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[[The Cheat]] types on an old computer and prints out a potential email candidate. [[Strong Mad]] grabs the paper, puts on his reading glasses and reads the email carefully. He then chews up the paper, spits it into a cylinder, and sends it into a via pneumatic tube to Strong Bad. Strong Mad takes off his glasses. Strong Bad just laughs at the paper and and rips it into tiny pieces. This cycle repeats.
[[The Cheat]] types on an old computer and prints out a potential email candidate. [[Strong Mad]] grabs the paper, puts on his reading glasses and reads the email carefully. He then chews up the paper, spits it into a cylinder, and sends it into a via pneumatic tube to Strong Bad. Strong Mad takes off his glasses. Strong Bad just laughs at the paper and and rips it into tiny pieces. This cycle repeats.
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==Inconsistencies==
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==Noted Inconsistency==
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Behind Strong Mad can be seen a poster reading "GET BACK TO WORK!"  and three signs that say, "PRIDE, DETAIL," and "ETHICS."  They originally linked to the newspaper "The Rumor". If you try the links, you will be referred to "The Rumor's" [http://www.dumpyusa.com/rumorintro.htm "new address"], which has since expired and been turned into an weight loss advertisement page.  This is of particular interest, because [[The Brothers Chaps]] refer to linking in the [[EmailFAQ|FAQ]] section of their contact information:
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Behind Strong Mad can be seen a poster reading "GET BACK TO WORK!"  and three signs that say, "PRIDE, DETAIL," and "ETHICS."  They include a link to the former website of "The Rumor." The site has since expired and been turned into a weight loss advertisement page.  This is notable because in an [[EmailFAQ| early FAQ]], requests for links from Homestar Runner were rejected on the grounds that they do not use links to other sites. This has been corrected in the later [[FAQ]].
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Q:  Will you put up a banner or link to my site?
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A:  Our policy has always been absolutely no advertising. 
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    That includes banners, pop-ups, and even links to other sites.</pre>
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This is, therefore, an interesting and inexplicable exception to that rule. Perhaps The Brothers forgot about this page when they wrote the FAQ.  This is a reasonable explanation since approximately one year had elapsed between the 51st email and the creation of the FAQ.
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==The Rumor==
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"The Rumor" eventually became [http://dumpyusa.0catch.com/index.htm DumpyUSA], a website run by Brent McNeal and Adam Sterritt, who are friends of [[Matt Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] and brother to [[Ryan Sterritt]], who are all Homestar Runner creators and contributors. The "Pride," "Detail," and "Ethics" signs in the cartoon refer to corresponding signs posted in Rumor South headquarters, i.e. Adam's bedroom.  
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*A search for "the rumor" dumpyusa on Google reveals that "The Rumor" was a website run by Brent McNeal and Adam Sterritt. Adam is a friend of [[Matt Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] and brother of [[Ryan Sterritt]]. The "Pride," "Detail," and "Ethics" signs in the cartoon refer to corresponding signs posted in Rumor South headquarters (Adam's bedroom) which outline the Rumor's philosophy. Adam used to run a blog called [http://www.adamscorner.blogspot.com/ "Adam's Corner"], which may or may not be where Coach Z's "More than 2 problems" joke came from. He took down the blog last year, but his entries are still accessible [http://www.adamscorner.blogspot.com/2002_04_01_adamscorner_archive.html "in archive form"] by manually typing in the URL. There may be more interesting Homestar/Matt bits there for people with a lot of time to dig around.
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The new site includes a [http://dumpyusa.0catch.com/matt.htm photo page of Matt] and [http://www.adamscorner.blogspot.com/ Adam's blog] with [http://www.adamscorner.blogspot.com/adamscorner_archive.html archives].
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**'''UPDATE''': The new [[FAQ]] points out that "We link to a couple sites here and there but only when it's appropriate." So this is no longer an inconsistency.
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Revision as of 04:16, 28 February 2005

Print. Chew. Crumple. Repeat!

The Email Processing Room is the nexus of all Strong Bad's e-mail processing. Linked through the animated GIF of a mouse on Strong Bad's Website, it is definitely not a part of the normal Homestar Runner world, but clever and amusing enough to be listed here.

Page Title: MEN AT WORK

Contents

Processing Details

The Cheat types on an old computer and prints out a potential email candidate. Strong Mad grabs the paper, puts on his reading glasses and reads the email carefully. He then chews up the paper, spits it into a cylinder, and sends it into a via pneumatic tube to Strong Bad. Strong Mad takes off his glasses. Strong Bad just laughs at the paper and and rips it into tiny pieces. This cycle repeats.

Noted Inconsistency

Behind Strong Mad can be seen a poster reading "GET BACK TO WORK!" and three signs that say, "PRIDE, DETAIL," and "ETHICS." They include a link to the former website of "The Rumor." The site has since expired and been turned into a weight loss advertisement page. This is notable because in an early FAQ, requests for links from Homestar Runner were rejected on the grounds that they do not use links to other sites. This has been corrected in the later FAQ.

The Rumor

"The Rumor" eventually became DumpyUSA, a website run by Brent McNeal and Adam Sterritt, who are friends of Matt Chapman and Craig Zobel and brother to Ryan Sterritt, who are all Homestar Runner creators and contributors. The "Pride," "Detail," and "Ethics" signs in the cartoon refer to corresponding signs posted in Rumor South headquarters, i.e. Adam's bedroom.

The new site includes a photo page of Matt and Adam's blog with archives.

External Links

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