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Quote of the Week
From Homestar Runner Wiki
The Quote of the Week is a sound bite from the Homestar Runner body of work. Quotes may be a selection from a recently-released toon, an outtake not included in a toon's final release, or a QotW-exclusive phrase. These were once viewed by clicking on the Q button at the top of the Main Pages, and were generally updated on Thursdays from 2004 through late 2009.
This feature began on January 10, 2002, under the name "Quote of the day(or so)". From early 2004 to 2009, the Quote of the Week was updated with near-weekly regularity. For some time before then, the quote of the week was a "what's new?" oval button. The dates of some quotes are estimated on the basis of the file-modified date. The feature stopped updating on October 22, 2009; this hiatus was briefly broken in 2014, but no new quotes have been shared since October 30 of that year. Since the post-Flash site update on the last day of 2020, the button no longer works.
- Between July 29 and November 11, 2004, released quotes were only available as .zip files. Beginning on November 22, however, the download option was changed to the MP3 format, and The Brothers Chaps began deleting each quote of the week as soon as the next one was released.
- Quotes after November 11, 2004 are transcribed on the website. Directly saving and opening the Flash file produces some odd results; the standard Homestar image will appear along with a default message, as shown on the right.
- On July 27, 2006, a "loading" box was added for while the quote was loading, probably due to the unusual length of that day's quote. The following week, on August 3, 2006, the loading box was removed.
[edit] Quotes
|30 Oct 2014
|Marzipan: "Call it, friendo!"
|Quote of the Week exclusive
| Marzipan is quoting Anton Chigurh, the antagonist in the 2007 film No Country for Old Men. The Halloween Safety teaser and the Sketchbook released the same day as the quote revealed that The Brothers Chaps had considered making Marzipan dress as Chigurh for I Killed Pom Pom.
The specific phrasing of "Call it, friendo" is from the film's trailer — in the movie proper, "friendo" and "call it" are from two separate lines of dialogue.
|22 Oct 2014
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|Strong Bad: "GET THE NEW #1 JAM! Woke up this mornin' in a rapsong video..." {entire "Fish Eye Lens" song}
|Fish Eye Lens
|The Quote of the Week was updated for the first time in exactly five years. This was the longest hiatus between pop-up updates, not counting the ongoing hiatus of the following week's quote.
|22 Oct 2009
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|Brainkrieg: "Weeks after Halloween, days after Thanksgiving, just before the Christmas lights go up, Brainkrieg stalks the neighborhood in my mom's Taurus wagon in search of..." {entire "Decomposing Pumpkins" song}
|Decomposing Pumpkins
|15 Oct 2009
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|Coach Z: "What kinda wood ya use there, Strong Bad? Cause y'know I knew a guy up in Paughkeegan who could work wonders with a piece of..."
|The Luau extended take
|Coach Z mentions "Paughkeegan", which might be referring to Waukegan, a suburb of Chicago. Coach Z's accent is distinctly Upper Midwestern, which makes it very plausible that he'd know a person from Waukegan (or "Paughkeegan").
|01 Oct 2009
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|Strong Bad: "The Grampy Aught Six uza-you-uzilizes...is a good one."
|Compy Catalog blooper
|27 Aug 2009
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|Coach Z: "I think there's a Blubb-O's Li'l Lubber's meal rattlin around up there somewhere."
|On Break outtake
|07 Aug 2009
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|Strong Sad: "It's here! It's here! It's fina-lully here! There's no more time for expectasche, it's here! IT'S HERE!"
|Compy Catalog extended take
|Besides the slightly extended second half of the song, the arrangement of the first half has also been further embellished.
|30 Jul 2009
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|Strong Bad: "Stupid air guitar! Just people wagglin their hands around in front of em, lookin like they're pretendin to mix up a sauce. I hate that sauce!"
|23 Jul 2009
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|Lil' Strong Sad: "Haha. You're right! He does sound ever so slightly like a soccer mom. I never realized that before!"
|imaginary outtake
|09 Jul 2009
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|Teenage Homestar Runner: "Now you guys are sure this won't emancipate me from my ridiculous stripèd pants?"
|high school
|25 Jun 2009
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|Fanmade heavy metal remix of Stinkoman 20X6 Level 1 by VikingGuitar. Be sure and get to the :40 mark! (edited for time/filesize)
|Quote of the Week exclusive
|This was originally called "Power Crunch" and is available unedited. This remix was later used as the soundtrack for the Stinkoman Level 10 Launch Trailer.
|04 Jun 2009
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|D n' D Greg: "If I can bargain with the Talenta Halflings, we could all ride in on dinosaur back."
|Teen Girl Squad Issue 15 outtake
|"Talenta Halflings" and "riding dinosaurs" refer to the Eberron campaign setting of Dungeons & Dragons, where the Talenta Plains are the homelands of the halflings, who do indeed ride on large raptor-like dinosaurs and herd various breeds of herbivorous dinosaurs.
|10 Apr 2009
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|Homestar Runner: "Doodle doodle loot doot doot doot doodoo. Boodle oodle oot doot doo! And so forth." {Inspector Gadget theme continues}
|Donut Unto Others extended take
|02 Apr 2009
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|Strong Sad: "The beige malaise can last for days."
|Kick-A-Ball extended take
|26 Mar 2009
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|Homestar Runner: "Don't you remember? That's how you got Darryl Strawbry on your team back then."
|Kick-A-Ball outtake
|Darryl Strawberry is a former Major League Baseball player.
|12 Mar 2009
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|Homestar Runner: "I know how 'em duckie goes! Wack wack."
|05 Mar 2009
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|Strong Sad: "Aw, this is bad even for my diet. I mean, bulgarless bulgar? How much xanthan gum can a fella take?!"
|Xanthan gum is a common ingredient in gluten-free baking. Bulgar (or bulgur) is prepared from gluten-containing wheat.
|26 Feb 2009
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|Marzipan: "That's so crazy!!! I'VE always wanted to see Ira Glass and Ira Flatow wrestle too!!"
|Date Nite
|19 Feb 2009
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|{A boy: "Uh, what does 'YNCBIINAR2TMTSAYHAOBTHACTCM this summer' mean?"} Cheerleader: "You're Not Cute But If I Need A Ride To The Mall This Summer And You Have An Older Brother That Has A Car Then Call Me!!"
|Teen Girl Squad Issue 14 outtake
|12 Feb 2009
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|Strong Sad: "Boy did I pick the wrong hemisphere for this year's Float N' Bloat."
|Best Caper Ever outtake
|05 Feb 2009
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|Old-Timey Strong Bad: "What manner of uncivilized ribcage is this anyways?"
|Sickly Sam's Big Outing
|29 Jan 2009
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|Homestar Runner: "Roundy here is from back when I was known as the Popcorn Lumpou." {Without his usual speech impediment} "Lumper." Matt Chapman: "Lumper."
|Hremail 62 blooper
|11 Dec 2008
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|Taranchula: "Mired on the moor. Swamped in the sludge. Dying on the floor. Drown in the trudge. Drown in the trudgemank! and so forth..." {The rest of the Trudgemank song plays in place of "and so forth...".}
|20 Nov 2008
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|Strong Bad: "Aw, what's the use! Forget this reanimating crap. The Cheat! Why don't you do some of your regular animating crap."
|Most in the Graveyard outtake
|06 Nov 2008
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|Bubs: "You stay away from my sister!"
|Most in the Graveyard outtake
|16 Oct 2008
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|Strong Bad: "Oh STEVEN! I think this may finally be it you guys! After 200 hundred {actually says "two hundred"} emails, I'm finally gonna get to make out with da-da-da DEAR HOMESTAR?!"
|email thunder outtake
|The word "hundred" appears after "200".
|26 Sep 2008
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|Strong Bad: "There's a crazy world of emails in this crazy world. Checkin em down, checkin em down..." {entire email song}
|alternate universe
|18 Sep 2008
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|(Matt:) "Try and sound like Homestar too." (Mike:) "I'll do it. *BURP!*" (Matt:) "Sounds like a moth comin' out!"
|hygiene outtake
|11 Sep 2008
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|Bubs: "Oh you know him mo - ooaaaaAAHH Everybody knows how to talk like Bubs!"
|Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective blooper
|04 Sep 2008
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|Homestar Runner: "We are just talkin' about Bubs with a piece of paper stapled to his face, right?" {He laughs a little as he says "right".}
|Happy Dethemberween outtake
|28 Aug 2008
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|Senor Cardgage: "You bet, small girl! How bout I hit you on the slant!"
|Senorial Day outtake
|14 Aug 2008
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|Strong Bad: "And I'm like, 'You just jingled a bunch of jangle in my face and called it magic!'"
|magic trick outtake
|07 Aug 2008
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|Crack Stuntman: "Don't blow this for me, Chimendez!"
|The Next Epi-Snowed
|31 Jul 2008
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|Strong Bad: "Some would say, 'pocket,' I say, 'in my pants.'"
|your edge
|10 Jul 2008
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|Bubs: "Yes, 'shaped,' in quotes, like there's a bite taken out of it. There isn't. There IS one! It's a real bite taken out if {actually says "out of it"}, Homestar! I ate it!
|The Baloneyman outtake
|The quote reads "taken out if" instead of "of it".
|26 Jun 2008
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|Coach Z: "You don't need no consummate V's to be my bride."
|Trogday 08 Easter egg
|19 Jun 2008
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|Strong Sad: "Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said..."
|Somber Vacation Easter egg
|05 Jun 2008
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|Homestar Runner: "No, HERE'S my grocery list: Amazing thing, amazing thing, amazing thing, amazing thing."
|love poems
|22 May 2008
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|(Singers:) "Polymascot foamalate! (The Homestar Runner:) Feed it to the babies. (Singers:) Polymascot foamalate! (Old-Timey Strong Bad:) Or as a topping on soured cream!"
|4 branches
|16 May 2008
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|Strong Bad: "It's over! And you're walking into a parking lot with the hot guy. It's over! And they all made fun of you but they got stuff dumped on top of them. It's OVER!" {entire end credits song}
|Teen Girl Squad Issue 14
|08 May 2008
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|Strong Bad: "Verify our range to target! Flood tubes three and four! Hunt for Red October!"
|Date Nite
|02 May 2008
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|The Homestar Runner: "Double S here's about to go on his first date with a member of the opposite per-suasion."
|Sickly Sam's Big Outing
|24 Apr 2008
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|The King of Town: "I rule the school!"
|Revenge of the King
|17 Apr 2008
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|Strong Bad: "A-can I get a reSTRIC-TED?!"
|29 Mar 2008
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|Sickly Sam: "I do believe you've spic'd my span."
|Sickly Sam's Big Outing
|20 Mar 2008
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|Marshie: "Bomb Capacity Increased!"
|Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up
|13 Mar 2008
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|Strong Bad: "Thar she blows the Cheat! Aim for the blow hole!"
