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mattyb
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Aug 10, 2008, 04:27 PM
 
First Name: Matt
Nickname: Ros Beef (I live in France)
MacNN Handle(s): mattyb
Age: 36
Profession: Oracle DBA
Greatest acheivements: Keeping out of prison
Fav music: Too varied
Fav music group or person: See above
Listening to now: Jack Johnson
Fav TV show: Band of Brothers
Fav Movie: Shawshank Redemption
Fav food: Confit de Canard - sort of roasted duck
Fav drink: Beer
Fav alcoholic Beverage: Beer
Fav book: Gates of Fire
Superman or Batman?: Batman
Kelly, Ruben or Fantasia: No idea what this refers to
Rock star or Billionaire: Billionaire
Believe in aliens: Yes
Believe in ghosts: No
Car: Renault Megane Estate (station wagon)
Computer/Mac: Imac 20" Plastic jobby
Deep dark secret: You wish
Secret aspiration: Rich beyond my wildest dreams
Dream Car: BMW M5
Sexuality: Straight
Kids: 2, one girl one boy
Relationship Status: Married
Height: 6'
Weight: 200 lbs
Gender: Male
Religion: Get fooked
Role Model: They keep going to prison
Yearly income: 50,000 euros
cat or dog person: Dog
outdoor or indoor personality: Indoor
Geek?: Sort of, kids now so less time to tinker
Ethnicity: White
Interesting Fact: The so-called engineers that calculated that Bumble Bees should not be able to fly are idiots.
MacNNers on cell phone: None
Disability/Allergies: Gout
( Last edited by mattyb; Jan 27, 2009 at 06:21 AM. Reason: Andrew Stephens and Wikipedia educated me on the flying abilities of Bumble Bees.)
     
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Aug 11, 2008, 02:58 PM
 
I figured it was a while ago I updated mine, and it was—it was all the way back in March 2005, on page two. How time flies. Time for some (belated) spring cleaning.

