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I forget where I found this, but I thought it so adorable (and pretty much my attitude toward prayer) that I snagged it immediately and, knowing there are a number of cat lovers on this forum I thought I'd share it.
That's cute, never saw that one before. :)
I do like that one!
it's great, made me chuckle. Thanks for sharing it.
Aaah, cute!
A little racier, but I figure we're all adults here and there's more than a few who'll get a laugh out of it:
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Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on November 25, 2011, 07:35:54 PM
A little racier, but I figure we're all adults here and there's more than a few who'll get a laugh out of it:
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That looks a little like DeterminedJuliet ;D
Quote from: Tank on November 25, 2011, 07:40:46 PM
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on November 25, 2011, 07:35:54 PM
A little racier, but I figure we're all adults here and there's more than a few who'll get a laugh out of it:
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That looks a little like DeterminedJuliet ;D
Holy crap, it does!
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on November 25, 2011, 07:44:13 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 25, 2011, 07:40:46 PM
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on November 25, 2011, 07:35:54 PM
A little racier, but I figure we're all adults here and there's more than a few who'll get a laugh out of it:
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That looks a little like DeterminedJuliet ;D
Holy crap, it does!
Deep subconscious freudian slip!
Quote from: Tank on November 25, 2011, 07:46:11 PM
Deep subconscious freudian slip!
Well, if DJ looks anything like her icon it's not that deep a slip.
Oh Dear, now you all know what I get up to on my weekends!
Also, I never really thought about it before, but I do look a bit like my avatar (the avatar itself is a picture of the statue of "Juliet" in Verona.)
Edit: photoremoval
Atheist cat is AWESOME.
And saucyness, Juliet. >D
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on November 26, 2011, 02:40:15 AM
Also, I never really thought about it before, but I do look a bit like my avatar (the avatar itself is a picture of the statue of "Juliet" in Verona.)
I can't find many side profile pictures of myself, but here's one of me from my wedding day with my "maid" of honour.
(Image removed at DJs request - Tank)
That's a tease! Now I want to see a proper picture of you ;D
^ And so say all of us!
I hope you folks realize how special you all are :P For a limited time, here's a picture of DJ
Pictures removed :P
p.s if you're a deranged theist extremist please don't use these images to hunt me down. iwannalive.
Whaaa, you're so pretty!!
Don't feel bad. Here's a pic of me xD
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/boubunny/2011-09-10184449.jpg
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on November 26, 2011, 02:40:15 AM
Also, I never really thought about it before, but I do look a bit like my avatar (the avatar itself is a picture of the statue of "Juliet" in Verona.)
I can't find many side profile pictures of myself, but here's one of me from my wedding day with my "maid" of honour.
(Image removed at DJs request - Tank)
You
do look like the Juliet statue. For some reason I was imagining you as a more Marian the Librarian type. Who's the man of honor, your brother?
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on November 27, 2011, 12:32:23 AM
You do look like the Juliet statue. For some reason I was imagining you as a more Marian the Librarian type. Who's the man of honor, your brother?
He's my best friend. We went to highschool together, and I had a huge crush on him, but once we graduated highschool he came out of the closet and crushed all of my romantic ambitions, haha. We're still very close and he's the "godfather" of our little boy.
SweetDeath, I love your hair! I always want to have cool/funky hair, but I never feel like I can pull it off without looking like a total dork :P
Hah, my childhood friend just came out to me last week. We've known eachother for 20yrs, which is pretty cool.
Oh, thank you! I am usually blonde, but once a year I go blue/black for a few weeks.
@ DJ
I do like your 'sceptical face', I shall recall it while you debate theists!
I just like the looks of both of you. Ah, if I were but 95 years younger ... ;D
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on November 27, 2011, 12:10:20 AM
I hope you folks realize how special you all are :P For a limited time, here's a picture of DJ
(Image removed at DJs request - Tank)
(Image removed at DJs request - Tank)
And this is my skepticism face. Henceforth when someone says something zany and I play the devil's advocate, I'd like you all to imagine me making this face.
p.s if you're a deranged theist extremist please don't use these images to hunt me down. iwannalive.
I'm having a hard time putting the two faces together in one person. Something about them looks like two completely separate people. Does anyone besides me have this problem? Or am I simply deficient?
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on November 27, 2011, 12:54:07 PM
I'm having a hard time putting the two faces together in one person. Something about them looks like two completely separate people. Does anyone besides me have this problem? Or am I simply deficient?
Welllll, they're me? It could be hard to make it "one" person because you've never actually seen me in person, so you have nothing to compare them to. I'm also making a weird face in the last one. So that one's probably more accurate, because I'm usually making weird faces.
I suppose I could post a dozen or so other pictures, and then your brain would take the average of all of them and you'd get a more truly accurate idea of real life "DJ-ness" but, uh, I'd rather not.
You have three pictures, that's all yer gettin'! :P
P.S. When's everyone else posting their pictures? What is this, a peep show?
Quote from: OldGit on November 27, 2011, 12:52:15 PM
I just like the looks of both of you. Ah, if I were but 95 years younger ... ;D
^_~ LOL
Here's me and Mrs Git on holiday in Rhodes in September. Note the FSM shirt.
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Awww, FSM FTW!! :D
You know what's slightly depressing..? Old Git is even more ancient than I, and yet he looks better than I do in terms of "healthy glow"
Git, you ought to start smoking... Or something.
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on November 27, 2011, 04:35:21 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on November 27, 2011, 12:54:07 PM
I'm having a hard time putting the two faces together in one person. Something about them looks like two completely separate people. Does anyone besides me have this problem? Or am I simply deficient?
Welllll, they're me? It could be hard to make it "one" person because you've never actually seen me in person, so you have nothing to compare them to. I'm also making a weird face in the last one. So that one's probably more accurate, because I'm usually making weird faces.
Oh, I believe you - it's just that the first two are clearly (for me) the same person, but something about the third presents a completely different aspect. I suppose your "weird face" theory explains it. I'll post something of me later - it won't be pretty like yours.
Well in Juliet's third photo there is another person at the bottom. Maybe that's what's confusing Bruce. ;D
Juliet, I trust that's your husband.
Quote from: OldGit on November 27, 2011, 06:51:41 PM
Well in Juliet's third photo there is another person at the bottom. Maybe that's what's confusing Bruce. ;D
Juliet, I trust that's your husband.
haha, no, it's the aforementioned best friend. We ruin nice things.
OMFSM! To be a young man in the middle of four beautiful young women - and he's gay. :'(
Come to think of it, maybe that's how he gets to be there.
I can appreciate beautiful women everyday. *eyebrow wiggle* ^__~
Yours truly
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Quote from: Tank on November 27, 2011, 07:56:46 PM
Yours truly
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I had an idea of what you looked like from all of the lovely photos of your daughter's wedding :)
Oh yes! Doh!
Eh, why not... Behold The Asmo! 8)
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This is quite recent too, although the winter jacket kinda' makes The Asmo look more... Bulky than he is :P
Quote from: Tank on November 27, 2011, 09:24:15 PM
Oh yes! Doh!
That's okay! Not everyone might have seen them
Quote from: OldGit on November 27, 2011, 05:00:28 PM
Here's me and Mrs Git on holiday in Rhodes in September. Note the FSM shirt.
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And how appropriate that you are eating pasta!
I always imagined the great and fearsome Asmo being a hooded sort of fellow. Now I know why.
Also, would those be considered "snake bite" piercings? Did they hurt terribly?
Quote from: Asmodean on November 27, 2011, 09:25:51 PM
Eh, why not... Behold The Asmo! 8)
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This is quite recent too, although the winter jacket kinda' makes The Asmo look more... Bulky than he is :P
Very Obi Wan!
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on November 27, 2011, 09:29:01 PM
I always imagined the great and fearsome Asmo being a hooded sort of fellow. Now I know why.
Also, would those be considered "snake bite" piercings? Did they hurt terribly?
The two on the sides of my lower lip are snakebites. They sort of feel like a snake bite to do, but I think the name is derived from them usually coming in pairs (I have two more, those with other names), resembling a snakebite wound.
Mine are relatively high and relatively far apart because I did those after the middle one. The top one is the last I did (Also had an industrial in my ear, but lost it just long enough for the holes to grow. Gonna redo it at some point, and there is one in my eyebrow just hidden by the hood... Plus a pair of regular earrings in each ear)
Quote from: Tank on November 27, 2011, 09:29:58 PM
Very Obi Wan!
...Only more evil and with less eyesight :P
I think it's a shame to shatter our illusions of each other, but if you can't beat 'em...
