Welcome Citizensmith!

[Bella Fortuna]

Citizensmith is a good friend of mine, with an evil sense of humour and excellent taste in the usual Ratzian sorts of things.

Please give him a welcome and treat him well!

[FBM]

I bumped into him earlier and survived, so he gets my cootie-free seal of approval. Welcome!

[Citizensmith]

Thanks. Seems like the sort of place that attracts the more discerning and intelligent folk. It helps that enough of us have a warped streak.

[Hermit]

Bring on your evil sense of humour, Citizensmith. Please.

*Hermit waits with trepidation for the traditional mentions of bacon and cheese, which are no funnier than the even more boring "welcome to the madhouse" type comments.*

[Bella Fortuna]

Bring on your evil sense of humour, Citizensmith. Please.

*Hermit waits with trepidation for the traditional mentions of bacon and cheese, which are no funnier than the even more boring "welcome to the madhouse" type comments.*

Only a resident of a madhouse would say something like that.

[Citizensmith]

You know, seeing as this is supposed to be an Intro thread I guess I should do that.
British, but now resident in the US, California to be specific. I moved over here 16 years ago because of wuv, twue wuv. Still happily married and managed to make new humans twice as well.
Degree in geology, masters in environmental science, currently working as an analyst at a large engineering company.
And because it seems relevant to the theme of this site, I grew up a proper Christian kid, went to a Church of England school, was in the cub scouts, and my dad's family were hard core church members. But, the priest at my school being a part time ventriloquist and entertaining us by talking through an emu puppet probably didn't help my religion. My mum's family were not really religious, just going through the motions as everyone did. Basically, never believed in anything once I had the maturity to ask questions. An atheist though? Not until I moved to the US and discovered the obnoxious, malignant Christianity that exists over here. In the UK I wasn't religious, wasn't spiritual, wasn't a beliver, but that didn't matter. Now, definitely an atheist.
Lastly, happy to have a good friend in Bella. I'm sure there are quite a few here who know what a great cook she is for one.

[Citizensmith]

Bring on your evil sense of humour, Citizensmith. Please.

*Hermit waits with trepidation for the traditional mentions of bacon and cheese, which are no funnier than the even more boring "welcome to the madhouse" type comments.*

Only a resident of a madhouse would say something like that.

Are you referring to the southern states?

[Hermit]

You know, seeing as this is supposed to be an Intro thread I guess I should do that.
British, but now resident in the US, California to be specific. I moved over here 16 years ago because of wuv, twue wuv. Still happily married and managed to make new humans twice as well.
Degree in geology, masters in environmental science, currently working as an analyst at a large engineering company.
And because it seems relevant to the theme of this site, I grew up a proper Christian kid, went to a Church of England school, was in the cub scouts, and my dad's family were hard core church members. But, the priest at my school being a part time ventriloquist and entertaining us by talking through an emu puppet probably didn't help my religion. My mum's family were not really religious, just going through the motions as everyone did. Basically, never believed in anything once I had the maturity to ask questions. An atheist though? Not until I moved to the US and discovered the obnoxious, malignant Christianity that exists over here. In the UK I wasn't religious, wasn't spiritual, wasn't a beliver, but that didn't matter. Now, definitely an atheist.
Lastly, happy to have a good friend in Bella. I'm sure there are quite a few here who know what a great cook she is for one.

Cut of jib: liked. Humour: absent so far. But then, I'm German, so I wouldn't recognise it if it laughed in my face. Or so I'm told.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Bring on your evil sense of humour, Citizensmith. Please.

*Hermit waits with trepidation for the traditional mentions of bacon and cheese, which are no funnier than the even more boring "welcome to the madhouse" type comments.*

Every madhouse needs an inmate that, while clearly cheeselessly bonkers to everyone else, thinks themselves to be the only sane inhabitant. Hermit is ours.

Me, I'm mad and I demand cheese NOW! (And welcome to Ratz.)

[cronus]

Welcome to the very last stand in a irrational world. There are few who find there way here. This is afterall The Nautilus and Papa is Captain Nemo.

[Scott1328]

What is your opinion of tomatoes?

[Citizensmith]

Welcome to the very last stand in a irrational world. There are few who find there way here. This is afterall The Nautilus and Papa is Captain Nemo.

Is this the novel, or a movie version? And if it's a movie are we looking at Michael Bay or some kind of Disney thing with singing ornaments?

[Hermit]

Bring on your evil sense of humour, Citizensmith. Please.

*Hermit waits with trepidation for the traditional mentions of bacon and cheese, which are no funnier than the even more boring "welcome to the madhouse" type comments.*

Every madhouse needs an inmate that, while clearly cheeselessly bonkers to everyone else, thinks themselves to be the only sane inhabitant. Hermit is ours.

I'll have you know that I may be clueless, but I am not cheeseless. In fact, in the unlikely event of ever running out of Stilton, Roquefort, and my iron ration of the humble Tasty Cheddar, my desperate yearning for cheese will probably lead me to spread my own smegma - or that of anyone else's - on my egg and bacon toast.

I am definitely not mad, though. My keepers are holding me in prison precisely because, unlike them, I am sane.

[tattuchu]

Any friend of Bella's is a friend of Bella's!

Wait, that's not quite right

What I meant to say is that any friend of Bella's is a fiend of mine

Or something

[JimC]

My dear chap, welcome to the asylum!