First Name: Janus (no change)
Nickname: Janosh (only by my dad; if anyone else does it, I hate it) (no change)
MacNN Handle(s): Oisín (no change)
Age: 25 (born 2 October 1982, if anyone cares) (no change in the birth date. The age has obviously changed)
Profession: Student; working at a travel insurance emergency call centre (work is new)
Greatest achievements: I’m a chronic underachiever (new way of saying same thing)
Fav music: Lots, pretty much everything except country, ‘dansktop’, and really hard heavy/death/acid/etc. metal. (no change)
Fav music group or person: At the moment, Sigur Rós (no change), Värttinä, Björk, Radiohead, Muse, Eivør Pálsdóttir, and many more. (mostly reshufflings of artists I loved three years ago, too)
Listening to now: Sigur Rós: Syndir Guðs (Recycled by Múm) (from Friends of the Random Summer) (obviously new)
Fav TV show: Lots, but probably Desperate Housewives and Little Britain at the very top. And Six Feet Under. (Two new, one same)
Fav Movie: Don't know. Lord of the Rings, perhaps. Or even—forgive my boundless sappiness—Latter Days (second one new)
Fav food: Chinese, Japanese and Italian (am a vegetarian). (Japanese new)
Fav drink: Milk, chocolate milk, orange juice, milk shake/smoothie. (no change)
Fav alcoholic Beverage: None. Everything that has even an infitesimal amount of alcohol in it is utterly undrinkable to me, which is also the reason why I've never been drunk in my life. (no change)
Fav book: Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, anything by Agatha Christie, and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. (same + HG2G)
Superman or Batman? Both are fairly idiotic, and both wear their underwear on the outside. Not a big comic/cartoon fan, apart from the classical Disneys. (no change)
Kelly, Ruben or Fantasia: Have no idea, could very possibly not care less, wouldn't know who they were if I hadn't read this thread through before replying. (no change)
Rock star or Billionaire: Rock star and billionaire, of course. (as if this were likely to change)
Believe in aliens: Yes. In a universe as vast as this one, it's just too far a stretch for me to think that only on this one little planet were the necessary conditions present to make possible some form of life. (no change)
Believe in ghosts: Not in the tradition 'haunting ghosts' way, but yes, believe in something like that. I think. (no change, though less ‘belief’ than previously)
Car: None. Don't have a driver's license (and don't plan on getting one anytime soon). (no change)
Computer: 17” 1.67GHz G4 PowerBook (rarely used these days); 13” 2.0 GHz white MacBook; Dual-Core 2.66 GHz Mac Pro with 22” Samsung monitor; and my dad’s crappy old Windows laptop in a drawer somewhere, for those rare occasions when I really need IE6 for testing. (Just had to leave in previous reply, for kicks: Vega+ P4 2,0 GHz notebook + an old crappy stationary one that I never use (I think it's a Pentium 166 or something, with 32 MB of RAM and 4 GB hard drive).)
Mac: See above
Deep dark secret: I’m really a bot. (new—I was malware last time)
Secret aspiration: None, that's one of my main problems. (no change, sadly)
Dream car: Don't really have a dream car per se (see 'Car'), but really like Audi A6/A8 and most Mercs and Beamers. (no change)
Sexuality: Gay (first one in the entire thread apparently). (no change, though it’s crowdier than it was in the thread)
Relationship status: Single. (was apparently ‘excruciatingly’ single last time around)
Height: About 1.82-1.83, I think. (no change, as far as I know)
Weight: Hovering around 69-71 kg. (Oh dear! Previous reply: “A little too much, about 83 kg”)
Gender: Male. (no change last I checked)
Religion: None, though technically speaking, I think I'm still a member of the Church of Denmark. Don't believe in any of it, though. (no change)
Role model: I don’t believe in role models, generally. (no change, really, though I gave some sob story last time)
Yearly income: Not fixed yet. About 300,000 DKK ($60,000) last year, looking to be about 360,000 DKK ($72,000) or so this year, perhaps. (up from 75,000 DKK student allowance from the government last time, when I didn’t have a job)
Cat or dog person? Dog person, definitely. I don't mind cats, but I never feel completely safe and comfortable around them. (no change)
Indoor or outdoor personality? I like being outside, but still more indoor personality, I think. (no change)
Do you consider yourself a geek? A computer geek? No, but most other people do. A language geek? Most absolutely and irrevocably yes. (no change)
Ethnicity: Danish, with a few bits and splats of Swedish and Dutch (and probably some other stuff too, but that's too far out). (I don’t suppose ethnicity is likely to change, even for Michael Jackson)
Interesting fact: I have a Robert [Danish film award - scroll down a little for info] standing in my bookshelf, which I inherited from my maternal grandfather, who was the creator and special effects designer on a lot of very famous (in Denmark) movies, among others the Olsen Banden series. (no change, ’cause I can’t think of anything else to say)
MacNN'ers in cell phone: Five. (was zero)
Disability/allergies: I used to be highly allergic to pretty much anything artificial, like preservatives, colouring agents, all that stuff. Thankfully, I grew out of it around 13 or so. (no change, still grown out of it)
( Last edited by Oisín; Aug 11, 2008 at 03:05 PM. )
     
calverson
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Aug 15, 2008, 04:34 PM
 
First Name: Calvin
Nickname: Clavin, calverson
MacNN Handle(s): calverson
Age: 19
Profession: DTP/Web Designer/Office Nerd
Greatest acheivements: This
Fav music: Depro Rock
Fav music group or person: Radiohead, Tool, NIN
Listening to now: NIN
Fav TV show: Entourage
Fav Movie: Fight Club
Fav food: Pizza. Simple.
Fav drink: Ice Tea
Fav alcoholic Beverage: Mojito
Fav book: Catch 22
Superman or Batman?: Batman
Kelly, Ruben or Fantasia: ???
Rock star or Billionaire: Billionaire
Believe in aliens: Yes
Believe in ghosts: No
Car: 2005 Beamer, 320D
Computer/Mac: MacBook Pro, PowerMac G4
Deep dark secret: Yes
Secret aspiration: To one day kill someone bad
Dream Car: none
Sexuality: Straight
Kids: Nope
Relationship Status: Ask her
Height: 6.1'
Weight: 170 lbs
Gender: Male
Religion: Yes please
Role Model: Tyler Durden
Yearly income: Enough
Cat or dog person: None
Outdoor or indoor personality: Outdoor
Geek?: Probably
Ethnicity: White
Interesting Fact: I have a thing for 70's rock, especially Jethro Tull. Seen him live.
MacNNers on cell phone: None
Disability/Allergies: Incompetent Windows Users. Make me itch.



