Twelve Memes

Introduction
Twelve memes are in-jokes that have sprung up over the years. They are an important part of our forum culture, and are often referenced or alluded to in the posts that we make. The origins of the memes are as amusing as the application of the memes themselves. As Twelvians continue to share more stories and interact with one another, you can be assured that more memes will be created in the future.

It's about 9...9 inches
Origin

Very early in Twelve's 40 man raiding, Retsgip decided to share with us an anecdote about his flatmate's penis.

Date

April 2006

Sanadrix's mother
Origin

An american player known by Sanadrix often had jokes made about the depraved and disgusting sexual acts his mother would perform, being that according to the running joke, she was a dirty whore.

Date

~July 2006

The Sun is a planet
Origin

Fork got very mixed up between stars, suns, planets and The Sun. Just read the link below.

Date

September 2007

Exam​ples

1

Cut a square out of it
Origin

Twelve used to have an IRC channel. Kiral started talking about cutting squares out of things and since it infuriated Darkshaunz, the conversation went on and on.

Date

October 2008

Exam​ples

1 (original IRC logs), 2, 3 4

Turtlenect
Origin

Darkshaunz posted a transcript of something that had happened between him and a co-worker. The word turtlenect was used.

Date

November 2009

Exam​ples

1(p37 - 39)

Stock photo black guy
Origin

Clownshoes posted a stock photo of a black guy using a computer.

Date

April 2010

Exam​ples

1, 23, 4

Chocolate Pelican
Origin

This image was posted in the 'You Laugh, You Lose' thread after the BP oil spill. It was then posted again. And again. It became synonymous with reposts and as such would appear any time someone reposted old content, in place of text. Eventually, the words 'chocolate pelican' or 'chocolatepelican.jpg' replaced the need for actually even posting the image.

Date

September 2010

Exam​ples

1, 2, 3

Bookshelf is wonky
Origin

Ralphie built a bookshelf for Konstantine. Clownshoes spotted some wonkiness. Ralphie was ridiculed.

Date

October 2010

Exam​ples

1

Pelican is wonky (hybrid)
Origin

Considering the close timing of the previous two memes, their usages began to overlap until they were combined into one glorious picture.

Date

October 2010

Exam​ples

1, 2

Hug a dick with your mouth
Origin

Moradim told Seylana to go hug a dick with her mouth. He came second place in the August 2011 POTM voting. In the August 2011 POTM announcement thread, Kiral used the same phrase and he came second place in the September 2011 POTM voting.

Date

August 2011

Exam​ples

1, 2, 3 (so meta)