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ericcoleman ([personal profile] ericcoleman) wrote2009-04-17 10:39 am

A thought

I'm kinda shocked that (as far as I can tell) there has never been a convention called InCONtinence

[identity profile] born-to-me.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
That's the one we're going to start when we get too old to enjoy those crazy kids at the cons anymore.

[identity profile] trav13369.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
that was so funny I almost.....wait LOL

[identity profile] quadrivium.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember someone talking about starting one up a year or so ago.
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[personal profile] guppiecat 2009-04-17 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I still think that Worldcon should be called "CONtinental Drift".

[identity profile] selenesue.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
There is Tom Smith's song, "ConValescence," the ongoing con at the fannish retirement home. http://www.tomsmithonline.com/lyrics/convalescence.htm

Oh, and you know you are an aging fan when you buy "Serenity" incontinence products because of the Firefly reference. ;-)
Edited 2009-04-17 16:40 (UTC)

[identity profile] ann-totusek.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I buy them because my mother needs them. It's worse than a guy having to buy Kotex for his girlfriend/wife/mother etc.- everyone KNOWS he's not going to be using what he's buying- except maybe to soak up spills on the floor or something.

[identity profile] phillip2637.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
New hobby! Designing programming tracks for non-existent cons!
Contusion
Concussion
Inconsequential
Incongruous
....

[identity profile] dement1a.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I attended ConCussion one year... at least, that's how I felt on Sunday morning...

[identity profile] tigertoy.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I have a vague impression that inconsequential has actually been used.

Constipation?

[identity profile] sexybass.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Hsven't seen one called Constipation either. Maybe it could be held in Flushing?

Re: Constipation?

[identity profile] lemmozine.livejournal.com 2009-04-18 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
That was one of the nicknames for the '83 Worldcon in Baltimore.

[identity profile] rmeidaking.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
That's because we're already attending it on a regular basis in our own bathrooms....maybe we'll hold it at *your* house someday... :-)

[identity profile] jrittenhouse.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I think the idea just never held water in the past...

[identity profile] jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Incontinentia Buttox.

[identity profile] chia-rhino.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
It might be hard to find a weekend for it. I'd bet most of them are too inCONvenient.

[identity profile] lemmozine.livejournal.com 2009-04-18 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
How about a filk con, DisConcerting, for filkers who don't like to sit in one place too long.

Personally, I'd like to see a con for fans of science fiction palindromes, Noccon. The GoHHoG would be the author of Rats Live on No Evil Star.

[identity profile] jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com 2009-04-18 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Sit on a potato pan, Otis.

[identity profile] archiver-tim.livejournal.com 2009-04-18 11:32 am (UTC)(link)
Looks like WhatIfCon has not been taken yet either.

[identity profile] lemmozine.livejournal.com 2009-04-18 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I Think I Con - for railroading fans

Congested - a con for people with sinus conditions, or bad traffic?

Contusion - a con where fans bump into one another at high speed

Connie Francis - a con for fans of Francis Bacon, or just bacon.

Lastly, for writers who need a place to get ideas:

S-con-ectady.

[identity profile] lemmozine.livejournal.com 2009-04-18 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, and an afterthought . . . a con to teach fans to be more polite, in a certain East Coast state that starts with Con - Con Etiquette.