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[SILLYGIVING] LGC's Official Baby Velociraptor Explainer!
![[SILLYGIVING] LGC's Official Baby Velociraptor Explainer!](https://gif.imzy.com/prod/posts/lets-grab-coffee-post-1478173129957.gif?auto=format,compress&q=80)
If you're new here, you might be wondering, "What's all this about baby velociraptors, then?"
Earlier this year, when LET'S GRAB COFFEE was a much smaller virtual coffeeshop, @Eilis was posting some admittedly silly polls.
One of them featured the question: "If your chocolate fountain couldn't fountain chocolate, you'd rather it gush..."
One of the options was:
baby velociraptors (that stay babies)
/lets_grab_coffee/post/chocolate_fountain
Well, I thought this was hilarious.
Not just cute little baby velociraptors, mind you. These were cute little baby velociraptors that were somehow genetically bred so that they would always remain cute little babies and never grow into ferocious predators.
And they were coming out of a broken chocolate fountain.
So I made this GIF in response:
A little further along, Eilis started a "Crazy Nachos" event where she encouraged people to post pictures of their wild nacho creations. For her part, she was making these dessert nachos:
/lets_grab_coffee/post/nachos_in_progress
When she posted her final dessert nachos creation, I added a little something:
/lets_grab_coffee/post/final_extreme_dessert_nachos
/imzysaurus/post/imzysaurus_eating_dessert_nachos
Note: this is technically an Imzysaurus eating dessert nachos, not a baby velociraptor -- but the cute dinosaur connection kept to the motif.
When Eilis started an "Extreme Pizza" event, I submitted my offering:
/lets_grab_coffee/post/extreme_pizza_event_lemon_chicken_on_whole_wheat
Baby velociraptors became a running gag.
An Unofficial LGC Mascot.
And that, my friends, is the origin of the entire baby velociraptor affair.
So now you know — and knowing is half the battle!
LGC!!!








Chocolate covered baby velociraptors? Is it wrong to want to lick them clean?
(That might be gross, Nicki.)
It might be amazing!
You get me, man.
10/10 would lick.
I think they would enjoy that.
Don't make it weird @Eilis LOL LOL
I make everything weird ;)
And that's just fine.
yay.
We're pretty sure now that velociraptors had feathers, so that might be a bit gross.
Haha, I didn't know any of that - awesome!
Yay!!!!
best gif!
Wow, that's awesome, giphy!
Also, I love Zorkimations. :)
They are the best things ever :)
I believe the original baby velociraptor post was before my time on Imzy and LGC? But perhaps only by a day or two? Haha
@Zork @Eilis I FOUND IT! original poll here
You are AWESOME!!!! I just updated the post, for posterity :-)
Search function with key words is less terrible than I recall it being in early Beta. So woooo!!
Yes, I noticed it's been improved as well! Nice job, Imzy.
YAY!!!!!!!!
omg... business casual tarantulas... XD
In an alternate universe, "Hula-hooping chipmunks" would be the mascot of LGC.
Somewhere... some place... an alternate @Zork made a gif of hula-hooping chipmunks in a chocolate fountain :D
Oh boy... now I've got a project to do this weekend...
Ahahahahahaha!!!!!
Poor @Zork!
You don't have to :)
What would alternate-Zork look like, though? That's what I want to know. Is he the puppy Zork??
When you say "You don't have to", I read it as "NOW YOU TOTALLY HAVE TO DO THIS!"
It's happening now. No turning back.
Oh nooooo! hehehe... I am sorry!
I was definitely on Imzy and it looks like I did indeed vote in the poll LOL.
Probably only a few days into my LGC experience LOL so weird to look back in time.
Oh, wow ... it is so weird, isn't it?? I didn't even know you really back then!
OMG - I think it was! Hee!!!