I hate these things. Why did I do it then? Because I am a sadist.
     
Oisín
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Aug 15, 2008, 04:43 PM
 
Originally Posted by calverson View Post
Nickname: Clavin
That’s just cruel.

Greatest acheivements: This
Hmm … I’m going to assume (since the first names are different) that that is not you. So why is it your achievement, then? Girlfriend? Someone you discovered and introduced to the modelling world? You made the website?

Religion: Yes please
Clever.



I hate these things. Why did I do it then? Because I am a sadist.
Wouldn’t it make you more of a masochist than a sadist? The rest of us don’t mind, you know.
     
calverson
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Aug 15, 2008, 04:53 PM
 
Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
That’s just cruel.
Why? It is the 'teh' variation of my name.

Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
Hmm … I’m going to assume (since the first names are different) that that is not you. So why is it your achievement, then? Girlfriend? Someone you discovered and introduced to the modelling world? You made the website?
My first...

EDIT: My first f*ck... 12/15/03 (I realized that was also ambiguous.)

Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
Clever.
Thanks

Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
Wouldn’t it make you more of a masochist than a sadist? The rest of us don’t mind, you know.
You are correct. It would.

= Sadism

= Masochism
     
Oisín
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Aug 15, 2008, 05:31 PM
 
Originally Posted by calverson View Post
Why? It is the 'teh' variation of my name.
It was more the immediate (to me, anyway) association (and thence, comparison) to a certain other Clavin that struck me as being a bit mean-spirited.

My first...

EDIT: My first f*ck... 12/15/03 (I realized that was also ambiguous.)
I like the fact that you’ve even got the date remembered. Bedding a (budding) model at age 14 is no small feat, I’ll grant you that.
     
calverson
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Aug 15, 2008, 05:49 PM
 
Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
It was more the immediate (to me, anyway) association (and thence, comparison) to a certain other Clavin that struck me as being a bit mean-spirited.
Well it is a good thing that I am not a Cheers fan!

Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
I like the fact that you’ve even got the date remembered.
Of course... I though everyone did?

Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
Bedding a (budding) model at age 14 is no small feat, I’ll grant you that.
"Couching" would be a better verb.
     
analogika
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Aug 15, 2008, 06:19 PM
 
Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
It was more the immediate (to me, anyway) association (and thence, comparison) to a certain other Clavin that struck me as being a bit mean-spirited.
Oh.

I thought that as a language geek, you must surely be referring to this alternate definition:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clavin
     
Oisín
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Aug 15, 2008, 06:41 PM
 
Originally Posted by calverson View Post
Well it is a good thing that I am not a Cheers fan!
Is anyone really a Cheers fan? Or is a Cheers fan just someone who can watch the show without wanting to bang his head against hard objects?

Of course... I though everyone did?
Uhh … well, I have no idea. I can only narrow it down to the year. No, wait, perhaps month.

Originally Posted by analogika View Post
Oh.

I thought that as a language geek, you must surely be referring to this alternate definition:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clavin
I should have thought you knew me well enough not to doubt that I’d never consider a nickname named after that definition cruel (except maybe on others).
     
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Aug 15, 2008, 09:33 PM
 
Updated from early 2006.

