I thought it was Angus? Or Theo.
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Sophia Brooks - Mar 10, 2003 9:22:00 am PST #7024 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Sue - Mar 10, 2003 9:51:17 am PST #7025 of 10001
hip deep in pie
The first instance of Timelies I could find was PMM in Natter 6, at post 6868. Timely greetings itself was being used in Natter 4. (I looked through Natters 4, 5, 6.)
Theodosia - Mar 10, 2003 9:52:30 am PST #7026 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm pretty sure I was an early adopter -- I may have started it off as "Good Time-Period-of-Choice!" or something like that.
Nilly - Mar 10, 2003 9:59:11 am PST #7027 of 10001
Swouncing
What I could come up with:
Angus G "Natter Free 4 All" Dec 2, 2002 6:53:26 am EST: We need some formula for "good your morning/my evening".
Am-Chau Yarkona "Natter Free 4 All" Dec 2, 2002 7:02:56 am EST: How about something non-specific? 'Season's Greetings'- then whatever season it is where you are, you imagine it's that. Um... 'Timely Greetings'?
So it was "Timely greetings" for quite some threads. Until one timely time:
Sue "Natter 6: We're wearing the cheese RIGHT NOW!!" Jan 9, 2003 9:28:15 am EST: Timelies!
[Edited to add: Theo has definitely been one of the earliest to adopt this and play with it. My favorite is when she posts "Time!", as if she commands the morning to begin, and, since she's the morning-marker of the Buffistas, she probably is doing just that]
Sue - Mar 10, 2003 10:02:55 am PST #7028 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I'm pretty sure some else used Timelies first. I'm just not a phrase coining person.
Betsy HP - Mar 10, 2003 7:09:34 pm PST #7029 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Can I get the Stompies to turn me into Betsy HP? I'll miss my full name, but I've gotten paranoid.
P.M. Marc - Mar 10, 2003 7:12:25 pm PST #7030 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Curse you wee faster than me stompy!
amych - Mar 10, 2003 7:13:15 pm PST #7031 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Heh. Heh. Heh.
Anyway, Betsy, it's done. I hope it turns out to be just a little paranoia and no real cause for alarm.
§ ita § - Mar 10, 2003 7:22:51 pm PST #7032 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh. Saucy Betsy.
I have an urge to change mine to ita A1.
Or ita Compaq.
Whichever.
P.M. Marc - Mar 10, 2003 7:24:53 pm PST #7033 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
ita G4