Whoa, this topic is
hilarious!! Thanks for digging it up, Sapph! I'm really glad I got to read through it. But it makes me wonder: Where was Lizard during all that?
Thanks also for the report of your adventure, Sapph. Interesting to read, and good to know that you had a fun time. The awkwardness you describe isn't something I'd thought about much, but I guess it's to be expected somewhat. I've mastered my shy tendencies to some degree, though, so I reckon that in LA I can just start acting weird from the outset if necessary. (If I'm behaving embarrassingly, then those watching won't have much reason to feel awkward, right? Or if they're of the ultra-mature strand, then maybe they'd just want to leave. Hmm.)
Suffix, what?! Are you serious? I was under the dark impression that Popple is the only other member to inhabit the northwestern-most chunk of the contiguous states besides myself. Where in it he lives I've not a clue, and it has been just fine with me to remain ignorant about that.
But what's the deal with you, Suffix? If you live that close to me (I'm guessing you based your estimate from the map I posted in
ChildsPlayCharity.org), then you must live either in Western Washingaton—where with the exception of this winter the rains wash us right down the drains—or in the Pacific Ocean. And I think even the ocean is more than 1.8 hours from here. So in which building-and-people cluster do you reside?
Before the E3 possibility came up, I had always thought that Chup would be the first member I'd meet, but that hasn't happend. Also, last December I made very preliminary to drive to Bozeman to see Lizard, but I didn't end up making the trip for a number of reasons. Could you, then, end up being my first online-to-in-person acquaintance?
KoopaSlaya, while it's safe to say that I don't know you, it's a bit of a massively impossible stretch to say that I think you're fat. Where on Earth did you buy that idea? It certainly didn't come from my concession stand.
CashCrazed, there is a somewhat slim possibility that I'll go to Missouri someday if I can. For in the St. Louis suburb of Florissant lives an online man whom I would very much like to meet in person. Ever heard of that place?
I wonder if any human exists who has met or has been seen in person by two distantly located members of the forums? (If you're ready to answer with Red Paratroopa's family or something, then you don't understand my wondering.)
"He is not a fool who gives up what he cannot keep for the sake of what he can never lose."