Monster Zero jump.

How about a short code phrase? Something unique to the board that people would recognize, yet simple enough to remember?

Something like "Beware of the Menard."  :teddyr:

Or course, if it was Menard you ran into... :buggedout:

"Klatuu Berata Necktie"
"We accept you...One of Us, One of Us..."

From Twice Upon A Time: "Okay, I'm scared. Official."

Or in my case, simply look for a guy who can't seem to keep his finger out of his nose, then go into a lengthy exlplenation of where I'm supposed to know you from, and repeat about fifteen or twenty times. It helps if you wear a name tag, and don't get upset if I ask you if we've met & introduce myself several times.

Something I've always wanted to do, is get one of those musical car horns that plays the Il Tempo Gigate honk, from Flakalipka Grande Prix.

I dunno, maybe I just need to get out more.

I do have a sign; it uses one finger. (http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Laughing/lol-065.gif)

Hey, wait a minute!
That's MY sign! My own personal sign!
I have it patented & copyrighted!
I"M SUING!

Wouldn't we all be easily recognized by our Manos t-shirts?

 :bouncegiggle:

We could all do a Kurt Thomas and stand on our hands, pretending to climb up some stairs.

We would just have to check the integrity of our undies first.  :buggedout:

I already use the "gooble-gobble, one of us" among friends, but anyone could call me out by my collection of cult movie themed T-shirts.  I rarely wear anything else. 

I think the problem with the greeting is that you have to be in close proximity to each other.  We need something so that we can find each other over long distances.  I suggest a distinctive call.  Every hour, on the hour, hunch down and let out a loud call like, "Baaaaaaaaachhhhhhaaaaaa!   Baaaaaaaaachhhhhhaaaaaa!  Woooooooo  Whoop  Whoop  Whoop!"  Use a bullhorn to get extra distance out of the call.  If you hear a call, answer it and work your way closer to the other forum member, calling out return calls every few minutes.

I use this to find Katie in the mall.  She comes running immediately.

do understand that if you use any of said greetings on a non bad movie fan you're likely to face criminal charges...

...or a free ride in the rubber tuck...

We could have a two part sign, such as
A: Imperial battleship
B: halt the flow of time

Or we could go for Zarth-Arn style maniacal laughter

Muahahahahaha!

Howza bout we do like in the Street Fighter movie, which is a sideways thumbs up while saying "Bison!"

Singing the 'Mothra" song at the top of your lungs?

Or, much simpler, doing that pointing and screeching thing Donald Sutherland does at the end of the INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS remake?


(http://www.jimbo.info/weblog/archives/invasion23.jpg)
                  "Hey! Another b-movie fan!" Donald Sutherland seems to say

That scene always reminds me of my mother reacting to whatever I had done or brought home to show her (usually an insect, arachnid, reptile, etc).  I'd say that her blood pressure problem largely abated after I left the house.

If that's the secret sign, I've apparently met just about everyone on the board already.

Now that you mention it, that does look a lot like my mother's "Hey Mom! Lookit the neat snake I found!" face.

Ha, that's hilarious Andrew. I always thought the same thing about my mom. She hates it when I tell her that!

 But-what if,instead of another BAD MOVIES org. member...it really IS a BODY SNATCHER? That would be sad. :bluesad: Or we were mistaken for Body Snatchers...and people started setting us on fire? THAT would be REALLY sad!!!

Anytime I start acting weird (affectionate, civil, etc.) Katie sprays me with Roundup.  When I complain, she tells me, "Just making sure."

If I did that, my wife would run the other way and deny having ever known me. :teddyr:

My vote is for us all having, at all times, an arm hiding half our face like in Plan 9. . .
That or we walk around with a piece of paper shouting PERMIT, , ,PER - - - MIT! like P.J. did at the beginning of Braindead / Dead-Alive.

Maybe we could have Andrew put up a Bat Signal type thing that instead features George Kennedy's face/profile.

 

We could aproach eachother and ask, "Are you Dickies' father?" like in "Ghost of Chicken.

How about, when in doubt,asking the question "What is latin for Stuff glued on lizard?"

Or, maybe, "I'm a lean, green, B-movie machine!"

Ah, the possabilitys...

We always tried to work the phrase "YOU must come with me to Alderaan" into everyday conversation.  Its amazing how few opportunities there are for that. 
-Ed

I'm liking this one!

I'm thinking a official uniform ...

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38150000/jpg/_38150417_python300bbc.jpg)

(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q122/DENNISDURWARDHAMMOND/0526124300.jpg)
We could just walk around with a Lemur on our shoulder, as long as we change our coats frequently

How about driving caps & rose colored sunglasses
(http://a369.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00936/86/39/936009368_l.jpg)

LOVING IT! LOVING IT!

Try 'Stupid man-animal - hahahaha!' instead. Much more opportunities for that!

Lemurs or uniforms would work pretty well.  We'd just have to make sure the uniform was something unusual, such as was suggested.  The outfits from "A Clockwork Orange" would be good too.

And just obscure enough the mundanes would confuse us with sanitation engineers, or the guys in the white coats.
Or is that redundant?

There is something alluring about rubber boots, knickers, sweater and suspenders with a handkerchief on your head, top off with a little Hitler style mustache.

But if you want to keep it simple ...

Just a mustache/beard combo then, like this  ....

(http://www.funmansion.com/images/mustache_championship_02.jpg)

 Here's a cool suit...

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l79/RCMerchant/justim1.jpg)

Here's a little outfit for the ladies:

(http://www.stanford.edu/~gfreidin/images/cinema/aelita2.jpg)

If we're going for a mandatory uniform for the ladies, I suggest anything from "Nude on the Moon."  However, the deely-bobbers would be mandatory.

How about this one ...

(http://www.burlesqueshow.info/images/Gypsy.jpg)


Edit: Well my hot link died .... figures. so here is the cold one.

http://www.burlesqueshow.info/images/Gypsy.jpg

Oh now it's back ... make up your mind!!

I just realized something...those last 3 uniforms would'nt look out-of -place in an early '80's New Wave music video!
"Are We Not Men? We are WEIRDO! WE-I-R-DO!!!"  :twirl:

We could all wear buttons with the badmovies.org green slime symbol on them. And why not throw in the Misfits Crimson Ghost symbol for good measure...

Doing that in THOSE outfits, I would really wonder about the answer to that question.  Besides with my build you'd really want a burqha involved. 
-Ed

How about raising the antennae in our heads?

(http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2682/myfavoritemartiannt6.jpg)