Deena beat me to what I wanted to say. Natter 17 should be something along the lines of "Natter (4^2)+1--This one's for you, Nilly"
I said I'm sorry. I've made mistakes, but fear was never one of them.
Lilah ,'Conviction (1)'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
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
Anne W. - Jul 09, 2003 2:59:48 am PDT #3028 of 10005
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Wolfram - Jul 09, 2003 5:30:50 am PDT #3029 of 10005
Visilurking
Also like "standabouters". I was wondering about different words for 'lurker' myself, but the best I'd got was 'listener', which sounds very team-building-training, somehow.
How about: observers, watchers, auditers, lookers, constant readers, party people, the silent majority, non-posters, or the wordless ones?
Elena - Jul 09, 2003 5:34:15 am PDT #3030 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.
How about: observers, watchers,
We could just call them Giles' and Wesleys.
Anne W. - Jul 09, 2003 5:54:11 am PDT #3031 of 10005
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Hmm. Some variation on "The Council of Watchers," perhaps?
constant readers
"Constant Readers" is darling.
juliana - Jul 09, 2003 6:16:33 am PDT #3032 of 10005
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I like Constant Readers. edit: or Faithful Readers.
I also like "What Number Are We On, Again?", or whatever the exact wording was.
17 is definitely Nilly's.
Wolfram - Jul 09, 2003 6:21:19 am PDT #3033 of 10005
Visilurking
constant readers
I can't remember who this was from but I want to say Stephen King? Also I like:
Natter 14: What Number Are We On, Again? or Hormone bomb.
Jim - Jul 09, 2003 6:23:09 am PDT #3034 of 10005
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
constant reader is an 18th/19th century fictional cliche. A variation on (Jane Eyre Spoiler) Reader, I married him .
Lyra Jane - Jul 09, 2003 6:25:30 am PDT #3035 of 10005
Up with the sun
It was also the title of a column Dorothy Parker wrote for --- ?The New Yorker? Vogue? It featured her famous review of The House on Pooh Corner: "Tonstant Weader fwowed up."
Cindy - Jul 09, 2003 6:41:56 am PDT #3036 of 10005
Nobody
There's a lurvely post in Press that doesn't quite belong there.
May I suggest, "When come back, post here."
Should we consider including newbie introductions in the scope of Beep Me? I've never cared to use introduction threads at boards that have them, but a lot of people are used to them.
I don't really care whether or not we do this; it's just a thought. In addition to Allyson's post that I quoted above, see the (misplaced) discussion in BBaBB, starting with: Jon B. "Buffistas Building a Better Board" Jul 9, 2003 5:07:29 am PDT
(Oh and probably further discussion (not that there needs to be any) should be moved here.)
Jon B. - Jul 09, 2003 6:46:14 am PDT #3037 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Should we consider including newbie introductions in the scope of Beep Me?
Please no. I mean, I like it when newbies introduce themselves, but it really belongs in natter, or wherever they're participating.
I liked your response to the post, Cindy, but it looks like a bunch of people are saying "let it be."