Me and Jes_L met up in the "Panton Arms" this evening for drinks and chat - this was the first time I've met anyone from the glorious SC community, and it was pretty damn cool.

I stood outside the pub awaiting Jes's arrival, only to find that he'd got there before me, so in fact I was standing outside for no reason... he thankfully came out to greet me after a few minutes, so he must've at least drawn some parallel between me and my HeroGenerator avatar. After the usual pleasantries, we got some drinks in and had a good old natter about this, that and everything else. I'll admit it was a little strange at first, given that although we've known each other online for a while, meeting in person was slightly different. That said, Jes's online persona certainly shines through in real life, and despite a few differences here and there, he's still the Jes we all know and love. Several more drinks later, and the conversation became more highbrow, even touching on philosophy at one point - much to my delight, of course ;-) Alas, due to constraints of public transport, Jes had to set off to the station at around 9pm so our drinking had to come to an end.

All in all, it was good fun, and Jes was clearly not too frightened by me in the flesh (or at least if he was, he was good-mannered enough not to show it) - thanks for a pleasant evening, Jes.

For anyone who's interested, photographs are available here.

Fuckin' Brits.

I've been wanting to meet kaufman just so I can bow to him. But most of all I want to meet:

boinky
Mikey
umfum
mmyers

I also really want to meet biped. That sexy beast.

I am putting out an invitation to all Glasgow regulars to meet me under the motorway bridge between Sheilds Road and Kinning Park underground stations for a fight to the death.

Loser buys the first round.

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Dad was flammable

I wanna party with Jes!

I like Chi's hat.

Bloody gays. Yous did it, didn't yous?

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After a day of being repeatedly instructed how to "think outside the box", what better way to relax in Cambridge than to meet everyone's favourite cynic, Chi?

After slightly startling him by appearing from inside the pub, where I'd been visiting the facilities, we proceeded to get the beers in and discuss everything from university life, to future careers, to ladies, to Stripcreator. The conversation got more animated as the beers flowed and the effects of nerves and too much free training day coffee began to kick in, yes, we even through philosophy as well at one point, though sadly around the time I had to go home.

It was good to meet another person from the internet - it's always a little weird when you meet someone where the only correspondance you've had has been through an interactive text-based medium. Chi's a lot more softly spoken that I was expecting but part of the fun of actually meeting people is being surprised by the unexpected and challenging your preconditions. I look forward to meeting more "strippers" at a later date.

And yes, his "Cynic" hat is amazing.

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I first saw Jes from my vantage point under the big-screen. He bought himself a Bud draught and took his seat in a cosy corner of the bar. When he went to the loo I took the opportunity to slither on over to the next nearest table. Jes' first two gulps almost drained his pint then he remained motionless like a lazy lamenated crocodile for the next 7 minutes, only blinking once. He finished his pint on his next gulp after carefully rotating the glass a few times to find a place where his lips hadn't touched yet.
He then sat bolt upright and whispered audibly " Fuck it! I'm off". and waltzed out the pub.

Only to waltz back in again with Chi the Cynic on his arm.
Chi never bought a drink the whole night and when he first went to the bar he came back with a Red-Stripe for Jes and an empty pint glass for himself.
He then proceeded to entirely fill his own glass with dry roasted peanuts bought from the bar. On top of the peanuts he placed a small cocktail umbrella and a small bar of soap.
He never touched the peanuts again but would point to it occasionally and say to Jes with enthusiasm " Eh? Eh?"
Jes would nod then mouth "Jesus Christ" as soon as Chi looked away.
Chi would drink from Jes' pint when he went to the toilet. He would then conceal this theft by displacing the stolen liquid with chocolate maltesers tied to marbles so they would sink.

They talked about 'philosophy' just before they left. I never knew Phill Collins had an album called that so I learned something new that night.

I never introduced myself all night as I am lactose intolerant and Jes had a slice of pizza stuck to his chin all night. Chi had some broccoli stuck between his teeth. Neither mentioned the others poor hygene.

