Is this the origin of the waffles in the Olli Jokinen/turkey girl memes?

[Little Psycho]

I miss the “this is out house” Canadian Olympic thread. Oh the memes that generated from that spelling mistake

 

[Deadly Dogma]

I completely forgot about John Tavares ethnicity thread! That was weird

it had some odd stuff but it gave us gold like Juan Tavarez

I miss the “this is out house” Canadian Olympic thread. Oh the memes that generated from that spelling mistake

This is 1 I wish I would have gotten into, I saw it and popped in a cpl times but missed all the good stuff

 

[Reaper45]

Nothing will ever beat “Does Derian Hatcher wear makeup?”

 

[IafrateOvie34]

I like the Matthew Perreault one from Caps OT win. I also love the Jokinen one.

 

[Rowlet]

I miss the “this is out house” Canadian Olympic thread. Oh the memes that generated from that spelling mistake

The closest thing now is how everything the Canucks do is done quietly after the guy who made the offeason thread about how the Canucks quietly had the best fwd depth in the league and got clowned on for a few months.

Turns out he's actually a genius.

Hopefully the quiet Canucks meme continues, I think it's pretty funny.

 

[Deadly Dogma]

Nothing will ever beat “Does Derian Hatcher wear makeup?”

do you think it could be around or is it gone?

 

[Reaper45]

do you think it could be around or is it gone?

Oh man I wish it was. I think someone had a screenshot with the original picture of him with makeup. I almost passed out from laughing.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Why the fan(s) tossed waffles is beyond me, but it was a form of civil (corporate?) disobedience in reaction to the Leafs hitting a new, pathetic low. How Olli got wrapped up into the phenomenon is beyond me, because he was playing for CGY at the time.

I think it was because he was a weird dude who looked half-baked nearly all the time, plus he was already internet (HFboards) famous for Turkey girl, and that eccentric Finnish dance web player thing where you could move him to the beat of the music.

This is a good summary.

It was the height of Photoshop and gif-making on HFBoards, and we had some real artists. Jokinen was in all sorts of memes. After the waffle throwing, waffles were in all sorts of memes. The gif in post #17 combined those two memes in such a gonzo, perfectly executed way that it was sort of like the climax to a long-running joke.

Incidentally I wish the Photoshop and gif threads were still as active as they used to be. The playoff threads were reliably hilarious and set the tone for in-jokes around here.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Here's the first 17 or so pages of Olli Jokinen and Turkey Girl for anyone interested:

Caption/Photoshop this photo - HFBoards

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Cant forget the one man Minnesota GDT, or Big Rings predicting a Bartowski Goal in a random game, down to the period, months before it happened.

Poster predicts goal over 5 months out - to the period

This was back in September. Mark my words boys, he's gonna score a goal in the 2nd Period on February 25th vs. the Sens. If he doesn't I'm buying a Luca Sbisa Millionaires jersey.

forums.hfboards.com

Or the Bruce wings, or the Detroit bench band, or...

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Also cant forget the meme of Karlsson vs Schenn

Erik Karlsson vs Luke Schenn

Erik Karlsson vs Luke Shenn Who will have the better carrer Vs Who will have the better carrer

forums.hfboards.com

 

[HighLifeManIsHigh]

Here's the first 17 or so pages of Olli Jokinen and Turkey Girl for anyone interested:

Caption/Photoshop this photo - HFBoards

You. Are. Amazing.

Nothing on the internet has made me laugh like that thread.

 

[HTFN]

The editing and creativity on HFBoards at the time was something else.

 

[JianYang]

That ESPN gaffe on a player bio opened a brilliant pandora's box.

Someone got it going with barrack Obama showing up on Tim thomas' bio, and the rest is history.

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

Someone in the lounge started a thread with the turkey girl. The first reply was the Olli pic. The next few involved head swaps between Olli, the girl, and the turkey, and the rest was history.

 

[12ozPapa]

This brings back memories. This used to be a heavenly place with douchebaggery abound, but that land is dead now.

 

[SopelFanThe3rd]

Wafflegate was 14 years ago?! Wow.

 

[Deadly Dogma]

This brings back memories. This used to be a heavenly place with douchebaggery abound, but that land is dead now.

It will come back, I have noticed Western culture since the early 20th century has been on a pendulum.
Sometimes you see a rapid fast swing. Ie after WW1 and into the 1920's then a slow gradual swing the other way till the 60's, then a fast swing the other way, then a slow swing the other way from the 70's till the end of the 90's. Then in about 2005 it started swinging slowly and got pulled way far to one side, I feel in 2023 it hit its peak and it slowly gaining momentum and if the pattern hold, expect to see a rather quick swing the other way, then a slow 1-2 decade swing back the other way.

 

[12ozPapa]

It will come back, I have noticed Western culture since the early 20th century has been on a pendulum.
Sometimes you see a rapid fast swing. Ie after WW1 and into the 1920's then a slow gradual swing the other way till the 60's, then a fast swing the other way, then a slow swing the other way from the 70's till the end of the 90's. Then in about 2005 it started swinging slowly and got pulled way far to one side, I feel in 2023 it hit its peak and it slowly gaining momentum and if the pattern hold, expect to see a rather quick swing the other way, then a slow 1-2 decade swing back the other way.

This guy was not welcome at The Lounge, I bet

 

[Deadly Dogma]

This guy was not welcome at The Lounge, I bet

I dunno, I don't go, why would I have a hard time?

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

This and Bob McKenzie calling us ass clowns was epic

 

[Bowski]

This brings back memories. This used to be a heavenly place with douchebaggery abound, but that land is dead now.

 

[HanSolo]

Some of the things that stuck with me is;
the tumbling Kessler's
ESPN knows hockey(thread)
What ethnicity is John Tavares(thread)
The Nutcracker with Marchand
The 1 where they had an old lady scoring
and as a Leaf fan a cpl that stick out are the ROR to the Leafs threads when he played for the Avs
The Luongo to Leafs thread was 1 I spent way way too much time in lol

NHL Player Derek Morris
18 Year Old Sam Bennett
Things We Now Know About Marko Dano
Kris Letang Christmas Fanfic
Ryder+Halak+2nd
X/5 Classless Subbans

Are some good ones off the top of my head.

 

[Bakayoko Ono]

Here's the first 17 or so pages of Olli Jokinen and Turkey Girl for anyone interested:

Caption/Photoshop this photo - HFBoards

Ah, the good old days, when the world was a simpler place.

 

[Stammertime91]

The smiling Doughty and rolling Keslers were great