Um, yea, Hi
 

Okay, so I feel like a complete dweeb doing this, but I am finally making my first post here.

I was turned onto IotD a while ago, but never registered.

When I did finally register, I was such a chicken about posting, I haven't logged on since then. But here I am, jumping in feet first.

I started posting now because I belong to another board, but it is geared toward a specific medical condition, but sometimes I just want normal people! Yes, you guys :D

Anyway....see you around

Oh and I only have a connection at work, so if I don't answer overnight, that is why - not being a bitch or anything!

So you've been coming here for over two years, and are finally posting? That's great! Welcome.

You must have a pretty good feel for the place and know everyone already? But we don't know you. Tell us a little about yourself.

Normal,are you sure you've read some of the posts ? :D

*frantically searching the Cellar for the 'normal' shit.*


Er ah... Welcome bbro. Like pea soup?

well, netiquette recommends lurking before posting, but ..... two years....

Extends warm welcome to patient person......

wow you are shy. well dont worry. we are very loving, caring, open minded cannibals. you'll go down quite well with the rest of us. we will try and spice up your life a bit and trim back that shyness. we like to give each other a good roasting from time to time so dont worry if you get thrown in the mix too.

Normal people? Where? Ferret the bastards out! :hide:

Hi bbro. :D

Thanks for the welcome. And if I call you normal, just think what I am like. :)

Let's see, a little about me, well it depends on what you want to know. I just moved to NC from my lifelong home on Memorial day and want to go back. I am making myself stick it out for a year, though.

I am 26 and working as a contract worker, right now on assignment for four months - luckily they have short term leases, so if I can't find anything, I can always leave early.

I am not sure what else you would want to know, though.

Your lifelong home was actually ON Memorial day?

Kewl! :)

Structural ambiguity, couldn't resist.

Welcome!

Welcome bbro. I am fairly new, though I didn't lurk for long. I found these folks to be funny, insightful, and quick with the wit. Throw in the occasional sarcasm, double entendres, and friendly jabs, and I think "I've found my peeps!"

I'm hoping someday they see me as one of them!:crazy:

Yea! Although, it sucked, I could only come out once a year. This time, I ran away. Now they have to wait another year just to look for me.

Welcome! :D

We will try our best not to scare you away from posting... we like the fresh blood. Wait, I meant ideas, yeah, that's it. ;)

And you wonder why it took me so long!! :eek:

Well, I don't know about the rest of the members, but I know why some are shy to post. I lurk for the most part even now because I don't like putting myself on the spot most of the time. But it is fun sometimes. ;)

Again, welcome! And you can just ignore us crazies. :D

Hey, look, it's Iggy.....get her....get her...:3some:

http://www.wildfreshness.com/brian/archives/blogguy.jpg

Welcome bbro. I assumed you were a dude because of the "bro" in your name, but then you said something about not being a "bitch." No matter, I'm a hermaphrodite!!!

I am a girl, not a guy, not a hermaphrodite. Sorry about the confusion, the username comes from my last name, includes bro.

:p

Sexual ambiguity is not only tolerated, but actually encouraged here, bbro, so don't worry about trying to claim a gender. Or multiple genders. Just post cool stuff. If the stuff you post is cool enough, you can even be a bit of a bitch and people will *still* like you. Don't ask me to explain that, because it never really made sense to me, either, but there it is.

Later, when you're really comfortable, you'll post your pic for us (I figure that's about six years in the future, based on the time it took you to screw up your courage before posting) so we can put a face to the handle.

Welcome. Don't pet the toad. You won't get warts, but you might get your eye blacked by his official handler.:)

heyyyyyy, who you callin' a bastard, Bruce? :eyebrow:

anyway, welcome, bbro
i too lurk more'n post. mostly cuz i visit while at work.

we won't hold that against you...

well, maybe we'll try to hold something else against you.:blush:

You're the ferret not the bastard, silly. :rolleyes:

i musta added a comma in the read-and-edit process
i was just kidding anyway.

Looks like you're doing fine b-b. Before you get shy about posting something, know that there are a few people here that have posted pure manure.

You'll surely do better than many.

If not, you can always claim you were trying to outdo them :3_eyes: !

Or that you came from AG. :p

Welcome bbro! Watch out for xobruce - he asks for lotsa favors. ;)

just kiddin.....

hello and hi to everyone.

it's hard to keep track of everyone. I wish there was an official cellar welcome mat or some kind of regular place for everyone to be greeted. I am sure I've missed some. There's newbies spilling all over the place :P

I know, so was I.:D
C'mon now, I offered you cash...:blush:

your money is only good for 2 things. small fires and monopoly

Don't forget, I have been lurking for some time....I know about bruce.....that little blushing face doesn't fool me. :)

Hey UT -- do we have some sort of graph of number of newbies (with say, more than 3 posts) as a function of when they registered?
We certainly seem to be getting more of them recently. Thankfully, most seem to be decent additions to the community.

That's too complex of a function -- all I have are number of new user registrations, which is way up since foam week. But I don't put much faith in the number because so many of them are spammers anyway.