Here's the family Scissorlegs:
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That's a nice family group :)
Asmo, you are so fluffy! Urge to swuish you rising.
I used to have three lip piercings, but took em out around 22 years old because i hated taking them out for job stuff. People and their prejudice suck.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/boubunny/big%20hair%20thursday/satoshuugloss.jpg
I think I was 21 here. My friend and I had a random glam rock day. XDD
Quote from: Sweetdeath on November 27, 2011, 10:42:36 PM
Asmo, you are so fluffy! Urge to swuish you rising.
I used to have three lip piercings, but took em out around 22 years old because i hated taking them out for job stuff. People and their prejudice suck.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/boubunny/big%20hair%20thursday/satoshuugloss.jpg
I think I was 21 here. My friend and I had a random glam rock day. XDD
I have an understanding with my employers: I do my job and in return, they pay me and shut the fuck up about my appearance
I just realized that the only recent picture of myself that I have is a cell phone mirror picture that I took to show my family a new haircut. I really need to get out more. :D
Quote from: Budhorse4 on November 27, 2011, 10:49:26 PM
I just realized that the only recent picture of myself that I have is a cell phone mirror picture that I took to show my family a new haircut. I really need to get out more. :D
*facepalm*
Quote from: Asmodean on November 27, 2011, 10:45:24 PM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on November 27, 2011, 10:42:36 PM
Asmo, you are so fluffy! Urge to swuish you rising.
I used to have three lip piercings, but took em out around 22 years old because i hated taking them out for job stuff. People and their prejudice suck.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/boubunny/big%20hair%20thursday/satoshuugloss.jpg
I think I was 21 here. My friend and I had a random glam rock day. XDD
I have an understanding with my employers: I do my job and in return, they pay me and shut the fuck up about my appearance
Lucky!! I've worked for two chinese bosses, and they were both total asshats about my lip piercings. >__<
It didn't affect my work.
Quote from: Tank on November 27, 2011, 10:51:49 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on November 27, 2011, 10:49:26 PM
I just realized that the only recent picture of myself that I have is a cell phone mirror picture that I took to show my family a new haircut. I really need to get out more. :D
*facepalm*
Was that a facepalm at the mirror picture, or the fact that I need to get out more?
Quote from: Budhorse4 on November 27, 2011, 11:04:42 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 27, 2011, 10:51:49 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on November 27, 2011, 10:49:26 PM
I just realized that the only recent picture of myself that I have is a cell phone mirror picture that I took to show my family a new haircut. I really need to get out more. :D
*facepalm*
Was that a facepalm at the mirror picture, or the fact that I need to get out more?
The mirror picture, we've all done it. Although in my case it was in 1978 when cameras had film in them and all phones were used for was making phone calls! :D
I'm guilty of only using my phone for mp3s, web browsing and txting. XD
Quote from: Sweetdeath on November 27, 2011, 11:12:22 PM
I'm guilty of only using my phone for mp3s, web browsing and txting. XD
Bad pony! Bad, bad pony! :D
Oh haha. Yea, I really avoid them at all cost, but Grandma Buddy in Sweden wanted to see my new hair style and I was alone.
Quote from: Tank on November 27, 2011, 11:07:45 PM
The mirror picture, we've all done it.
What do you think The Asmo's picture is..? Exactly that.
Here are a few recent ones of me. Did I mention that my mid life crisis is skateboarding?
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You look awesome, bullyforbront!
My dad is 47 and still skateboards. As long as you're good at it, why stop? ^__^
Excellent photos BfB!
Oh, I SO envy people who have actual solid spines, which make it possible to do such things...
...Mine is kind of in need of a good overhaul :(
I went into my charity this morning, to take a turn at looking after the disabled people's craft shop. Look what was on the table - honest, no messing!
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Quote from: OldGit on November 28, 2011, 02:04:01 PM
I went into my charity this morning, to take a turn at looking after the disabled people's craft shop. Look what was on the table - honest, no messing!
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Ahhh, a little baby Asmo... The next generation is in safe hands.
It's kinda cute. In a disturbing, buggy-eyed way :D
You just wait til it sheds its skin for the first time and turns gray and grumpy and gets a mouth..! That will show you "cute" >:(
:P
Quote from: Asmodean on November 29, 2011, 01:18:57 AM
You just wait til it sheds its skin for the first time and turns gray and grumpy and gets a mouth..! That will show you "cute" >:(
:P
Aw, Papa Asmo defending his offspring ;)
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on November 30, 2011, 11:59:40 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on November 29, 2011, 01:18:57 AM
You just wait til it sheds its skin for the first time and turns gray and grumpy and gets a mouth..! That will show you "cute" >:(
:P
Aw, Papa Asmo defending his offspring ;)
*Suddenly, posh British accent* And here we see the wild Asmodean with offspring in it's natural habitat.
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2011, 12:21:58 AM
*Suddenly, posh British accent* And here we see the wild Asmodean with offspring in it's natural habitat.
GRRRRRRRR! >:(
(Translation: You frogot vital attributes, such as ferocious and man-eating in your description)
Quote from: Asmodean on December 01, 2011, 03:34:34 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2011, 12:21:58 AM
*Suddenly, posh British accent* And here we see the wild Asmodean with offspring in it's natural habitat.
GRRRRRRRR! >:(
(Translation: You frogot vital attributes, such as ferocious and man-eating in your description)
Maybe your progeny will have a gentle temperament, be loving and tolerant to all things. Maybe it'll be docile and timid.
Where is Mrs Asmo?
Quote from: Tank on December 01, 2011, 08:29:58 AM
Where is Mrs Asmo?
Found her!
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Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2011, 01:23:25 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 01, 2011, 08:29:58 AM
Where is Mrs Asmo?
Found her!
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Hmm, she does look a little post-coital, but nonetheless attractive. I can see where 'The Asmite' gets his good looks...
Quote from: Scissorlegs on December 01, 2011, 01:33:02 PM
Hmm, she does look a little post-coital, but nonetheless attractive. I can see where 'The Asmite' gets his good looks...
I guess being a lump of clay, some things wouldn't be as much fun ;)
Quote from: Scissorlegs on December 01, 2011, 07:47:15 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 01, 2011, 03:34:34 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2011, 12:21:58 AM
*Suddenly, posh British accent* And here we see the wild Asmodean with offspring in it's natural habitat.
GRRRRRRRR! >:(
(Translation: You frogot vital attributes, such as ferocious and man-eating in your description)
Maybe your progeny will have a gentle temperament, be loving and tolerant to all things. Maybe it'll be docile and timid.
Then the terrible Asmo will EAT it. >:( Because unworthy offspring are food. >:(
And there is no she-Asmo involved. Asmos multiply by clay division. ;D
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2011, 01:23:25 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 01, 2011, 08:29:58 AM
Where is Mrs Asmo?
Found her!
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LOL
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2011, 01:23:25 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 01, 2011, 08:29:58 AM
Where is Mrs Asmo?
Found her!
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Nono, that's not it. Those are Asmo droppings right there. ;D
Quote from: Asmodean on December 01, 2011, 06:10:36 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2011, 01:23:25 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 01, 2011, 08:29:58 AM
Where is Mrs Asmo?
Found her!
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Nono, that's not it. Those are Asmo droppings right there. ;D
What in the world have you been eating?
Bricks ;D
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2011, 06:29:35 PM
What in the world have you been eating?
Yes, The Asmo's wrath was terrible and so he chewed on bricks. Digested them too. Anger management. Doctor's orders. Long story. ;D
Oooh Oooh Ooh! I found one that was taken this October. That is me on the right with the brown hair and awkward smile ;D
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You look like you have been polished to within an inch of your life ;D
Quote from: Tank on December 07, 2011, 11:23:30 PM
You look like you have been polished to within an inch of your life ;D
Polished meaning makeup? I don't usually wear any, but it was a bus full of FFA girls on a four hour drive. I didn't stand a chance.
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 07, 2011, 11:25:19 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 07, 2011, 11:23:30 PM
You look like you have been polished to within an inch of your life ;D
Polished meaning makeup? I don't usually wear any, but it was a bus full of FFA girls on a four hour drive. I didn't stand a chance.
The exact opposite, you look like you have no makeup on whatsoever, like your mum has scrubbed you.
Quote from: Tank on December 07, 2011, 11:27:46 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 07, 2011, 11:25:19 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 07, 2011, 11:23:30 PM
You look like you have been polished to within an inch of your life ;D
Polished meaning makeup? I don't usually wear any, but it was a bus full of FFA girls on a four hour drive. I didn't stand a chance.
