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Fantasy » alt.fan.pratchett » [I] Who Are You
[I] Who Are You [message #278021] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 05:25
Stacie Hanes  
I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up now and
then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool and insightful
answers.

Here are mine, to start it off:

I am: a 5'4", 135 lb, female English professor just about to start my Ph.D.
dissertation; published SF and Fantasy literary critic and 19th Century
BritLit scholar, who dresses in black, with three tattoos (none obvious) and
four piercings (apart from the earlobes), and short bleached-blonde hair.

No, really: A werepanther. An ultra-liberal bisexual domme and erotic art
photographer. A cat trapped in a human body. A 7' tall, male paladin with
white angel wings.

Others see me as: I really don't know.

--
4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse, AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons,
Bondage-happy predator, Speaker-To-Students,
SadoMangoist, AFPMistress to peachy, 8'FED's AFPDeliciousSnack, AFPFiance to
A. Nevill , Graycat's Guttersnipe
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #278760 ] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 06:30
Puck  
Anastasia wrote:
> I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up
> now and then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool
> and insightful answers.
>

I am: A 5'11'', 175 lb male caucasian American college student who spends
all his time fiddling with computers and looks forward to being paid to do
so once he graduates, has brown hair, green eyes, clothing that looks like
he is struck with temporary blindness whenever he approaches his closet, and
a harddrive full of unfinished novels that he had should try to make some
progress on instead of watching reruns of MST3K.

No, Really: Basically what you'd get if you crossed Jughead Jones with Daria
Morgandorfer and raised the offspring entirely on Saturday morning cartoons
and Count Chocula.

Others See Me As: Trouble.

--
Puck (onstage): I am that merry wanderer of the night!
Peaseblossom (in audience): "I am that merry wanderer of the night",
indeed! "I am that
giggling-dangerous-totally-bloody-psychotic-menace-to-life and limb,
more like." -Neil Gaiman
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #278802 ] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 11:22
CeltiKaos  
On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:30:18 -0400, Puck wrote:

> Anastasia wrote:
>> I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up now
>> and then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool and
>> insightful answers.

I'm a 3'6 Latvian Circus Dwarf called Eric with terminal halitosis and
athlete's foot. No I'm not an athlete, I just forgot to give it back.

OK, some of that wasn't exactly true. Mainly the bit's between "I'm" and
"back". I'm a *cough* 'mature' student in Computer Studies and I've been
a Pratchett fan about 10 years since someone at my old job loaned me 'The
Colour of Magic'.
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #278813 ] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 11:40
Torak  
Anastasia wrote:
> I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up now and
> then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool and insightful
> answers.
>
> Here are mine, to start it off:
>
> I am: a 5'4", 135 lb, female English professor just about to start my Ph.D.
> dissertation; published SF and Fantasy literary critic and 19th Century
> BritLit scholar, who dresses in black, with three tattoos (none obvious) and
> four piercings (apart from the earlobes), and short bleached-blonde hair.
>
> No, really: A werepanther. An ultra-liberal bisexual domme and erotic art
> photographer. A cat trapped in a human body. A 7' tall, male paladin with
> white angel wings.
>
> Others see me as: I really don't know.

Good heavens. All of those at once? ;-)

I am, FCVO of "I" and "am", and within certain dubious parameters that
may or may not include things: a 6' 5"-ish 85-95 kg English (and, in the
interests of accuracy, Swedish) male non-professor. Ex-military,
ex-student (and thank heaven for that), screenwriter-and-novelist-to-be
and prospective security consultant. Dresses mostly in tactical gear
sometimes regardless of colours (though with a tendency toward black,
grey, olive green and khaki), or otherwise suits in a variety of black.
No tattoos, no piercings other than those forced upon me by evil
vaccinations, which have by now mostly healed. Cropped dark hair, grade
2 crewcut. Grade 5 trimmed Connery-class beard.

No, Really: A believing sceptic, a cynical romantic, a nostalgic tech
geek, an optimistic pessimist (or possibly vice versa), a brawler who's
never been in a fight, the ultimate evil with a soft spot for dogs (and,
well, most things). Too evil to be nice and too nice to be evil.
Constantly depressed in a cheerful way. Has no life.

Others See Me As: A bit of a pillock.
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #278823 ] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 12:03
geminii  
On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:40:39 +0200, Torak <perry_awm [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

>Grade 5 trimmed Connery-class beard.

Sounds like a type of submarine. Or a seduction device.
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #278830 ] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 12:23
Torak  
geminii [at] tpg.com.au wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:40:39 +0200, Torak <perry_awm [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Grade 5 trimmed Connery-class beard.
>
>
> Sounds like a type of submarine. Or a seduction device.

