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Originally Posted by ruth1304

I just found this thread - I hadn't noticed it before, and I love it!

The whole site is a little bit scary to start with, but whilst slowly joining in I've found people are very friendly and welcoming, and the Lounge is becoming my favourite part of the site.

The Lounge is actually the whole website - all those other places are just the anterooms.

It was helped when I was ill and had to take a day off work and discovered the joy of spending all day reading posts, and was helped when I lost my job and everyone was sympathetic and patient with my ranting!

Yeah, well, that sucked harder than the air into Spencer Pratt's ears, and it's only that you seemed so reasonable about it that stopped me from requesting an entire battalion of Solid Gold Disco Dancing PNSs over to your workplace to "have a word" with those responsible (I believe the "word" the PNS most commonly like to have is "eviscerate", though "emasculate" runs a close second when gender-applicable).

I'll answer as many questions as I can remember, and probably add a few bits of extra information on the way.

When stuck with a question you don't want to answer, answer a question you do, even if it hasn't been asked. This tip has been brought to you by every politician that ever lived, and the number "eleventy".

Chocolate's my favourite food (dark chocolate obviously).

I think, maybe, someone here maybe once mentioned that they occasionally partake in a piece of chocolate, thinking it okay, so you might find someone else here with at least a smidge of empathy for that food-preference.

I don't think I should have to choose between Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, there's time for both.

The important thing is, you didn't say "Will Ferrell".

We never had pets when I was young as we had a baby sister instead. Once I saw how much hassle that was, I decided to keep my life pet free for a while, but if I ever change my mind it'll probably be a cat as I'm too lazy to walk a dog every day

Oddly, as the person for whom "lazy" is a core-part of their life-philosophy, walking the dogs is one of my most significant pleasures, twice a day. I'll admit, though, that our former Homer (the cat) required less "maintenance" than the two terrierists. You know, if you said "ferrets" here...well, there's no wrong answer, and you wouldn't have been alone (though if you said "spiders", Queen Zee wouldn't be visiting you anytime soon, and would probably put you on her "Ignore list", not for personal reasons but to avoid any chance of your posting photos ).

I read a lot, which is why I'm wearing this shirt. Reading was so much more appealing than doing the laundry.

Punching myself repeatedly in the face is much more appealing than doing the laundry (though it's still better than vacuuming).

I'm also quite nosy, which is why I read everyone else's answers before I thought about mine.

Please, ask any questions, no matter how absurd (and sometimes the more absurd the better). You can't be too nosy unless you ask where I buried the bodies.

I picked my username because when faced by an empty box my imagination ran away, and as my real surname is difficult to spell I liked the idea of a world where my name was simple.

Well, I could call you "simple", but it makes me uncomfortable so I'll just call you "Ruth" (and I hope you aren't my Aunty Ruth, because family awkwardness may result. Do you live in the Hunter region in New South Wales, Australia, and do you have a sister who's a passive aggressive nightmare to her children?).

I often find I can't sleep. I used to read, now I read on my sony and check MR at the same time (often with a cup of tea - if I'm awake anyway the caffeine isn't going to hurt). With an international community, there are always other people here.

For me, people on MR seem to start "waking up" or "getting home from work" at about 11:30pm my time. It's enough to drag me into the wee hours.

And yes I'd love a drink - whatever's on offer, not fussy.

One Zany Carter Deluxe, coming right up. Here, you might want to attach this solid lead, Queen Anne armoire to your ankle with the enclosed handcuffs. Trust me, it'll give a nice, solid [blip!] on the Post-ZCD Patient-Retriever device later on (well, technically, what with the time-travel, earlier on, but who's counting).

In case you hadn't realised I also talk too much ...

Not me. I'm a man of few words.

Cheers,
Marc