The exact opposite, you look like you have no makeup on whatsoever, like your mum has scrubbed you.
No, My mum doesn't mind makeup. I scrubbed most of it off in the bathroom when we got there. Makeup attracts dirt, so if I wear any and go to the barn, I look like I've been rolling in the mud.
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 07, 2011, 11:33:10 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 07, 2011, 11:27:46 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 07, 2011, 11:25:19 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 07, 2011, 11:23:30 PM
You look like you have been polished to within an inch of your life ;D
Polished meaning makeup? I don't usually wear any, but it was a bus full of FFA girls on a four hour drive. I didn't stand a chance.
The exact opposite, you look like you have no makeup on whatsoever, like your mum has scrubbed you.
No, My mum doesn't mind makeup. I scrubbed most of it off in the bathroom when we got there. Makeup attracts dirt, so if I wear any and go to the barn, I look like I've been rolling in the mud.
That's not a good look! :)
Quote from: Tank on December 07, 2011, 11:35:17 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 07, 2011, 11:33:10 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 07, 2011, 11:27:46 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 07, 2011, 11:25:19 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 07, 2011, 11:23:30 PM
You look like you have been polished to within an inch of your life ;D
Polished meaning makeup? I don't usually wear any, but it was a bus full of FFA girls on a four hour drive. I didn't stand a chance.
The exact opposite, you look like you have no makeup on whatsoever, like your mum has scrubbed you.
No, My mum doesn't mind makeup. I scrubbed most of it off in the bathroom when we got there. Makeup attracts dirt, so if I wear any and go to the barn, I look like I've been rolling in the mud.
That's not a good look! :)
No it is not.
I just realized how pale I am in the picture. I was in the sun all summer. How am I still that pale? :D
I must confess to reading 'on the right' and then looking and then wondering why a 16 yo looked like 30!
Quote from: Tank on December 07, 2011, 11:39:52 PM
I must confess to reading 'on the right' and then looking and then wondering why a 16 yo looked like 30!
Ehh oops. Second to the last on the right. The blonde is my agriculture teacher and my favorite teacher in the whole school.
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on November 27, 2011, 12:10:20 AM
I hope you folks realize how special you all are :P For a limited time, here's a picture of DJ
(Image removed at DJs request - Tank)
And this is my skepticism face. Henceforth when someone says something zany and I play the devil's advocate, I'd like you all to imagine me making this face.
p.s if you're a deranged theist extremist please don't use these images to hunt me down. iwannalive.
lol! We won't hunt you down. <3 Lovely picture, btw. :)
Quote from: Sweetdeath on November 27, 2011, 12:30:05 AM
Whaaa, you're so pretty!!
Don't feel bad. Here's a pic of me xD
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/boubunny/2011-09-10184449.jpg
You're pretty too! :D
Quote from: Scissorlegs on November 27, 2011, 10:02:16 PM
I think it's a shame to shatter our illusions of each other, but if you can't beat 'em...
Here's the family Scissorlegs:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.staticflickr.com%2F4136%2F4908725774_68a48ebcf9.jpg&hash=40c095eb20ca2db2fd4204784aac3878a68daeef)
Awww. really nice family picture you have there. :)
Quote from: Asmodean on November 27, 2011, 09:25:51 PM
Eh, why not... Behold The Asmo! 8)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi753.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fxx180%2FAlex_3-14%2FTheAsmo.png&hash=0c321e690e165e6c683f0b14d285af9b4972b424)
This is quite recent too, although the winter jacket kinda' makes The Asmo look more... Bulky than he is :P
Nice pic! :D where'd you get your lip piercings done?
Quote from: Tank on November 27, 2011, 07:56:46 PM
Yours truly
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg190.imageshack.us%2Fimg190%2F4319%2Fdsc0190ie.jpg&hash=27c8533a62398f6b8ef3c535384eb11c8ee61a08)
You look like a general. General Chris. :D
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 07, 2011, 11:15:59 PM
Oooh Oooh Ooh! I found one that was taken this October. That is me on the right with the brown hair and awkward smile ;D
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi412.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fpp202%2Fbudhorse4%2F307819_151288061635318_100002623752612_229984_2036787352_n.jpg&hash=21f4b541d7636509563cf4ee1af1e47ed2b220bf)
You're pretty! :D
Quote from: BullyforBronto on November 28, 2011, 04:03:46 AM
Here are a few recent ones of me. Did I mention that my mid life crisis is skateboarding?
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv189%2Fseang%2F273165_249799241702024_100000158492792_1257231_1955804_o.jpg&hash=08ba3ddde9cc5b34318344fe9f439d7bd0d11f47)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv189%2Fseang%2F303141_2644719518350_1266501940_33011798_1912099093_n-1.jpg&hash=81c5acd4417ef098837e16d3c1fa44299837270e)
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv189%2Fseang%2FSmithGrind-1-2.jpg&hash=cb52f4347ea575364a5bf7b2a30fae9270db09fa)
AWESOME!!! I've always wanted to learn how to skateboard, but never really got the chance to...
Quote from: OldGit on November 27, 2011, 05:00:28 PM
Here's me and Mrs Git on holiday in Rhodes in September. Note the FSM shirt.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi647.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fuu198%2FRamblingSyd%2FRhodes_2011_D-241.jpg&hash=7cf367e841678891a0a8ceac5e6f7468c0c0059d)
Awwww. You two look so happy together. :)
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 01, 2011, 12:21:58 AM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on November 30, 2011, 11:59:40 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on November 29, 2011, 01:18:57 AM
You just wait til it sheds its skin for the first time and turns gray and grumpy and gets a mouth..! That will show you "cute" >:( :P
Aw, Papa Asmo defending his offspring ;)
*Suddenly, posh British accent* And here we see the wild Asmodean with offspring in it's natural habitat.
Hahaha. He is quite wild, isn't he?
Quote from: Budhorse4 on November 27, 2011, 10:49:26 PM
I just realized that the only recent picture of myself that I have is a cell phone mirror picture that I took to show my family a new haircut. I really need to get out more. :D
I have almost no pictures. The last semi-decent picture I took was when I was 5..... It's not that I don't get out. It's just that I hate cameras.
I guess I should add a picture though... *rummages through Facebook*
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg844.imageshack.us%2Fimg844%2F322%2F16930249.jpg&hash=f5f6afcd42928d4b6510af2759f2bd390a86cb9b) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844/16930249.jpg/)
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There. Shitty and old, but it was picture day and everyone hated the pro photogragher so we hid in the bathroom.
Quote from: not your typical... on December 08, 2011, 05:02:04 AM
I have almost no pictures. The last semi-decent picture I took was when I was 5..... It's not that I don't get out. It's just that I hate cameras.
I guess I should add a picture though... *rummages through Facebook*
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg844.imageshack.us%2Fimg844%2F322%2F16930249.jpg&hash=f5f6afcd42928d4b6510af2759f2bd390a86cb9b) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844/16930249.jpg/)
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There. Shitty and old, but it was picture day and everyone hated the pro photogragher so we hid in the bathroom.
Good lord, you look perfectly normal :) :D
Quote from: not your typical... on December 08, 2011, 05:02:04 AM
Nice pic! :D where'd you get your lip piercings done?
The labret was done in Stockholm. The medusa in Sandvika at Leading Light studio (I didn't do the cyberbite in one go - there were a couple of years between)
The snakebites I did at the same time in Oslo at Oslo BodyArt, I think.
The eyebrow, which you do not see, was done in Tromsø and the ears were done... All over the world, really.
Quote
You look like a general. General Chris. :D
PANZER general. :D
Quote from: not your typical... on December 08, 2011, 05:02:04 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 07, 2011, 11:15:59 PM
Oooh Oooh Ooh! I found one that was taken this October. That is me on the right with the brown hair and awkward smile ;D
You're pretty! :D
Quote from: Budhorse4 on November 27, 2011, 10:49:26 PM
I just realized that the only recent picture of myself that I have is a cell phone mirror picture that I took to show my family a new haircut. I really need to get out more. :D
I have almost no pictures. The last semi-decent picture I took was when I was 5..... It's not that I don't get out. It's just that I hate cameras.
I guess I should add a picture though... *rummages through Facebook*
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg844.imageshack.us%2Fimg844%2F322%2F16930249.jpg&hash=f5f6afcd42928d4b6510af2759f2bd390a86cb9b) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844/16930249.jpg/)
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There. Shitty and old, but it was picture day and everyone hated the pro photogragher so we hid in the bathroom.