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Were you the guy with the huge straggly beard or the one in the filthy cardigan?

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I was the guy in the filthy Cardigan.
'Love me love me, say that you love me, fool me fool me, go on and fool me, I can't care about anything but you.'

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haw! Jokers!

People I am looking forward to meeting:

chooby - This motherfucker has got to be a blast to have a few drinks with.

Jes_Lawson - Seems like a cool kind of guy.

little_kitty - Affable girl. Needs to see I'm only half the dick in real life I am on the internet.

attitudechicka - Who wouldn't want to meet her?

kaufman - He's Kaufman for chrissakes. I'm sure there's plenty of cool places & stuff he knows about.

boinky33 - I have a feeling I would wind up playing video games with him.

possums - You want to meet me, ese? I meet you.

umfumdisi - This guy is a genius. Must...steal...brain cell...sample...

mmyers - He and I (or at least I) could talk for hours about film shit.

Kevin_Keegans_Perm - This fucker is fun. I know it.

boorite - One of the best strippers here. I bet I could beat him in thumbwrestling.

There are quite a few others as well, but since I don't talk to too many of them often, they'll just have to know that I think of them when looking somewhere, out there, beneath the pale blue sky.

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The giant three-phallused phallus of Uzbekistan will one day squirt the cosmic jizz of revenge all over Canada.

There is a lot of Scots here right? There is a stand-up comedy pub in Edinburgh I have always meant to spend a night in. It would be cool to hook up with some scusers and take in a gig. I'd be all like "He's shit!" and shit. And he'd be all like "Oh yeah?" I'd say "yeah!", then he would say "Well why don't you stand up here and try it?" and I'd say "No thanks, I can be just as shit sitting down."

The crowd would be like "OOOOOOOOOH!"

and I'd be all like *shick! shick! shick!* (thats the sound of the dog who is allowed into the bar getting glassed in the neck 3 times).

Dog'd be like "Laaarwlow!"

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Chi would drink from Jes' pint when he went to the toilet. He would then conceal this theft by displacing the stolen liquid with chocolate maltesers tied to marbles so they would sink.

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.....I'm Jewish.

Oh, right, mang. I almos' fo-got. Tchu' know, esse? I tink we betta meet up som' wer in da middel. You in New Yoak, I'm in Portland (OR). So we otta meet som wer in Kansas.

id like to meet matchy, chicka, mikeyg, dcom, kitty, and choad because ive gotten to know them on the IRC

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I would want to meet mmyers, Beaz, smamurai, OMG_DaGmAr (etc), dcom and Boinky, But definitely not xxausrottenxx. He neglects his friends.

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You know you totally missed me!

I suppose I should add my top list for SC users I want to/will meet:
Chicka, Jes_Lawson, chooby, Chi, Beaz, mmyers, choad, matchy, and that's about it. I've already met Rabid, or I'd put him on the list.

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Okay, Lindsay, are you forgetting that I was a professional twice over - an analyst and a therapist. The world's first analrapist.

C'mon... you know you want to meet this guy...

I'd like to meet anyone. You're all welcome to sleep on my floor. Except Jools. He knows why.

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Mediocrity at its most average.

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C'mon... you know you want to meet this guy...

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I want to meet Denyer.

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Batman created by Bob Kane

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Whoever says there aren't attractive people who go to online comic making sites sponsored by Canadians who date underage girls is mistaken. By the way, is that picture of the toucan (?) yours?

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Is your little brother the one in all those Grizzlies pics? AWWW he's so cute! What is he like 12?

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You know you totally missed me!

I am happy to meet up with anyone who wants to meet me. At the moment I have no car so I'm limited to areas that public transport can realistically reach.

People I don't want to meet: attitudechicka, MikeyG, little_kitty, Jes_Lawson and KajunFirefly.

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"In a thousand years there will be no men and women just wankers and that's fine by me."

I'd love to meet boinky and kick him right in the nuts. The same goes for dcom and MickeyG.