Welcome Philosophickle!

[lao tzu]

Here's a quick list on how to avoid ruining the place:


Don't even mention those socks.
Keep your manties tucked in while Christina's in the room.
Don't invite the fishboi.


As ever, Jesse

[David B]

Hi, Jesse:)

Very glad to see you here.

David

[Christina]

Welcome Philosophical : )

1. Are they tie dyed by any chance? I like those socks.

2. Your manties are safe. I wouldn't be caught dead in granny manties that came up to my neck.

3. Please invite the fish, the rodent and the poor woman that has to put up with you all.

The fish's welcome thread on IIDB went on for 25 pages even after being cast into the dungeon. You guys have a lot of work ahead of you : )

[lao tzu]

Welcome Philosophical : )

We call him phickle, phil, dopey gigglz, and a few other names he keeps us bribed not to mention.

Philosophical is not among them.

1. Are they tie dyed by any chance? I like those socks.

No, they're snot-filled. Some people can't take a warning.

2. Your manties are safe. I wouldn't be caught dead in granny manties that came up to my neck.

So we can count on you to show up in uniform then?

3. Please invite the fish, the rodent and the poor woman that has to put up with you all.

The rodent was last seen throwing himself under the wheels of my motorcycle. I made the mistake of suggesting he'd be a fitting substitute for the possum.

The fish's welcome thread on IIDB went on for 25 pages even after being cast into the dungeon. You guys have a lot of work ahead of you : )

Throwing the fish into the moat probably wasn't the best strategy to get rid of him.

As ever, Jesse

[lao tzu]

Hi, Jesse:)

Very glad to see you here.

David

Very glad to see you don't have to run that endorsement through a committee.

The drinks are on their way.

[Christina]

We call him phickle, phil, dopey gigglz, and a few other names he keeps us bribed not to mention.

Philosophical is not among them.
I'm sure that he's capable of telling us what he would like to be called, and pointing out my grammar and spelling errors is somewhat like beating a dead horse, don't you think? We've already established the fact that it displeases you and that I will likely never improve.

No, they're snot-filled. Some people can't take a warning.
Thanks for ruining my breakfast with that lovely description.

So we can count on you to show up in uniform then?
Do you count as well as you spell?

As ever, Jessse
Funny, I never noticed that there were 3 of that letter in your name. I guess spellcheck doesn't work too well sometimes.

As sometimes, Christina

[DMB]

Hi Philosophickle! Since my typing is so terrible I'm going to have to find an abbreviation for your name in future. A hearty welcome to the Secular Café! :wave:

[lao tzu]

I'm sure that he's capable of telling us what he would like to be called, and pointing out my grammar and spelling errors is somewhat like beating a dead horse, don't you think?

That's called a run-on sentence.

We've already established the fact that it displeases you and that I will likely never improve.

See above.

Thanks for ruining my breakfast with that lovely description.

As if you weren't warned.


Do you count as well as you spell?

This is why I'm not inviting the fishboi. He's given you bad habits.

As ever, Jessse
Funny, I never noticed that there were 3 of that letter in your name. I guess spellcheck doesn't work too well sometimes.

The horse has resurrected!

As sometimes, Christina

Would a trip to Florida make it more often?

[lao tzu]

Hi Philosophickle! Since my typing is so terrible I'm going to have to find an abbreviation for your name in future. A hearty welcome to the Secular Café! :wave:

Oh, and Christina dear ... in case you were wondering who invited me this time.

[Christina]

That's called a run-on sentence.
If you think that was bad consider yourself lucky that you don't have to listen to me talk. I can go for 5 minutes without stopping to breath, never mind punctuate. You'd be amazed what you can do with enough inappropriately applied commas.

This is why I'm not inviting the fishboi. He's given you bad habits.
You're just scared of what might happen if we gang up on you.


Would a trip to Florida make it more often?
That would depend on what I was doing there and if someone could wave their magic wand and make the humidity and palmetto bugs go away. They could also install some hills while they're at it.

Is it illegal to feed people to the alligators there?

[Christina]

Oh, and Christina dear ... in case you were wondering who invited me this time.

I invited you also but you ignored me :p. I knew all along that it would be better to let an Intellectual Discussion denizen invite you so that you would know that it isn't just a playground or a Civics 101 course but I was willing to be crushed by your silence for the sake of the forum. It was terrible and traumatic, but this place is worth it.

