I didnt vote...

"owned" is american slang. there are several internet versions of "owned".

including:









ps. check out urbandictionary.com for "owned" too.

seems to be a variant of PWNED

I fully agree with you there. I also don't believe he's "given up any right to bitch and moan for the next 4 years". Of course he has the right, like you said, I think saying something like that is missing the whole point. Just my thought.

Te fact is that he now has no right whatsoever to complain that the handling of the country is done incorrectly as he had, and chose to throw away, the right of an input into the choice of representation. It really is that clear cut in this instance.

i salute you, i wish i had done the same

If it is any consolation, I did not get the Hobbit Joke either. I know the scene in LoTR, where he says "P O T A T T O" very slowly to Gollem, but I did not twig either.

[Edited on Nov 03, 2004 by MetaTag]

it's this neoslang thing, mainly an american-english dialect. to say someone got "owned" is dialect for you being on the losing end of a situation. similar to: you got "punked", or you got "served". the added "potat" is reference from the lord of the rings movie to make the word itself sound funnier by incorporating a phrase from a popular movie that has a homophonic similarity; potat "O", is changed to potat "owned". it does not fit into this particular context, but the idea is still there, in that it is a subtle attack on the original poster.
isn't that hilarious? i was really high before and i was watching not really because it was funny but because......... well, i was really high.

well it would seem i'm a little slow typing. i got owned.