I was aiming for a bit of both.
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #278835 ] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 12:56
Daibhid Ceannaideach  
The time: 05 Jun 2006. The place: alt.fan.pratchett. The
speaker: "Anastasia" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com>

> I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that
> crops up now and then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw
> some really cool and insightful answers.
>
> Here are mine, to start it off:

I am: a quite tall, slightly overweight and very nervy
Scottish library trainee with glasses and a ponytail. Quite
intelligent, probably, but with a Common Sense Quotient in the
high minus figures.

No really: *Really* I'm a physicist, cruely hampered by a
blind-spot involving, well, numbers. I'm also a walking
encyclopedia of utterly useless trivia concerning the
Discworld, DC Comics and Doctor Who.

Others see me as: Witty and insightful, apparently. I'm not
sure why.

--
Dave
Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
Suggs against sexism. It's Madness gone
politically correct.
Jon Holmes, The Now Show 26/5/06
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #278843 ] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 13:25
Steve Rogers  
Hmmm where to start.............

I am 5'8" or so depending on who's doing the measuring, weigh more than
I should but not enough to care about, Ex-Dockie, Ex-Serviceman,
Ex-Railwayman, Ex-DJ and dancer, and a load of other things as well, but
I tend to gravitate to IT support roles, both hardware and software, as
I like jobs that involve people and/or awkward problems that I can
really get my teeth into. I tend to dress in black and white (can't
afford the colour license you see) with the odd smattering of greys and
blues. Tattooed with a pierced ear, long naturally streaked brown hair
which tends to hide the grey and causes envy in some. Currently in
limbo between jobs as I await a visa so that I can enjoy the remainder
of my days with my family in the Oklahoma raising children, horses,
snakes and other critters, oh and dodging Tornados. I write poetry -
and had some published in various media a while back - songs, kids
stories mainly with the odd smattering of others for my own enjoyment
these are mostly comedic extrapolations on everyday things. I've been
told I'm that laid back I redefine horizontal and also that I'm too nice
(whatever that's supposed to mean).

No, but seriously: I'm the Devil incarnate (according to my ex) who
beats on people at the drop of a hat or other such apparel. Hell on
wheels with a sweet disposition towards kids and chocolate or people
bearing chocolate.

Others see me as: a problem solver and shoulder to cry on or just plain
weird.
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #278847 ] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 13:44
geminii  
On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 03:25:24 GMT, "Anastasia" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com>
wrote:

>I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up now and
>then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool and insightful
>answers.

I am... currently beginning a process of change in my life. So much of
what applies to me now may very well not in as little as a month.

Still, things which will probably stay the same include:

Male, Australian, 6'1 in the old money, dark hair and a strange sense of
humour. A soft spot for gadgets, an appreciation for mechanical and
intellectual elegance, and a hunger for new ideas. A dilettante, when the
mood strikes. A Gemini in all the many ways there are. Schemer, dreamer,
and ten-year-afper. At your side, at your discretion, and at your service.

Voted most likely to take over the world if I could only get up in the
mornings, I continue to exist in a strange absence of coffee. My avatars
have been known to sprout extra arms for no reason, and my last words will
probably be "Hey, I wonder what this gizmo does?"

Second-most recent hobby: Blogging
This month, I am experimenting with: Money
Next month, I will be: Tossing out half of what I own


-SteveD
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #278849 ] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 13:47
geminii  
On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 12:25:46 +0100, "Steve Rogers"
<steve [at] soapietrekkers.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>I like jobs that involve people and/or awkward problems that I can
>really get my teeth into.

"Cannibal support. No, it's a mandible, not a cupholder."
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #278852 ] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 14:00
PeterH  
It all started on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:23:30 +0200, when Torak wrote:

> geminii [at] tpg.com.au wrote:
>> On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:40:39 +0200, Torak <perry_awm [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Grade 5 trimmed Connery-class beard.
>>
>>
>> Sounds like a type of submarine. Or a seduction device.
>
> I was aiming for a bit of both.

A seductive submarine? Do you go dow-- sorry, sorry...


...PeterH
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #278860 ] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 14:04
raltbos  
"Anastasia" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

> I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up now and
> then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool and insightful
> answers.
>
> Here are mine, to start it off:
>
> I am: a 5'4", 135 lb, female English professor just about to start my Ph.D.
> dissertation; published SF and Fantasy literary critic and 19th Century
> BritLit scholar, who dresses in black, with three tattoos (none obvious) and
> four piercings (apart from the earlobes), and short bleached-blonde hair.
>
> No, really: A werepanther. An ultra-liberal bisexual domme and erotic art
^^^^^^^
You might want to specify which kind of liberal, the left wing kind or
the right wing kind.

> photographer. A cat trapped in a human body. A 7' tall, male paladin with
> white angel wings.
>
> Others see me as: I really don't know.