[lao tzu]

If you think that was bad consider yourself lucky that you don't have to listen to me talk. I can go for 5 minutes without stopping to breath, never mind punctuate. You'd be amazed what you can do with enough inappropriately applied commas.

Maybe. Maybe not. I've listened to Sarah Palin.


You're just scared of what might happen if we gang up on you.

No, I'm just momentarily short on lemon sauce.


Would a trip to Florida make it more often?
That would depend on what I was doing there and if someone could wave their magic wand and make the humidity and palmetto bugs go away.

My air conditioner has a remote.

They could also install some hills while they're at it.

We tried that once. It turns out hills don't float.


Is it illegal to feed people to the alligators there?

Only if they're not fish.


I invited you also but you ignored me :p.

Random notes inside of bottles rarely make it through the Panama canal.


I knew all along that it would be better to let an Intellectual Discussion denizen invite you so that you would know that it isn't just a playground or a Civics 101 course but I was willing to be crushed by your silence for the sake of the forum. It was terrible and traumatic, but this place is worth it.

I've got a witty comeback for that, but if I post it, it'll be bound to get back to the fishboi. He never gives credit when he steals my lines.

As ever, Jesse

[Puck]

Is it illegal to feed people to the alligators there?

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/cgr0276l.jpg

[Christina]

Maybe. Maybe not. I've listened to Sarah Palin.
She's an amateur at best.


My air conditioner has a remote.
That's nice to know. Do you rent the place out as a timeshare?

Only if they're not fish.
I think he needs to make at least a brief appearance here to reassure us that he triumphed over your attempt to make him into pet food. I don't know why that man hasn't learned to stay away from boats with you around.

Random notes inside of bottles rarely make it through the Panama canal.
You could always pay more than 12 cents a month for a real ISP that has upgraded from Coke bottles and uses a server rather than than 'float and hope' technology.

[Philosophickle]

Hey kids.
I feel that any post after a build-up like this is going to be disappointing, kinda like the Obama administration (yeah, I rolls like that).
And you can call me whatever you'd like, just don't call me phruityphickle.

ETA: You can call me Jesse or Taoist.

[Christina]

There is no Taoist

(ETA: People have seen us do this so many times now that you're much more interesting :) )

[Trout]

Hey kids.
I feel that any post after a build-up like this is going to be disappointing, kinda like the Obama administration (yeah, I rolls like that).
And you can call me whatever you'd like, just don't call me phruityphickle.

ETA: You can call me Jesse or Taoist.

Just don't "call him" and invite him for a weekend of debauchery in Chicago, the answer will be, "I can't, my wife's having a Tupperware party that night".

[Christina]

Yay!

Hey you - I missed you guys. How are things?

[Trout]

We still hate each other.

It's lovely to see you though, Christina!

[Christina]

Yes, but you all hate each other in the most entertaining ways. How's Mossy?

[Philosophickle]

There is no Taoist

(ETA: People have seen us do this so many times now that you're much more interesting :) )

I ought to be more interesting now that my worse half is here.

Hey kids.
I feel that any post after a build-up like this is going to be disappointing, kinda like the Obama administration (yeah, I rolls like that).
And you can call me whatever you'd like, just don't call me phruityphickle.

ETA: You can call me Jesse or Taoist.

Just don't "call him" and invite him for a weekend of debauchery in Chicago, the answer will be, "I can't, my wife's having a Tupperware party that night".

It was either a tupperware party or a baby, I can't remember which ended up being the case.

Yay!

Hey you - I missed you guys. How are things?

Trout and Gerbil are now an item.

[Christina]

Trout and Gerbil are now an item.

Uh oh. It's sounds like there's going to be some hellfire and damnation going on soon, or at least some excommunications (I get all these religions mixed up).

[Philosophickle]

Trout and Gerbil are now an item.

Uh oh. It's sounds like there's going to be some hellfire and damnation going on soon, or at least some excommunications (I get all these religions mixed up).

I'm a True Christian and Trout is Young Earth Creationist/Calvinist.

[Christina]

I'm a True Christian™ and Trout is Young Earth Creationist/Calvinist.

I fixed it for you :D

[Philosophickle]

:fishslap:

[Christina]

Beating people over the head with a registered member is frowned upon here. Do you have a possum handy by any chance?