|Blubb-O's Commercial
|The "The" in The Cheat's name is not capitalized, and there is no comma after "blows". "Blowhole" is also misspelled as two words.
|07 Mar 2008
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|Schenkel McDoo: "Yah guys! Maybe find some coin!"
|28 Feb 2008
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|Bubs: "Oh. Uh... I'm a public flasher!"
|14 Feb 2008
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|Cheerleader: "As I was saying, Vamlumtimes Day is serious times. If I don't get cards from enough boys, I could lose all my Mindy cred!"
|Teen Girl Squad Issue 12
|07 Feb 2008
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|Old-Timey Strong Bad: "Alright, The Sneak, watch me toss these creepity crawlities through the window like I was Edgardo J. Sportsman himself!"
|31 Jan 2008
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|Senor Cardgage: "Carageenan, Monteljohn. Can you detect me to the nearest bus stamp?"
|fan club
|"Carrageenan" is misspelled "carageenan".
|24 Jan 2008
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|Gel-arshie: "I'M AN ABOMINATION! And I'm comin' to your house after school."
|winter pool
|17 Jan 2008
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|Coach Z: "Mmmmm! Drink in that bun!"
|10 Jan 2008
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|Marzipan: "I'm pretty sure that's just Strong Mad absconding with Bob's conces-- Bob's...{Missy briefly laughs and inhales} {I'm pretty sure} that's just Strong Mad absconding with Bubs' constesh-- constession stand."
|Fall Float Parade blooper
|13 Dec 2007
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|Singers: "Smart drinks. These are smart drinks. (These are definitely not smart drinks.) Have another round. (Don't.)" {entire song: "Smart drinks. (These are not smart drinks.) These are smart drinks. (These are definitely not smart drinks.) These are smart drinks. (Definitely not.) Have another round. (Don't.) {quickly} Have another round! (Don't.)"}
|06 Dec 2007
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|Homestar Runner: "Ohh! And you think Poodonkis did it."
|Jibblies 2 outtake
|29 Nov 2007
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|Coach Z: "Coach Z, R-A-P. Accidentally featuring Peacey P..." {entire "Rap Song"}
|Rap Song
|15 Nov 2007
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|Coach Z: "I feel like that school child on the first day of Christmas!"
|01 Nov 2007
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|Marzipan: "Jibblie jibblie jibblie jibblie jibblie. Does that sound frantic?" {Matt can be heard saying "Yeah, keep going" faintly}
|Jibblies 2 outtake
|25 Oct 2007
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|Strong Mad: "I DON'T WANT TO EAT A GUITAR!"
|This quote was released within hours of the one below. It was suggested in the edit summary of the edit adding the quote below to this page.
|25 Oct 2007
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|Sickly Sam: "Can you spare any mush for me?"
|Parsnips A-Plenty
|This quote is identical to the 22 Sep 2005 quote. It was changed within hours of being released.
|18 Oct 2007
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|Strong Bad: "Oh, way to impress, Spirit of St. Loolis. The peanut brittle coulda swam better than that."
|business trip (first sentence an outtake)
|12 Oct 2007
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|Strong Bad: "Borgorroth of Coolswordorroth shimmies for no man!"
|web comics
|04 Oct 2007
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|Strong Bad: "Oh and one more thing, if your jim-jams happen to be a pair of takelongs..." {Matt can be heard laughing faintly}
|slumber party outtake
|27 Sep 2007
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|Strong Mad: "Did you just say polychaete worms?"
|caffeine outtake
|polychaete worms are a class of worms that are known for their bristles and marine environments.
|20 Sep 2007
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|Coach Z: "Oh. I guess I forgort to port. Oh! I guess I forgat to prat! OH! Gorka fa pork!"
|13 Sep 2007
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|The Sad Kids: "Frosty? Flurry."
|Frosties and McFlurries are ice cream treats served at Wendy's and McDonald's, respectively.
|06 Sep 2007
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|Senor Cardgage: "Oh. I should eat a pony."
|30 Aug 2007
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|sloshy: "We don't really even care about you. Get out of my backyard or maybe don't. Cause I'm about to watch a movie movie movie oh!" {entire "We Don't Even Really Care About You" song}
|concert extended song
|23 Aug 2007
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|Strong Sad: "Yeah, I don't think sloshy could arpeggiate a diminished 7th if their philosophy degrees depended on it."
|concert outtake
|16 Aug 2007
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|Strong Bad: "I'm gonna be so far under par, I'm gonna be over par!" {The Cheat: {The Cheat noises} Strong Bad: "Oh, well then, I'll just be really far under par, then."}
|mini-golf outtake
|09 Aug 2007
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|Bubs: "That would be a sweet deal I couldn't resist! N-E-S-T-L-E-S!"
|Ever and More outtake
|Nestlé is a Swiss maker of candy and other food products. The quote a reference to Nestlé's long standing jingle, "N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestlé's makes the very best", especially its Alpine White version from the '80s, "Sweet dreams you can't resist. N-E-S-T-L-E-S."
|21 Jun 2007
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|Strong Bad: "Garbage disposal: what a way to go! Garbage disposal, meet So and So."
|Teen Girl Squad Issue 13
|14 Jun 2007
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|The Ugly One: "I love longitudes." Cheerleader: "Not me, I'm a latitude snob."
|Teen Girl Squad Issue 11 outtake (see also Sketchbook)
|07 Jun 2007
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|Homestar Runner: "So what are you saying? That you -GULP- want his bod?"
|Date Nite
|24 May 2007
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|Strong Bad: "Do not attempt to adjust those trucker caps you're all wearing. Or wait, in fact, DO adjust them. Everybody turn your trucker caps sidewise!"
|Field Day Intro
|17 May 2007
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|Marzipan: "There was this little worm and I brought him inside because he seemed like he would fit into a little jar. And I gave him the name of Fat Albert."
|Homestarloween Party extended clip
|11 May 2007
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|Strong Mad: "Did you just say parakeet?"
|03 May 2007
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|Stinkoman: "We deserve a break! Everyone grab a spoon and take a break with pudding."
|Under Construction outtake
|26 Apr 2007
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|Homestar Runner: "Oh, hello guys! This is my talk and mouth move. Great times!"
|Quote of the Week exclusive recorded for the Georgia Tech Talk
|19 Apr 2007
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|Homestar Runner: "Drinko some Malinko! Malinko flavored water! Crystal clear like domestic beer!"
|rough copy (second phrase an outtake)
|12 Apr 2007
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|Blue Laser Commander: "These hardly qualify as PANTS!"
|An Important Rap Song outtake
|05 Apr 2007
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|Drive-Thru Whale: "Sever your leg, please. It's the greatest day."
|22 Mar 2007
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|Taranchula: "Ooh hoo ha ha haaa. Brother in a jar. Brother in a jar. Brotherinajar!" {entire "Brother in a Jar" song}
|your funeral
|15 Mar 2007
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|Crack Stuntman: "I've had it up to HERE with your shinoligans! {pronounces "shinoligans" like "SHY-knowligans"} If you could see me you'd see that I'm holding my hand up to my chin. And I'm pretty tall!"
|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2 outtake
|08 Mar 2007
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|The King of Town: "Woo! What is that reek? The Poopsmith, you smell like a Crapsmith."
|KOT's VOQPCS!
|01 Mar 2007
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|Homestar Runner: "I wonder how you spell tabasco. TABASCOooo!"
|the movies
|22 Feb 2007
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|Singers: You and me, babe, livin for dreams, lifin' for love, drinkin' for free. Sittin' on top of an old robot, sharin' and carin' it out. The memory's scrubbin' you down!
|theme song
|15 Feb 2007
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|Teen Girl Squad: "2-3-4. What time is it? It's Valentimes. What time is it? It's Valentimes. What we gone get? Several boys! How we gonna get em? Uh...um...er..."
|Teen Girl Squad Issue 12
|08 Feb 2007
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|Singers: "King Bubsgonzola King-King Bubsgonzola Supreme"
|01 Feb 2007
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|Marzipan: "Word booty!"
|looking old
|18 Jan 2007
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|Strong Sad: "I can't remember cereal, I can't remember TV. Is it football season yet? I don't even watch football. I hate football but I'll play football. Run you over in football..." {quote continues: "Run you down the field like a clown!"}
|caffeine, though under Strong Bad's voiceover
|11 Jan 2007
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|Bubs: "Crabadonk. Crabadonk! CRABADONK!"
|the chair multiple takes
|21 Dec 2006
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|Homestar Runner: "A-listen to me now. Cheer up, Coach Z. It doesn't have to be creepy and depressing all the time..." {entire "Cheer Up, Coach Z" song}
|Decemberween Short Shorts
|Only the Quote of the Week was updated; the Weekly Fanstuff and Sketchbook were not.
|14 Dec 2006
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|Strong Sad: "Strong Bad, did you put {Matt laughs a little while still maintaining his Strong Sad voice} Montelbon pheremones..?"
|what i want blooper
|"Montelbon" is probably a reference to Ricardo Montalbán.
|07 Dec 2006
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|Strong Bad: "Whoa, it's been upgraded to stank. Just last week it was only stink. Stonk can't be far away."
|the chair outtake
|Stink and stonk being related to stank is a reference to "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch", a song from the 1966 animated adaption of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, in which the singer says that "stink, stank, [and] stunk" are the three words that best describe the Grinch.
|30 Nov 2006
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|The Homestar Runner: "Well, folks, you know what that means... Now I'll do a dance."
|20X6 vs. 1936
|This quote is a repeat of the 31 Mar 2005 quote with an ellipsis instead of a colon.
|17 Nov 2006
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|Videlectrix Guys: "What did I say?! Good gr- To make good- What did I tell you to do?! To make good graphics. GOOD GRAPHICS!" {quote continues: "I COME TO WORK AND I HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS MESS! I can make good graphics. I—YOU BETTER MAKE GOOD GRAPHICS! I'M SUPPOSED TO RELEASE A VIDEO COMPUTER GAME ON TV WITHOUT THIS GRAPHIC! What? YOU HEARD ME!"}
|Peasant's Quest Preview Easter egg
|This quote is titled as an "outtake" in the ID3 tag. The quote may have originally been an outtake, then added to the toon as an Easter egg.
|09 Nov 2006
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|What's Her Face: "When you fall in a bottomless pit, you die of starvation."
|Teen Girl Squad Issue 4
|03 Nov 2006
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|Singer: "Want some bread and butter pickles. Ooo-ahh! Give me that bread and butter pickle, bread and butter pickle. You are."
|Happy Hallow-day music from Marzipan's song with lyrics
|27 Oct 2006
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|Marzipan: "Oh yes, folks, there's no better way to be brutally honest with someone than to construct a hate float and put it in a televised parade."
|Fall Float Parade outtake
|20 Oct 2006
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|Marshie: "Take a trip to the mountains!"