I am: not too tall, a bit too heavy, can't be bothered to measure, male
Dutch programmer and sysadmin, who dresses for utility rather than
fashion but does try not to clash too much, with grey eyes and dark
blond/light brown hair, and a moustache and short beard because shaving
daily is too much work.

No, really: Definitely human and not a furry of any kind, even
virtually. The human brain is too much fun to be anything else. Left
wing sometimes, right wing sometimes, unplottable mostly, on average
perhaps a bit left of centre. A lover of birds and music.

Others see me as: weird. Which is probably accurate.

Richard
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #278863 ] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 14:24
Graycat  
On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 03:25:24 GMT, "Anastasia"
<house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> jotted down:

>I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up now and
>then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool and insightful
>answers.

I am: Me. Always and utterly. Even when it's bad for me.

No, really: Still me. Bit of a Carrot at times.

Others see me as: I always have this sneaking suspicion that
others think I'm boring and stuck up, my bf assures me this
is way off.

--
Elin
The Tale of Westala and Villtin
http://tale.cunobaros.com/
The Oswalds DW casting award - Vote Now!
http://www.student.lu.se/~his02ero/Oswald/index.html
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #278868 ] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 14:41
Puck  
Daibhid Ceanaideach wrote:
> encyclopedia of utterly useless trivia concerning the
> Discworld, DC Comics and Doctor Who.

Three of the coolest things in existence, IMO. And they all start with D. D
is for lots of things...

--
Puck (onstage): I am that merry wanderer of the night!
Peaseblossom (in audience): "I am that merry wanderer of the night",
indeed! "I am that
giggling-dangerous-totally-bloody-psychotic-menace-to-life and limb,
more like." -Neil Gaiman
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #278914 ] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 17:05
Arthur Hagen  
Anastasia <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up
> now and then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool
> and insightful answers.
>
> Here are mine, to start it off:
[chop]

I am: My physical appearence is what you can imagine, as we're never going
to meet. What do you want my height and weight for -- are you going to buy
me clothes? Guessing my gender is left as an exercise to the readers, but
there's a clue in the headers of this post. My favourite font is Avenir.
What else can you want to know about me, if I haven't told it in my posts,
it's likely none of your business.

No, really: Arthur of Eddore, I speak for Boskone.

Others see me as: A grump.

Regards,
--
*Art
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #278987 ] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 21:27
Andrew Nevill  
On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 03:25:24 GMT, "Anastasia" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com>
wrote:

>I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up now and
>then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool and insightful
>answers.
>
Okay, I'll have a go

I am: a 5' 7" 8st male with short brown hair and brown eyes. I'm clean
shaven but I'm thinking of growing it. I wear whatever t-shirt and jeans
come out of the drawer but many of these are black. I like black . I work in
local government.

No, really: I'm shy, reserved and sensitive with self confidence problems.I
hate going out on my own But for some reason I act in plays and sometimes
write fantasy stories. On nights out with friends I perpetrate Karaoke. I
admit to being weird. I have a theory that's it's necessary to be weird
because the world itself is weird and only through being a weird person in a
weird world am I am able to remain sane.

Others see me as:Outgoing, confident with a mad sense of humour and totally
weird. Paradoxically they're right
--
Andrew Nevill B.F. D.W. FdV. Reply address: anevill [at] btopenworld.com
AFPWorshipper to Spooky, AFPfiance to Sarah (Nanny Ogg) & A********.
AFPUncle to James Vaughan. You cannot value friends as pennies,
nor can you replace them as easily (Spooky in email, Aug 2001.)
Discworld Convention 2006. 18 - 26 Aug 2006 Hinckley Island Hotel
Hinckley, UK www.dwcon.org
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #279020 ] Mo, 05 Juni 2006 23:02
Stacie Hanes  
Arthur Hagen wrote:
> Anastasia <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops
>> up now and then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really
>> cool and insightful answers.
>>
>> Here are mine, to start it off:
> [chop]
>
> I am: My physical appearence is what you can imagine, as we're
> never going to meet. What do you want my height and weight for

LOL

The height and weight aren't part of a template. Just what a lot of people
start with, including me because it got the words started.


--
4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse, AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons,
Bondage-happy predator, Speaker-To-Students, SadoMangoist,
AFPMistress to peachy, 8'FED's AFPDeliciousSnack, AFPFiance to A.
Nevill , Graycat's Guttersnipe
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #279053 ] Di, 06 Juni 2006 00:13
Rocky Frisco  
Puck wrote:

> Anastasia wrote:
>
>>I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up
>>now and then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool
>>and insightful answers.

