Introduce Yourself

[Metal Years]

Hi, I'm Metal Years. I've been lurking on this message board for a minnit and like it pretty well so I decided to sign up.

Cheers, _____-

[Kat]

Who approacheth the Bridge of DeathGiraffe must answer me these questions threefour!

Pizza or bread?

Cake or pie?

Phaser or lightsaber?

Ninja or pirate?

[Oxirane]

We've got this awesome hot tub in this place called "The Box", it's a really fun place you need to visit, so, what size hazmat suit do you wear? Any allergic reactions to Chromerge? Do you have a Costco membership? If not, I'd suggest one as membership here requires you maintaining a breeding pair of and food can be a bit expensive...

Other than that, welcome!

[Oxirane]

Originally Posted by Kat

Who approacheth the Bridge of DeathGiraffe must answer me these questions threefour!

Pizza or bread?

Do NOT answer this question, it's a total trick question, everyone knows the answer is white pizza with ricotta, mozzarella, ham and pineapple, but for some reason, there is a radical faction that thinks, 'bread'...geesh...we've answered this question, people, just take your slice of pizza and move on...

[Jaglavak]

OK I need witnesses. He said those two words next to each other again. You know, 'white' and 'pizza'. Any violence that may occur as a result is just pure self defense.

[Solfy]

I just had white pizza for dinner Thursday. A chicken spinach one. We had it because Eldest wasn't at home (she was at her boyfriend's work Christmas party eating crab cakes and playing with floor scrubbers). We try not to order that one when Eldest is around because it was the last thing she ate before experiencing full-blown norovirus (emphasis on the "blown") two years ago and she still can't stand it.
I'm not a big fan of the first half of December.

Oh, Hi n00b.

[Glazer]

Where in the Dirty South?

[Metal Years]

Hey, excellent questions. I'll have to ponder them seriously before answering...

[Metal Years]

And I've got some questions for y'all, a lot of them, I guess, but I'll start with the three most major ones:

What's kabong?
What's floop (Which tried to autocorrect to "flop")?
What's [I]Fenris[/I]?

[BJMoose]

Shorthand for Rat Diva's anger management issues.
What our favorite non-Belgian Europeon does on a Friday night. (He's Jim Nightshade, but you can call him . . . Jim.)
You do not want to know.


P.S. Sorry to hear your town's bond issue for a new street sweeper failed.

[Sputnik]

Remember, this is very important, when the siren sounds, follow the other Eloi to the tunnel.

[JimNightshade]

Hello Stranger,

How do you do?

Please reconsider your sinful ways, and scratchy screetch a peaceful Wombat just above where the tail would be if a wombat was a monkey, which, for your information, Wombats are not. They, like any civilized lifeforms, just like to get a good scratch on their backsides.

Thank you for your consideration.

Jim

[JimNightshade]

Originally Posted by Metal Years

And I've got some questions for y'all, a lot of them, I guess, but I'll start with the three most major ones:

What's kabong?
What's floop (Which tried to autocorrect to "flop")?
What's [I]Fenris[/I]?

The Floop is within you. Ever sat down after a long hard day, peeled off you socks, and put on your tattered jogging pants, and your favorite shirt. Then walked back to your couch, picking up the pizza from the pizza delivery man on the way, and a cold beer from the fridge, and settled down to watch your favorite TV show, most likely "The A-Team" or "Magnum PI" or "Black-adder and the Jedis from another planet"? After you have eaten half of the pizza, and drunk half of the ice-cold beer, as the warmth of your living room finally reaches the floor, where your toes start to become happy, and you lean back, belch, lift your left buttock, and fart pleasantly? You then settle back, all happy and content, and enjoy that you do not have to do anything tomorrow, and you smile to yourself.

That, is the Floop.

[JimNightshade]

Also - what is Metal Years?

[The Futility of Nihilism]

Introduction to the Kabong


Now imagine that but only with La Rata instead of that other kabonger.

[Spyder Queen]

Hidey-ho there new neiborino!

I still have not met the elusive Fenris myself, so if you do, you must be more specialer than me! Jim your very visually stimulating description of the floop was awesome! Thank you Futility for my Sunday morning cartoons.

Still waiting to read an answer to Jim's question, "What is Metal Years?"

[Glazer]

Originally Posted by JimNightshade

Also - what is Metal Years?

'72 to '92

[Metal Years]

Originally Posted by Glazer

'72 to '92

That's an excellent answer, Glazer. Thx
But the real answer is: It's my name!

And thx for hipping me to what floop is, Jim (I was given permission to call you Jim). You've got me a little wrong on what my TV and beverage choices are but otherwise that sounds floop-tastic!

