People, new and old, please introduce yourselves

well all we do is paint them and if someone tries to steal them then they hav a herd of elephants that dont like them..........

no there arent any wing mirrors were the hell would u attacth them, same with number plates

u dont really need a licence because some people just cant controll them so if u can controll it u can ride it, simple

 

A double post (same as one below) which I will delete later when I get a chance!

 

emmm yeah- I know I've been about (both old and new boards ) for a very long time. I remember lurking in the old boards when Garner and rinso were newbies also! :lol:

 

The wind mirrors would go on the ears! And the licence plate... On the tail! :lol:

 

Hi everyone !
1. Chosen screename - Combination of myself and partners names.. Sad but true.

2.Gloriously female.

3.Sunny Bournemouth I'm 40 ( Seemingly my life is just about to begin, what happened to the last forty years then...)

4. Sure a movie could be done, but I prefer to use my imagination.

5. Read all the books from one of my other favourite authors (Stephen King), knew TP's books were popular, thought millions of people couldn't be wrong, so I thought I'd give them a go! ~pause for breath~ aahhh ! that's better.

6. "Ego a go go, and boy does mine !"

 

Welcome

 

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?

It's a nicname, and far more printable than some others I've been given.

2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.)

Male, and usually confused

3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?

I'm old enough to know better, and I live in the north east of England.

4) do you have good faith that a discworld movie COULD be done well enough not to suck? (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)

Well actually I'm here because I saw a news story about David Jason signing up for a Hogfather adaptation with Sky One and wanted to know more.

5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?

I was in a book club that had a 2 for 1 offer going. I was looking at Arthur C Clarke's 2010 and Mort was on the same page. The description appealed to my sense of humour so I chose it as the freebie. Since then it's been an addiction that I fear may never be cured.

6) what's your personal quote of the day?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - get it out with Optrex
(Thank you Spike Milligan)

 

Thank you.

Avatar resized. Not sure why but my signature doesn't show despite me optioning for always visible in the set up

Whoops! There it is.

 

:?: Could anyone help me with getting my signature to appear with my messages ? Thanks

 

If you go to Your Account > Your Info, theres yes/no box, "always attach my signature". tick yes. Also, make sure you've got "Attach Signature" ticked when you make a post. It's just under the text box.

Welcome to the board.

 

Welcome to the board guys, hope you enjoy your stay!

:cooler:

 

Thanks Delphine,
Really appreciate your advice, I've given it a go, hopefully it will work.

 

Pleased to meet you, Sarbar! Same to you, Mickeedee! Two new people... wow!

 

:lol:
I'm guessing from your response that new members are a rare thing !
Appreciate you welcoming us though, thanks.

 

We haven't had many recently.

You're very welcome. :lol:

 

I personally am a slow but steady newbit myself Welcome fellow newbs !

 

Thanks for the welcome. Nice to be aware of fellow Pratchettites.

Is that the correct term? Have I just made it up? Maybe I should get the copywrite.

 

I guess then, Mikeedee could arguably have the copyright on "copywrite"?

 

Please don't tell me that this is yet another pedant's paradise.

 

I wouldn't put it that strongly - one of the things that we keep in mind is that PTerry has a world-wide audience - a lot of our members are not native English speakers, so we ask people not to use English-based leet-speak (or any other language version - though it does seem to be a peculiarly English perversion of communications) - we also like to keep things grammatical because grammar aids clarity - otherwise what is the point of language? - we do keep in mind that English is not always the first language of some of our members, and also that some of our members are dyslexic (although my brother, who is a teacher, insists that dyslexia is a "fake disease" - Rinso - do you want his address - he lives in Cornwall?) - this whole sentence seems to have got out of control - but - no Mikeedee - we are not usually pedantic, but we do sometimes succumb to the urge to add in a little education - even Buzzfloyd doesn't get toopushy about it!

 

Oh, er, okay.
So, does all that mean that I was right then?

Actually it was just laziness - I wasn't sure about which spelling to use and couldn't be bothered to spellcheck.

And what's with the PTerry? Something I'm missing?

 

PTerry is a name for Mr Pratchett that derives from "Pyramids" - I don't think this counts as a spoiler - to give a Djellibabyan/mock-Egyptian accent, "P" was added onto any name beginning witn "T" - in the same way that TP is sometimes referred to as "the Marthter" - derived from the various books in which the Igors appear - with a distinctive vocal habit.