|12 Oct 2006
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|Homestar Runner: "Doo doot. Tch. Doo doo dit. Tch. Doot doo doot. Tch. It's the hold music..." {quote continues: "...do doot. Tch. Pa doo doot. Tch. Boodoo doo doot. Tch. Hold music!"}
|25 Sep 2006
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|Strong Bad: "Naw it's a moon computer. Y'know, the kind the planets use to do their taxes."
|A Decemberween Pageant
|18 Sep 2006
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|Strong Sad: "Tonight is my night to play Caaardinal Sins."
|Where's The Cheat?
|07 Sep 2006
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|Singers: "And now we're jammin. Jammin tunes, jammin tunes. Now we're jammin. jumbo/LARGE!"
|road trip
|31 Aug 2006
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|Blue Laser Commander: "Awesome! Just...AWESOME!"
|18 Aug 2006
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|Strong Bad: "When email comes to town you know, you know it's like a rainstorm in your browser.When email comes to town I know, I know it's like a netscape hurricane"
|theme song email intro extended version, with background music from the end of the email
|11 Aug 2006
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|Homestar Runner: "Hey guys! H'whatcha teekenbot?"
|Strong Bad is a Bad Guy
|03 Aug 2006
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|What's Her Face and The Ugly One: "And the chumbly wumbly bear came a tumblin down! Did he sell beans? Lord no! Did he sell eggs? Lord no! But he couldn't...so he stapled it down!" {entire chumbly wumbly bear song}
|Teen Girl Squad Issue 11
|27 Jul 2006
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|Lazor Larry: "She was only 2017-She was a low res beauty queen-She was a brain sister-Texas Instruments all day-She remembers how they used to duet-Tha'll think you know what I mean." {entire "Brain Sister" song}
|Summer Short Shorts
|20 Jul 2006
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|Science Fiction Greg: "Oh, I can take my shirt off."
|Teen Girl Squad Issue 11
|13 Jul 2006
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|The King of Town: "Let the KOT have some!"
|senior prom outtake
|06 Jul 2006
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|Marzipan: "We are the Cool Tapes. We make some phat papes. Doley-O, doley-o, doley-o.(x3) {Strong Mad: DOLEY-O! The Cheat: (The Cheat noises)} Stop creepin' at me."
|Weclome Back outtake
|29 Jun 2006
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|Strong Bad: "You will note the artist's attention to fine wines, his masterful use of shadow...stevens. Circle gets the square."
|portrait outtake
|"Circle gets the square" is a reference to the game show Hollywood Squares, which is based on tic-tac-toe; the accompanying phrase is "X gets the square." Shadoe Stevens was the announcer for two incarnations of the show (the John Davidson and Tom Bergeron-hosted versions), and occupied a square on the Davidson version.
|18 May 2006
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|Small Mouth Strong Mad: "I DON'T KNOW WHEN TO SAY WHEN!!"
|isp outtake
|11 May 2006
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|Marzipan: "Hey! Watch those hands David Coppafeel!"
|senior prom outtake
|04 May 2006
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|Strong Bad: "Alright I gotta get out of here. I'm meetin Delelilia for some vietma- viamatese tunuffins!"
|senior prom outtake
|The name of Strong Bad's imaginary girlfriend is spelled here as "Delelilia". However, in senior prom, her name was spelled "Delilelia".
|27 Apr 2006
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|Senor Cardgage: "Oh...I live a hard life." {faint laughter from Mike can be heard at end}
|06 Apr 2006
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|Strong Bad: "You got the munch, the crisp and the crunch. Livin' in the gutter with Grandma. When Coach puts you in, you gotta go for the win. Y2K turned out alright..." {entire SBLOUNSKCHED! jingle}
|candy product
|30 Mar 2006
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "Oh, if you want it to be possessive it's just 'its,' but if it's supposed to be a contraction then it's I-T apostrophe S! ...scalawag."
|local news
|24 Mar 2006
|download (mirror)
|Strong Sad: "Your computer room is now my tai chi space. And it doubles as my chai tea space, too!"
|Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon outtake
|This may be a nod to The Simpsons episode "HOMЯ", which had a similar tai chi/chai tea gag.
|16 Mar 2006
|download (mirror)
|Homestar Runner: "You're doing great! Now shoulders down! One and two! Feel the burn and go to bed! Make some breakfast, talk to me!"
|lady fan
|10 Mar 2006
|download (mirror)
|The King of Town: Not Talkin' Bout Butter (remix by DJ Teh Cheat)
|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2
|02 Mar 2006
|download (mirror)
|Strong Sad: "Uh, Strong Bad, were you just first basin' it with that piece of loose leaf?!"
|Teen Girl Squad Issue 10
|23 Feb 2006
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "What?! Under Siege 2?? You got me this for like the last 3 years, man!"
|The Best Decemberween Ever outtake
|16 Feb 2006
|download (mirror)
|Bubs as Dr. Christmas: "I got it-I got everything you wan know. Everybody know me, my name Cornbread."
|A Decemberween Pageant outtake
|Although it isn't identical, this quote is very similar to Bubs's quote for 25 Mar 2005 ("Everybody knows me. Mine name Cornbread.").
|09 Feb 2006
|download (mirror)
|Special Fanstuff Quote of the Day!! High school band actually playing the CGNU Fight Song! {Band leader says, "Ready and one and set and go!" This is followed by the entire instrumental fight song, and concludes with a crowd chanting, "C! G! N! ...U! Me?" and the band leader saying, "Well, there you have it, Jimmy-Jimmy."}
|Quote of the Week exclusive; references the emails mascot (song) and mile (beginning and end)
|The fan version of the CGNU fight song is in a different key than in mascot—B-flat instead of F.
|02 Feb 2006
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "The Cheatbot! Do you use that same mouth to kiss your... motherboard."
|technology outtake
|26 Jan 2006
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "They flew on a sweet, sweet mushroom bridge to the...baseball...game."
|flashback outtake
|19 Jan 2006
|download (mirror)
|Cheerleader: "I come for the wuggas, but stay for the jiggy juggas."
|death metal Easter egg
|12 Jan 2006
|download (mirror)
|Bubs: "Hey, Coach! Tell her I said, 'Hey!' No, no, just--Tell her I said, 'Bananas!' Tell her I said, 'A bluh-buncha bananas.'"
|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0
|08 Dec 2005
|download (mirror)
|Coach Z: "You say tomater, I zader matermorts."
|Fall Float Parade
|25 Nov 2005
|download (mirror)
|Two Homsars: "Let's sing a song of Pennzoil!"
|Fall Float Parade
|17 Nov 2005
|download (mirror)
|Old-Timey Strong Bad: "I'll be marching around in gold pants in no time!"
|That a Ghost
|10 Nov 2005
|download (mirror)
|The King of Town: "The punishment is not too bad, eh?"
|Revenge of the King
|03 Nov 2005
|download (mirror)
|Bubs: "You're pretty good, shorty! That's worth an Under Siege 2 collector's spoon!"
|Halloween Potion-ma-jig outtake
|27 Oct 2005
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "Oh! Very mean things...to say. Funny also, too."
|21 Oct 2005
|download (mirror)
|Singers: "Strong Bad is a bad guy, bad guy, bad guy." {entire song}
|Strong Bad is a Bad Guy
|20 Oct 2005
|download (mirror)
|Homestar Runner: "The good times are over!!"
|Bug in Mouth Disease
|This quote is a repeat of 16 Jun 2005 with formatting differences (lowercase letters instead of caps). It was changed the following day.
|06 Oct 2005
|download (mirror)
|Jibblies Painting: "Come on in heeeeere."
|bottom 10
|29 Sep 2005
|download (mirror)
|The Geddup Noise Indie-tronic Remix by DJ Teh Cheat
|geddup noise
|22 Sep 2005
|download (mirror)
|Sickly Sam: "Can you spare any mush for me?"
|This quote was (briefly) duplicated on 25 Oct 2007.
|15 Sep 2005
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad as Reynold: "Oh, I really need to go grocery shopping. I wish my girlfriend didn't leave me."
|Cheat Commandos
|08 Sep 2005
|download (mirror)
|Homestar Runner: "What in Pete Sampras is going on here?!?"
|Cool Things
|01 Sep 2005
|download (mirror)
|1-Up: "I want pudding!"
|Under Construction
|25 Aug 2005
|download (mirror)
|Marshie: "Those rotten little punks next door won't know what hit 'em when you...fill 'em...fulla lead."
|Malloween Commercial outtake
|18 Aug 2005
|download (mirror)
|Marzipan: "Ready boys? 1-2-3-4 Cool tapes are cool 'cause they're where it's at. Cool tapes are cool and we like it like that..." {entire song}
|Cool Things
|11 Aug 2005
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|Senor Cardgage: "My left name is tremendous savings, Ms. America!"
|Senorial Day
|04 Aug 2005
|download (mirror)
|Coach Z: "IT'S DAZZLE-MAZING!!"
|Happy Fireworks
|21 Jul 2005
|download (mirror)
|Homestar Runner: "buttdance again, like the rhythm's down your pants now!"
|bottom 10
|07 Jul 2005
|download (mirror)
|Homestar Runner: "A wagon full of pamcakes? In the Champeenship?! I'd like to see ya try!"
|30 Jun 2005
|download (mirror)
|Bubs: "Check it out check it out check it out check it out check it out check it out check it out check it out..." {continues}
|Lookin at a Thing in a Bag
|"Check it out" is said 16 times.
|23 Jun 2005
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "You bet! Hit me on the slant!"
|Senorial Day
|16 Jun 2005
|download (mirror)
|Homestar Runner: "THE GOOD TIMES ARE OVER!!!"
|Bug In Mouth Disease
|This quote was repeated 20 Oct 2005 with formatting differences (lowercase letters instead of caps). It was changed the following day.
|10 Jun 2005
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "Naw, it can't be heaven. There's not enough Twinkies."
|Where the Crap Are We?
|This quote was never featured on the site. Instead, it was said in "Where the Crap Are We?", which is an Easter egg in Macromedia Central.
|02 Jun 2005
|download (mirror)
|Homsar: "AAAaaaAAh'm the human wedgie!"
|This quote is a repeat of the 17 Feb 2005 quote. Although the two sound bites are identical, the text used in both cases is slightly different. (The first time it was "I'm", whereas the second was "AAAaaaAAh'm").
|12 May 2005
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "I'm on a RAMPAGE!!"
|28 Apr 2005
|download (mirror)
|Coach Z: "Once again Biscuit Dough Hands Man slips through our fingers!"
|Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon
|21 Apr 2005
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: {imitating the Lappy 486's start-up noise} "Dong DIIING!!!"
|14 Apr 2005
|download (mirror)
|Strong Mad: "I'M THE HUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
|other days
|31 Mar 2005
|download (mirror)
|The Homestar Runner: "Well, folks, you know what that means: Now I'll do a dance."
|20X6 vs. 1936
|This quote was repeated on 30 Nov 2006 with an ellipsis instead of a colon.
|25 Mar 2005
|download (mirror)
|Bubs as Dr. Christmas: "Everybody knows me. Mine name Cornbread."
