Well, you asked for it. Everyone just HAS to know what that crazy Trillian means when she (I) keeps saying 'orange'. And so every time (well, when I feel like it, at least) I sit there and type out 'the meaning of orange', so I figured, why not just type it up once and let the mountain come to Mohammed, or something like that. Anyway, if you're still with me, just go ahead and read about 'orange' and how it all started, and maybe, if you're lucky, I'll explain the whole 'spork' thing, too! :)
The Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz--er, no, not quite right.
The Deeper Meaning of Liff--er, no wait, that's a dictionary written by the magnificent Douglas Adams.
The Meaning of the Word 'Orange' (there, thats better).
Well, a long while back, still in the days of the GeoCities Empire (remember those days?), BEFORE the evil merger with Yahoo!, Trillian happened upon a little group known as 'the Area51 crowd'. Now, these people didn't necessarily believe in aliens or the whole thing with Roswell; they were just looking for some meaning in life, some entertainment, some escape from their physical environment. Trillian was lost looking for the password for her old GeoCities homepage, and was incredibly hungry. (I hope you have lots of time on your hands, because this story seems to be getting long). She had noticed that so many of the foods she enjoys are orange in color. If not the food itself, the packaging reflects a certain orange-like nature. Does anyone else find this odd?
So, this is the story I usually give: that I just got really bored, having nothing especially exciting to say one day, and began a psychological experiment, playing on the minds of unsuspecting chatters. Every so often I would say the word 'orange'. That's it; just 'orange'. What I noticed then was that a few wise chatters picked up on this. They found it odd that someone would go into a chatroom merely to say the word 'orange'. Some such aware persons not only pointed out this absurdity to me, but they also joined me. Others opposed the orange cult, and these began spouting their own colors.
And I'm the insane one? Here's insanity for you: people arguing over a color that has absolutely no significance whatsoever. Sure, some people who didn't/don't like my game would/will get upset (I would, too, if it weren't my game), and they have criticized it. The thing is, it was originally a joke for me. I wanted to see if subliminal messaging really worked. It does. :) It drives them stark-raving mad.
So, why orange? Well, you could go on the theory that it is my favorite color (in which case you would be wrong: purple and green tie for the position). You could say that I used orange because of the whole food issue and not be too far off-base. The truth is that the only reason I chose orange at all as my repeated word was because I was thinking about my sister. It was because of her that this whole orange thing came about: she would give me all of her orange food because she found it unappealing. I thought it strange that someone would prejudice a food simply for its oranginimity, but one cannot argue against the offering of good food. Right? ;)
So, this is where I leave it up to you, as readers, to decide for yourselves what the deep meaning of orange might be. Think about it. And, as the billboard for Home Depot says: "Think orange." Have a pleasant day! :)
Learned enough about 'Orange'?
