The Chaser

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Title: [Article]About The Chaser team
Post by: riddler on September 15, 2006, 02:16:44 PM
 :x :x I cannot believe no-one has commented on this article


Title: [Article]About The Chaser team
Post by: juz on September 15, 2006, 03:02:23 PM
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Title: [Article]About The Chaser team
Post by: YellowPages on September 24, 2006, 02:53:16 PM
is this all 100% true???????????


Title: [Article]About The Chaser team
Post by: Chas' Cheer Girl on September 29, 2006, 09:05:39 AM
Does anyone know where they come up with the name "The Chaser"?


Title: Re: [Article]About The Chaser team
Post by: . on September 29, 2006, 09:16:07 AM
well wiki..(googlectual cap ON!) says the following are all meanings of "chaser"...

A chaser can be:
    * Somebody who chases somebody
    * A player in the fictional Harry Potter sport Quidditch
    * Toyota Chaser, a car
    * The Chaser, an Australian comedy group
    * Chaser (video game)
    * Captain Chaser, the English localized name of the One Piece manga series character Smoker.
    * A piece of music played or an inferior vaudeville act or motion picture presented to induce an audience to leave
    * Someone that follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled -- also called a frogger
    * A horse trained for steeple-chasing
    * A ram that has only one testicle
    * A type of dragonfly
    * A tool used for cutting the threads of screws
    * One of the edge-wheels which revolves in a trough, to grind substances to powder

Shipping

    * In the form bow chaser or stern chaser, naval cannons pointing forward or aft and used in ship chases
    * A ship which chases another
    * A small, light, usually single-seated aeroplane of great speed and climbing power, used in repelling hostile aircraft

Slang

    * Someone who is not a bear, chubby, or otter (slim, hairy gay man), but is sexually or romantically attracted to them
    * One who chases women, a woman-chaser
    * (1990s) A frequent user of crack-cocaine
    * A prison guard
    * A usually either a non or lesser alcoholic drink consumed immediately after drinking a potent liquor, to dull the harsh taste of alcohol

As you can see, there are so many wonderful options to choose from! I've highlighted my favourites :)

I always thought it was a reference to 'ambulance chaser' - a satirical swipe at the journalistic style of the daily terror  et al. but i'm just pulling that out of my arse and have no idea really  :-) i kinda like the 'ram with one testicle' meaning though  :lol:


Title: Re: [Article]About The Chaser team
Post by: gregor on September 29, 2006, 12:18:10 PM
Does anyone know where they come up with the name "The Chaser"?

I remember Charles pitching the name to me waaaay back when I was working as a designer on a local newspaper in Bondi.

I can clearly remember the first, single page mock-up of the paper. This was back in 1996 - 1997, I think.

I can very clearly remember asking Charles 'What the fuck does the name of the paper mean?'

I cannot remember his answer.


Title: Re: [Article]About The Chaser team
Post by: K-9 on October 02, 2006, 09:48:53 PM
    * A usually either a non or lesser alcoholic drink consumed immediately after drinking a potent liquor, to dull the harsh taste of alcohol

I've heard that it's that one. Because you read it after reading the 'proper' newspapers...

Fits with their logo having a glass on it anyway.  :-)


Title: Re: [Article]About The Chaser team
Post by: . on October 02, 2006, 09:50:44 PM
I've heard that it's that one. Because you read it after reading the 'proper' newspapers...
Fits with their logo having a glass on it anyway.  :-)

hahah you know that's the first time i've ever actually looked at the logo properly?
i always just assumed it was a top hat for some reason ahhaha no idea why  :|


Title: Re: [Article]About The Chaser team
Post by: Holmes on October 02, 2006, 10:29:52 PM
hahah you know that's the first time i've ever actually looked at the logo properly?
i always just assumed it was a top hat for some reason ahhaha no idea why  :|
It might have something to do with the way it is drawn -- liquids stay level in a glass when the glass is tipped.


Title: Re: [Article]About The Chaser team
Post by: . on October 03, 2006, 02:18:02 AM
It might have something to do with the way it is drawn -- liquids stay level in a glass when the glass is tipped.

maybe it is level.
maybe it's just been sketched from a strange perspective :P


Title: [Article]About The Chaser team
Post by: King Sir Doogie on October 06, 2006, 06:17:44 PM
hi i don't care what it looks like but i hope it's not stalking me


Title: [Article]About The Chaser team
Post by: Megglen on November 22, 2007, 05:07:01 PM
Yeah I remember that! I loved CNNNN and The Election Chaser! They were all great and of course last years season of Chaser!

Great stuff!