|A Decemberween Pageant
|Although it isn't identical, this quote is very similar to Bubs's quote for 16 Feb 2006 ("I got it-I got everything you wan know. Everybody know me, my name Cornbread.").
|17 Mar 2005
|download (mirror)
|The King of Town: "Stop what? I don't do nothing!"
|3 Times Halloween Funjob
|10 Mar 2005
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "Oh. Why do you...guys...like me anymore. I—I've lost it!"
|origins outtake
|27 Feb 2005
|download (mirror)
|Crackotage: "Look out below, geronimo! Hee hee HA HA!"
|Cheat Commandos...O's
|17 Feb 2005
|download (mirror)
|Homsar: "I'm the human wedgie!"
|This quote was repeated on 02 Jun 2005. Although the two sound bites are identical, the text used in both cases is slightly different. (The first time it was "I'm", whereas the second was "AAAaaaAAh'm").
|10 Feb 2005
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "Everyone is different. No two people are not on fire. Awww."
|kids' book
|27 Jan 2005
|download (mirror)
|Powered by The Cheat Bubs: "My name's Bubs! This is my regulah voice!"
|Sample of Style
|20 Jan 2005
|download (mirror)
|Cheerleader: "We're Kissyboots and it's nice to meetcha" {entire song}
|Teen Girl Squad Issue 8
|14 Jan 2005
|download (mirror)
|Homsar: "Alms for the pudgy? Alms for the pudgy?"
|Homestar Presents: Presents
|30 Dec 2004
|download (mirror)
|Marshie: "BOOGIDY BOOGIDY! I'll scare your dad!"
|Malloween Commercial
|16 Dec 2004
|download (mirror)
|Strong Sad as The Deathly Pallor: "We got another 50 minutes straight of music free commercials comin atcha! Don't you touch that- zabbitablough!"
|radio outtake
|09 Dec 2004
|download (mirror)
|Bubs presumably as The Wheelchair: "I know you're close by, Eh, Steve. I can smell your natural musk!"
|Sweet Cuppin' Cakes possible outtake
|02 Dec 2004
|download (mirror)
|Homestar Runner: "Li'l Brudder! I—I don't know what I'm doing with my life!"
|22 Nov 2004
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "I doh du duoh crapfully yours. ID DO DU DUOH CRAPFULLY YOURS!"
|11 Nov 2004
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: {singing the "You're A Girl" song}
|08 Nov 2004
|download (mirror)
|Bubs: "Women can't drive!"
|Halloween Fairstival
|18 Oct 2004
|download (mirror)
|Homestar Runner: "Let me in, da da da. Let me in!"
|3 Times Halloween Funjob
|07 Oct 2004
|download (mirror)
|Homestar Runner: "That's bupkis!"
|the facts
|30 Sep 2004
|download (mirror)
| Little Girl: "That sounds like funny!"
Homestar Runner: "It sounds like funny, but it's not."
|Homestar vs. Little Girl
|23 Sep 2004
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "And I'll just erase it using my... electron... towel."
|haircut outtake
|19 Sep 2004
|download (mirror)
|Gunhaver: "Cheat Commandos.. Rock, rock on!"
|Cheat Commandos
|08 Sep 2004
|download (mirror)
|Homestar Runner: Todayborday is Labor Day song
|Labor Dabor
|02 Sep 2004
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad & Homestar Runner: "Looks like we're gonna have to jump!"
|dangeresque 3
|26 Aug 2004
|download (mirror)
|Coach Z: "It was Biscuit Dough Hands Man! I knew it!!"
|Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon
|19 Aug 2004
|download (mirror)
|Stinkoman: "Hey, Sticklyman, whaaaaat are you doing?"
|Under Construction
|12 Aug 2004
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: {click} "Don't forget to experience the fury of our gift shooop." {click}
|theme park
|05 Aug 2004
|download (mirror)
|Wheat Grows Sweet (2-bit mono internal PC sound song)
|Peasant's Quest
|29 Jul 2004
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: {as Li'l Brudder} "I can make it on my own!"
|19 Jul 2004
|PC Mac (mirror)
|The Worm: "Is a miracle."
|Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes
|29 Jun 2004
|PC Mac (mirror)
|Blue Laser Commander: "I just hate you so much!" (an additional "I just hate you sooo much!" on download)
|Cheat Commandos
|17 May 2004
|PC Mac (mirror)
|Cheat Commandos Theme: "Cheat Commandos, maybe fighting for freedom, and each is sold separately. Cheat Commandos, they're probably battling evil. Buy all our playsets and toys!"
|Cheat Commandos
|03 May 2004
|PC Mac (mirror)
|Bubs: "Shinin' up a chicken in the mo'nin', mo'nin'."
|lunch special
|22 Mar 2004
|download (mirror)
|Larry Palaroncini: "We're from the band Limozeen!"
|flashback Easter egg
|08 Mar 2004
|download (mirror)
|Olda Boy: "I'm gonna miss video games."
|Teen Girl Squad Issue 5
|09 Feb 2004
|download (mirror)
|Homestar Runner: "Here comes The Thnikkaman!"
|monument Easter egg
|02 Feb 2004
|download (mirror)
|Marshie: "What more do they want?!!"
|Malloween Commercial
|12 Jan 2004
|download (mirror)
|Vector Strong Bad: BACK OFF BABY.
|video games
|10 Dec 2003
|download (mirror)
|Strong Sad: "Marzipan, Marzipan!!!"
|03 Nov 2003
|download (mirror)
|Homestar Runner: "And somebody's a-ga-wabbin' a-my butt."
|3 Times Halloween Funjob multiple takes
|29 Oct 2003
|Homestar Runner: "A tidal wave of marshalades!"
|Malloween Commercial
|29 Sep 2003
|download (mirror)
|Strong Sad: "I don't like food anymore."
|2 years
|08 Sep 2003
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "Strong Bad did a jig while holding all the grapes, and The Cheat learned to fly!"
|kids' book (DVD version) Easter egg outtake
|01 Sep 2003
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "Ah, the self-proclaimed King of Town. Like you aren't an easy jab for my witty glivers and put-dubs."
|labor day blooper
|28 Aug 2003
|download (mirror)
|Bubs: "Shake it once! Shake it twice, a-gimme little bit o' sugar spice!"
|Bubs's Character Video
|25 Aug 2003
|download (mirror)
|Strong Sad: "Oh, some animal died."
|impression; Homestar's impression as actually spoken by Strong Sad
|?? Jun 2003
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "Jeez, The Cheat, you can't sneak up on a brotha like that!"
|12 May 2003 or later
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "Possums!"
|Teen Girl Squad Issue 3
|14 Apr 2003 or later
|The Wicked Guitar Solo
|personal favorites
|17 Mar 2003
|download (mirror)
|Homestar Runner: "Let's do this like Brutus."
|monster truck
|28 Nov 2002 or earlier
|Strong Bad: "T-give. Everybody eat a turkey. C'mon."
|Quote of the Week exclusive
|Strong Bad referenced this quote on Twitter in 2019.
|11 Nov 2002 or later
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "MATT!!"
|50 emails
|15 Aug 2002 or later
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "It's that cloc—" Mike Chapman: "Sorry."
|vacation blooper
|15 Aug 2002 or later
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "Okay, now I got to bust a wicked solo. {a messy acoustic guitar solo is played} Thank you, goodnight!"
|28 Mar 2002 or later
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "Check me out! No, seriously, check me out."
|First Time Here? (similar)
|25 Feb 2002 or later
|download (mirror)
|The King of Town: "Dwoo hoo! We hoo! Woo! I'm absolutely being assaulted! Woo di dhoo hoo!"
|Where's The Cheat?
|28 Jan 2002
|download (mirror)
|Homestar Runner: "I could go for a few cold ones right about now."
|Where My Hat Is At?
|download (mirror)
|Coach Z: "My name is Coach Z. Pronounced with an 'oach Z'."
|The House that Gave Sucky Treats
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "Why you lazy crap for crap!"
|The House that Gave Sucky Treats
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "This is the quote of the day!"
|Quote of the Week exclusive
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: {farts} "You guys, that was a pretty good one." {laughs}
|Quote of the Week exclusive
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: {Singing} "This is the Strong Bad show, everybody come on down, there's gonna be lots a guests, and it's gonna be pretty fun, maybe at the end, I'll have a serious moment to talk to you guys, but right now I'm gonna throw a bunch of pies, at The Cheat!"
|download (mirror)
|Homestar Runner: "I'm a belle!"
|download (mirror)
|Homestar Runner: "Seriously, Pom Pom, I'm about to pee my pants."
|A Jumping Jack Contest
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "Pretty impressive, huh? I bet you're pretty impressed."
|Homestar Quiz
|download (mirror)
|Strong Bad: "I am the very strongest. You guys are not very strong."
|original book line
|Marzipan: "I'm the only girl"
|Who Said What Now?
[edit] Fun Facts
- Occasionally, some quotes are used twice:
- When using a character head that hasn't been added yet, Homestar's head is used until the appropriate character's head is uploaded. This has happened several times.
- If there is a problem finding the weeklies XML file, the text (which has no sound) is Homestar saying:
"Oh Haldo! This is myThis makes references to Peasant's Quest (Haldo), style, for kids (all is on), Teen Girl Squad Issue 3 (MSG), and monster truck (Somedays).
funniest word style
ever times that I've
said! Hope all is on
to it even more
lately! And I wish the
chicken & msg place
was open on
- The text can also be:
"Oh Hello! This is my
funniest word style
ever that I said! Hope
you're into it!"
[edit] See Also
[edit] External Links
- Click on the Q on any Main Page on the old site to see the most recent quote.
- view the Flash file for the current quote
- view weeklies.xml – This file dictates what caption and character image are displayed with the quote and is also used for the Weekly Fanstuff and weekly Sketchbook features.
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The beleaguered Transportation Worker Identification Credential program, known by the initials TWIC, has been dealt a serious blow with a determination by the Department of Defense that it doesn't meet DoD standards, and won't be recognized for department purposes.
The U.S. Department of the Army issued a Federal Register notice that the TWIC card will no longer be used to authenticate users for access to certain Department of Defense computer systems.
In part, the notice states:
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"The DoD PKI [Public Key Infrastructure] office has determined that the Transportation Workers Identification Card (TWIC) PKI certificate cannot be used to authenticate users for access to DoD systems. The DoD PKI office has not established a trust relationship with Homeland Security/TSA.
"Starting January 29, 2013, TWIC certificates cannot be accepted by ETA [Electronic Transportation Acquisition] … All current TWIC holders accessing an application within ETA will need to purchase an External Certificate Authority (ECA) prior to January 29, 2013. "
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The register entry essentially says that the TWIC program cannot be used to authenticate users for access to DoD computer systems and networks. The Department of Defense will require additional credentials of TWIC holders, who need access to certain defense computer networks starting at the end of the month.