> I am: A 5'11'', 175 lb male caucasian American college student who spends
> all his time fiddling with computers and looks forward to being paid to do
> so once he graduates, has brown hair, green eyes, clothing that looks like
> he is struck with temporary blindness whenever he approaches his closet, and
> a harddrive full of unfinished novels that he had should try to make some
> progress on instead of watching reruns of MST3K.
>
> No, Really: Basically what you'd get if you crossed Jughead Jones with Daria
> Morgandorfer and raised the offspring entirely on Saturday morning cartoons
> and Count Chocula.
>
> Others See Me As: Trouble.

I am: a 5'8" 125 lb. male Caucasian-American rock god who spends all his
spare time fending off gorgeous fans, weeding out the religious fanatics
and dating the unweedable ones. I have brown hair that's turning
fashionably white but not thinning at all, and is now in a very short,
very sexy style, hazel eyes that can turn blue or green depending on the
background and my mood. I wear basic OFiBwaH clothing when not making
love (My lovemaking attire is a charming smile). I have a number of
classic English Sports Cars in various degrees of restoration and a
number of hard drives mostly filled with unfinished film scripts
featuring me and young nubile co-stars.

Basically what you would get if you crossed Casanunda with Saint Francis
as imagined by Walter Mitty and raised the offspring on Benny Hill outtakes.

Others see me as: A damned liar with an overactive imagination.

That was fun, let's do another one.

-Rocky
--
O'Toole's Corollary: Murphy was an optimist.
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #279117 ] Di, 06 Juni 2006 03:07
pjamison2  
"Anastasia" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:EuNgg.1659$lp.731 [at] newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up now
>and then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool and
>insightful answers.
>
> Here are mine, to start it off:
>
> I am: a 5'4", 135 lb, female English professor just about to start my
> Ph.D. dissertation; published SF and Fantasy literary critic and 19th
> Century BritLit scholar, who dresses in black, with three tattoos (none
> obvious) and four piercings (apart from the earlobes), and short
> bleached-blonde hair.
>
> No, really: A werepanther. An ultra-liberal bisexual domme and erotic art
> photographer. A cat trapped in a human body. A 7' tall, male paladin with
> white angel wings.
>
> Others see me as: I really don't know.
>


Height: 5' - 11". Weight: 208#, which is a lot lower than it has been. A
structural engineer at Boeing for 22 years. No tattoos or piercings. Brown
hair with much greyness scattered through. I dress in blue jeans every day;
my Mother's recent funeral marked the first time I'd worn a necktie in
years. Turned 53 last month and am still waiting for the "middle age" stuff
to kick in.


No, really: I was rocketed here to Earth by my Mother and Father before our
home planet exploded. (Actually, that was just a story Dad told Mom as an
excuse to get me out of the house so they could have an evening alone. Once
Mom found out, she kicked Dad in - well, the evening alone became kind of
academic.)

Once I arrived on Earth, I was raised by a pack of wild ferrets and became
known as Poop-zan of the Ferrets. Learned all sorts of neat survival stuff.
Now whenever I go by a petshop and hear "KREEGAH! POOP-ZAN BUNDOLO!" it
brings back memories.

When I was old enough to go to college, I got bitten by a radioactive spider
(Quite active in radio - he had a show on after Rush Limbaugh). It gave me
the web-spinning powers of a spider. Not much strength or climbing ability -
but I'm killer on surfing the web!

Once I grew up, I traveled to Tibet where some secret society of monks or
another taught me the power to cloud men's minds and to belt out a real cool
laugh. They gave me a ring made of Geritol (for long life), a slouch hat
and cape. I wore that getup for years; sometimes I wore a cape and cowl
with the bat motif. (I had a neat car that went along with that one.)

I gave that all up a few years back to go into law enforcement up in
Canada - *love* those red uniforms! I eventually came back to America -
Chicago, specifically - on the trail of the killers of my foster Father.
For reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture, I remained in
Chicago as liaison with the Canadian Consulate.


How others see me: Quiet to the point where some people have wondered if I'd
make a trip to the nearest tall building with a rifle; thankfully, I've
opened up some in recent years. My masters at Boeing see me as a reliable
worker, which suits me fine in these days of uncertainty.

--

Paul E. Jamison

"I traveled to a planet with no bilateral symmetry
and all I got was this lousy F-shirt."
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280044 ] Di, 06 Juni 2006 08:46
Shmoe  
"Anastasia" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:EuNgg.1659$lp.731 [at] newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up now
and
> then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool and insightful
> answers.
>
> Here are mine, to start it off:
>
> I am: a 5'4", 135 lb, female English professor just about to start my
Ph.D.
> dissertation; published SF and Fantasy literary critic and 19th Century
> BritLit scholar, who dresses in black, with three tattoos (none obvious)
and
> four piercings (apart from the earlobes), and short bleached-blonde hair.
>
> No, really: A werepanther. An ultra-liberal bisexual domme and erotic art
> photographer. A cat trapped in a human body. A 7' tall, male paladin with
> white angel wings.
>
> Others see me as: I really don't know.
>
> --
> 4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse, AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons,
> Bondage-happy predator, Speaker-To-Students,
> SadoMangoist, AFPMistress to peachy, 8'FED's AFPDeliciousSnack, AFPFiance
to
> A. Nevill , Graycat's Guttersnipe
>


I am: A 5'8, 200+ pound 'Merkin who does cusstomer service explaining
medicals bills to people who (and quite understandably) have problems
understanding the complexity of 'Merkin medical care nad insurance, and
deals poker on the side. I mostly shave my head, and have a goatee, unless
I get too lazy to shave, in which case I end up with a crewcut and something
approaching a full beard.