First Name: Dennis [unchanged]
Nickname: Don't have one [unchanged]
MacNN Handle(s): dcmacdaddy, zimphy (just so I could make fun of Zimphire/Kevin)
Age: 37 (will be 38 in September)
Profession: currently unemployed (formerly IT/AV manager at the Smithsonian)
Greatest achievements: Graduating college after 8 years of hard work [unchanged]
Fav music: tastes too varied to pick one [unchanged]
Fav TV shows: Don't own a TV; Love watching South Park on DVD, though [unchanged]
Fav Movies: Casablanca, Aliens
Fav food: Anything with curry [unchanged]
Fav drink: Orange soda [unchanged]
Fav alcoholic Beverage: Chimay Cinq Cents [unchanged]
Fav book: Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
Superman or Batman: Batman [unchanged]
Kelly, Ruben or Fantasia: Who are these people? [unchanged]
Rock star or Billionaire: Billionaire. So, I could give most of it away . . . and do two chicks at the same time. [unchanged]
Believe in aliens: Yup [unchanged]
Believe in ghosts: Sure [unchanged]
Car: sold in May 2008 (formerly 1993 Honda Civic Coupe)
Computers: 2.0GHz aluminum iMac (formerly 1.5GHz Aluminum PowerBook)
Deep dark secret: I cry during the sad parts of a movie [unchanged]
Secret aspiration: To be a successful and highly regarded playwright [unchanged]
Dream Car: Honda Clarity hydrogen fuel-cell car
Gender: Male [unchanged]
Height: 5'09" [unchanged]
Weight: 190lbs (30lbs heavier in the last 2.5 years)
Sexuality: Straight [unchanged]
Ethnicity: Anglo-Saxon mutt but mostly Irish [unchanged]
Relationship Status: Single now, but previously married [unchanged]
Kids: Maybe [unchanged]
Religion: Not important to me [unchanged]
Role Model: Don't have a need for one [unchanged]
Yearly income: none now that I am unemployed (formerly US$81,000)
Geek: Of course [unchanged]
Indoor or Outdoor: Outdoor; LOVE doing anything outdoors [unchanged]
Cat or Dog: Like both; Have just a cat right now [unchanged]
MacNNers on cell phone: 0 [unchanged]
Disability/Allergies: allergic to cigarette smoke [unchanged]
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calverson
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Aug 16, 2008, 02:39 AM
 
Originally Posted by analogika View Post
I thought that as a language geek, you must surely be referring to this alternate definition:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clavin
Wow. I officially hate that now.
     
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Oct 23, 2008, 11:24 AM
 
...
( Last edited by Tiresias; May 6, 2009 at 01:38 AM. Reason: ...)
     
l'ignorante
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Oct 30, 2008, 02:02 PM
 
First Name: Jan
Nickname: none
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Age: half a century
Profession: Teacher
Greatest achievements: see kids.
Fav music: Hendrix
Fav TV shows: 6 feet under
Fav Movies: Godfather I,II,III
Fav food: moules et frites
Fav drink: Bordeaux superieur
Fav alcoholic Beverage: ""
Fav book: All H.Potters
Superman or Batman: Superman!
Kelly, Ruben or Fantasia: yes please
Rock star or Billionaire: Rock star any time.
Believe in aliens: after my abduction (ask Erik he knows I've been "gone" for 2.5 years) a believer.
Believe in ghosts: ectoplasm yes, ghosts no
Car: you mean the one I own? : VW Touran 2L Diesel
Computers: still the old 2000 iMac, plus a couple of Macs dating back till 1989.
Deep dark secret: forgotten
Secret aspiration: see Rockstar or billionaire
Dream Car: My dad used to own a 1985 BMW 735i I still want that oen (black)
Gender: Male.
Height: 188 cm.
Weight: 95.
Sexuality: Straight.
Ethnicity: Caucasian.
Relationship Status: Married.
Kids: 3 Daughters.
Religion: See --> dream car
Role Model: hmmm..none
Yearly income: hey, I'm a teacher, you know my pay is pathetic
Geek: No.
Indoor or Outdoor: indoor, as in bars, bowling, cinema and theatre..but most likely at home.
Cat or Dog: 2 cats
MacNNers on cell phone: 0.
Disability/Allergies: limited IQ
     
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Oct 30, 2008, 06:57 PM
 
Originally Posted by l'ignorante View Post
believe in aliens: After my abduction (ask erik he knows i've been "gone" for 2.5 years) a believer.

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Oct 31, 2008, 01:43 PM
 
I can't believe I haven't done this yet. Lame.

