I've been lurking for a while (since early December or so), but this is my first post. And I don't really have anything to say.... Just thought it might be polite to post this. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hello.
Have a seat.
Tell us a little about yourself.....
FG
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
Welcome! Posted by PrometheusBound (Member # 10020) on :
"Tell us a little about yourself...."
Well, taking my cue from the "describe yourself physicaly thread," I'm a slightly built (5'10" 120 lb.) young caucasian male with dark hair and dark eyes but fair skin. I have small hands and feet but a massive forehead.
As for non-physical features, well those should be easy enough to discover.
I am interested in politics and religion but have learnt to avoid these subjects or else tread very lightly.
And I am writing this while I should be writing an essay for a scholarship. Ah well, its not due for a week and I am on break.
Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
yo
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Welcome Prometheus--love what you did with the fire thing. We'll send Hercules up after a while to unbind you, as long as Zeus doesn't mind.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Hello, and welcome! I really like your username. I hope you stick around a while!
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dan_raven: Welcome Prometheus--love what you did with the fire thing. We'll send Hercules up after a while to unbind you, as long as Zeus doesn't mind.
Man true story, I lit candles last night because its a great atmosphere setting tool when you're cozying up to Ms BlackBlade
Hats off to you Prometheus! Try to lay off the heavy drinking after the birds make off with your liver. Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Ooooh, Noob
*drools*
*licks chops*
Me hungry.
Nah, welcome to the Rack.
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
quote:Man true story, I lit candles last night because its a great atmosphere setting tool when you're cozying up to Ms BlackBlade
Dan has been cozying up to Ms BlackBlade? Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome, PB. Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
quote:Dan has been cozying up to Ms BlackBlade?
It wasn't me. It wasn't her.
It was two other people.
Yeah, two other people.
They just looked like us.
I promise.
Besides, we were drunk.
Um, never mind.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by KarlEd:
quote:Man true story, I lit candles last night because its a great atmosphere setting tool when you're cozying up to Ms BlackBlade
Dan has been cozying up to Ms BlackBlade?
Tsk! Really, Karl. Must you start these kinds of rumors?
If we're going the whole scandalous rumor route, stick with something geographically plausible, y'know?
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
Aw, and rivka's already given you an abbreviation.
Welcome to the wonderful world of forum addiction.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr Strangelove: Aw, and rivka's already given you an abbreviation.
rivka is lazy. She gives everyone an abbreviation.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Welcome, Prometheus! Glad you've liked what you've seen of the place well enough to become a member. I look forward to getting to know you.
Out of curiosity, why did you pick the username that you did? Do you identify with Prometheus, or really like Aeschylus, or is it something else entirely?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Welcome. Now the important question: what are your feelings about ketchup?
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
quote:And I am writing this while I should be writing an essay for a scholarship.
And that's why it's really called hatCrack. Addiction sets in quickly.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
:eats the n00b:
Blech. They don't taste as good as they used to.
Posted by ladyday (Member # 1069) on :
You gotta feed 'em up first.
*offers welcome cookies*
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Well, Trogdor used to burninate them first for that smoky flavor. Newb sushi just isn't that good.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Hello! Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Hiya PrometheusBound! Welcome.
Posted by PrometheusBound (Member # 10020) on :
quote:what are your feelings about ketchup?
Sorry, but I despise it (I eat burgers dry, Buggers too.)
quote: Do you identify with Prometheus, or really like Aeschylus, or is it something else entirely?
I havn't read the Aeschylus in its entirity (I also skiped some of the musical numbers in Oedipus Tyrannos), but I love the myth. And, not having read much of the Aeschylus doesn't stop me from quoting it.
quote:Prometheus brought fire that hath proved to mortals a means to mighty ends
Aeschylus, via Rockefeller Center.
[[Edited for Spelling.]]
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
*smites PrometheusBound with the Ketchup of Righteousness*
Sorry, it had to be done. Carry on.
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Ketchup, pfffft!
Wasabi horseradish, now that's good stuff.
Posted by PrometheusBound (Member # 10020) on :
Ducks KQ's smiting.
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Oh, he's good. Knows how to take a good smiting.
<---Is unsmitable. I am immune to any and all smites as I have an uber awesome immune system.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Nothing trumps the might of the ketchup though.....
:::squirts Stan in the eye with the wasabi flavord ketchup:::
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kwea: :::squirts Stan in the eye with the wasabi flavord ketchup:::
Ouch! That's gotta hurt!
[/commentator's voice]
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
*lays down ten bucks on Pel, then walks away* Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Hehe.
