Naw, Cerowyn, this is me.Me at a club last Hallowe’een!
I think I’m going to regret this. Probably. I’m the one who’s not wearing the tux, can you tell?
Hi, ShibbOleth, nice to meet you, too.
The name thing. Well, see, I thought I was going to be clever, and say intellegent things over on Great Debates, so I picked a name I thought would be gender-neutral. But, as it happens, I’m too gender-identified (read: too much of a girly-girl) to pull that off, and Great Debates just doesn’t interest me as much as the minutiae of your lives. 
However, I must confess to loving ABBA , so make of that what you will. 
And, as it happens, I live in PA, so I didn’t have to go very far at all. I just swung in to the store on my way home. But I appreciate your concern!
Nope, I’m afraid I don’t know Zappo; I’ll do a search on his name. I live in Allentown, so I could get to Harrisburg fairly easily, if it was worth my while. I know there are some other dopers around my area and down in Philly, but I’ve been a little shy about meeting IRL, considering what a newbie I am.
Zappo hasn’t posted here all that much lately, but I have met him IRL, and he’s a real sweetie. I think Ms Robyn was trying to put together a Pa get-together, but I don’t know what became of it.
As for meeting us for real, newbie or not, I think as a whole we’re a benign group. I’ve been to three group Doper events and three one-on-one meetings and there was no bloodshed or ritual sacrifice. You need to keep an eye out for MAD events - Mid-Atlantic Dopers.
Oh, and congrats on finding the dress!
I think I’m in lust.
Shut up RT. It’s my thread, she’s mine. (Bwa Hahahaha!)
(too short to sign)
So, you’re a gay man trapped inside a woman’s body? Now I’m really confused.
Hooray for the neato dress, Wintermute! For the record, I thought you were a gal from the start. Your username sounds feminine to me… The “Winter” part makes me think of fluffy little snowflakes, and whiskers on kittens and stuff. Which seem sort of girly.
Now, if your name were, I dunno, Truckmute, or ArmedCombatmute, or something, I’d probably have imagined you as a fella.
Kn(Take a letter, Maria!)ckers
As if posting alongside someone with a Virtual Rue Tiara™ weren’t enough, I now discover Lissla is a beautiful, sexy belly-dancer. Let the inferiority complex begin!!
-Ellen. (who absolutely does not camp)
Trolling for compliments again, Ellen? So pathetic for a woman of your intelligence and beauty.
So, it would appear, am I!
Now, now, Ellen, of course you’re beautiful and sexy. It goes without saying. And I’ve only got a Rue tiara. You’ve got a Rue sig that says you’re smart, as well as your obviously being beautiful and sexy.
It didn’t occur to me until just now that posting that link could constitute trolling for compliments. I suppose it does. I was just trying to find a more flattering pic than the one Cerowyn posted, which incidentally includes Sunspace, andygirl, LaurAnge, and Eonwe.
Now we’ll see who does vanity searches, won’t we?
Winter, I always thought your were a girl, but I’m not sure why. The name’s pretty gender-neutral.
Thanks, Kn(How very sweet!)ckers! I had been using Winter off and on as a user ID, but it was becoming too popular and I was having trouble getting it. Then I was using Winterthyme, but it was just a little too “birkenstocks-and-granola” for me (that’s what I get for stealing it from my sister!). I love William Gibson, and thought Wintermute was cool back when I first read Neuromancer, so it seemed like a good compromise.
But I have been considering asking the admins to change it. I don’t really care if you know I’m female, but I worry it implies something I’m not. I have been thinking about Rebecca de Winter because then I could give my location as “Manderley”, and that would be cool. And, I could sign my name “R de W”. And, it’s one of my favorite movies. And, it’s my name IRL. Well, not the whole thing.
Thank you, Lissla, for making my point; the name is neutral, but I post like a girl. 
(And if any of you have ridden a horse, you know that posting can be painful for a girl! :D)
Now I just want to say, in case anybody thought that I was being sarcastic, that Ellen is a truly beautiful and intelligent person; I’ve MobileDoped with her, so I speak from experience.
And Lissla (the Sibilant One) is looking pretty cute in both pics, not just the one for fishing.
And now that I know the difference, I’ll probably never mistake R de W for a man again. Must have been the wine. And she’s done a lovely job of taking this thread to Cuba.
Blushes and curtseys
Why, thank you, ShibbOleth!
[sub]swampbear here… back from Jacksonville[/sub]
Let’s see… parachutes, belly dancers, the perfect wedding dress, ABBA and gay men trapped in women’s bodies. Yep… I found the Rue thread alright.
The big news from swampbearland this week is… I met FairyChatMom!!! (She’s a real cheap date by the way.) It was fun! We went to this really neat fish camp. The scallops were oh so superb! We hugged! We laughed! I saw Green Cove Springs and other houses where she actually lived! I petted her dog’s butt even! FCM’s dog has a real thing for having her butt petted. I even got to see FCM’s home and sit on her living room sofa! (Well, loveseat actually.) Envy me everyone! HAH!
Oh, and Ex… even though she was willing, I told FCM the hug was ok, but I’m saving the kiss with tongue til I meet YOU personally. 
Oh and other good news… I get to meet even more dopers in June! We’re having a dopefest in Live Oak, Florida! They’re letting this south Jawja doper join em even. I even offered a dollar to the first doper to supersoak FCM. Fun will be had by all!
- swampbear (feeling like a real doper now.
I am turning green with envy: (and smirking, apparently)
Excuse me? You took out a contract on me? Is it not enough that you mock my age? Now you’re recruiting others to abuse me?
What a poopyhead!
Rue, I don’t think you should let swampbear post in your threads any more. He’s nothing but an instigator. It’s time he learned that such behavior is unacceptable in polite society - and in Doper society too! Chide him! Chastise him! Drop creepy-crawlies down his back!
PS - My dog didn’t really like you, swampy - she was just pretending to be polite. That’s the way we are here in the Jax area - we’re polite, ya big poopyhead!
Heh. Shibb said “trapped inside a woman’s body”.
Ellen, I can make you a deal on a Virtual Rue Boa™. Real Feather-Esque® with Fade Stop®! (Which would put you ahead on those little special marks for legal purposes.) Then you could, I don’t know, learn to play the oboe. Then we’ll see who gets all the attention. How’s that sound? (And you’re the TV celebrity (Kentucky Public TV anyway) so that gives you the edge.) (But then Lissla is an exotic Canadian…)
Lissla, if your little link was trolling, then… Long live the trolls! I thought it was just so we could get a more complete picture of the multi-faceted you. For that, I salute you.
Oh, speaking of vanity searches: jr8. He likes that.
Swampy, play nice. You know how sensitive Snickers is. Just play nice. I don’t want to have to separate you two.
-Rue. (not big on separating)