Thank you! You look very pretty yourself ;D It's not that I hate cameras, it's the fact that I either look terrified or I look like I am going to kill somebody.
Quote from: Tank on December 08, 2011, 08:15:09 AM
Good lord, you look perfectly normal :) :D
Haha. Thanks. :)
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 08, 2011, 12:12:45 PM
Thank you! You look very pretty yourself ;D It's not that I hate cameras, it's the fact that I either look terrified or I look like I am going to kill somebody.
Awww. Thanks. ;D Well you didn't look ready for a murderous rampage there. Nor did you look frightened. ;)
I missed this thread because the title was misleading... :(
Quote from: Cecilie on December 08, 2011, 11:43:33 PM
I missed this thread because the title was misleading... :(
Yeah, I had originally done the same thing, but then, one night, no one was online so i actually paid attention to it...
Quote from: not your typical... on December 09, 2011, 12:08:37 AM
Quote from: Cecilie on December 08, 2011, 11:43:33 PM
I missed this thread because the title was misleading... :(
Yeah, I had originally done the same thing, but then, one night, no one was online so i actually paid attention to it...
I don't think that it started out as a picture posting thread.
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 09, 2011, 12:14:52 AM
Quote from: not your typical... on December 09, 2011, 12:08:37 AM
Quote from: Cecilie on December 08, 2011, 11:43:33 PM
I missed this thread because the title was misleading... :(
Yeah, I had originally done the same thing, but then, one night, no one was online so i actually paid attention to it...
I don't think that it started out as a picture posting thread.
It hadn't...
Quote from: not your typical... on December 09, 2011, 12:17:31 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 09, 2011, 12:14:52 AM
Quote from: not your typical... on December 09, 2011, 12:08:37 AM
Quote from: Cecilie on December 08, 2011, 11:43:33 PM
I missed this thread because the title was misleading... :(
Yeah, I had originally done the same thing, but then, one night, no one was online so i actually paid attention to it...
I don't think that it started out as a picture posting thread.
It hadn't...
Oops ;D
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on December 09, 2011, 12:59:30 AM
Quote from: not your typical... on December 09, 2011, 12:17:31 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on December 09, 2011, 12:14:52 AM
Quote from: not your typical... on December 09, 2011, 12:08:37 AM
Quote from: Cecilie on December 08, 2011, 11:43:33 PM
I missed this thread because the title was misleading... :(
Yeah, I had originally done the same thing, but then, one night, no one was online so i actually paid attention to it...
I don't think that it started out as a picture posting thread.
It hadn't...
Oops ;D
Haha. Not ur fault DJ. You were solicited. ;)
I've been on forums where it can get quite bitchy when the photo's come out. It's very much a two edged sword. I like seeing what people look like, just to see what they look like. But I don't like that some people, none here I might add, turn people picture threads into a sort of beauty contest. Some people turn into Grade 'A' attention whores, both male and female!
Quote from: Tank on December 09, 2011, 10:21:04 AM
I've been on forums where it can get quite bitchy when the photo's come out. It's very much a two edged sword. I like seeing what people look like, just to see what they look like. But I don't like that some people, none here I might add, turn people picture threads into a sort of beauty contest. Some people turn into Grade 'A' attention whores, both male and female!
Very, very true, my friend. I think the key is to throw a picture out there every now again, for curiousity's sake, but not to have a dedicated "what do you look like thread" which can turn into a pissing contest.
Well, here me is.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg190.imageshack.us%2Fimg190%2F827%2Fbildetatt21102011kl1944.jpg&hash=02995c4481fb30faee273aef194a59acdacce58b)
I didn't have anything less staged, so...
It's no wonder you don't get many boys trying to chat you up, you're an absolute babe, you must scare the crap out of them!
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on December 10, 2011, 12:15:10 AM
Quote from: Tank on December 09, 2011, 10:21:04 AM
I've been on forums where it can get quite bitchy when the photo's come out. It's very much a two edged sword. I like seeing what people look like, just to see what they look like. But I don't like that some people, none here I might add, turn people picture threads into a sort of beauty contest. Some people turn into Grade 'A' attention whores, both male and female!
Very, very true, my friend. I think the key is to throw a picture out there every now again, for curiousity's sake, but not to have a dedicated "what do you look like thread" which can turn into a pissing contest.
I agree.
Quote from: TankIt's no wonder you don't get many boys trying to chat you up, you're an absolute babe, you must scare the crap out of them!
I agree! You're so lovely, many men wouldn't have the confidence to approach you. Mrs Git would confiscate my zimmer frame if I so much as looked at you.
Quote from: OldGit on December 10, 2011, 11:13:25 AM
Quote from: TankIt's no wonder you don't get many boys trying to chat you up, you're an absolute babe, you must scare the crap out of them!
I agree! You're so lovely, many men wouldn't have the confidence to approach you. Mrs Git would confiscate my zimmer frame if I so much as looked at you.
Very flattering indeed.
Quote from: Cecilie on December 10, 2011, 11:20:30 AM
Quote from: OldGit on December 10, 2011, 11:13:25 AM
Quote from: TankIt's no wonder you don't get many boys trying to chat you up, you're an absolute babe, you must scare the crap out of them!
I agree! You're so lovely, many men wouldn't have the confidence to approach you. Mrs Git would confiscate my zimmer frame if I so much as looked at you.
Very flattering indeed.
I think it was Amanda Holden who once said she was fed up that only arrogant arseholes tried to hit on her and so did Gwyneth Paltro. Attractive women can be quite difficult to approach because one often assumes they will be 'taken' already, they often travel in pack which doesn't help, some men can simply feel they aren't attractive enough themselves. So this tends to leave the arrogant narcissist male with a free field on which to play when it comes to chatting up attractive women.
I used to be quite shy when I was a kid, but going into sales cured me of that and there is nothing easier than just giving a smile and judging the reaction to see if they want to chat. When I'm in the mood I'll go shopping and see how many yummy mummy's I can get a smile from. It's usually 50% or so, simply because you smile at people. People are the worlds greatest communicators and we love to do it.
Quote from: Tank on December 10, 2011, 01:44:26 PMWhen I'm in the mood I'll go shopping and see how many yummy mummy's I can get a smile from. It's usually 50% or so, simply because you smile at people.
I wish I had a smile I could turn on.
No actually I don't.
Quote from: Cecilie on December 10, 2011, 12:26:09 AM
Well, here me is.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg190.imageshack.us%2Fimg190%2F827%2Fbildetatt21102011kl1944.jpg&hash=02995c4481fb30faee273aef194a59acdacce58b)
I didn't have anything less staged, so...
I suspected she might be cute. Nice to have ones suspicions confirmed...
Quote from: Guardian85 on December 16, 2011, 06:44:51 PM
Quote from: Cecilie on December 10, 2011, 12:26:09 AM
Well, here me is.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg190.imageshack.us%2Fimg190%2F827%2Fbildetatt21102011kl1944.jpg&hash=02995c4481fb30faee273aef194a59acdacce58b)
I didn't have anything less staged, so...
I suspected she might be cute. Nice to have ones suspicions confirmed...
Thank you. ;D
When are we going to see a picture of Pudding?
I don't recall ever seeing a picture of the pudding!
Quote from: Tank on December 16, 2011, 08:15:06 PM
I don't recall ever seeing a picture of the pudding!
Yes, you have! His avatar. Or do you think The Pudding is not who He appears to be?
Quote from: Tank on December 16, 2011, 08:15:06 PM
I don't recall ever seeing a picture of the pudding!
Yea Pudding, I'm curious now!
Quote from: Asmodean on December 16, 2011, 08:20:59 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 16, 2011, 08:15:06 PM
I don't recall ever seeing a picture of the pudding!
Yes, you have! His avatar. Or do you think The Pudding is not who He appears to be?
True. You look very much like your avatar ;)
Hopefully Pudding caves to peer pressure. :P
I don't want to see Pudding!
See what I did there!
Quote from: Tank on December 16, 2011, 08:22:14 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 16, 2011, 08:20:59 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 16, 2011, 08:15:06 PM
I don't recall ever seeing a picture of the pudding!
Yes, you have! His avatar. Or do you think The Pudding is not who He appears to be?
True. You look very much like your avatar ;)
Yes. And The Asmo usually DOES wear that very facial expression due to the natural curvature of his mouth :D
Quote from: Tank on December 16, 2011, 08:33:56 PM
I don't want to see Pudding!
See what I did there!
Ah, yes. Very clever. I don't want to see him either!
Don't attempt negative psychology on a negative psyche.