First Name: Shifuimam (That's all you get. OH NOES.)
Nickname: Shif
MacNN Handle(s): shifuimam, shifuimam2
Age: 24.4ish
Profession: Web Developer
Greatest achievements: Spelling "achievements" correctly. Being what I am now, compared to what I was six years ago.
Fav music: Everything. Literally. ...except ghetto gangsta rap.
Fav music group or person: Dragonforce, Quarashi, DJ Anabolic Frolic, Nine Days
Listening to now: Anabolic Frolic - Happy Hardcore Chapter 2 - Kick Your Legs (DJ DNA & Breeze)
Fav TV show: I don't watch new TV at all. The Office, Seinfeld, Two and a Half Men, Futurama, Gilmore Girls, Firefly, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Firefly, Sex and the City
Fav Movie: Clueless, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, You've Got Mail, The Thin Man series
Fav food: Meat. Fruit. Vegetables. I love food. Sushi is definitely up there on the list of prepared dishes I like.
Fav drink: Powerade, Gatorade, root beer, orange soda, juicy juice, orange juice (extra pulpy), water
Fav alcoholic Beverage: Smithwick's, Blue Moon, Breckenridge Vanilla Porter, Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Murphy's Pub Draught. I also like top shelf vodka when I'm in the mood for hard liquor.
Fav book: The Harry Potter series. I'm such a poser.
Superman or Batman? Riker >>>>>>> superheroes. Although Val Kilmer is damn sexy.
Kelly, Ruben or Fantasia: Dragonforce
Rock star or Billionaire: Billionaire rock star
Believe in aliens: probably
Believe in ghosts: unlikely
Car: 2005 Hyundai Tuscon GL
Mac: 733MHz PowerMac G4, 466MHz tangerine iBook G3
Original Mac: 300 MHz tangerine iBook G3
Deep dark secret: I'm certifiably barking mad.
Secret aspiration: to be a ninja.
Sell or send me your vintage Mac things if you don't want them.
     
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Nov 4, 2008, 01:31 AM
 
omg me too...

First Name: Osiris
Nickname: Osiris
MacNN Handle(s): Osiris
Age: Lost track
Profession: Mad scientist, but the benevolent kind
Greatest achievements: Built first particle accelerator by age 3, perfected transphonic deneuralization (great for fluffy omelets) by age 19, was offered to be in a porno movie but refused due to previous commitment
Fav music: Everything. Literally. ...except ghetto gangsta rap. (stolen from Shifuimam, but appropriate)
Fav music group or person: Jimi Hendrix, Michio Kaku, Terrance McKenna
Listening to now: The Daily Show
Fav TV show: The Office, Seinfeld, Keith Obermann, Family Guy, South Park, early Venture Brothers, Are You Being Served?
Fav Movie: The Shining (1980)
Fav food: Dead fruit and even deader vegetables, natto, hijiki
Fav drink: Filtered water
Fav alcoholic Beverage: Guinness stout, Blueberry Wheat Ale, Franzis Hefe-Weizen
Fav book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Superman or Batman? Superman
Kelly, Ruben or Fantasia: Tuberculosis
Rock star or Billionaire: Billionaire
Believe in aliens: yes
Believe in ghosts: no
Car: Horse drawn carriage, but it's bad because horses can't draw well with the hooves and all
Mac: Xeon Quad, MacBookPro (rev2)
Original Mac: Color Classic II
Deep dark secret: None, really
Secret aspiration: to have a deep dark secret
Dream Car: 1969 Ferrari Daytona convertible
Gender: Male.
Height: 6 ft
Weight: 160
Sexuality: Straight.
Ethnicity: Caucasian.
Relationship Status: Single.
Kids: No
Religion: Deeply spiritual, non specific
Role Model: Chuck Yeager
Yearly income: Yes
Geek: 50/50
Indoor or Outdoor: 50/50
Cat or Dog: depends how they're cooked
MacNNers on cell phone: 0.
Disability/Allergies: None
"Faster, faster! 'Till the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death." - HST
     
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Nov 4, 2008, 05:19 AM
 
Originally Posted by osiris View Post
Cat or Dog: depends how they're cooked
my sentiments exactly
     