If they enter without fanfare and blend in, they belong here. They already know it.

Also, a lot of our "newbies" aren't entirely newbies. They're lurkers that have been found something important enough to post about.

I know someone who has been reading for as long as I've been a member here, and he still hasn't posted a single word. Is he part of the community? Yes. Do I wish he would post? Absolutely, because he has a lot of interesting things to say.

I am pleased by the influx, incidentally.

Should I not have made this post? I didn't feel right just kind of joining into the threads.

Your post(s) was/are fine. Everyone is different and comes to the playground in their own way. Welcome.

I'm glad you made the post.

Eh, welcome to the Cellar. I haven't been here very long either...but I figure, for the most part I'll make myself at home. If I get out of line somewhere, someone will put me in my place, right? Maybe not. I don't do a whole lot of posting, mostly because I'm not as witty as the rest of the people show themselves to be...but I do enjoy many, many laughs every time I log on. Don't be shy...there's really no reason. Again, welcom.

You don't have to be witty. Besides, snarky one liners are no good without a straight man as a target.

The Cellar needs straight men too.



(See how I set myself up for a joke about gender/homosexuality there at the end? Straight man.)

So what if you feel like you blend in, and lend what you think are interesting comments, and everyone ignores you? Shall I chalk this up to paranoia, or am I just not nearly as fun as I think?
:mecry:

I get ignored all the time. Or, made fun of. *shrug* I've gotten lots of support too. It's usually a crap shoot, but no reason to stop posting. Hang in there, fellow Ohioan!

Everyone is ignored at some point. Don't take it personally. Quite often what happens is a post is read, and there is nothing really to comment on. Doesn't mean it's being ignored, just not responded to.

Thanks!

However, I thought my thoughts on employment testing were pretty good.

:)

PS: I am paranoid...I could just SEE you all mailing each other "check out the weirdo, what a dolt, sheesh" etc and so on.:D

It's ok glatt. What is posted in the cellar.....stays in the cellar. :D

When you made a post that is the definitive last word, there's nothing left to say.

I don't think that happens, even among the Philly locals (at least they're not letting me in on it:worried:), but why bother when we can come on the board and razz ya. :D

Now THAT I would call a compliment! :guinea:
Flattery will get you somewhere!

I assure you, if anyone thinks you're an idiot, you'll receive almost immediate feedback.

In case you need the reassurance, I do not think you are an idiot.





So far.

Am I the least new of the n00bs? Or am I not a n00b? Or are there n00bs that have been here longer than me?

Welcome to the Cellar bbro. I only post on Friday night. Its always Friday night somewhere.

Don't worry about being "accepted." The last thing we need is someone who fits in.

So, your grilling of me about my gender issues was encouragement? I'm glad I got that straight. I promise I will never become your father.

OK - since LJ has returned to the Nepalese mountains for further instruction, I will meekly offer a quiz determined to quantify your suitability to the Cellar.

Choose your answers carefully since they will be recorded in your permanent record.

1. You are Brittany Spears baby. What are your first words?
2. You wake up an X-woman. What's your power?
3. A meteor the size of Texas will hit in 2 days. You won Powerball tonight. Discuss. Oh, no one but you knows about the meteor.
4. You can go back in time with impunity. Discuss.
5. You are granted five minutes with anyone in history. Whom do you choose?
6. Saurkraut or Vidalia onion relish?
7. How many doodads does xoxoxoBruce have?
8. What is your totem?
9. Rewrite the ending of one movie.
10. Confess one thing you'd rather not confess.

At 654 posts, your hardly a n00b. :lol:

:eek: That's more posts than I have, and I've been here for almost half a decade!

damn beestie. You're the quiz king.

Everyone quit typing nOObs...it ryhmes with bOObs & I'm getting aroused....

OK Now answer the damn questions.

But i've been here only, what, a month? month and a half?

Is n00bdom by time or by posts?

EDIT: Oh, and capnhowdy... at least we arent saying n(.Y.)bs.

(.Y.)

very clever!

it looks better with other fonts

Welcome, bbro.
As you can see, none of us are normal.
And with gas at $2.89, Marlboro at $5.50, and an eyetalian grinder at $6.00, who the hell wants to be normal???



This should go in the "06-06-06" thread, but I just noticed it:
Ibram
Tongue-twisting Storm

Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Prayin' to the light machine
Posts: 666

Sorry about the lateness, but I only post during the workday :)

Here are my answers, not as profound as I am sure you would have thought

*AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
*Invisibility - all the things I could do that no one would notice
*Spend all my money on things that wouldn't last more than two days, maybe give some away just to look giving
*Actually, I don't know much about history - just what I read from fiction novels. I don't know what I would do
*Edgar Allen Poe or Leonardo Da Vinci
*Neither, how about just plan vidalia onions
*Has anyone ever counted that high?
*Hmmmm, I don't know, I have never thought about it, maybe a tree or a moon.
*I can't think of it! I know there are plenty of movies that I saw the ending and said "That was total crap! What the hell???!!"
*I had to look up what you meant by totem....okay, okay, and impunity (I don't have the largest vocabulary)

How is that?