The positive stuff won't work either, I'll just flip states.
I don't like any of my contemporary photos, even in the old ones I always seem to be doing something odd.
I don't understand it, I always seemed to look kind of normal in the mirror.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on December 16, 2011, 11:24:42 PM
I don't like any of my contemporary photos, even in the old ones I always seem to be doing something odd.
I don't understand it, I always seemed to look kind of normal in the mirror.
I know exactly what you mean (I think) -- all my photos make me look as if I'd either just committed ax murder or am thinking about it. And that isn't even remotely true.
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on December 17, 2011, 12:56:16 AM
I know exactly what you mean (I think) -- all my photos make me look as if I'd either just committed ax murder or am thinking about it. And that isn't even remotely true.
The forced smile doesn't help, maybe if the photographer was fast it'd be OK, but once I hold a smile for more than thirty seconds the absurdity of existence strikes me, and it shows, kinda like a stroke victim.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on December 17, 2011, 01:07:19 AM
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on December 17, 2011, 12:56:16 AM
I know exactly what you mean (I think) -- all my photos make me look as if I'd either just committed ax murder or am thinking about it. And that isn't even remotely true.
The forced smile doesn't help, maybe if the photographer was fast it'd be OK, but once I hold a smile for more than thirty seconds the absurdity of existence strikes me, and it shows, kinda like a stroke victim.
My friends and I call it "dead eye syndrome". When you're forced to hold the "smile" pose for more than 2 seconds, your eyes go "dead" and it makes you look bored/dead inside/psycho
Quote from: Asmodean on December 16, 2011, 09:22:03 PM
Yes. And The Asmo usually DOES wear that very facial expression due to the natural curvature of his mouth :D
I was just now thinking to myself how your humanoid and your clay incarnations have similar meanings broadcast by their miens - and then I noticed this thread and realized, hey, this could provide me an opportunity to voice my perception - and then I noticed your post, and realized, hey, look, opportunity is presenting itself with a vengeance - and then I realized, holy shit, serendipity, which can only mean one thing:
Asmo is God! :o
Quote from: Pharaoh Cat on December 17, 2011, 10:09:19 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 16, 2011, 09:22:03 PM
Yes. And The Asmo usually DOES wear that very facial expression due to the natural curvature of his mouth :D
I was just now thinking to myself how your humanoid and your clay incarnations have similar meanings broadcast by their miens - and then I noticed this thread and realized, hey, this could provide me an opportunity to voice my perception - and then I noticed your post, and realized, hey, look, opportunity is presenting itself with a vengeance - and then I realized, holy shit, serendipity, which can only mean one thing:
Asmo is God! :o
Careful, or you could get a warning for a personal attack! ;)
Quote from: Tank on December 17, 2011, 10:11:58 AM
Quote from: Pharaoh Cat on December 17, 2011, 10:09:19 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 16, 2011, 09:22:03 PM
Yes. And The Asmo usually DOES wear that very facial expression due to the natural curvature of his mouth :D
I was just now thinking to myself how your humanoid and your clay incarnations have similar meanings broadcast by their miens - and then I noticed this thread and realized, hey, this could provide me an opportunity to voice my perception - and then I noticed your post, and realized, hey, look, opportunity is presenting itself with a vengeance - and then I realized, holy shit, serendipity, which can only mean one thing:
Asmo is God! :o
Careful, or you could get a warning for a personal attack! ;)
You know, it does say Asmo
deus Caesar for a reason :P
oO(That being that it sounds Latin-ish and I has a wreath, really... Well, not now, since I have an
in memoriam avatar for the moment )
I have this one, it does have a coat hanger shaped icon in it.
I'm using the hold camera, extend arm and shoot method.
We were on our way home from the zoo, a long day.
My pal there starts the third year of her psych degree in about six weeks.
It is a flawed photo but it's one I've kept in view for a long time.
Pudding smiling. Never thought I'd see that. :)
Quote from: Cecilie on December 17, 2011, 01:16:55 PM
Pudding smiling. Never thought I'd see that. :)
I do have a range of emotions you know, oh well a range may be a grandiose claim but I do have more than one.
More than one is a range, I have a range of emotions world, see me be slightly less scowley.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on December 17, 2011, 01:26:09 PM
I do have a range of emotions you know, oh well a range may be a grandiose claim but I do have more than one.
Even The Asmo has more than one. Two, actually.
Grumpy and lumpy. That makes three if the two are combined. ;D
Quote from: Asmodean on December 17, 2011, 11:15:22 AM
You know, it does say Asmodeus Caesar for a reason :P
oO(That being that it sounds Latin-ish and I has a wreath, really... Well, not now, since I have an in memoriam avatar for the moment )
Villainous pudding monologue mode:
To whom it may concern: bwa ha ha.
I've been noticing things, Asmo devotional threads=17 Pudding devotional threads=-7.
Never has the Asmodean been as vulnerable as he is now.
He has ears and at least one nose, hair waiting to be seized drawing in the skull for crushing by cruel insentient cogs, (don't you say anything about the use of cruel and insentient unless you,,, just don't) the possibilities for distraction are obvious.
Should we (we means me, it's a villain thing) precipitate or stick to plan?
Let him make the enemies and the devotees, and when he wins out the assassin strikes, I strike the assassin. The enemies are assuaged the devotees transfer their devotion to the pudding. And why not the pudding! settle settle...
Yes we will be patient, stick to our (our means mine, it's a villain thing) plan.
Quote from: Cecilie on December 10, 2011, 12:26:09 AM
Well, here me is.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg190.imageshack.us%2Fimg190%2F827%2Fbildetatt21102011kl1944.jpg&hash=02995c4481fb30faee273aef194a59acdacce58b)
I didn't have anything less staged, so...
You're beautiful. :D
Thank you. :)
Yes, some great photos of our members.
Cecilie - stunning as always
Determined Juliet - also very gorgeous.
Budhorse4 - Hmm, I'm a little puzzled by your photo - (just joking)
For the guys - well sorry I'm a terrible judge of the beauty of guys.
All up, just a normal bunch of people, who would have thought.
Quote from: RunFromMyLife on December 22, 2011, 11:04:22 PM
C'est moi:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi877.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab334%2FPattyIsMyHero%2Fn13966918_41348395_3286.jpg&hash=423b1420c91c95eab2195d5ee6dc226611f5e93f)
You were right, you look nothing like your avatar at all!
Merry Christmas everyone!
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg43.imageshack.us%2Fimg43%2F8878%2Fbildetatt24122011kl1735.jpg&hash=16be5447635806d3c3bdc1c4762d7c1307b92225)
Happy Monkey, Cecilie!
I won't spoil your Xmas by making you look at another photo of me.
Here's my grandson - he's lovely, too.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi647.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fuu198%2FRamblingSyd%2FB.jpg&hash=fc098fd834478067854ca5fe75eaeff5d9887030)
That's a silly thing to say, Git. Great picture of your grandson though. :)
I wonder if there is a happy pic of The Asmo somewhere... ???
Probably not... But if you turn an Asmo upside down, it sort of looks all smiling and pleasant-like, yes? :D
Quote from: Asmodean on December 24, 2011, 05:34:48 PM
I wonder if there is a happy pic of The Asmo somewhere... ???
Probably not... But if you turn an Asmo upside down, it sort of looks all smiling and pleasant-like, yes? :D
Does Asmo likr his tummy tickled then?
Quote from: Tank on December 24, 2011, 05:35:51 PM
Does Asmo likr his tummy tickled then?
He doesn't have one, because he read somewhere that tummy is that, which is attached to the rib cage, which in turn is attached to the neck which The Asmo sort of... Doesn't have. :(
(No, not all that ticklish. Usually I just ignore it if someone tries.)
Quote from: Cecilie on December 24, 2011, 05:31:35 PM
That's a silly thing to say, Git. Great picture of your grandson though. :)
I agree. We are what we are and that's nowt to be ashamed of!
Quote from: OldGit on December 24, 2011, 04:48:34 PM
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Awwwww, and he's in a wetsuit! Getting introduced to the glory and majesty of nature young, eh?
A handsome fella, Git. Congrats. Must run in the family...
Quote from: Scissorlegs on December 24, 2011, 09:46:33 PM
A handsome fella, Git. Congrats. Must run in the family...
More importantly, you stole VLC's Santa hat, didn't you?! Confess, ye sinner, for thine sinful ways! ;D
Yours truly feeling a complete plonker! ;D
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All hail the complete plonker!
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on January 18, 2012, 01:49:36 PM
All hail the complete plonker!