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Nov 8, 2008, 08:06 PM
 
First Name: Michael
Nickname: Mikey
MacNN Handle(s): 43skidoo
Age: 23
Profession: Self-employed
Greatest achievements: Winning 10K lottery prize
Fav music: Everything except country.
Fav music group or person: *shrug* who knows?
Listening to now: Hoobastank
Fav TV show: The Office
Fav Movie: Alien
Fav food: Pizza, of course.
Fav drink: Coke.
Fav alcoholic Beverage: Don't drink, strangely enough.
Fav book: Time Travel and You
Superman or Batman? Batman.
Kelly, Ruben or Fantasia: WTF?
Rock star or Billionaire: Billionaire. Trillionaires, actually.
Believe in aliens: Yes.
Believe in ghosts: No.
Car: Mustang.
Mac: Not tellin' you, you nosy creep.
Original Mac:
Deep dark secret: I hate mangos. With a passionate rage that fills my inner regions.
Secret aspiration: To jump off a bridge.
Dream Car: 1969 Mustang GT500
Gender: Neutered.
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 230
Sexuality: Straight.
Ethnicity: Caucasian.
Relationship Status: Married.
Kids: No
Religion: You don't want to know.
Role Model: Myself.
Yearly income: What's that?
Geek: All the way.
Indoor or Outdoor: Indoor most of the time.
Cat or Dog: Lizards.
MacNNers on cell phone: 0.
Disability/Allergies: None. Be jealous. Be very jealous.

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Nov 8, 2008, 09:17 PM
 
Originally Posted by 43skidoo View Post
Kelly, Ruben or Fantasia: WTF?
does anyone actually know what this means?
     
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Nov 8, 2008, 09:37 PM
 
Originally Posted by calverson View Post
does anyone actually know what this means?
They are the winners of the first three seasons of American Idol. (Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino). It needs to be updated, there's been 4 more winners since those 3.
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Nov 8, 2008, 09:48 PM
 
No need for an update
     
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Nov 9, 2008, 09:18 AM
 
Except to remove the question maybe?

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Nov 9, 2008, 10:42 AM
 
Agreed. Someone just needs to do a new profile sans the American Idol question, and I am sure that the next person will just copy and paste.
     
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Nov 25, 2008, 11:36 AM
 
First Name: Shane
Nickname: Big Boy, Diesel, Alpha
MacNN Handle(s): sdilley14
Age: 24
Profession: Mortgage Consultant
Greatest achievements: Surviving and rehabilitating from a broken neck
Fav music: Most everything except country
Fav music group or person: Everclear, TI, Kanye West, Avenged Sevenfold, Weezer, NoFX, Dropkick Murphys, Bouncing Souls, Less Than Jake, MXPX, Social Distortion
Listening to now: Sportscenter
Fav TV show: The Office
Fav Movie: Forest Gump
Fav food: Pizza, watermelon
Fav drink: Chocolate milk
Fav alcoholic Beverage: Blue UV & Lemonade
Fav book: The Game
Superman or Batman? Batman.
Rock star or Billionaire: Billionaire.
Believe in aliens: Yes.
Believe in ghosts: Somewhat
Car: Jeep Liberty
Mac: MacBook Pro C2D 2.16 GHz
Original Mac: 12" PowerBook
Deep dark secret: I hate olives.
Secret aspiration: Dunk a basketball and/or bench 300lbs
Dream Car: 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo
Gender: Male
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 173lbs
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Was this some weird porno?
     
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I see I'm not the only one who immediately picked up on that.
     
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LOL, crap!! One second!
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I forgot the rest of the profile, apparently:

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Ethnicity: Whitey
Relationship Status: Love is dead.
Kids: Spawn of the Dark Lord of the Underworld
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MacNNers on cell phone: Used to have one. You could be lucky #2, if you play your cards right.
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Was this some weird porno?
“Weird”?
     
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Fav Movie: Black Hawk Down
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Believe in ghosts: Rephrase to 'spirits'
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Where about in Ireland are you in?
     