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
Welcome to Hatrack PrometheusBound.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by Dr Strangelove: Aw, and rivka's already given you an abbreviation.
rivka is lazy. She gives everyone an abbreviation.
Do I get an abbreviation?
Hiya, PB! Welcome!
-pH
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by pH: Do I get an abbreviation?
Darling, you already are an abbreviation. Or at least your SN is. Posted by fiddle_stix (Member # 9941) on :
hi PB! im sort of a newbie too, though ive lurked here since... May or June methinks.
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
How about ProBo?
Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
I like PB that way I can secretly call him peanut butter.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Sounds like some kind of OTC food supplement or something.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
quote:Originally posted by SoaPiNuReYe: I like PB that way I can secretly call him peanut butter.
Hahaha, that's exactly what I was doing in my head too. Nice.
Posted by ladyday (Member # 1069) on :
It's not a secret anymore :\.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Myr, I call you....
CHEESE!
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
That name just reminds me of a Dead Can Dance song called Black Sun. "Like Prometheus we are bound chained to this rock..."
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
*giggle* Syn, that's like saying "Hey, I know that song! That's the Lone Ranger theme!" Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Welcome. Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Kiwi, that is the best nickname ever. I'll totally respond to it Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Howdy! Posted by Squish (Member # 9191) on :
Hola! Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
Hey PB, welcome to the 'rack.
And I'll second the ketchup is gross movement. Mayo all the way!
*ducks*
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
I wanna nickname too!
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
quote:Originally posted by Euripides: How about ProBo?
ProBo? No. That'd be like giving him something for free.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Okie dokie Rai-Rai.
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
That has a ring to it.
Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :
Greetings PB.
Oh and pH your name might be abbreviated to 7. But rivka would probably have to approve of it Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Are you claiming pH is neutral? Only on some topics. Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
Chemistry joke. Ugh.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Be nice. Or I'll post more chem jokes. Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
She's just crazy enough to do it, too.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Rivka wouldn't dare debase these forums with acidnin comments.
Oh man I am going to have to slap myself this time.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*acidic glare*
Are you claiming that I have base motives?
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
Rivka's very reactive. She just might do it.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Already, it starts to compound...
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
So three terminal carbonyls walk into a sports bar wearing three piece suits. "Hey," the bartender says, "this is a casual place--no need to be so formyl".
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Alcon: Rivka's very reactive.
I don't think that's true. My reactions are almost always buffered.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Just as an azide, if I'd known that this was going to turn into a pun thread I wouldn't have taken the time to make up my (admittedly lame) joke up there.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I thought it was rather clever, actually.
The problem with most of the best chemistry jokes I know is that they are graphical. Alas!
So, P-Bound, welcome to the 'rack. Enjoy. I'm the nice one.
Where you from? What are you studying in school? Have you seen "Princess Bride"? I think it's required viewing here.
Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
I've never seen Princess Bride, and it's led to 3 years of skulking, being regarded as skum, and general lameness. Just letting you know.
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
Welcome, PB. COnsider yourself lucky- I have yet to revieve a nickname. As long as no one starts calling me Sn though, I should be fine.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
How about Snros?
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester:
I'm the nice one.
It's true.
quote:Have you seen "Princess Bride"? I think it's required viewing here.
*worries about getting kicked out*
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
*kicks*
Posted by PrometheusBound (Member # 10020) on :
Have you seen "Princess Bride"? I think it's required viewing here.
Nonesense, you just say that becouse nobody has (been a member here without watching "The Princess Bride.") Posted by B34N (Member # 9597) on :
Hello PrometheusBound! Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
:bump:
So, not that I am accusing anybody of any shinanigans... but is PB the same person as a certain recently retired poster?
Seeing as PB posted that he likes religion and politics but learned to avoid those topics, then posted in almost exclusively political topics with a familiarity to hatrack that seems a little peculiar... Discuss.
Listen I could be wrong. I don't think I'm wrong. I could be wrong.
Edit: also doesn't the phrase "Promethius Bound" sound like the TITLE of a thread started by another poster... HEH?
Incidentally I feel stupid even having bothered to check but here is the thread Prometheus Bound
In case it gets deleted, the thread title is "Prometheus Bound? Notes on the Anti-Humanism of the United States Congress" By the one and only Pelegius.
Again, sorry for muckraking.
Oh and if we all already knew and were playing the game where we don't say anything and roll our eyes and go along with it then I am sorry for messing that up as well.
[ January 15, 2007, 05:01 PM: Message edited by: Orincoro ]
Posted by PrometheusBound (Member # 10020) on :
I don't know what your trying to do. I do know what your trying to imply, I just don't get the logical jump your making.