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Quote from: Tank on December 24, 2011, 05:35:51 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 24, 2011, 05:34:48 PM
I wonder if there is a happy pic of The Asmo somewhere... ???
Probably not... But if you turn an Asmo upside down, it sort of looks all smiling and pleasant-like, yes? :D
Does Asmo likr his tummy tickled then?
Bahahaha. This made me laugh out loud, but I have the most terrible cold which has made my voice horrible and raspy, so it came out like a witch's cackle. It scared the dog.
Here's my FB picture. I don't have much else saved on my computer except a bunch of really old stuff from photobucket.
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I loved this thread! It's so nice to see what all of you look like in real life. And judging from this thread, I have to posit that atheists are sexier than your average bear. You people are hot!
Quote from: Asmodean on December 24, 2011, 05:34:48 PM
I wonder if there is a happy pic of The Asmo somewhere... ???
Probably not... But if you turn an Asmo upside down, it sort of looks all smiling and pleasant-like, yes? :D
If you don't have one, I would like to see a picture of your ratty.
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 18, 2012, 02:16:17 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 24, 2011, 05:34:48 PM
I wonder if there is a happy pic of The Asmo somewhere... ???
Probably not... But if you turn an Asmo upside down, it sort of looks all smiling and pleasant-like, yes? :D
If you don't have one, I would like to see a picture of your ratty.
There are supposed to be some in some pet thread somewhere...
Quote from: Asmodean on January 18, 2012, 03:25:07 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 18, 2012, 02:16:17 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 24, 2011, 05:34:48 PM
I wonder if there is a happy pic of The Asmo somewhere... ???
Probably not... But if you turn an Asmo upside down, it sort of looks all smiling and pleasant-like, yes? :D
If you don't have one, I would like to see a picture of your ratty.
There are supposed to be some in some pet thread somewhere...
I didn't think I had seen a picture of Small One. Maybe I'll have to check again.
The closest I get to a religious situation. St. Paddy 2008, Dublin.
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Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 18, 2012, 03:28:28 PM
I didn't think I had seen a picture of Small One. Maybe I'll have to check again.
There is at least one out there. One of the surviving attahments since the software upgrade.
Stupid question, but do you actually call him "Small One" or do you use the Norwegian words for "Small One"? (Per Google Translate "Liten" or "Liten En" or "Småen")
Småen, yes. But also Small One. Is short for The Great And Terrible Claws(tm) (Don't ask how... I don't know :-\ )
The emo-pic is up in the color-thread for those interested, btw, thanks to Guardian's uncanny ability never to use the conveniently located delete-button.
I'll have to go look once I get home. My work computer blocks most pictures so I can't see your Emodean shot or Gaurdians' picture that he just posted. Do you two know each other in real life?
ETA: Oh yeah, and I meant to ask, how do you pronounce "Småen?" Sm-ay-n? Sm-eye-n?
Yes. Went to the same school when we were young... Plotted World Domination and stuff.
Here is a PhotoBucket pic for those who have trouble with ImageShack, like I often do:
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The VF logo at the bottom is from the original image host. Had an account there once.
OK, I've finally decided to reveal myself. Here's me and the family.
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Emodean! I see you! I like the black shag and the eye liner. I think I can safely say that I have never looked that cool in my entire life. LOL!!!
Quote from: Stevil on January 25, 2012, 09:58:47 PM
OK, I've finally decided to reveal myself. Here's me and the family.
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I pity you when those daughters of yours hit puberty! Do you own a shotgun yet? :D
Quote from: Asmodean on January 25, 2012, 09:56:59 PM
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Asmo, your Avatar is almost exactly the same, only difference is that the hair goes over the other eye, must be a mirror image.
Very impressive.
Quote from: Ali on January 25, 2012, 09:59:07 PM
Emodean! I see you! I like the black shag and the eye liner. I think I can safely say that I have never looked that cool in my entire life. LOL!!!
Heheh... Cool is a matter of perspective. People usually think themselves either far less cool or equally far more cool than they actually appear.
Yes, the hairdo on that avatar was impressive. That's why I'm currently using it...
...Was kinda' cute back then. *nostalgic*
Stevil - What a lovely family! I agree with Tank, your girls are gorgeous and will no doubt cause you no end of gray hairs when they get older. :)
Guardian - You do look like you're praying to some sort of Beer God in that shot. Is that green beer?
Quote from: Stevil on January 25, 2012, 09:58:47 PM
OK, I've finally decided to reveal myself. Here's me and the family.
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I audibly "aaawwww"'d :)
Edit: removing pictures :P
Awww, look at those chubby little cheeks! And kids wonder why everyone pinches them.
Hmmm no kids of my own. (Thank FSM) Have a picture of my soon-to-be math professor brother.
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Is this a recent picture? As math professors go, he looks a little . . . young.
This was taken last year. And he has one more year of college to go before he graduates. He is actually 21 in this picture. He's always had a baby face. :D
OMA Juliet, your son is ADORABLE. Those cheeks! Nomnomnom
Budhorse - your brother definitely looks young to be a professor.
Eh, he's happy, and I'm not complaining. My math grades have actually gone up since he started tutoring me. :D
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on January 26, 2012, 02:08:27 AM
Okay, since everyone is posting pictures of the adorable children in their lives...
Aren't we all the doting parents, just looking for whatever excuse we can to show our our little loved ones?
I never used to be interested in kiddie pix until I had some of my own, now I know why everyone gets so excited.
Quote from: Ali on January 25, 2012, 11:39:29 PM
Guardian - You do look like you're praying to some sort of Beer God in that shot. Is that green beer?
That is in fact an irish celebratory beer on St.Paddys'. Actually just Heineken with food dye, but still fun. Made my teeth green, though.
@ DJ Awwwww so cute!
@ Buddy Aww not quite as cute, but definitly a baby face. I bet he gets 'carded' in bars a lot?
Quote from: Stevil on January 25, 2012, 09:58:47 PM
OK, I've finally decided to reveal myself. Here's me and the family.
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D'ahhhh, lovely!
You've lost all your evil now St.
Quote from: Stevil on January 26, 2012, 07:44:38 AM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on January 26, 2012, 02:08:27 AM
Okay, since everyone is posting pictures of the adorable children in their lives...
Aren't we all the doting parents, just looking for whatever excuse we can to show our our little loved ones?
I never used to be interested in kiddie pix until I had some of my own, now I know why everyone gets so excited.
I know. I did up an album of wee man's first year and whenever we have people over, we're always like "WANNA SEE OUR SON'S PICTUREZ?!"
Before we had him, I never in a million years thought that'd be something I'd do. ;D
Quote from: Ali on January 25, 2012, 09:52:03 PM
ETA: Oh yeah, and I meant to ask, how do you pronounce "Småen?" Sm-ay-n? Sm-eye-n?
Å has the sound value of o
Quote from: Asmodean on January 27, 2012, 09:09:01 AM
Quote from: Ali on January 25, 2012, 09:52:03 PM
ETA: Oh yeah, and I meant to ask, how do you pronounce "Småen?" Sm-ay-n? Sm-eye-n?
Å has the sound value of o
Like this?
(Please excuse the terrible nasally quality of my voice. I (still, arrrrgh) have a cold.)
http://vocaroo.com/?media=v4ULbAggplj0iuX26 (http://vocaroo.com/?media=v4ULbAggplj0iuX26)
Close. Put a little more force on the å and say it a fraction slower.
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 27, 2012, 11:35:11 PM
Close. Put a little more force on the å and say it a fraction slower.
;D ;D ;D I'm having fun over here trying. Smooooooooo-en. ;D ;D ;D Next you guys will have to teach me some Norwegian curse words.
Quote from: Ali on January 27, 2012, 11:36:37 PM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 27, 2012, 11:35:11 PM
Close. Put a little more force on the å and say it a fraction slower.
;D ;D ;D I'm having fun over here trying. Smooooooooo-en. ;D ;D ;D Next you guys will have to teach me some Norwegian curse words.
Fan. But that's swedish. ;)
I'll take Swedish. I would happily curse in every language. :D What's it mean? Is it just pronounced like fan in English? Maybe we should start a spin off thread where you can all teach me to curse in other languages.
It means fuck. And if you want a few other Nordic curse words, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3DAkJf0md1kG8
"Helvete" is also a good strong norwegian curse word. Very commonly used by us northern norwegians. Literally means "hell". Very useful if you hurt yourself.