[Philosophickle]

Beating people over the head with a registered member is frowned upon here. Do you have a possum handy by any chance?

I do have a dead rodent.

[Christina]

How long has he been dead and how bad does he smell?

[Philosophickle]

I see Trout's lurking. He's been pretty creepy recently.

[lao tzu]

Just don't "call him" and invite him for a weekend of debauchery in Chicago, the answer will be, "I can't, my wife's having a Tupperware party that night".

Yeah, it was a feeble excuse, but in Phil's defense the real reason was he felt a case of free thinking coming on again. Somebody suggested that there was never a global flood, and it got him free associating about boats.

Hey kids.
I feel that any post after a build-up like this is going to be disappointing, kinda like the Obama administration (yeah, I rolls like that).
And you can call me whatever you'd like, just don't call me phruityphickle.

ETA: You can call me Jesse or Taoist.

Behold the phruity capitalization nazi.

[lao tzu]

How long has he been dead and how bad does he smell?

Gerbil just left Chicago with a fishy, phruity smell.
Gerbil just left Chicago with a fishy, phruity smell.
Workin from one end to the other to keep his manties out of hell.

*with apologies to ZZ Top*

[lao tzu]

... 'float and hope' technology.

Trout likes to call that his "party barge."

[Christina]

How long has he been dead and how bad does he smell?

Gerbil just left Chicago with a fishy, phruity smell.
Gerbil just left Chicago with a fishy, phruity smell.
Workin from one end to the other to keep his manties out of hell.

*with apologies to ZZ Top*

Too bad he isn't Catholic. He could really make some money with the wine trick.

[lao tzu]

I see Trout's lurking. He's been pretty creepy recently.

Last week, I spotted him over at Reggie's place. He was crawling through the carpets looking for fallen varve fragments.

[Jobar]

Trout and Gerbil are now an item.

Uh oh. It's sounds like there's going to be some hellfire and damnation going on soon, or at least some excommunications (I get all these religions mixed up).

I'm a True Christian and Trout is Young Earth Creationist/Calvinist.

Oboy, oboy!

fires up the grill and buys extra popcorn

:D

[Christina]

You see guys, Jobar is trying to be hospitable. We know that you need a place to cook your kabobs when you visit.

I just wish that I could remember what the kabob reference was about and what kind they were.

[lao tzu]

They're swift-ka-bobs, made from swifts freshly snatched out of the hands of Gerbzy's daughters.

[Notta]

I feel like I've just stepped into an alternative dimension of teh Intarwebs. Am I in the tubes, perhaps?

Well, whoever you, or he, or she, or it, or THEY are, welcome! (I think.)

[Christina]

They're swift-ka-bobs, made from swifts freshly snatched out of the hands of Gerbzy's daughters.

That's right - thanks. I forgot how funny that story was.

Notta: For the uninformed, Trout, Gerbil and Phil are all friends of Lao Tzu's from TWeb and I met them on IIDB in a thread just like this one that went on for days and days. After visiting them at TWeb and meeting a few more of their friends I realized that threads like that had been going on for years and years and not just days. Half the time I don't know what they're talking about either and my primary role in the conversation is to play the straight man that they bounce jokes off.

But they're really nice and lots of fun and you never know, maybe Lisa will even get them to visit the religion forum with her if they think our senses of humor will survive them and they'll survive us.

[Philosophickle]

Are you ready to hand over the keys to the forum now?

[Christina]

Trout tried that once on IIDB. We let him play overlord in ~E~ for a while because it was cute.

ETA: Oh yeah, and he threatened to have me knocked off if we didn't so we had to let him.

[Philosophickle]

About half of Trout's life I would classify as cute. We don't like to talk about the other half.

[Christina]

Speaking of cute, when am I going to get to see some grandson pictures?

[Philosophickle]

Speaking of cute, when am I going to get to see some grandson pictures?

In twenty years or so when my children are old enough to have kids.

[Christina]

I could be dead by then. Trout has a grandkid that's cute as can be right now.

[Philosophickle]

I could be dead by then. Trout has a grandkid that's cute as can be right now.

Huh, I wonder who his real grandfather is.

[Christina]

Will it upset him if I make a reference to Lake George in my guess?

[Philosophickle]

Will it upset him if I make a reference to Lake George in my guess?

:dunno:
Obligations don't make reference to hurt feelings. We can only hope a boat wasn't involved.