Some other poster started a topic with a title that included my name. There are over 271,000 google hits for "Prometheus Bound," the overwhelming majority of which have nothing to do with me. There are even 1,050 hits for "PrometheusBound" only a few of which link to Hatrack. It's a very popular user name and I should have picked something better.
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
I think we were playing the game where we avoid this. No offence to either of you.
Posted by PrometheusBound (Member # 10020) on :
That's really quite the leap, Euripides. If everyone who had a name drawn from classical literature, you would be me.
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
Hey now, all I was saying was that we prefer to avoid interrogations here; our personal suspicions (or lack thereof) aside.
Posted by Zophar (Member # 10063) on :
Hi PB. I'm new too. (Did much worse than you on my first post...my excuse is I a teperature of 101 at the time). welcome. I can't believe you got TomDavidson to say "*giggle*" but what do I know, I'm new. Maybe that's more normal for him than I think it is.
I like the user name, too. Zoph
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
I wonder if Pel still reads over here. He's kept his word not to post, but if you're still reading ... Hi Pel!
Hi PrometheusBound too! The link Euripides has quite a bit of history to it, both here and on that other forum. The community here (and there) is very tight knit and this Pelegius had a tendency to make waves. The kind which made people nauseous, not the kind which were fun to surf on. You may or may not have been around when he took his departure, but since then there has been a rash of people accusing other people of being alts for him (both here and over at the other forum). Maybe some of the accusations have had some truth in them, but my guess is that the majority are not worth their weight in crap. And we're talking about digital accusations here, so they don't weight very much.
All that to say, don't take it personally. To me, you're writing seems nothing like Pelegius's, but even if you are Pelegius (which, to be clear, I don't think you are), it doesn't matter as long as you plan on contributing intelligently and politely. Just think, if you stick around (which I sure hope you do), maybe one day you can accuse someone of being an alt!
(Just between you and me, I think Orincoro is an alt for Euripides. And believe it or not, its my opinion that Euripides is an alt for Blayne Bradley, who in actuality is KoM, who in turn, if you analyze enough, turns out to be TomDavidson. And now here's where it gets really weird ... You may want to sit down. After many ears of research, I have reached the conclusion that TomDavidson is actually .... Pelegius! Shocking, I know, but then, I never would've thought that I was Tante Shvester either. Oops ... did I say that out loud?)
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
I wouldn't have bumped this thread, but since someone did -- nobody got my joke at the top of this page and it made me sad.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Would it make you more or less sad to know that I got it, and resisted posting an ?
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Less sad. Thank you. Whether you did or not. *smile*
Posted by Sibyl (Member # 10079) on :
quote:Originally posted by Papa Moose:
quote:Originally posted by Euripides: How about ProBo?
ProBo? No. That'd be like giving him something for free.
ProBoNoNo!
I just got here myself, was reading down this thread to see if anything in it might relate to me...
Sibyl
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
I got it. If I remember correctly I think I smiled.
A little.
Edit: I was 90% sure before, but this:
quote:Some other poster started a topic with a title that included my name. There are over 271,000 google hits for "Prometheus Bound," the overwhelming majority of which have nothing to do with me. There are even 1,050 hits for "PrometheusBound" only a few of which link to Hatrack. It's a very popular user name and I should have picked something better.
is a dead giveaway.
I figure, though, ProBo is much more personable, less stuffy, and much less pedantic than Pel. I'm happy to pretend that there's no connection and judge ProBo by his posts alone. I think that's the fair thing to do.
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
I say who cares if it is?! It's a new name, new person... Let PrometheusBound make their own legacy without preconceived notions about who they might or might not be.
That's how I see it, anyway...
edit: what jt said - it's the fair thing to do... : )
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Papa Moose: Less sad. Thank you. Whether you did or not. *smile*
I distinctly remember deciding the would be excessively snarky and deciding against it.
Next time I'll snark away. Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr Strangelove: (Just between you and me, I think Orincoro is an alt for Euripides. And believe it or not, its my opinion that Euripides is an alt for Blayne Bradley, who in actuality is KoM, who in turn, if you analyze enough, turns out to be TomDavidson. And now here's where it gets really weird ... You may want to sit down. After many ears of research, I have reached the conclusion that TomDavidson is actually .... Pelegius! Shocking, I know, but then, I never would've thought that I was Tante Shvester either. Oops ... did I say that out loud?)
Im teh alt fer Blyreane?? ROFLEELS! I habnt thawt of tat.
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