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Fav music: Indie Rock
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Updated for the new year:

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Greatest achievements: Graduating with an engineering degree in eight semesters, restoring a motorcycle, surviving to see 2009
Fav music: Rock, some rap, indie stuff, sub-pop, a little electronic
Fav music group or person: Mae
Listening to now: Mae - The House That Fire Built
Fav TV show: The Office, Heroes, Pushing Daisies, House, Arrested Development
Fav Movie: I don't like watching anything more than once, so I don't know if I even have a favorite. Maybe The Emperor's New Groove
Fav food: Grilled cheese, sushi, and a nice steak is always good
Fav drink: Apple juice. I drink it by the gallons
Fav alcoholic Beverage: Captain and Coke is always a solid choice, SoCo and Lime is tasty, Gin and Tonics are good, too
Fav book: Probably this one
Superman or Batman? Superman
Rock star or Billionaire: Billionaire
Believe in aliens: Probably
Believe in ghosts: There's something out there
Car: I'm glad you asked.
Computer: C2D 2.0 Mini 120GB/2GB/22" Viewsonic
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Secret aspiration: Record a CD
Dream car: Saleen S7, Noble M400, or a GTM
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Cat or dog person? Dogs - we both crave attention.
Indoor or outdoor personality? There's a time and place for both
Do you consider yourself a geek? Probably
Interesting fact: I'm uninteresting (Is that contradictory?)
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Why not? Changed items in bold

First Name: Sean
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Age: 25
Profession: Master Carpenter (currently unemployed)
Yearly Income: 40K +/- (now whatever the gov. gives me)
Relationship status: Been with current girlfriend for 3+ years
Greatest achievements: Built a custom fireplace mantle that turned out phenomenal
Fav music: Hard Rock, Prog Rock, Metal
Fav music group or person: Back into Tool, big time
Listening to now: MGMT - Electric Feel
Fav TV show: I finally watched Firefly, a damn shame it got cancelled, also BSG
Fav Movie: Just one? A Clockwork Orange
Fav food: Papa Gino's pizza
Fav drink: Like Lammy, I am addicted to Apple Juice, or as I call it "Baby Juice"
Fav alcoholic drink: Magic Hat Circus Boy, a delicious wheat ale
Fav book: anything Gary Larson
Superman or Batman?: Batman, d'uh
Rock star or Billionaire: Billionaire
Believe in aliens: I'll tell you this, there isn't nothing out there
Believe in ghosts: Not in the cliché way, but yeah, why not
Computer: Alu iMac C2D 20", 2ghz/4gb/250HDD
Deep dark secret: I have no want to live anywhere else for the rest of my life (is that bad?)
Secret aspiration: To make custom furniture for a living
Car: 2000 GMC Sonoma 4x4
Dream Car: Toyota Tundra HD with diesel engine (yeah it doesn't exist, hence DREAM car)
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Do u consider yourself a geek?: I'm posting here, aren't I?
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Originally Posted by Laminar
Fav food: Grilled cheese, sushi, and a nice steak is always good
At the same time?!

Originally Posted by sek929
I am addicted to Apple Juice, or as I call it "Baby Juice"
An explanation might be necessary here.

… And you still haven’t told us how much you weigh dry.
     
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Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
At the same time?!
I just toss it all in a blender.
     
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Originally Posted by Laminar View Post
I just toss it all in a blender.
Yum.
     
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Is this a joke?
     
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Originally Posted by mattyb View Post
Interesting Fact: Bumble Bees should not be able to fly.
Entirely untrue. At the scale of a Bumble Bee, air takes on a more liquid behaviour. The physics works out just fine.

To insects flying is more like swimming.
     
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Fav Movie: Tremors, Lilo and Stich, The Big Blue
Fav food: Indian, Sunday roast
Fav drink: Fresh OJ
Fav alcoholic Beverage: Real Ale (Bath Ales are great)
Fav book: hmm, Ryan Malan - My Traitors Heart
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Originally Posted by Andrew Stephens View Post
Listening to now: Mae - Alabama 3 - Exile on COldharbour Lane
Like Mae?

Car: Ford Mondeo Estate
Brother!
     
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Originally Posted by Laminar View Post
Fav music group or person: Mae
Listening to now: Mae - The House That Fire Built
Funny thing - I live next door to Dave Elkins. And the other members of Mae live a few houses down from me.