No, really: A sports fan (with a green bay poker tatoo on his right arm) ,
a poker entusiast (who reads AFP while playing on-line), and that most
dreaded of all curses, a Morning Person (cue melodramatic "bad-guy" music
and gasps of horror from the audience). I am also a night owl, which means
that as you can guess, I *don't* do afternoons, and I may be a bit CDO (Like
being obsessive-compulsive, but in alphabetical order the way it should be -
and no, I didn't make that up, I stole it from someplace I don't remember,
but liked it all the same)

Others see me as: Happy and Cheerful to the point of being obnoxious, and
deserving of the capitals letters, a people person with a lot of patience
with patients, and perhaps just a bit "off", if you know what I mean...
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280072 ] Di, 06 Juni 2006 10:34
Torak  
Shmoe wrote:
>
> I am: A 5'8, 200+ pound 'Merkin who does cusstomer service explaining
> medicals bills to people who (and quite understandably) have problems
> understanding the complexity of 'Merkin medical care nad insurance,

You can get dedicated insurance for them in America?
Re: Who Are You [message #280101 ] Di, 06 Juni 2006 13:53
Count Louis  
Anastasia wrote:
> I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up now and
> then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool and insightful
> answers.

<snippety-snip!>

I am:
A first-year Australian, Victorian-born uni student with height, weight
and gender completely up to the reader. I'm currently studying teaching
and have already mastered the ability to take high numbers of days off
for absolutely no reason what so ever. My biggest trouble in life, is
money - of which there never seems to be enough, and my second biggest
trouble is love - which there seems to be too much of, and not enough
places to put it all. I thought about bottling it and going into big
business, but my pet mouse Lizard quietly advised me against that, on
the basis that even if I had money, I'd only spend it on more books.
I'm a struggling artist, a frustrated writer, and a mediocre musician.
I have a habit for saying things such as 'What is?' and 'Abs man!' in a
Portland accent, despite not ever living near Portland.

No, really:
I'm a three-headed vampire dingo with a taste for the employees of
Telstra, Coles-Myer and Apple Macintosh. I'm a country mouse stuck in
the city, and when home, a city mouse held back by the slow country
life. My skin is green, and occasionally breaks out in blue blisters
which my Mum assures me is just a part of growing up, and I hope to
grow out of the childish tendency to eat my own homework. I believe all
lousy lecturers should be dragged out onto the street and shot,
particularly those with a tendency to overuse cliched clipart in their
powerpoint presentations.

Others see me as:
Somewhat insane, usually sleeping, constantly hungry, always short and
never what they expected.
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280128 ] Di, 06 Juni 2006 15:59
Stacie Hanes  
Shmoe wrote:

> have problems understanding the complexity of 'Merkin medical care
> nad insurance,

Wow, I didn't even know you *could* insure your nads.

--
4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse, AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons,
Bondage-happy predator, Speaker-To-Students, SadoMangoist,
AFPMistress to peachy, 8'FED's AFPDeliciousSnack, AFPFiance to A.
Nevill , Graycat's Guttersnipe
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280129 ] Di, 06 Juni 2006 15:59
Stacie Hanes  
Torak wrote:
> Shmoe wrote:
>>
>> I am: A 5'8, 200+ pound 'Merkin who does cusstomer service
>> explaining medicals bills to people who (and quite understandably)
>> have problems understanding the complexity of 'Merkin medical care
>> nad insurance,
>
> You can get dedicated insurance for them in America?

Damn you, Torak.

--
4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse, AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons,
Bondage-happy predator, Speaker-To-Students, SadoMangoist,
AFPMistress to peachy, 8'FED's AFPDeliciousSnack, AFPFiance to A.
Nevill , Graycat's Guttersnipe
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280140 ] Di, 06 Juni 2006 16:50
Torak  
Anastasia wrote:
> Torak wrote:
>>Shmoe wrote:
>>
>>>I am: A 5'8, 200+ pound 'Merkin who does cusstomer service
>>>explaining medicals bills to people who (and quite understandably)
>>>have problems understanding the complexity of 'Merkin medical care
>>>nad insurance,
>>
>>You can get dedicated insurance for them in America?
>
> Damn you, Torak.