BJ Moose, even tho' I was devastated about the bond issue here failing, your comment actually made me LOL (as opposed to just making me type "LOL").

[Metal Years]

That kabong cartoon is awesome. Where does he get all the guitars? Maybe the same place Pete Townsend used to?

And here's the band that inspired the name "Metal Years." They're not really metal, but they claim to be and often get kind of close. They have a lot of good albums but Secret Treaties is their best!

Cheers!______-

[Metal Years]

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by Metal Years

You Fenrised your YouTube tags. I fixed.

ETA: And you can't embed an entire playlist like that. Only one video. If you click on the quote button for my post, you can see the proper way to do the tags. Also, you can't embed one with a 'start at x seconds' extension. Start at the beginning, only.

[Oxirane]

And, as EtOH^* pointed out, Fenris is not only one of the mods, it's also a verb...so, do you like to play Mafia? They're always looking for fresh meat, sorry, new players...it's a great way to meet new friends, have fun, and then you kill them...or they kill you...either way, lotsa fun! I just got stabbed in the back in the present game, and it's doesn't hurt too bad...might leave a mark, but hey, all in good fun!

^*EtOH aka C2H5OH

[What Exit?]

OK, I'm lost, why is EtOH Alky?

[SmartAleq]

Different abbreviations for the same thing!

[Rebo]

Hey, sorry, I forgot to check in here. I've been Grandma'ing for a couple days. Finally got the rugrat picked up a little bit ago. Ahhhhhh, Floopin' on a Sunday night, Beam and Zero in hand...

And no worky tomorrow, I'm on staycay!

Welcome, noobs.

[C2H5OH]

Originally Posted by What Exit?

OK, I'm lost, why is EtOH Alky?

Originally Posted by SmartAleq

Different abbreviations for the same thing!

Ethyl Alcohol. Et for the Ethyl part, OH for the -ol part of the molecule.

[What Exit?]

Originally Posted by C2H5OH

Ethyl Alcohol. Et for the Ethyl part, OH for the -ol part of the molecule.

If I ever knew that I forgot it. Probably too much EtOH.

[Oxirane]

Originally Posted by What Exit?

If I ever knew that I forgot it. Probably too much EtOH.

In the lab, we never write out, "ethyl alcohol" or even "ethanol", it's just EtOH - when I joined and saw his name, it automatically became "EtOH" in my mind...

[Rat Diva]

Originally Posted by Metal Years

And I've got some questions for y'all, a lot of them, I guess, but I'll start with the three most major ones:

What's kabong?

I enjoy thumping people with tiny musical instruments when they make bad jokes, or when I want to show my love.

[BJMoose]

Originally Posted by Metal Years

BJ Moose, even tho' I was devastated about the bond issue here failing, your comment actually made me LOL (as opposed to just making me type "LOL").

That's what I'm here for. That, and target practice for Kat and Rat. Alas, I've been watching various governments work, or not, for far too many years.

[BJMoose]

xxx

[BJMoose]

Originally Posted by Rat Diva

. . . or when I want to show my love.

[JackieLikesVariety]

Originally Posted by Rebo

Hey, sorry, I forgot to check in here. I've been Grandma'ing for a couple days. Finally got the rugrat picked up a little bit ago. Ahhhhhh, Floopin' on a Sunday night, Beam and Zero in hand...

And no worky tomorrow, I'm on staycay!

Welcome, noobs.

until thru Christmas? cos that sounds NICE.

[Kat]

Originally Posted by Rebo

And no worky tomorrow, I'm on staycay!

Hey, me too!

[Oxirane]

That's Kat, soft, cuddly, and totally cute with the big pink bow...but, you wanna get funny with the puns, you'll never see it coming, just saying...

[blondbear]

Originally Posted by Metal Years

And here's the band that inspired the name "Metal Years." They're not really metal, but they claim to be and often get kind of close. They have a lot of good albums but Secret Treaties is their best!

Hey! Another big BOC fan here. I took this pic at Winterland in 1975:

[Random Precision]

A couple o' things. I am Random Precision, a name I shamelessly stole from a Pink Floyd song (Wish You Were Here). I'm also a fan of the cult of the Blue Oyster. I saw them for the first time in Lakeland FL on a bill with Atlanta Rhythm Section and Rick Derringer.

Also, I am pretty certain that the Friday Night Floop was invented by our very own Radical Edward. Jim introduced us to the Saturday Floop a few weeks or months later. It was an important cultural contribution.

[dustyd]

So... how did you find this tiny bit of the grand Internet? Something particular you were googling for or...

I don't look like my profile pic....