Quote from: Ali on January 27, 2012, 11:45:00 PM
I'll take Swedish. I would happily curse in every language. :D What's it mean? Is it just pronounced like fan in English? Maybe we should start a spin off thread where you can all teach me to curse in other languages.
Simply use the "Han" from Han Solo, but replace the H with an F, and you get you're close ;)
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 28, 2012, 12:02:59 AM
It means fuck. And if you want a few other Nordic curse words, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3DAkJf0md1kG8
Bah, he didn't say Perkele properly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypQuREhWe8o
Notice the difference in the way "r" is pronounced in Finnish. Now try to tell me "faen" sounds better!
Also, there's an additional bonus in Finnish, because you can do this: Voi Perkeleen Perkleen Perkeleen PERKELE (ad infinatum)! :D ;D
And for other Finnish swearing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xuv9RVss_Y&feature=related
;)
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 28, 2012, 12:02:59 AM
It means fuck. And if you want a few other Nordic curse words, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3DAkJf0md1kG8
Faen tallah (sp?)! Yay, love it. I especially like when he really goes to town at 0:23. To my American ears it sounds like playing a record backwards. ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 28, 2012, 12:17:36 AM
"Helvete" is also a good strong norwegian curse word. Very commonly used by us northern norwegians. Literally means "hell". Very useful if you hurt yourself.
Pronunciation? Hel-veet? Hel-vee-teh? Hel-veh-teh?
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 28, 2012, 12:17:36 AM
"Helvete" is also a good strong norwegian curse word. Very commonly used by us northern norwegians. Literally means "hell". Very useful if you hurt yourself.
Faen og dobbelfaen og satan og jævla dritt-(Insert the object of frustration) og den forpulte (Insert whos fault it is if applicable)
THAT is useful when you hurt yourself.
Quote from: Ali on January 28, 2012, 12:50:05 AM
Hel-veh-teh?
...More or less. It's not how I would transcribe it, but close.
Quote from: Asmodean on January 28, 2012, 07:32:21 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 28, 2012, 12:17:36 AM
"Helvete" is also a good strong norwegian curse word. Very commonly used by us northern norwegians. Literally means "hell". Very useful if you hurt yourself.
Faen og dobbelfaen og satan og jævla dritt-(Insert the object of frustration) og den forpulte (Insert whos fault it is if applicable)
THAT is useful when you hurt yourself.
Pronunciation (and translation) please. I'm liking what I have learned about Norwegian so far, but if you make me try to translate it in my own terrifying American accent, I totally will.
"Fahn oh dobbelfahn oh SATAN oh havla DREET ASMO oh den forPOOHLTAY Asmo."
And so forth.
ETA: In my own awful accent:
http://vocaroo.com/?media=v9V3htq9pow1M55o4 (http://vocaroo.com/?media=v9V3htq9pow1M55o4)
Fuck and double fuck and satan and bastard-(Insert frustrating bits, preferably with another curse attached, like dritt */shit) and the overfucked (Insert whos fault, preferably with another curse word attached, like rævhøl */asshole)
Transcripting pronounciation across languages is a fucking art, but generally, words like satan are not pronounced "seiten" here - the transcription would therefor pretty much be "satan", with the same kind of sound as "bAstard"
jævla - j, not h. As in Yemen.
Could you somehow record it?
I have a coworker who is Norwegian. He told me to say "Yi elskor die."
http://vocaroo.com/?media=vHAmHrNnibpan7k7s (http://vocaroo.com/?media=vHAmHrNnibpan7k7s)
What does that mean?
I love you, I guess. Jeg elsker deg - Yai elsker dei
Look to bAstard for a and Yemen for j (More or less)
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 28, 2012, 12:02:59 AM
It means fuck. And if you want a few other Nordic curse words, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3DAkJf0md1kG8
If nothing else this demonstrates the futility of age varification on the internet :D
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Since we're all posting pictures of ourselves... Here's one of me I took on my new iPhone. Of course it looks like a drawing cause being a new phone, I've messed around with all my crazy apps and everything and apparently haven't gotten any real pictures of me on there yet. But the app I took this picture with is just too damn cool. Maybe I'll get around to getting an actual picture of me sometime.
Quote from: Ali on January 28, 2012, 12:49:02 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 28, 2012, 12:02:59 AM
It means fuck. And if you want a few other Nordic curse words, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3DAkJf0md1kG8
Faen tallah (sp?)! Yay, love it. I especially like when he really goes to town at 0:23. To my American ears it sounds like playing a record backwards. ;D ;D ;D
"
Fa
en ta d
eg" Literal translation "Devil take you" Use equal to "Fuck off" Or "go to hell". Pressure on the underlined letters.
Quote from: Ali on January 28, 2012, 12:50:05 AM
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 28, 2012, 12:17:36 AM
"Helvete" is also a good strong norwegian curse word. Very commonly used by us northern norwegians. Literally means "hell". Very useful if you hurt yourself.
Pronunciation? Hel-veet? Hel-vee-teh? Hel-veh-teh?
Listen to the corus of this silly song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cayKYUUTVY
I think we might have to branch this off. A new thread for "the art of cussing" perhaps?
Time to call the cavalry.
Quote from: Guardian85 on January 28, 2012, 12:40:23 PM
I think we might have to branch this off. A new thread for "the art of cussing" perhaps?
Time to call the cavalry.
I always thought we needed a "how to curse where YOU'RE from" thread.
Couldn't you work with Ali's thread?
http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=9247.msg150005#msg150005
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on January 28, 2012, 03:17:18 PM
Couldn't you work with Ali's thread?
http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=9247.msg150005#msg150005
just discovered it ;D
Quote from: Tank on January 28, 2012, 08:43:34 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 28, 2012, 12:02:59 AM
It means fuck. And if you want a few other Nordic curse words, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3DAkJf0md1kG8
If nothing else this demonstrates the futility of age varification on the internet :D
There was a time where this video didn't have an age restriction. That was put on recently. :P
Nothing I've found on YT so far, exept maybe for that vid of that Syrian kid's rotting remains, warrants an age limit in the first place...
...According to me, of course.
There were pictures in this post. They've been removed, because I prefer not to post any pictures of myself anywhere online for too long. If you'd still like to see them, please PM me. :)
Yay! Another face to match a name!
Haha, I love that picture of you in front of the Titanic, with your arms flung out like "Ta Da!"
Just thought you might like to see a sketch I found of one of my early ancestors...
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Bump for noobs
Quote from: OldGit on November 27, 2011, 07:06:37 PM
OMFSM! To be a young man in the middle of four beautiful young women - and he's gay. :'(
Come to think of it, maybe that's how he gets to be there.
Actually, I could not wait to tell my straight guy friends about the night I was surrounded by hot babes who wanted my phone number... Jealous would be an understatement.
The explanation: Until 2004, although I was out of the closet and called myself agnostic after leaving Christianity, I still suffered large pangs of guilt and religious fear. Finally, in 2004, I was ready to commit to atheism--but not before a brief dabble in Wicca as a sort of compromise between theism and atheism. I found a group here in New York and went to a meeting. As luck would have it, that particular group was about 90% female, and, since the meeting was on a weekend with nice weather in the middle of the summer, none of the male regulars came. I was a noobie and the only male, and everyone wanted to hear my story and let me know that I could talk to them if I had spiritual issues, this despite my being openly gay.
My straight friends said that they should convert to Wicca... :D
Quote from: Sweetdeath on November 27, 2011, 10:42:36 PM
Asmo, you are so fluffy! Urge to swuish you rising.
I used to have three lip piercings, but took em out around 22 years old because i hated taking them out for job stuff. People and their prejudice suck.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/boubunny/big%20hair%20thursday/satoshuugloss.jpg
I think I was 21 here. My friend and I had a random glam rock day. XDD
I have always had a soft spot for punks and goths ever since I watched the original
Degrassi High and wanted to have a friend like Spike. I adore her.
Anyway... There was an episode in which she was not hired for a job because of her punk hair. (I do show bits and pieces of
Degrassi in my ESL classes. Maybe I should consider showing that event and have students discuss it...)
It has been such a delight going through this thread and "seeing" all of you.
Here are photos of me that I scanned from my university's yearbook a couple of years ago. I assume the ones of me teaching dramatically were snapped by students with camera phones.
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Here is a slightly more flattering self-portrait, although, unfortunately, you can also see my weight gain in it over the past few years. I am dieting and exercising like a fiend, and then of course I have to keep it off for life... I hope, at some very distant future date, to post thinner me with pride.
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TWC, I love those pictures of you! Thanks for sharing! :) The yearbook ones are great, it looks like you have awesome enthusiasm for teaching. I bet your students love your classes!