Sorry.
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280154 ] Di, 06 Juni 2006 18:44
Ssirienna  
"pjamison2" <pjamison2 [at] cox.net> wrote in message
news:_y4hg.4101$f76.2282 [at] dukeread06...
>
> "Anastasia" <house_damodred [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:EuNgg.1659$lp.731 [at] newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>>I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up now
>>and then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool and
>>insightful answers.
>>

I am: Height: a 5'6" (still I think if the weight of the world hasn't
squashed me
further!) Weight: SIGH ... but reducing .... slowly! I am an aggressively
cheerful,
terminally nosy female civil servant who dresses for fun and comfort :-PP
With shoulder length caramel brown hair (squints at box) yep da'ts da colour
and
hazel eyes who loves reading, music, sci-fi, fantasy, computer games and
RPG.

No, really: I'm a Verdant Soul of Obed-hai, a beautiful stage magician with
mesmarist powers, a shy shugenja of the Matsuki clan, a noble from a galaxy
far far away from here, a valiant axe-woman from the south

Others see me as: a seven year old trapped in a forty-plus body
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280186 ] Di, 06 Juni 2006 20:24
Eric Jarvis  
I am male. This I am sure of because I have the relevant dangly bits. It
is pretty much the only indicator when I'm clean shaven since I'm prone to
terribly non-macho things like reading the manual or asking directions.
Currently I have shoulder length hair which I really need to get around to
hacking down to a millimetre or so for the summer. I have brown hair and
eyes, and I'm Caucasian. I know this because of the colour of my skin,
though that is the only indicator apart from not being able to dance all
that well. I am generally fairly average in size, but my self image is
about five foot three. I'm not quite slightly overweight. I am type two
diabetic controlled by diet and exercise, asthmatic, and currently I'm
recovering from serious stress related eczema and probably PTSD. In the 49
years I have been on this planet I have never broken a single bone in my
body. This is probably because my tendons snap first.

I have been many things. I have never been a space cowboy. I come from
Cornwall, Bahrain, Kent, Scunthorpe and London, in that order. I have
worked in various capacities in all the main fields of the arts, though as
a performer only really as a musician. I've also written in a wide range
of media and genres, though I've only ever been paid for songwriting and
non fiction. I have a fair proportion of a novel written, and one day it
will be finished. These days when I work it tends to be web related.

No, really. I am a hardbitten mercenary halfling (since 1979, does anyone
else have a more durable still extant RPG character?), an awesomely strong
legendary dragon slayer who has yet to slay a dragon, an ostler who is
trying to stay retired from adventuring, an insane traumatised halfling
thief now in the Mount Pleasant Sanatoroum and Leech Farm, a gnome fire
mage with no sense of responsibility and an abiding love for natural
things like wood straw and expensive silks, and a halfling hedge priest
for a forgotten God currently trying to found a monastery.

I hope my closest friends see me as somebody they can rely on in a crisis.
I hope most other people see me as mostly harmless and entertaining. I
hope my enemies don't see me at all...
....until it is too late.

--
eric
www.ericjarvis.co.uk
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280187 ] Di, 06 Juni 2006 21:01
Nigel Stapley  
Anastasia wrote:

<snipped>

(Oh, dear...I can't help but think that this'll be like the proverbial
wedding cake - it'll all end in tiers...)

I am:

Male, 44 next Friday. Height 5ft 8.5ins. Weight (goes upstairs to check
- runs back down screaming) 11st 8lb. Hair colour: light brown, just
starting to go greyish at the ends.

Work as civil servant. I used to be a full-time sysadmin, but a large
part of my job (the most interesting bits) has just been outsourced.

I dress. Which is probably just as well. I prefer smartish casual. No
tatoos or piercings, but make up for it with various skin blemishes.

No, really:

I am a Third-Level Master of the ancient art of A-Shi-T'no, which mostly
involves banging my elbow on the edges of doors and saying "Bollocks!" a
lot.

Other see me...

....And try to cross the road.

--
Regards

Nigel Stapley

www.judgemental.plus.com

<reply-to will bounce>
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280194 ] Di, 06 Juni 2006 21:35
alec  
In article <EuNgg.1659$lp.731 [at] newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
house_damodred [at] yahoo.com says...

> I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up now and
> then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool and insightful
> answers.

Tall, overweight, balding male geek. Been far too long in the same job,
which was fantastic for the first decade, good for the second decade,
and is now boring. Polite, intellectual rubbish bin full of useless
information of only passing interest. Risk averse, wants a change but
far too cautious to change anything. Somewhat opinionated, but open to
changing mind if people can with stand the torrent of glib argument.