[Christina]

I usually love it when I know people with boats but those guys are scary when they get around one. I'm probably lucky that none of them live on this coast or one of them would have drowned me for some smartass remark by now.

[Jobar]

Are you ready to hand over the keys to the forum now?

WHAT?! And give away my banhammer? You must be insane. :eek:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/Laylong/banhammer.png

[Philosophickle]

Are you ready to hand over the keys to the forum now?

WHAT?! And give away my banhammer? You must be insane. :eek:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/Laylong/banhammer.png

Trout's keyboard doubles as a watermelon. Just a heads up.

[Jobar]

Goodie. :)

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/staff/skepticoverlord/banhammer.jpg

[Brianna]

Oh my, hilarious.

I am confused but very amused.

[lao tzu]

WHAT?! ... You must be insane. :eek:


Best watch out for this one phickle. He's already onto ya.

[JamesBannon]

Hi Lao!

[lao tzu]

Trout tried that once on IIDB. We let him play overlord in ~E~ for a while because it was cute.

Rumor is there was money changing hands: Dee Dee to ToM.

You'd be amazed how neat the place stays when we're out of town.

ETA: Oh yeah, and he threatened to have me knocked off if we didn't so we had to let him.

Don't exaggerate. The worst threat was only eye-watering flatulence.

Most of those deaths get chalked up as suicide.

[lao tzu]

Hi Lao!

Hiya James!

I think I saw the Trout dropping off in the next room. If you check his back pockets, I'm betting you can roust out a hip flask.

I'm sure he won't mind.

[Christina]

Don't exaggerate. The worst threat was only eye-watering flatulence.

Most of those deaths get chalked up as suicide.

I am not exaggerating and if I wasn't banned I would go back and prove it. They were scheduling my demise around my preferred vacation times and locations and the availability of GrimReaper. It was postponed until I could visit Lake George in Autumn and that sure isn't going to happen after all of the boating accidents that 'just happen' around you guys. The eye-watering flatulence came along later when Gerbil joined. IIRC it all ended with me driving off in a car with a mad rodent and his friends for an adventure in a rather embarrassing uniform.

[lao tzu]

Please, you weren't even close to the top of the list. Besides, have you ever heard of anyone committing suicide because they got a death threat?

[Christina]

Well, it would be one way to really piss off the guy who paid the hit man.

[lao tzu]

Happy birthday, phickle!

[Philosophickle]

Thanks Jesse poo.
How can we make this thread a sticky?

[Christina]

Happy Birthday :)

DMB gets mad if we get the floors all sticky so you better watch it. She doesn't take "we can't have anything nice" for an answer.

[lao tzu]

How can we make this thread a sticky?

Well, we could accept the fact that there's nothing to be done about the current unacceptable situation or we could made a bold move and see if it succeeds, no matter how little the action seems to be related to our goals.

I choose B.

Let's ban Trout.

[Philosophickle]

How can we make this thread a sticky?

Well, we could accept the fact that there's nothing to be done about the current unacceptable situation or we could made a bold move and see if it succeeds, no matter how little the action seems to be related to our goals.

I choose B.

Let's ban Trout.

Where's the RAmen button?

[Christina]

Ask him (http://www.secularcafe.org/member.php?u=71)

[lao tzu]

I've gone to the trouble of putting a classified ad about this thread into the pages of the Journal of Creation. I expect it should be finding its way to the bottom of the Gerbil's cage in about two months, depending on the amount of roughage in his diet of course.

[Christina]

I'd sulk and pout to try to guilt trip him into showing up but that would never work with him. It only worked once on any of you for any reason that I remember. You guys aren't that easy. It's probably part of why I like you ; ).

[lao tzu]

It's all about Trout poetry:

Ford Escort Hatchback
Sweaty "Gerbil" pushing hard
Manties creep skyward

[Christina]

:)

I remember that. You guys were like this hilarious crazy whirlwind that blew into ~E~. I had no idea what you were all going on about but I couldn't stop laughing anyway. I didn't know you or LGM before that either. I still can't believe that IIDB let us go on for hundreds of posts that way, even down there.

[DMB]

Sorry guys, this thread has departed from the norm for Introductions and I am therefore locking it. It has, however, been copied to here (http://www.secularcafe.org/showthread.php?t=1213), so you can carry on if you like.