The TWIC program was started as a joint initiative between Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Coast Guard. The purpose of the program is to provide a biometric credential to workers who need to enter "secure areas" of port facilities and vessels that fall under the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002.
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Under the program, access to these areas is still allowed to those individuals, but they have to be escorted by someone currently holding a valid card. Individuals without those valid cards have to be kept within sight at all times.
TSA has spent $420 million on TWIC, and it has been estimated that the federal government and private sector may spend as much as $3.2 billion on TWIC during the next 10 years, not including the card readers themselves.
More than 1.9 million U.S. workers have enrolled in the TWIC program with a cost of $132.50 per enrollment.
The TWIC program has been problematic from the start. The TWIC application is a two-step process. A person has to go to an authorized TWIC Enrollment Center to apply for the card and then has to return to pick up the card and provide biometric information. This is not a problem if one lives close to a port city such as New York or Los Angeles. However, some of the facilities that fell under the jurisdiction of the TWIC program are far from the centers. In some cases, a person has to travel six to eight hours to apply for the card, and then repeat the process six weeks later to pick it up. For small facilities under the program, this caused quite a burden.
As one person tweeted, "I need to stop playing a 'snag a TWIC card'."
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The cards themselves had a good security design, using standard "Two-factor Authentication," an authentication method that consists of two or more of the three authentication factors: "something the user knows" (a password), "something the user has" (the TWIC card itself), and "something the user is" (their fingerprint).
To gain entry to a facility or system, the goal was for a person to present their card (something they own) for reading, enter their password (something they know), and have their fingerprint scanned and compared to the fingerprint information embedded in the card's computer chip (something they are).
One problem that arose early on was that there were no card readers for the cards. The card's computer chip, known as an Integrated Circuit Chip, stores the holder's information and biometric data. The chip was supposed to be read by inserting it into a reader or holding it near a "contactless" reader.
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Once the card was read, the card holder's name was to be checked against a list of people who were to be barred from entering the facility. The list was to be updated almost in real time so that if a person was recently added to the list, they could be identified quickly and denied entry.
The problems with the card readers had been so profound that covered workers are allowed to extend their expiring TWIC cards by three years at a reduced price because federal officials are facing delays in deploying the readers.
This latest development with the DoD was not surprising since the program was already plagued by delays, cost overruns and false starts.
In December 2011, the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration said that the 26,000 already issued TWIC cards were missing a digit in the "Federal Agency Smart Credential Number."
In another case, TSA lost the passwords that were associated with the card and a user had to apply for a new TWIC card if they ever needed their password.
Not that it would matter since the bug-ridden card reader program reduced the TWIC card to merely a "flash card" at most ports as the card reader program has been riddled with glitches and continues to lag behind its implementation schedule.
It also made it impossible to identify cards that have been reported as lost, stolen, revoked or suspended, while the lack of an updated threat assessment could compromise the security of a port.
The future of the program seemed suspect when the Transportation Security Administration opted this year to extend the expiration dates of some of the current cards. With the first round of five-year expiration dates bearing down on TWIC holders, the TSA offered a three-year extension. U.S. citizens with current TWICs that are to expire on or before Dec. 31, 2014, can opt to pay $60 to extend the expiration date for three years.
This latest announcement is making people covered by the TWIC program wonder why a program deemed not suitable for security in the U.S. Army Supply Chain is still being used for security in protecting civilian freight transportation venues from terrorist attack.
According to a December 2012 statement issued by Todd Spencer, the executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, "At one time we thought TWIC would be it, but it does not appear so now. The promise of secure credentials to identify truckers authorized to work the ports is no closer to reality than ever."
"The TWIC program seems to exist only for the benefit of those who collect fees for generating the card at the expense of the time and money of professional drivers."


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Sunday, January 24, 2010
A Giotto Cinelli Bike
Truth is I like vintage bikes and Italian cycling history. I've come to learn that Cino Cinelli's Super Corsa bikes from the 60s and 70s are highly regarded and have a considerable following among vintage bike enthusiasts.
It wasn't until relatively recently that I learned that one of his older brothers, Giotto Cinelli, actually began the Cinelli bicycle business in Firenze (where the Cinelli family is from). And, it was only this month that I saw a component made by yet another older brother, Arrigo Cinelli. It's the only Arrigo Cinelli item I have ever seen.
With that backdrop you can imagine my surprise when I received an email from a reader of this blog who sent in photos of his 1946 Giotto Cinelli, Campagnolo Cambio Corsa equipped, bike. The reader wrote, "Very little is known about these bikes. According to Andrea Cinelli (ed. note: son of Cino Cinelli), very few of these early bikes exist. But thanks to the Internet, at least two more have been found. My bike was restored in Italy back in the early 70s. Unfortunately decals or pictures of Giotto Cinelli bikes with decals have yet to be discovered. Any information about the design of the original decals, or other Giotto Cinelli bikes, would be most welcome."
Cino Cinelli moved the business from Firenze to Milano sometime in the 1950s.
Photos: as sent by reader to ICJ; note the Giotto Cinelli headbadge with Firenze, and the G. Cinelli seat collar, and the Cinelli cranks (click on photos to enlarge).
The last photograph is a rare 1946 "G. Cinelli" team photo, the only true complete team ever to be exclusively sponsored by Cinelli. Photo provided by Steven Maasland.
Stories for the Italian Cycling Journal about rides, granfondo, having a good time cycling in Italy, Italian cycling history, etc. are very welcome. Contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com. There are more than 1,200 stories in this blog. The search feature to the right works best for finding subjects in the blog and there is also a translate button at the bottom so you can translate each page.
3 comments:
- Umut OzelJanuary 24, 2010 at 10:50 PM
I've never seen such a dedicated cycling blog. I really appriciate your work, your interest and efforts. Just keep it :)ReplyDelete
Best wishes from Turkey
Wauw, very beautiful. Does it only seem to be, or are those lugs really very, very thin?ReplyDelete
I ould really like to feel how it is (was) to ride a bike like this.
Blue and chrome and alu, simple but beautiful.
Sporty greetings from Holland, Hans Pors
Wow, that's beautiful. Actually, anything from Italy with Cambio Corsa is on my list these days! Nice find...ReplyDelete
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Have you heard about the latest teen girl obsession? It's a thigh gap -- or space between the upper thighs when you stand with your feet together. I never had one, even when I was 12, and for most girls it's not physically attainable regardless of how little they eat or how many calories they burn.
But that hasn't stopped them from posting and sharing thousands of thigh gap photos on social media sites like Tumblr and Pinterest. There's even a wikihow website with outrageous tips on getting a thigh gap, which includes stretches and recommendations to take birth control pills.
Psychologists worry that the thin thigh obsession could be spurring a rise in eating disorders and extreme exercise.
"It's definitely something that's been sort of a barometer, if you will -- it's sort of a barometer in the anorexic's mind, or in the eating disordered person's mind. It's another indicator of 'success,'" psychologist Mia Holland, told Today.com.
Young women, though, aren't the only ones striving for unrealistic bodies. Young men have been guilty of the same thing, taking steroids or other dangerous dietary supplements in an effort to get six-pack abs, thick necks, or ultra-ripped pectorals. In fact, researchers have found that men often overestimate how much muscle women find attractive.
Parents concerned about their teens' obsession with the latest crazy body trends may have a tough time keeping them away from all the negative -- and often photo-shopped -- images that they scroll through on their social media accounts.
But psychologists emphasize that parents can be positive role models by avoiding words like diet, thin, and ripped and emphasizing the importance of eating well and exercising for being healthy and physically fit.
Parents may also want to join the same social media sites their teens are on to see the images they're coming across. For example, if they see their teen pinning unrealistic body types on a social media board called Pinterest, they may want to use it to start a conversation about the fruitless pursuit of body perfection.
Deborah Kotz can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @debkotz2.


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I have two tables that I have joined, on my controller I got
$criterias = new CDbCriteria();
$q = $_GET['q'];
$criterias->join='RIGHT JOIN ECCategory AS b ON b.ID = t.CategoryID';
$criterias->select=array( '"t".*',
'"b"."Name" AS "cName"',
'"b"."ID" AS "cID"',
$criterias->compare('t.Name', $q, true, 'AND');
$criterias->compare('b.Name', $q, true, 'OR');
$criterias->compare('t.Spec1', $q, true, 'OR');
$dataProvider=new CActiveDataProvider("ECProduct", array('criteria'=>$criterias));
on my ECProduct model I have
public $cName; // for the ECCategory Name
public $cID;
'category' => array(self::BELONGS_TO, 'ECCategory', 'CategoryID'), // CategoryID = FK
That's how I joined them, now if I search anything I get the results I want only the last page always duplicates. Say my search hits 11 results, it will give me 2 pages. The 1st page with the 1st 10 the 2nd page will show the 11th and repeats 1-9 making each page have 10 results. So unless I get results in 10s 20s…60s etc I will get duplicates on the last page. I tried various joins like FULL, LEFT etc but all the same.
The closest solution I can think of is setting a totlaItemCount=>$count, that way it will give me a fixed amount. The only problem is how do I count the numbers of item returned from a search query before it's displayed?


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Human Development Report 2013
The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World
The 21st century is witnessing a profound shift in global dynamics, driven by the fast-rising new powers of the developing world. China has overtaken Japan as the world's second biggest economy, lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty in the process. India is reshaping its future with new entrepreneurial creativity and social policy innovation. Brazil is raising its living standards by expanding international relationships and antipoverty programmes that are emulated worldwide. But the "Rise of the South" is a much larger phenomenon. Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and other developing countries are becoming leading actors on the world stage. The 2013 Human Development Report identifies more than 40 developing countries that have done better than expected in human development in recent decades, with their progress accelerating markedly over the past 10 years.
In addition to the 2013 Report, a series of occasional papers were produced to inform the research process. View the 2013 Occasional Papers


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Deutsches Museum announces its activities for IYA2009
23 February 2009
The world-renowned Deutsches Museum is planning a series of events to celebrate IYA2009:
- Evolution of the Universe Exhibition
A show explaining how our Universe has developed, starting from the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago, and bringing us up to the present day. Questions that puzzle astronomers will be examined, and there will even be a look into the cosmic future.
- Reopening of the Renovated Goerz-Reflector
After a year's absence, this lovingly-restored telescope will be back in action! A public observation night will give it the return it deserves.
- 40 Years after the Moon Landing
An exhibition focusing on the exciting topic of man's exploration of the Moon. Actual lunar rock samples and original Apollo space suits will be present.
- Moon Pictures
The Earth's natural satellite is the focus of this exhibition containing stunning images spanning many ages.
