help a dude out...

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Greetings shiny faces and fonts. As you may or my not know, I am flup. It is a slavic name referring to a phenomenon in which one’s toast is black on one side and still frozen on the other (people who use toasters will know what I’m talking about) but for simplicity I just tell people that it is the sound made when a suction dart is pulled from one’s forehead (try it! “SSHHHHHHLLUUUUUUURRRRRRRRR flup!”).

I am a relatively new doper, but I have just gotten done graduating high school and am ready to make da dope my new poimanent home. So I have a few questions about the place. Please help me out.

  1. Nice place you got here. Is it yours?

  2. Enough bullshit. Who the hell is Cecil and what makes him so goddamn special?

  3. Where is all the real action here at SDMB? I’ve been seeing mainly MPSIMS, and I like it, but I need to know If I’m missing anything.

  4. I love all of you, my new family. Please don’t hesitate to tell me what you think of me of that you don’t ever think of me at all. I value all opinions, so speak up.

  5. Did anyone drop a twenty, cuz I uh just found this here 20 bucks and I wondered if anyone…uh…lost. It.

  6. I have been shamelessly plugging the website of America’s beloved Trinamic Trio. If you start going, I can stop sending you. Feel free to email us there and tell us what you think.

  7. shit my leg just fell asleep. That’s all. See you around.

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www.tt3.org

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Hi flup. Let me handle those questions for you.

  1. Nope. The place belongs to the Chicago Reader, a newspaper in Chicago I’m led to believe. Read the fine print at the bottom of the page.

  2. Cecil is the one who answers questions in the column The Straight Dope. Cecil knows all. If you don’t treat him with the proper respect you will be eliminated. You think I’m jokin? Take a look at Cecil’s Respect Squad.

  3. MPSIMS is where we hang out and have fun to catch a break from the destruction of ignorance. Questions are answered in the General Questions forum. For more in depth analysis check out Great Debated. But you post there at your own risk.

  4. No problem there. We will let you know EXACTLY what we think. In great detail.

  5. Ah, keep it.

  6. Haven’t seen the plugs. If I see it I’ll check it out.

  7. Walk it off.

Welcome to the party.

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about those questions…

  1. Trion filled you in on this, the good ole’ Reader is letting us play here.

2)Cecil is a crusty curmudgeon type fellow who actually knows everything.

3)Be forum specific in your posts. MPSIMS is a great place to hang out, but if you want to stir those braincells check out Great Debates and General Question. In GD bring your quotes and cites, know your facts. Over at GQ, just try to help your fellow man out with answers to a few questions. Many have already been asked to death, just search the archives of the past months. The pit is interesting, but wear your thick skin in there. The place gets warm.

4)As Trion mentioned, no problemo there.

5)Thanks for asking.

6)I saw your site, and well…

7)stretch more

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Hello, flup.

I don’t know the answer to all those questions, but yes, I lost a $20 in here just last night, so that’s probably mine.

Actually, now that I think of it, I lost two $20 bills last night, so where’s the other one at?

I shall be expecting its return shortly.

I will accept a money order, but no checks.

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Welcome!

Now, since this is the MPSIMS people aren’t held to the same standards of accuracy as other forums, so you might want to be careful about some of the preceding posts. Some posters like to play games with newbies, to help you out, here are the real answers to your questions.

1)Actually, yes. Yes it is. Your registration fee is will be coming due within the next two weeks, do not, I must emphasize, do not blow this off. If you do you will be forced into servitude. One newbie poster, Ed Zotti, did, and look what happened to him.

2)Cecil is omniscient. Because of this, he writes a column, obviously.

3)MPSIMS is nice for idle chitchat. The Great Debates are also fun, though be careful - many people there will try to fool you. Do not listen to them. Just repost what you said before and they will realise they were wrong. Great Questions is also amusing, but make sure never to cite anything you say, as it is considered rude. The Pit is also fun, I would suggest that you try out a flame or two. For this purpose I have created several “fake” users who exist solely to be flamed. They are Coldfire, Satan, and WallyM7, enjoy!

4)This you don’t have to worry about. Trust me.

5)No, but that will do nicely for the registration fee, thank you.

6)With all the work I have to do at this site, I really have no time to go there, sorry.

7)This phenomenum is caused by tired electrons in your leg. To re-energize them, and regain feeling, you can simply insert a short length of wire into the nearest wall socket, and brush your leg up against it two or three times.

I hope you enjoy your stay here.

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  1. Nice place you got here. Is it yours?
    Yes, remove your shoes and watch your step- I just waxed the floor.
  2. Enough bullshit. Who the hell is Cecil and what makes him so goddamn special?
    He’s Mr. Big Spender! Ask him for a car, or even a limo! (Oh, I’m a naughty girl.)**
  3. Where is all the real action here at SDMB? I’ve been seeing mainly MPSIMS, and I like it, but I need to know If I’m missing anything.
    The best recipes are in the Archives.
  4. I love all of you, my new family. Please don’t hesitate to tell me what you think of me of that you don’t ever think of me at all. I value all opinions, so speak up.
    Thanks. You’re very polite. I like that.
  5. Did anyone drop a twenty, cuz I uh just found this here 20 bucks and I wondered if anyone…uh…lost. It.
    That’s Cecil’s (I guess I owed him one.)
  6. I have been shamelessly plugging the website of America’s beloved Trinamic Trio. If you start going, I can stop sending you. Feel free to email us there and tell us what you think.
    I love new sites, let me just finish this row. …knit one…purl two…knit one…purl two…
  7. shit my leg just fell asleep. That’s all. See you around.
    Make that usually polite. And I hope we do see you areound, flup!
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Really? That means I’ve actually met Cecil. Wow. How come he didn’t tell us? I didn’t think Cecil would be the grass skirt type…

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Dammit, Kat! You beat me to it! Man, just when I finally thought of something witty to say…