No, really: A hawk who cirles, apparently lazily, looking down from
above but can descend in moments with help or harm as needed

Others see me as: I really don't know, either. As I conjecture: a bit of
a mad scientist; basically nice, but so wierd that you don't really want
to get involved.
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280205 ] Di, 06 Juni 2006 21:45
raltbos  
Torak <perry_awm [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

> Shmoe wrote:
> >
> > I am: A 5'8, 200+ pound 'Merkin who does cusstomer service explaining
> > medicals bills to people who (and quite understandably) have problems
> > understanding the complexity of 'Merkin medical care nad insurance,
>
> You can get dedicated insurance for them in America?

You know, you probably can? In South California, anyway.

Richard
Re: Who Are You [message #280234 ] Di, 06 Juni 2006 23:19
bethbriuk  
Anastasia wrote:
> I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up now and
> then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool and insightful
> answers.
Snip
> --
> 4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse, AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons,
> Bondage-happy predator, Speaker-To-Students,
> SadoMangoist, AFPMistress to peachy, 8'FED's AFPDeliciousSnack, AFPFiance to
> A. Nevill , Graycat's Guttersnipe

OK. I'm male, 5' 7 ish (I seem to have shrunk in the wash I used to be
5' 9) Slightly undertall for my weight 6 months younger than Rocky and
like him I lost my long hair last year. Brownish/grey hair blue eyes
PTerry style .beard varies from freshly clipped to quite bushy. Health
problems COPD, Angina, type 2 Diabetes Recently successfully operated
on for Bladder Cancer, Awaiting surgery for Cateracts Otherwise quite
fit!
Retired Civil Servant (A misnomer nowadays - they give neither
civilty nor service.) Main points in my favour, honesty and loyalty.
Main fault - I'd be absolutely perfect if I wasn't so modest!
No really what you see is what you get. Mr, Universe with the mind of
an Einstein.

Others see me - as little as possible

BriD
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280348 ] Mi, 07 Juni 2006 09:16
eero.suoranta  
Anastasia wrote:

> I saw this thread on RPG.net; it's apparently a thread that crops up now and
> then for the benefit of newbies, and I saw some really cool and insightful
> answers.

> I am:
A Finn, of okay height/weight ratio but with a complete lack of
muscles. My gender? Mu. Interested in many things, such as books,
comics, writing, roleplaying, languages, history, humour, cooking,
music and those
things-you-use-to-hold-your-hair-back-which-I-don't-know-the -English-word-for.
Colourful ones.

> No, really:
A female chinese martial artist and trickster in the Old West. A
Cthulhu Mythos expert and unwilling hero. A very sarcastic but
intelligent man who controls the world with his occult powers. An
incarnation(ess?) of Amaterasu Omikami, the Shinto sun goddess.

> Others see me as:
Although not incapable of tying my shoelaces, nevertheless incapable
of remembering to do it. And needing a haircut.
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280545 ] Mi, 07 Juni 2006 23:02
Matthew Seaman  
"E.S." <eero.suoranta [at] jtoy.inet.fi> writes:

> those
> things-you-use-to-hold-your-hair-back-which-I-don't-know-the -English-word-for.

Cable ties.

HTH HAND

Matthew

--
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
Flat 3
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate
Kent, CT11 9PW
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280615 ] Do, 08 Juni 2006 06:46
Geoff Field  
Just jumping on the bandwagon (probably late, as usual).

I'm a 172cm, 90kg, 43-year-old Australian male. What's
left of the hair on my head (mostly gone, Leonard da Quirm-style)
is brown (except where it's starting to turn grey), as is my
occassionally-trimmed, full beard. I used to write software
for embedded systems for a living. Now I manage people
who write and test software for embedded systems (currently
in the automotive industry - Hint, if you drive a newish Saab
9-5 and look at the clock in the centre of the dash, that was
created by one of my teams). Wife, two kids, all with brown
hair and brown eyes (like me), except for my youngest, who
has blonde hair and brown eyes.

Oh yes, both kids on the autistic spectrum, and it's possible
I would have been diagnosed as such if we'd known more
about it in the 60s.

Both my major hobbies involve hitting things.

No, Really: I'm a super-genius with pretentions of rock
stardom, trapped in another life.

Others See Me As: A bit socially inept, but generally clever.

Geoff


--
Geoff Field
Professional Geek,
Amateur Stage-Levelling Gauge
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280616 ] Do, 08 Juni 2006 06:57
Geoff Field  
Geoff Field wrote:
> Just jumping on the bandwagon (probably late, as usual).
>
> I'm a 172cm, 90kg, 43-year-old Australian male. What's
> left of the hair on my head (mostly gone, Leonard da Quirm-style)
> is brown (except where it's starting to turn grey), as is my
> occassionally-trimmed, full beard. I used to write software
> for embedded systems for a living. Now I manage people
> who write and test software for embedded systems (currently
> in the automotive industry - Hint, if you drive a newish Saab
> 9-5 and look at the clock in the centre of the dash, that was
> created by one of my teams). Wife, two kids, all with brown
> hair and brown eyes (like me), except for my youngest, who
> has blonde hair and brown eyes.
>
> Oh yes, both kids on the autistic spectrum, and it's possible
> I would have been diagnosed as such if we'd known more
> about it in the 60s.
>
> Both my major hobbies involve hitting things.