- Lecture Series
Aimed at the general public, titles include "Black holes in the LHC particle accelerator?" and "Blue flashes from the cosmos - the hunt for cosmic particles." More information (in German): http://www.deutsches-museum.de/information/vortraege/fuer-jedermann/
- Astronomy Day 2009
The Excellence Cluster Universe, TUMLab and Technical University of Munich are working with the Deutsches Museum to dedicate a day to astronomy, hosting many events and activities in the building. More information (in German): http://www.tumlab.de/astronomietag
- Long Night of the Museums
17 October 2009. A marathon observation session using portable telescopes.
- Educational Programmes
Ranging from "training educators" to sessions for the whole family. More information (in German):
- Astronomy Courses with the Technical University of Munich
Opportunities for school children to learn about the night sky, telescopes, astronomical imaging and remote observations. More information (in German): http://www.tumlab.de/HOU
For more information, visit http://www.deutsches-museum.de/information/aktuell/2009/jahr-der-astronomie/. Please be aware that the content is in German.
Search IYA2009 Updates
National Nodes: 148
Organisational Nodes: 40
Organisational Associates:33
National Websites: 111
Cornerstone Projects: 12
Special Task Groups: 11
Special Projects:16
Official Products:8
Media Partners:22


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|Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
|L. Dusseault
|Request for Comments: 5789
|Linden Lab
|Category: Standards Track
|J. Snell
|March 2010
Several applications extending the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) require a feature to do partial resource modification. The existing HTTP PUT method only allows a complete replacement of a document. This proposal adds a new HTTP method, PATCH, to modify an existing HTTP resource.¶
This is an Internet Standards Track document.¶
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.¶
Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5789.¶
Copyright (c) 2010 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved.¶
This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License.¶
This specification defines the new HTTP/1.1 [RFC2616] method, PATCH, which is used to apply partial modifications to a resource.¶
A new method is necessary to improve interoperability and prevent errors. The PUT method is already defined to overwrite a resource with a complete new body, and cannot be reused to do partial changes. Otherwise, proxies and caches, and even clients and servers, may get confused as to the result of the operation. POST is already used but without broad interoperability (for one, there is no standard way to discover patch format support). PATCH was mentioned in earlier HTTP specifications, but not completely defined.¶
In this document, the key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].¶
Furthermore, this document uses the ABNF syntax defined in Section 2.1 of [RFC2616].¶
The PATCH method requests that a set of changes described in the request entity be applied to the resource identified by the Request-URI. The set of changes is represented in a format called a "patch document" identified by a media type. If the Request-URI does not point to an existing resource, the server MAY create a new resource, depending on the patch document type (whether it can logically modify a null resource) and permissions, etc.¶
The difference between the PUT and PATCH requests is reflected in the way the server processes the enclosed entity to modify the resource identified by the Request-URI. In a PUT request, the enclosed entity is considered to be a modified version of the resource stored on the origin server, and the client is requesting that the stored version be replaced. With PATCH, however, the enclosed entity contains a set of instructions describing how a resource currently residing on the origin server should be modified to produce a new version. The PATCH method affects the resource identified by the Request-URI, and it also MAY have side effects on other resources; i.e., new resources may be created, or existing ones modified, by the application of a PATCH.¶
PATCH is neither safe nor idempotent as defined by [RFC2616], Section 9.1.¶
A PATCH request can be issued in such a way as to be idempotent, which also helps prevent bad outcomes from collisions between two PATCH requests on the same resource in a similar time frame. Collisions from multiple PATCH requests may be more dangerous than PUT collisions because some patch formats need to operate from a known base-point or else they will corrupt the resource. Clients using this kind of patch application SHOULD use a conditional request such that the request will fail if the resource has been updated since the client last accessed the resource. For example, the client can use a strong ETag [RFC2616] in an If-Match header on the PATCH request.¶
There are also cases where patch formats do not need to operate from a known base-point (e.g., appending text lines to log files, or non-colliding rows to database tables), in which case the same care in client requests is not needed.¶
The server MUST apply the entire set of changes atomically and never provide (e.g., in response to a GET during this operation) a partially modified representation. If the entire patch document cannot be successfully applied, then the server MUST NOT apply any of the changes. The determination of what constitutes a successful PATCH can vary depending on the patch document and the type of resource(s) being modified. For example, the common 'diff' utility can generate a patch document that applies to multiple files in a directory hierarchy. The atomicity requirement holds for all directly affected files. See "Error Handling", Section 2.2, for details on status codes and possible error conditions.¶
If the request passes through a cache and the Request-URI identifies one or more currently cached entities, those entries SHOULD be treated as stale. A response to this method is only cacheable if it contains explicit freshness information (such as an Expires header or "Cache-Control: max-age" directive) as well as the Content-Location header matching the Request-URI, indicating that the PATCH response body is a resource representation. A cached PATCH response can only be used to respond to subsequent GET and HEAD requests; it MUST NOT be used to respond to other methods (in particular, PATCH).¶
Note that entity-headers contained in the request apply only to the contained patch document and MUST NOT be applied to the resource being modified. Thus, a Content-Language header could be present on the request, but it would only mean (for whatever that's worth) that the patch document had a language. Servers SHOULD NOT store such headers except as trace information, and SHOULD NOT use such header values the same way they might be used on PUT requests. Therefore, this document does not specify a way to modify a document's Content-Type or Content-Language value through headers, though a mechanism could well be designed to achieve this goal through a patch document.¶
There is no guarantee that a resource can be modified with PATCH. Further, it is expected that different patch document formats will be appropriate for different types of resources and that no single format will be appropriate for all types of resources. Therefore, there is no single default patch document format that implementations are required to support. Servers MUST ensure that a received patch document is appropriate for the type of resource identified by the Request-URI.¶
Clients need to choose when to use PATCH rather than PUT. For example, if the patch document size is larger than the size of the new resource data that would be used in a PUT, then it might make sense to use PUT instead of PATCH. A comparison to POST is even more difficult, because POST is used in widely varying ways and can encompass PUT and PATCH-like operations if the server chooses. If the operation does not modify the resource identified by the Request-URI in a predictable way, POST should be considered instead of PATCH or PUT.¶
PATCH /file.txt HTTP/1.1 Host: www.example.com Content-Type: application/example If-Match: "e0023aa4e" Content-Length: 100 [description of changes]
This example illustrates use of a hypothetical patch document on an existing resource.¶
Successful PATCH response to existing text file:
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content Content-Location: /file.txt ETag: "e0023aa4f"
The 204 response code is used because the response does not carry a message body (which a response with the 200 code would have). Note that other success codes could be used as well.¶
Furthermore, the ETag response header field contains the ETag for the entity created by applying the PATCH, available at http://www.example.com/file.txt, as indicated by the Content-Location response header field.¶
There are several known conditions under which a PATCH request can fail.¶
Note that the 409 Conflict response gives reasonably consistent information to clients. Depending on the application and the nature of the patch format, the client might be able to reissue the request as is (e.g., an instruction to append a line to a log file), have to retrieve the resource content to recalculate a patch, or have to fail the operation.¶
Other HTTP status codes can also be used under the appropriate circumstances.¶
The entity body of error responses SHOULD contain enough information to communicate the nature of the error to the client. The content-type of the response entity can vary across implementations.¶
A server can advertise its support for the PATCH method by adding it to the listing of allowed methods in the "Allow" OPTIONS response header defined in HTTP/1.1. The PATCH method MAY appear in the "Allow" header even if the Accept-Patch header is absent, in which case the list of allowed patch documents is not advertised.¶
This specification introduces a new response header Accept-Patch used to specify the patch document formats accepted by the server. Accept-Patch SHOULD appear in the OPTIONS response for any resource that supports the use of the PATCH method. The presence of the Accept-Patch header in response to any method is an implicit indication that PATCH is allowed on the resource identified by the Request-URI. The presence of a specific patch document format in this header indicates that that specific format is allowed on the resource identified by the Request-URI.¶
Accept-Patch = "Accept-Patch" ":" 1#media-type
The Accept-Patch header specifies a comma-separated listing of media-types (with optional parameters) as defined by [RFC2616], Section 3.7.¶
Accept-Patch: text/example;charset=utf-8¶
OPTIONS /example/buddies.xml HTTP/1.1 Host: www.example.com
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Allow: GET, PUT, POST, OPTIONS, HEAD, DELETE, PATCH Accept-Patch: application/example, text/example
The examples show a server that supports PATCH generally using two hypothetical patch document formats.¶
The security considerations for PATCH are nearly identical to the security considerations for PUT ([RFC2616], Section 9.6). These include authorizing requests (possibly through access control and/or authentication) and ensuring that data is not corrupted through transport errors or through accidental overwrites. Whatever mechanisms are used for PUT can be used for PATCH as well. The following considerations apply especially to PATCH.¶
A document that is patched might be more likely to be corrupted than a document that is overridden in entirety, but that concern can be addressed through the use of mechanisms such as conditional requests using ETags and the If-Match request header as described in Section 2. If a PATCH request fails, the client can issue a GET request to the resource to see what state it is in. In some cases, the client might be able to check the contents of the resource to see if the PATCH request can be resent, but in other cases, the attempt will just fail and/or a user will have to verify intent. In the case of a failure of the underlying transport channel, where a PATCH response is not received before the channel fails or some other timeout happens, the client might have to issue a GET request to see whether the request was applied. The client might want to ensure that the GET request bypasses caches using mechanisms described in HTTP specifications (see, for example, Section 13.1.6 of [RFC2616]).¶
Sometimes an HTTP intermediary might try to detect viruses being sent via HTTP by checking the body of the PUT/POST request or GET response. The PATCH method complicates such watch-keeping because neither the source document nor the patch document might be a virus, yet the result could be. This security consideration is not materially different from those already introduced by byte-range downloads, downloading patch documents, uploading zipped (compressed) files, and so on.¶
Individual patch documents will have their own specific security considerations that will likely vary depending on the types of resources being patched. The considerations for patched binary resources, for instance, will be different than those for patched XML documents. Servers MUST take adequate precautions to ensure that malicious clients cannot consume excessive server resources (e.g., CPU, disk I/O) through the client's use of PATCH.¶
PATCH is not a new concept, it first appeared in HTTP in drafts of version 1.1 written by Roy Fielding and Henrik Frystyk and also appears in Section 188.8.131.52 of RFC 2068.¶
Thanks to Adam Roach, Chris Sharp, Julian Reschke, Geoff Clemm, Scott Lawrence, Jeffrey Mogul, Roy Fielding, Greg Stein, Jim Luther, Alex Rousskov, Jamie Lokier, Joe Hildebrand, Mark Nottingham, Michael Balloni, Cyrus Daboo, Brian Carpenter, John Klensin, Eliot Lear, SM, and Bernie Hoeneisen for review and advice on this document. In particular, Julian Reschke did repeated reviews, made many useful suggestions, and was critical to the publication of this document.¶


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Description of Materials
Books and other bound material:
There are several thousand titles in a large number of languages (including for example Swahili, Japanese, Hindi, Welsh, Basque and Lakota) on all aspects of Romanies. The language and linguistics holdings are particularly extensive, and include first editions of Paspati, Miklosich, Colocci, Ascoli and others. The collection of works of fiction with "Gypsy" themes is likewise extensive. There are also numerous photocopied volumes, stitched and hard-bound as books. It is a condition that in return for any information sent to students, journalists and others who have sought it, a copy of their finished pieces be sent to the Archives. It is also a condition in the Romani Studies classes offered here that all students provide two copies of each research paper, one of which is kept permanently in the Archives. It also contains copies of correspondence between early scholars in the field, some of which are kept in a classified file.
