I'm completely lost. and I kind of love it.

Hey! (yells to Bri) Over here! (waves hand)

Bruce, that picture is awesome. I think I'm going to start telling people that.

"Fuck you. I'm an anteater."

I only got drips and drabs of this whole tempest. I am an island unto myself even on a board of islanders. If this place was Gilligan's Island, I'd be on the Other Side of the Island - with the cannibals.

I like to think of us as a "kinder, gentler" forum. A thousand points of contention, and all that.

Yes, I was tempted to make that connection.. I thought it might improve the tone of the thread.
I'm not sure I agree with your conclusion, but granting it for the sake of argument, I don't believe your statement is true. By the very nature of pussy-tude, pussies can never actually face the fact that they're pussies. That would be a very difficult and self-critical thing to do. I submit that, by its nature, such a realization is un-pussy-ish. If we are a bunch of pussies, the last thing we will do is face that fact.

We have some Dwellars whose origins I have never determined who have a far brasher and ruder style than I am comfortable with. But are deemed acceptable and even amusing.

I feared Tiki was going to be one of them.
I was selfishly and sneakily relieved when other people noticed too (I had her pegged when she dissed UT).

Then again, I don't even see the Cellar as my local neighbourhood bar.
I see it as my local Englisshe Tea Shoppe, all cream scones and strychnine in the jam and don't trust the natives or startle the horses.
Tea and shibboleths, anyone?
Beneath this liberal exterior beats the heart of a true daughter of the Empire, xenophobic and reactionary and no that's not raspberry sorbet I really do have blood on my chin...

Just sayin'
Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy.

It isn't about feeling all hurt and wounded Toad. It's about not wanting someone smearing shit on the walls or rolling in drunk and picking fights with the locals. Sure, we can handle it if we have to. But we don't necessarily want to.

Well it might depend what browser you are using, in part, as well as the forum skin. I use Firefox, with the forum default. But usually, the quotes are in the shaded blue boxes. Most people post a link first, then a quote and then a comment if its an outside article. The accounts are pretty customizable and signatures are whatever is below the dull grey line you see in someone's post.

Its well worth checking out the skins, to see which one works for you. I find the default one works quite nicely, but others prefer the darker screen version or the YaBB one. Its a matter of personal taste, ultimately.

Well he's only my boy by association, and even then I wish that wasn't the case right now.

If he was here under a past name, you could probably ask Undertoad or the mods to run an IP/hostname check to be sure. AFAIK he isn't especially net savvy, so chances are if he was here before, it wasn't using a proxy.

I have no indication to suggest he has been, other than your suspicions. If I did, I'd offer it, but everything he has said, your quoted segment aside, has suggested to me this is his first time here.

I haven't messed with it much, I'll admit.

Thanks for the info!

Its all that funny cheese they eat. Horrible stuff.

I read a comment (at PD) regarding that user (too lazy to look up right now, Applesasselfassel or whatever) and someone at PD was saying he had the same IP as someone from the Cellar who was previously Red Shirt Reilly on PD.

Just puttin' some info out there, my investigation had been cursory, and out of curiosity. I wouldn't know how to find an IP address if it bit me on the leg.

I would, however, be interested in who the big fat liar is. I hate liars. Pet peeve of mine. ;) Sure would want to know WHO ELSE not to trust.

If I was stirring shit here, let me assure you that you, everyone else on this board, and probably people within a five mile vicinity of every poster here would be aware of it. Its a talent.

I also don't respond well to demands, especially of the either/or variety. I'll post here as and when I like, on the topics I like and you, unfortunately, will have no bearing on how I decide to do that.

Sorry. Well, I'm not really, but you know, politeness and all that.

There's a wonderful thing called a search function, which allows you to go through an indviduals posts. I coupled it with my ability to read.

Strange, but then I can be like that.