Aww, you're a cutie
Seems that you would be a totally un-boring teacher.
nice pics, TWC~
Thank you, everyone! :) ;) :D ;D 8) ::) :P
Quote from: Amicale on July 14, 2012, 09:31:29 PM
...it looks like you have awesome enthusiasm for teaching. I bet your students love your classes!
For me, teaching is even better than sex!
On a more grounded note...
We all have a good time, and I learn as much from my students as they learn from me.
And...
As a skeptic and a former Fundamentalist Christian once afraid to think about such beliefs critically, I make sure to insert critical thinking into English as a Second Language. Here, for example, is something I have done a few times with very advanced classes of college-age students. Cut and pasting from something I posted to young people elsewhere on the Internet...
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On a number of occasions, I lie to my class. I tell them that our Founding Fathers based the Declaration of Independence and Constitution on the writings of the lost continent of Atlantis. I then spew forth nonsense and even write an 'example' of the Atlantean language on the board:
karooka kawakka karinga karoopagoo. (Actually, Karooka Kawakka Karinga Karoopagoo is the name of a woman in a science fiction story I wrote when I was much younger.)
When I say "Copy down all the
karooka," they scribble away dutifully.
Sometimes a student objects, saying that this cannot possibly be true. (Such students will go far in life.) More often, however, I can have the class going for ten or fifteen minutes. Everyone believes me.
At that point I stop and say that everything I have told them is a lie. Students are stunned. Teachers don't lie.
Heck, of course we lie! We then have a discussion about why they believed me: I am the authority figure; I am a nice guy; I seem intelligent; I speak well; teachers are supposed to give true information... Yet, I lied.
We then talk about things we read in textbooks and newspapers, things we see on TV... And the word propaganda comes up. I am a liberal, but I am the first to admit that we liberals are full of as much crap as conservatives and radicals. Of course all of us lie, exaggerate, and quote biased references to sell you our viewpoints and get you to join our political parties, religious (or non-religious) institutions, social cliques, and so on.
The bottom line: Don't believe it because a nice guy tells you. I tell my classes that I will be lying more often, and that they have to decide when to believe me and when not to believe me. I want them to have critical minds when listening to others.
Don't believe it just because it is in print. Even people who mean to tell the truth can make mistakes. I have found many mistakes in
The New York Times, for example.
Trust yourself. There are of course many correct things said by people and found in print--but you have to find your own beliefs yourselves. Remember that you can always change your views. And remember that life is about living with uncertainty.
I'm really happy that you are enthused about your job. My favorite teachers have always been the ones that made class interesting. I love it when they mix things up and aren't afraid to make learning fun.
You seem like an awesome teacher! So animated. And love the lessons on not believing everything you read or hear. ;D
Quote from: TheWalkingContradiction on July 15, 2012, 04:26:36 AM
Thank you, everyone! :) ;) :D ;D 8) ::) :P
Quote from: Amicale on July 14, 2012, 09:31:29 PM
...it looks like you have awesome enthusiasm for teaching. I bet your students love your classes!
For me, teaching is even better than sex!
On a more grounded note...
We all have a good time, and I learn as much from my students as they learn from me.
And...
As a skeptic and a former Fundamentalist Christian once afraid to think about such beliefs critically, I make sure to insert critical thinking into English as a Second Language. Here, for example, is something I have done a few times with very advanced classes of college-age students. Cut and pasting from something I posted to young people elsewhere on the Internet...
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On a number of occasions, I lie to my class. I tell them that our Founding Fathers based the Declaration of Independence and Constitution on the writings of the lost continent of Atlantis. I then spew forth nonsense and even write an 'example' of the Atlantean language on the board: karooka kawakka karinga karoopagoo. (Actually, Karooka Kawakka Karinga Karoopagoo is the name of a woman in a science fiction story I wrote when I was much younger.)
When I say "Copy down all the karooka," they scribble away dutifully.
Sometimes a student objects, saying that this cannot possibly be true. (Such students will go far in life.) More often, however, I can have the class going for ten or fifteen minutes. Everyone believes me.
At that point I stop and say that everything I have told them is a lie. Students are stunned. Teachers don't lie.
Heck, of course we lie! We then have a discussion about why they believed me: I am the authority figure; I am a nice guy; I seem intelligent; I speak well; teachers are supposed to give true information... Yet, I lied.
We then talk about things we read in textbooks and newspapers, things we see on TV... And the word propaganda comes up. I am a liberal, but I am the first to admit that we liberals are full of as much crap as conservatives and radicals. Of course all of us lie, exaggerate, and quote biased references to sell you our viewpoints and get you to join our political parties, religious (or non-religious) institutions, social cliques, and so on.
The bottom line: Don't believe it because a nice guy tells you. I tell my classes that I will be lying more often, and that they have to decide when to believe me and when not to believe me. I want them to have critical minds when listening to others.
Don't believe it just because it is in print. Even people who mean to tell the truth can make mistakes. I have found many mistakes in The New York Times, for example.
Trust yourself. There are of course many correct things said by people and found in print--but you have to find your own beliefs yourselves. Remember that you can always change your views. And remember that life is about living with uncertainty.
That's an eloquent demonstration of experiential learning. In my academic career, I found students becoming increasingly instrumentalist in their approach; they were exclusively concerned at securing good grades and had no interest in the subject matter in its own right. If I had told my class that the content of my lectures was a pack of lies, they would be likely to have responded by saying- okay, fine, but will we still get marks for it in the exam?
Quote from: Ali on July 15, 2012, 05:07:16 PM
You seem like an awesome teacher! So animated. And love the lessons on not believing everything you read or hear. ;D
Agreed! Awesome. ;D I may just need to 'borrow' this method to use with my advanced students!
Sitting on a block in the middle of the ruins of Skenfrith Castle ...
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I deploy the evilly lurking Asmo behind a less-than-suspecting human in response.
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Photobombing. Nice. ;D
Just dug up my old-ish album and decided to share a pre-lip piercings pic of His Grayness. And that one just happenes not to diminish my coolness too much.
Quote from: OldGit on August 09, 2012, 07:44:44 PM
Sitting on a block in the middle of the ruins of Skenfrith Castle ...
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi647.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fuu198%2FRamblingSyd%2FSkenfrith_Castle_W-36.jpg&hash=17d057aa650453b8fceaf1d4023326d8586bc388)
You look very sophisticated!
OldGit and Asmo, awesome pictures for two totally different reasons. ;D
Git, it must have been great, going to the castle. Asmo, you look like you're having fun with your unsuspecting friend victim minion.
Heh, I was going through some pictures that Mom took last weekend while a friend and I were horseback riding. This is probably my favorite.
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Quote from: OldGit on August 09, 2012, 07:44:44 PM
Sitting on a block in the middle of the ruins of Skenfrith Castle ...
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AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!
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Git, love the pic. You do look sophisticated, like you're about to photo some birds and then drink some whiskey. :D
Asmo, cool picture. I love the leather-cladness. :D
Buddy - That is a very cool shot. What horse is that? You can't ride the tiny horse, presumably.
Quote from: Ali on August 10, 2012, 04:21:26 AM
Buddy - That is a very cool shot. What horse is that? You can't ride the tiny horse, presumably.
Just a friend's quarter horse that she lent me because I was itching to ride. Hopefully that will be fixed soon.
Quote from: Asmodean on August 09, 2012, 09:47:20 PM
Just dug up my old-ish album and decided to share a pre-lip piercings pic of His Grayness. And that one just happenes not to diminish my coolness too much.
Nooo ;; i dont see it!! :'(
Quote from: Asmodean on August 09, 2012, 09:43:02 PM
I deploy the evilly lurking Asmo behind a less-than-suspecting human in response.
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SD - Can you see this?
Quote from: Ali on August 10, 2012, 05:08:48 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 09, 2012, 09:43:02 PM
I deploy the evilly lurking Asmo behind a less-than-suspecting human in response.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi753.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fxx180%2FAlex_3-14%2Fasmo.png&hash=741ee99ebff7595b496647c8ca0be8733ab44e5d)
SD - Can you see this?
Yup , thank you! :D
Buddy, you look lovely. But - and this is not one of my silly jokes - what the heck is a quarter horse?
Asmo, that's a very pretty young lady. You're not going to ... er ... sacrifice her or anything?
Quote from: OldGit on August 10, 2012, 10:43:36 AM
Asmo, that's a very pretty young lady. You're not going to ... er ... sacrifice her or anything?
Well, as it happens... Hmm... ???
No, 'haps not. :D