Photographs and Prints:
There is a large collection of several thousand black and white and color photographs, some donated by exhibited photographers, as well as diapositive slides and transparencies for screen projection. Two of these collections (by the photographers Richard Blau and Cristina Salvador) have been framed and publicly exhibited at the Gypsy Caravan during the Fall of 2001 when it came to Austin.
Audio and video recorded material:
This is kept off-campus due to restrictions of space, and consists of several hundred audio-cassettes of Romani music, language, radio interviews and personal messages, over one hundred vinyl recordings (331/3, 45 and 78 rpm) and some 300 CDs. There are also eight storage-boxes of videotaped material, mostly movies such as Carmen, Hot Blood, King of the Gypsies, The Virgin and the Gypsy, etc., but also dozens of commercial documentaries such as American Gypsy, The Gypsy Trail, &c., and recordings of television specials produced by 60 Minutes, 20/20, Nightline, Geraldo and others. The transference of these to DVD format is almost complete.
Framed prints and documents:
There are ca. 150 glass-framed original or reproduction pieces, such as historical edicts, book covers, commercial advertisements, steel engravings, depictions of the periods of slavery and the Holocaust, etc. These were hung as a three-month annotated public exhibition in the Union art gallery at the first Gypsy Caravan in 1999. Some have been used in documentary films. In addition, there are six portfolios of unframed posters, prints and other illustrations.
Other non-media material:
Cultural artifacts such as traditional blouses, skirts, aprons, flags, &c., as well as items associated with the popular image of Romanies also make up the Archives: numbers of sets of "Gypsy" tarot cards, tambourines, pan-pipes, Gypsy fishing lures, a crystal ball, palmists' advertising placards, ca. two dozen Gypsy dolls and marionettes, &c.
Subject Areas:
Principal subject areas include:
- History: India
- History: To the Byzantine period
- History: Post-Byzantine
- Politics, organizations
- Health and medicine
- Identity; The "Gypsy" image in works of fiction
- Film: VHS, (PAL/NTSC) and DVD
- Dissertations and theses, unpublished
- Private correspondence (restricted access)
- Bibliographies
- Livelihood
- Reading/Advising
- Wagons and tents: construction
- Women
- General treatments by country
- Language: Grammars and dictionaries; standardization
- Religion
- Education
- Holocaust
- Law, internal
- Law, external
- Slavery
- Biographies
- Gypsies in non-Romani literature
- Works of fiction
- Music: General treatments; scores and song sheets; vinyl recordings, CDs
- Art: General treatments; extensive framed and portfolioed materials


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Canon Ambassador Javier Cortés is a hybrid shooter, taking the skills and expertise required to create a beautiful still image and transferring them to striking motion pictures.
The photographer, cinematographer and director has attracted widespread praise in all of his disciplines for developing projects with an unmissable, unmistakable style. He's a regular contributor to publications such as Esquire, Vogue, El Mundo and El País, and he's also shot still and moving image projects for high-profile clients including Cartier, L'Oréal, Shiseido and Oysho.


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Microsoft's first update to Windows Phone 7 devices has not gone smoothly. First it was delayed several times, then a preliminary patch began bricking some phones, and now many users still haven't received the promised upgrade, which will allow copying/pasting on WP7 devices, among other things. The problem has gotten so bad that Microsoft's Joe Belfiore has apologized for the mess in a comment on Microsoft's developer site, reports Ina Fried.
"Many of you are making critical comments here which are certainly fair," wites Belfiore. "First, I was wrong when I said "most people have received the February update." There are many of you who have yet to receive it, and I don't blame you for speaking up and pointing out my mistake. Second, I referred to our updates as "complete" because I was thinking of the internal process where we pass completed software to another group who delivers them – but of course no update is complete until you all have it. Plus, at the time I did the interview we had started the NoDo ("march update") delivery process and I knew "it was going well" from our perspective: people were officially getting it, the success rate of its deployment on real-world phones was looking good, and we were happy that the process had STARTED well. Still—these are NOT the same as all of you getting it and I'm sorry that I came across as insensitive to that fact."
Belfiore goes on to agree with users that Microsoft has been too quiet and vague on what is in updates, when they are coming, and addressing problems. Top Windows commentators, like Paul Thurrot, have been openly upset about Microsoft's lack of communication on updates since Windows Phone launched in Nov. 2010. Thurrot, who author an ongoing guide to Windows Phone, claims that Microsoft is hurting itself immensely by not updating its OS or even revealing a full list of features coming in the March "NoDo" update.
Do you have a Windows Phone? If so, did you get the update?
Editors' Recommendations
- How to manually update apps on an iPhone running iOS 15
- eBay Flash Sale: Save on Apple Watch, iPhone XR, and Microsoft Surface Pro 7
- Windows 10 Mobile is dead: Switch to iOS or Android, Microsoft says


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Join us at the USPTO Texas Regional Office where we will be hosting an interactive Q&A session with the Trademark Experts. If you have questions about your current trademark application or if you are looking to get one or you are just interested, please join us. During this virtual meeting with the Trademark Assistance Center, participants will be able to ask questions through our video teleconferencing capability. The Trademark Assistance Center, located in Alexandria, Virginia, provides general information about the trademark registration process. This event is free and open to the public. Please bring your own lunch to enjoy during the session. Space is limited. Please check back for further details about updated material.
The program is free and open to the public. For inquiries about the event:
please email email@example.com, visit us at the Texas Regional Office home page, or call us at 469-295-9000.


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|Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale
|Scientific classification
Species N. americanus and A. duodenale
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
The hookworm is a parasitic nematode worm that lives in the small intestine of its host, which may be a mammal such as a dog, cat, or human. Two species of hookworms commonly infect humans, Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus. Necator americanus predominates in the Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, China and Indonesia, while A. duodenale predominates in the Middle East, North Africa, India and (formerly) in southern Europe. Hookworms are thought to infect 800 million people worldwide. The A. braziliense and A. tubaeforme species infect cats, while A. caninum infects dogs. Uncinaria stenocephala infects both dogs and cats.
Hookworms are much smaller than the large roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, and the complications of tissue migration and mechanical obstruction so frequently observed with roundworm infestation are less frequent in hookworm infestation. The most significant risk of hookworm infection is anemia, secondary to loss of iron (and protein) in the gut. The worms suck blood voraciously and damage the mucosa. However, the blood loss in the stools is occult blood loss (not visibly apparent).
Ankylostomiasis, alternatively spelled anchylostomiasis and also called helminthiasis, "miners' anaemia", "tunnel disease", "brickmaker's anaemia", "Egyptian chlorosis" and in Germany Wurmkrankheit, is the disease caused by hookworms. It is caused when hookworms, present in large numbers, produce an iron deficiency anemia by voraciously sucking blood from the host's intestinal walls. The name is derived from Greek ancylo "crooked, bent" and stoma "mouth."
Hookworm is commonly called "larva migratoria" in Spanish and "bicho do pé" in Portuguese.
Hookworm is a leading cause of maternal and child morbidity in the developing countries of the tropics and subtropics. In susceptible children hookworms cause intellectual, cognitive and growth retardation, intrauterine growth retardation, prematurity, and low birth weight among newborns born to infected mothers. Hookworm infection is rarely fatal, but anemia can be significant in the heavily infected individual.
The symptoms now attributed to hookworm appear in papyrus papers of ancient Egypt (c. 1600 B.C.), described as a derangement characterized by anemia. Avicenna, a Persian physician of the 11th century, discovered the worm in several of his patients and related it to their disease. In later times, the condition was noticeably prevalent in the mining industry in England, France, Germany, Belgium, North Queensland and elsewhere.
Italian physician Angelo Dubini was the modern-day discoverer of the worm in 1838 after an autopsy of a peasant woman. Dubini published details in 1843 and identified the species as A. duodenale. Working in the Egyptian medical system in 1852 German physician Theodor Bilharz, drawing upon the work of colleague Wilhelm Griesinger, found these worms during autopsies and went a step further in linking them to local endemic occurrences of chlorosis, which would probably be called iron deficiency anemia today.
A breakthrough came 25 years later following a diarrhea and anemia epidemic that took place among Italian workmen employed on the Gotthard Rail Tunnel. In an 1880 paper, physicians Camillo Bozzolo, Edoardo Perroncito, and Luigi Pagliani correctly hypothesized that hookworm was linked to the fact that workers had to defecate inside the 15 km tunnel, and that many wore worn-out shoes. In 1897, it was established that the skin was the principal avenue of infection and the biological life cycle of the hookworm was clarified. In 1899, American zoologist Charles Wardell Stiles brought this evidence to bear on health issues in the southeast United States, identifying "progressive pernicious anemia" seen in the southern United States was caused by A. duodenale and he also identified the other important hookworm species: U. Necator. Testing in the 1900s revealed very heavy infestations in schoolage children.
On October 26, 1909 the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease was organized as a result of a gift of US$1 million from John D. Rockefeller, Sr. Though humanitarian reasons are cited, some speculateTemplate:Weasel-inline that the motive was to open markets in the Appalachian region by creating more disposable income.[citation needed] Nevertheless the five-year program was a remarkable success and a great contribution to United States public health, instilling public education, medication, field work and modern government health departments in eleven southern states. The hookworm exhibit was a prominent part of the 1910 Mississippi state fair. The program nearly eradicated hookworm. The program would flourish afterwards with new funding as the Rockefeller Foundation International Health Division.
In the 1920s, hookworm eradication reached the Caribbean and Latin America, where great mortality was reported among blacks in the West Indies towards the end of the 18th century, as well as through descriptions sent from Brazil and various other tropical and sub-tropical regions.
Early treatment was with thymol to kill the worms, followed by epsom salt to clear the body of the worms. Later on, tetrachloroethylene was the leading method. It was not until later in the mid-20th century when new organic drug compounds were developed.
Most individuals with hookworm infection are asymptomatic (without symptoms). Generally, very high loads of the parasite coupled with poor nutrition (inadequate intake of protein and iron) eventually lead to anemia.
The disease was linked to nematode worms (Ankylostoma duodenalis) from one-third to half an inch long in the intestine chiefly through the labours of Theodor Bilharz and Griesinger in Egypt (1854).
The symptoms can be linked to inflammation in the gut stimulated by feeding hookworms, such as nausea, abdominal pain and intermittent diarrhea, and to progressive anemia in prolonged disease: capricious appetite, pica (or dirt-eating), obstinate constipation followed by diarrhea, palpitations, thready pulse, coldness of the skin, pallor of the mucous membranes, fatigue and weakness, shortness of breath and in cases running a fatal course, dysentery, haemorrhages and oedema.