 

Right I get it now.

No worries with spoilers - I've got all the Discworld first editions from Mort onwards.

 

:shock: 'Newbies' resembles - 'pubies' a bit too much for my liking..

"I Sarbar, will not take the name 'newbie' in vain".

What exactly does 'bie' mean ?

:evil:

 

Here you are : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbie

 

Thanks for the info, I quite like the sound of 'nublet' myself.
:roll:

 

I personnally discovered the term "chicken Mc nublet", which I must admit, I find absolutely hilarious

 

hello to everyone, been gone long so i hope u dont mind the delay in my welcome to everyone thats new

 

What did you add? I didn't see it first time round.


Also: A generic welcome to everyone I haven't properly welcomed.

 

We are now a joly good bunch of Pterry' s fans!!! Cheers!!!!!

 

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
thats the best I could come up with right now. I'm not at my most creative in the afternoons.
2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.) Female. Last I checked anyways.

3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?
Soon to be 27 and I live in the Southwest of the good ole US of A.

4) do you have good faith that a discworld movie COULD be done well enough not to suck? (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)
With todays cartoon technology yep I do. I loved Acorns Soul Music and Wyrd Sisters. I have faith in Terry not to let it get too out of control

5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?
A friend recommended Peirs Anthoney, Peirs recommended Terry. This was..oh..5 years ago for me

6) what's your personal quote of the day?
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers.

 

Hullo, somethingclever! Nice to have you on the board.

 

Hello and welcome.

 

Funny, I can just picture you sitting behind the keyboard thinking "oh no, I must think of something clever to be my screen name..."

Hello and welcome (yeah, I couldn't just copy a swede, that's against my religion, just like turnips.)

(**does a Jedi hand wave thingy** You did not see me edit this to correct a stupid mistake )

 

I would prefer to be a Swede, if it's not too much effort.

 

Wow, thanks all for the warm welcomes!! *I got a warm, fuzzy feeling inside*

Just kinda catching up on all the threads and what not. Sheesh.
I was a lurker when the HC place went bad. Oh so bad. Its sad that its still not much better. I actually ended up moving over to the stamps forum, but one or two of the people from the HC forum who moved there have done ticked me off, so now I am here. I wish I had found you all sooner.
I'll try not to lurk too much here, I promise. Chalk it up to being shy.
Oh, and as a newbie I did read the faq's and code of conduct already. I am firm believer in reading instructions before you jump right in.

 

Hello Somethingclever, you sound ... clever. Glad you found us

 

Thanks Delphine & Hsing !
ha ha, I sound clever?! A newbit and already I'm falsely advertising....:wink:
side note..I posted a pic of me in the album (member iconographs section) I hope thats okay.

 

Tee hee, thanks.

 

Hello to everyone I missed while I was on vacation - in FLORIDA!

That's right, bitches. I have tan lines now.

 

Tan lines. Amazing, hun.

You look stunning, somethingclever. It won't let me upload a pic...

 

Sir_Gawain ,
I could try hosting a pic for you if you want. You can email it to me (PM me for my email addy) and I could probably get it posted for you by the end of today. (I'm pretending to work and running out of things to do to make me look busy...:lol: )
stunning is not a word I would normally use to describe myself, but thank you all the same.
Human, you picked a good time of year for Florida, no hurricanes. :lol:
Did you get to visit any of the theme parks or anything while you were there?

 

I have no idea what you're talking about... :cooler:

 

Hello, poons here

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?

I like the name Windle Poons from (Reaperman or Soul Music?)

2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.)

Male.

3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?

30's from Liverpool UK.

4) do you have good faith that a discworld movie COULD be done well enough not to suck? (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)

Would be bound to suck but surely someone could do an animated version that is better than the two I have seen.

5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?

I was about 18 and a friend gave me The Colour of Magic, I had read lots of fantasy and it was just the right time.

6) what's your personal quote of the day?

People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.
or
For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.

 

Welcome poons, sorry again for jumping on you

 

Thanks Kat Your forgiven

 

**jumps for joy, after checking she wasn't jumping on anyone **

Yeah for the ginger cat cult !

 

'lo and welcome.