[Metal Years]

Hey. Blondbear, that's an awesome pic of Eric Bloom. I never saw them first until the 80's after they'd 86'd the Bouchard Bros. So you got the classic lineup and I never got more than 60% of it (sometimes only 40%).
Random Precision, that sounds like an awesome concert. I'm not gonna lie, I could probably do without ARS but the other two rock better than Foghat!
DustyD, sometimes over the years I've lurked at the SDMB. One time I guess it went offline for a couple of days. I checked in (apparently) shortly after it came back. Many Dopers were discussing the then-recent outage and someone referenced "the GB" Someone else asked what that was. I read the reply and checked this out. I like the SDMB pretty well but have never really wanted to sign up for it. But this board seems more cool and chill and I decided to sign up. I'm thinking I want to play Celebrity Death Pool for 2020 but I may not. Anyway, thanks for having me!
And I don't look much like my profile pic either.

[Kat]

Originally Posted by Oxirane

That's Kat, soft, cuddly, and totally cute with the big pink bow...but, you wanna get funny with the puns, you'll never see it coming, just saying...

Hey, I'm a sweet little innocent angel.

...

...

...

with a fiery SWORD OF DEATH!

[Rat Diva]

Don't fear the reaper. Fear Kat instead

[PSXer]

I'm PSXer

I collect spores, molds, and fungus.

[Glazer]

Would you quit talking about your armpits.

[Rat Diva]

Oh, and to the tagger who got "Sympathy for the Devil" stuck in my head for the past two days: YOU'RE NEXT!

[BJMoose]

Originally Posted by Oxirane

That's Kat, soft, cuddly, and totally cute with the big pink bow...but, you wanna get funny with the puns, you'll never see it coming, just saying...

Yeah.

And I've never understood why she painted the front of her boat pink.

[Burpy]

Originally Posted by Metal Years

Hey. Blondbear, that's an awesome pic of Eric Bloom. I never saw them first until the 80's after they'd 86'd the Bouchard Bros. So you got the classic lineup and I never got more than 60% of it (sometimes only 40%).
Random Precision, that sounds like an awesome concert. I'm not gonna lie, I could probably do without ARS but the other two rock better than Foghat!
DustyD, sometimes over the years I've lurked at the SDMB. One time I guess it went offline for a couple of days. I checked in (apparently) shortly after it came back. Many Dopers were discussing the then-recent outage and someone referenced "the GB" Someone else asked what that was. I read the reply and checked this out. I like the SDMB pretty well but have never really wanted to sign up for it. But this board seems more cool and chill and I decided to sign up. I'm thinking I want to play Celebrity Death Pool for 2020 but I may not. Anyway, thanks for having me!
And I don't look much like my profile pic either.

Your profile picture picture-gram is lacking in the profile pictogram picture aspect - but that is OK.

My name is Burpy. Welcome to you, yes.

I was once very very famous yes I was, but I have now retired from the limelight.

I have a few dancing lobsters I do, they make me happy. As does Mrs. Burpy of course.

If you wait for the new years eve, you may hear my ancestors and the remaining Burpy's chatter up there, amongst the clouds. You have to listen carefully,but we are there, chatting away.

I hope you have a happy time, the people of this board are truly the greatest yes they are.

Regrading the illusive Fenris, do not worry, One day it will randomly capriciously box you - it will be as much of a shock to you as when I burped in front of Her Majesty The Queen of Engeland and she giggled and dropped her Wig right there splash in to the punch bowl at Kew Gardens - it was such an interesting time it was.

But now I realize I have gone chattingly chatting chit chat again - I really should learn to be brief I should.

Did I mention that I wanted to express my sense of Welcome towards your appearance?

Maybe I didn't, so I hereby do. OK?

If you are naughty, and end up in the box, I am allowed to burp in your general direction. Otherwise, as per my parole papers, I may not burp in other fora. Thems the rules they say, and them rules I follow strictly. I was once imprisoned and have learned my lesson yes I have.

Say, do you like BBQ?

[Metal Years]

Hi, Burpy. Thx for the excellent greeting. Your story is interesting and informative! Lol about profile pic.
I like BBQ.

[The Futility of Nihilism]

Originally Posted by Rat Diva

Oh, and to the tagger who got "Sympathy for the Devil" stuck in my head for the past two days: YOU'RE NEXT!

Turn off your mind relax and float down stream. It is not dying. It is not dying.

[Kat]

Originally Posted by BJMoose

Yeah.

And I've never understood why she painted the front of her boat pink.

*kills Moose with the Sword of Death*

[Random Precision]

*Revives Moose with elixir of Old Grandad*

Whew! That was a close one. I almost had to try a revival with elixir of PBR.

That trick never works.