Blood tests in early infection often show a rise in numbers of eosinophils, a type of white blood cell that is preferentially stimulated by worm infections in tissues (large numbers of eosinophils are also present in the local inflammatory response). Falling blood hemoglobin levels will be seen in cases of prolonged infection with anemia.
In contrast to most intestinal helminthiases where the heaviest parasitic loads tend to occur in children, hookworm prevalence and intensity can be higher among adult males. The explanation for this is that hookworm infection tends to be occupational, so that plantation workers, coalminers and other groups maintain a high prevalence of infection among themselves by contaminating their work environment. However, in most endemic areas, adult women are the most severely affected by anemia, mainly because they have much higher physiological needs for iron (menstruation, repeated pregnancy), but also because customarily they have access to much poorer food than the men. In some communities, it is also these women who are most heavily exposed occupationally to hookworm, e.g. in rubber plantations, where women do the latex-tapping, working barefoot, and without latrines.
An interesting consequence of this in the case of Ancylostoma duodenale infection is translactational transmission of infection: the skin-invasive larvae of this species do not all immediately pass through the lungs and on into the gut, but spread around the body via the circulation, to become dormant inside muscle fibers. In a pregnant woman, after childbirth some or all of these larvae are stimulated to re-enter the circulation (presumably by sudden hormonal changes), then to pass into the mammary glands, so that the newborn baby can receive a large dose of infective larvae through its mother's milk. This accounts for otherwise inexplicable cases of very heavy, even fatal, hookworm infections in children a month or so of age, in places such as China, India and northern Australia. (An identical phenomenon is much more commonly seen with Ancylostoma caninum infections in dogs, where the newborn pups can even die of hemorrhaging from their intestines caused by massive numbers of feeding hookworms. This also reflects the close evolutionary link between the human and canine parasites, which probably have a common ancestor dating back to when humans and dogs first started living closely together.)
Hookworm in therapy
Moderate hookworm infections have been demonstrated to have beneficial effects on hosts suffering from diseases linked to overactive immune systems. This is possibly explained by the hygiene hypothesis[citation needed]. Research at the University of Nottingham conducted in Ethiopia has demonstrated that people with hookworm infections are half as likely to experience asthma[1] or hay fever.[2] It may also help sufferers of multiple sclerosis[3], Crohn's Disease[4] and diabetes.[5]
Hookworm therapy to treat a number of these diseases is currently in the trial stage at the University.[5] Also, some Westerners have independently infected themselves with hookworms and reported positive results.[6]
Life cycle
See the image for the biological life cycle of the hookworms where it thrives in warm earth where temperatures are over 18°C. They exist primarily in sandy or loamy soil and cannot live in clay or muck. Rainfall averages must be more than 1000 mm (40 inches) a year. Only if these conditions exist can the eggs hatch. Infective larvae of Necator americanus can survive at higher temperatures, whereas those of Ancylostoma duodenale are better adapted to cooler climates. Generally, they live for only a few weeks at most under natural conditions, and die almost immediately on exposure to direct sunlight or desiccation. Once in the host gut, Necator tends to cause a prolonged infection, as some adult worms have been recorded to live for 15 years or more. On the other hand, Ancylostoma adults are shortlived, surviving on average for only about 6 months. However, infection can be prolonged because dormant larvae can be "recruited" sequentially from tissue "stores" (see Pathology, above) over many years, to replace expired adult worms. This can give rise to seasonal fluctuations in infection prevalence and intensity (apart from normal seasonal variations in transmission).
Because it takes 5-7 weeks for adult worms to mature, mate and produce eggs, in the early stages of very heavy infection, acute symptoms might occur without any eggs being detected in the patient's feces. This can make diagnosis very difficult.
The infective larvae develop and survive in an environment of damp dirt, particularly sandy and loamy soil. They cannot survive in clay or muck. The main lines of precaution are those dictated by sanitary science:
- Prevent skin/soil contact: do not walk barefoot
- Do not defecate outside latrines, toilets etc.
- Do not use human excrement or raw sewage as manure/fertilizer in agriculture
- Worm pet dogs — canine and feline hookworms rarely develop to adulthood in humans (Ancylostoma caninum, the common dog hookworm, occasionally develops into an adult to cause eosinophilic enteritis in people), but their invasive larvae can cause an itchy rash called cutaneous larva migrans.
Moxidectin has been released in the United States as part of Advantage Multi™ (imidacloprid + moxidectin) Topical Solution for dogs and cats. It utilizes moxidectin for control and prevention of roundworms, hookworms, heartworms, and whipworms.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, many Mississippians were plagued by hookworms. They did not have indoor plumbing or proper sanitation facilities. As a result, hookworms, spread by fecal contamination of the environment, were very prevalent (as well as other diseases caused by lack of sanitation).
Differentiating Hookworm infections from other diseases
The table below summarizes the findings that differentiate Hookworm infections from other nematode infections:
|Differentiating Hookworm infections from other Nematode infections[7][8][9]
|Direct Person-Person Transmission
|Duration of Infection
|Pulmonary Manifestation
|Location of Adult worm(s)
|Hookworm infection
|Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale
|Skin penetration by filariform larvae
|Attached to the mucosa of mid-upper portion of the small bowel
|Strongyloides stercoralis
|Filariform larvae penetrate skin or bowel mucosa
|Embedded in the mucosa of the duodenum, jejunum
|Trichuris trichiura
|Ingestion of infective ova
|1-3 years
|Anchored in the superficial mucosa of cecum and colon
|Ascaris lumbricoides
|Ingestion of infective ova
|1-2 years
|Free air in the lumen of the small bowel
(primarily jejunum)
|Enterobius vermicularis
|Ingestion of infective ova
|Free air in the lumen of cecum, appendix, adjacent colon
There are no specific symptoms or signs of hookworm infection. As mentioned above, they arise from a combination of intestinal inflammation and progressive iron/protein-deficiency anemia. Larval invasion of the skin might give rise to intense, local itching, usually on the foot or lower leg, which can be followed by lesions that look like insect bites, can blister ("ground itch"), and last for a week or more. Coughing, chest pain, wheezing, and fever will sometimes be experienced by people who have been exposed to very large numbers of larvae. Epigastric pains, indigestion, nausea vomiting, constipation, and diarrhea can occur early or in later stages as well, although gastrointestional symptoms tend to improve with time. Signs of advanced severe infection are those of anemia and protein deficiency, including emaciation, cardiac failure and abdominal distension with ascites.
Diagnosis depends on finding characteristic worm eggs on microscopic examination of the stools, although this is not possible in early infection. As the eggs of both Ancylostoma and Necator (and most other hookworm species) are indistinguishable, to identify the genus, they must be cultured in the lab to allow larvae to hatch out. If the fecal sample is left for a day or more under tropical conditions, the larvae will have hatched out, so eggs might no longer be evident. In such a case, it is essential to distinguish hookworms from Strongyloides larvae, as infection with the latter has more serious implications and requires different management. The larvae of the two hookworm species can also be distinguished microscopically, although this would not be done routinely, but usually for research purposes. Adult worms are rarely seen (except via endoscopy, surgery or autopsy), but if found, would allow definitive identification of the species.
The hookworm can be treated with local cryotherapy when it is still in the skin.
Albendazole is effective both in the intestinal stage and during the stage the parasite is still migrating under the skin.
In case of anemia, iron supplementation can cause relief symptoms of iron deficiency anemia. However, as red blood cell levels are restored, shortage of other essentials such as folic acid or vitamin B12 may develop, so this might also be supplemented.
Quick Facts
|Genus and Species
|Necator americanus
|Ancylostoma duodenale
|Common Name
|New world hookworm, American murderer
|Old world hookworm
|Etiologic Agent of:
|Necatoriasis, Uncinariasis
|Ancylostomiasis, Wakana disease
|Infective stage
|Filariform larva
|Filariform larva
|Definitive Host
|Portal of Entry
|Usually via skin penetration rather than ingestion
|Usually via ingestion rather than skin penetration
|Mode of Transmission
|Skin > Mouth
|Mouth > Skin
|Small Intestine
|Small Intestine
|Pathogenic Stage
|L3 Larva
|L3 Larva
|Mode of Attachment
|Oral attachment to mucosa by sucking
|Mode of Nutrition
|Sucking and Ingesting of blood
|Larva – ground / dew itch, creeping eruption
Adult – IDA Microcytic, Hypochromic Anemia
|Laboratory diagnosis
|Concentration methods and Direct Fecal Smear
|Albendazole, Mebendazole, or Pyrantel Pamoate
|Diagnostic Feature - Adult
|Semi-lunar cutting plate; Bipartite dorsal ray
|Male – Tripartite dorsal ray
|Diagnostic Feature - Egg
|In Morula
See also
- Cutaneous larva migrans (creeping eruption)
Human hookworm lifecycle. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [10]
External links
- Moxidectin Facts, Usage, and Safety Information
- CDC Department of Parasitic Diseases images of the hookworm life cycle
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/hookworm/factsht_hookworm.htm
- Personal MD, more hookworm info
- Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative
- http://archive.rockefeller.edu/feature/hookworm.php
- http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/features/feature31/hookworm.html
- http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX026496.html
- How to cure your asthma or hayfever using hookworm - a practical guide
- Amateur photographs of a hookworm infection
- ↑ BBC Health Worm infestation 'beats asthma'
- ↑ BBC Health Eat worms - feel better
- ↑ Annals of Neurology Association between parasite infection and immune responses in multiple sclerosis
- ↑ British Medical Journal A proof of concept study establishing Necator americanus in Crohn's patients and reservoir donors
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Daily Mail. The bloodsucking worm that fights allergies from inside your tummy 14-09-2007.
- ↑ How to cure your asthma or hayfever using hookworm - a practical guide. 01-05-2006.
- ↑ Durand, Marlene (2015). "Chapter 288:Intestinal Nematodes (Roundworms)". Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases Updated Edition, Eighth Edition. Elsevier. pp. 3199–3207. ISBN 978-1-4557-4801-3.
- ↑ Kim, Kami; Weiss, Louis; Tanowitz, Herbert (2016). "Chapter 39:Parasitic Infections". Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine Sixth Edition. Elsevier. pp. 682–698. ISBN 978-1-4557-3383-5.
- ↑ Serpytis M, Seinin D (2012). "Fatal case of ectopic enterobiasis: Enterobius vermicularis in the kidneys". Scand J Urol Nephrol. 46 (1): 70–2. doi:10.3109/00365599.2011.609834. PMID 21879805.
- ↑ "Public Health Image Library (PHIL)".
- Albanese G.; Venturi C,; Galbiati G (2001): Treatment of larva migrans cutanea (creeping eruption): a comparison between albendazole and traditional therapy. Int J Dermatol: 40(1): 67-71
- Hotez P.; Pritchard D. (1995): Hookworm infection. Sci Am June: 68-74