All glory to the hypnotoad.
     
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Funny thing - I live next door to Dave Elkins. And the other members of Mae live a few houses down from me.
That's insane!
Dave and I were close once.
     
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Originally Posted by calverson View Post
Where about in Ireland are you in?
Better late than never - sorry, I *never* looked at this thread since I decided to see if I had actually posted in here, lol. 5 months better than never, I hope..

I'm up in Belfast (city centre direction)
     
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First Name: Toothpick
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Greatest achievements: Pending.
Fav music: Leonard Cohen.
Fav music group or person: Leonard Cohen.
Listening to now: The noisy hum of the extractor fan of the restaurant next to my apartment.
Fav TV show: The Simpsons.
Fav Movie: Too hard to say
Fav food: Steak and chips
Fav drink: Beer
Fav alcoholic Beverage: Oh, I see what you did there.
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Rock star or Billionaire: The latter
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Believe in ghosts: As above.
Car: Bicycle.
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Deep dark secret: I like Enya. (Shhhhh).
Secret aspiration: Get paid for my work, rather than work for my pay.
Dream car: A flying car, modeled on those that people in the 50s imagined people would by driving in the year 2000.
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Weight: 78-ish
Gender: Male
Religion: Agnostic
Role model: James Joyce.
Yearly income: I am a millionnaire... in won.
Cat or dog person? Dog.
Indoor or outdoor personality? Both.
Do you consider yourself a geek? No
Interesting fact: That dangly bit at the back of your throat that no one knows the name of? It's called the palatine uvula.
MacNN'ers in cell phone: No.
Disability/allergies: Dyscalculia. And I got it bad.
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‘Toothpick’—what an odd first name.

Judging by the picture of yourself you just posted, I might have misjudged your age about 30–40 years. Oopsies. :[

Interesting fact: That dangly bit at the back of your throat that no one knows the name of? It's called the palatine uvula.
This is just my language-obsessed self being curious, but seriously? Is it common not to know the name of the uvula among English-speaking people? ’Round these parts, any little kid will know that it’s called the drøbel.
     
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Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
‘Toothpick’—what an odd first name.

Judging by the picture of yourself you just posted, I might have misjudged your age about 30–40 years. Oopsies. :[


This is just my language-obsessed self being curious, but seriously? Is it common not to know the name of the uvula among English-speaking people? ’Round these parts, any little kid will know that it’s called the drøbel.
Granting that I haven't had any coffee yet, I'm not sure I understand.

Are you saying you thought I was much older until you saw my photo (in other words, that my posts read like those of a sexagenarian) or that you were surprised to see from my photo that I am about 30-40 years older than you thought?!

I'm no teenager, but I sure as hell don't look older than 40!


And I couldn't find it, but there's a Gary Larson cartoon about the uvula. A student is sitting a medical exam. The last question is: "What is the name of that dangly bit at the back of your throat?" The student is sweating bullets.

It may be that I and everyone that I know is especially stupid, but as far as I know, not many English-speaking people know what it's called, hence the cartoon. Most people say, "dangly bit", others, incorrectly, "tonsils" and once I heard "golottis." The only reason I know is because the cartoon motivated me to do a websearch.
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Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
Judging by the picture of yourself you just posted, I might have misjudged your age about 30–40 years. Oopsies. :[
Me too.

This is just my language-obsessed self being curious, but seriously? Is it common not to know the name of the uvula among English-speaking people? ’Round these parts, any little kid will know that it’s called the drøbel.
I knew what it was.
     
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Mar 25, 2009, 11:31 PM
 
I found this reference to it in Wiki.

Palatine uvula - references in popular culture

It also features in a "Far Side" cartoon by Gary Larson entitiled "final page of the medical exam" where a person is depicted holding a question paper that reads "bonus question (50 points): what is the name of the dangly thing that hangs down in the back of our throats?"
It doesn't mention that the student is sweating, but he was. And the whole joke obviously rests on the idea that most people don't know what the hell it's called.
     
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Me too.
Your reasons, pray.
     
 
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