See my sig for a clue.

> No, Really: I'm a super-genius with pretentions of rock
> stardom, trapped in another life.
>
> Others See Me As: A bit socially inept, but generally clever.

Also generally reliable, hence the quasi-managerial role.


Oh yes, I started reading Pterry probably back in the 80s. My
copy of DSotS has marks on it like it came from the bookshop
at the uni I went to (Monash) back in '81-'85. Then I was in
Western Australia with my then-to-be wife and was introduced
to CoM and TLF when they were relatively new.

Geoff


--
Geoff Field
Professional Geek,
Amateur Stage-Levelling Gauge
Re:[I] what's that in your ponytail was [I] Who Are You [message #280674 ] Do, 08 Juni 2006 14:03
Louise Mac Mahon  
"Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman [at] infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote in message
news:86bqt4ptl5.fsf [at] happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk...
> "E.S." <eero.suoranta [at] jtoy.inet.fi> writes:
>
>> those
>> things-you-use-to-hold-your-hair-back-which-I-don't-know-the -English-word-for.
>
> Cable ties.
>
no no no Help Needed Removing Cable Ties
_paper clips,
or a spare pair of clean knickers would also work
Louise
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280970 ] Fr, 09 Juni 2006 05:32
Flesh-eating Dragon  
Count Louis wrote:

> A first-year Australian, Victorian-born uni student with height, weight
> and gender completely up to the reader.

Careful. The way you phrase that is reminiscent of the way I acquired
my "Eight Foot Tall Flesh-Eating Dragon" persona.

Email conversation with American now in China (most people here know
who I mean). She asked, "May I assume that you have one of those
wonderful Strine accents", I replied, "You have my permission to
assume absolutely anything you like", and she said, "In that case,
I'll assume that you're an eight foot tall flesh-eating dragon wearing
brilliant orange sneakers and a purple and green striped cape (with
silver lining)".

I mention this in order to persuade you think carefully about whether
you _really_ want your height and weight to be up to the reader.

Adrian.
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280971 ] Fr, 09 Juni 2006 05:36
Stacie Hanes  
8'FED wrote:
> Count Louis wrote:
>
>> A first-year Australian, Victorian-born uni student with height,
>> weight and gender completely up to the reader.
>
> Careful. The way you phrase that is reminiscent of the way I
> acquired my "Eight Foot Tall Flesh-Eating Dragon" persona.

I'm just going to assume that by "Victorian" he means the time period during
which he was born. It still leaves his exact age undetermined, but we've got
him nailed down to roughly the right century.

--
4th swordswoman of the afpocalypse, AFPMinister of Flexible Weapons,
Bondage-happy predator, Speaker-To-Students, SadoMangoist,
AFPMistress to peachy, 8'FED's AFPDeliciousSnack, AFPFiance to A.
Nevill , Graycat's Guttersnipe
Re: [I] Who Are You [message #280981 ] Fr, 09 Juni 2006 09:21
Flesh-eating Dragon  
Eric Jarvis wrote:

> No, really. I am a hardbitten mercenary halfling (since 1979, does anyone
> else have a more durable still extant RPG character?), an awesomely strong
> legendary dragon slayer

<makes a note never to become legendary or awesomely strong>

Adrian.
Re: Who Are You [message #280991 ] Fr, 09 Juni 2006 10:27
Count Louis  
Anastasia wrote:
> 8'FED wrote:
> > Count Louis wrote:
> >
> >> A first-year Australian, Victorian-born uni student with height,
> >> weight and gender completely up to the reader.
> >
> > Careful. The way you phrase that is reminiscent of the way I
> > acquired my "Eight Foot Tall Flesh-Eating Dragon" persona.
>
> I'm just going to assume that by "Victorian" he means the time period during
> which he was born. It still leaves his exact age undetermined, but we've got
> him nailed down to roughly the right century.
>

Ah, how very clever of you!

Bother, and I was trying so hard to be mysterious and all.. *sigh*

Hmmm... (and Louis said, let this be completely irrelevant)... there is
an artform to eating milk and cookies. You can't hold them in the milk,
cause you get icy fingers... you cant drop them in (they go too
soft)... and there's a point, right between soggy and dry that's just
perfect. It's a very thin line, though....

But for best effect, use cheap shortbread bickies! Yey for Black &
Gold.

~ C.L.
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