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Murihiku and Theta..

And now that I've finally learnt how to post images, a very late birthday card to Moomingirl:



And if I could've met you in real life I would've gotten you a Moomin mug:

@Riikka - thank you for the birthday card and the (virtual) Moomin mug.

I plan to come to Finland one day, so who knows, maybe one day we will meet up for coffee. Don't put too much thought into which threads to go into. Just pop into one, try it, and if you don't like it you don't need to go back. There is no need to 'commit' to any one, just have a browse. I like the ones that descent into anarchy and conversations ocassionally, which is why I'm usually in the 'last person to post wins / loses etc. The 'tug of war' can get your post count up fast.

I sometimes pop over to the 'random' forum, especially if I haven't seen Murihiku for a while, as he tends to lurk there. Of course, the 'I love Krabo' and 'I love Sylkat' are my new favourite threads. Anyway, wherever you post it is nice to see you.

Ten thousand.

Whoa.

If I had a bouquet of Giant Wetas I would give them to Krabo.

10,000 giant wetas! And this line comes from a girl who can't stand the idea of Black Soup! -- And now I am counting Murihiku's full stops one by one. I should have stayed at 9999.

Thank you all. You're all crazy. Not a single normal human being among you.

There might be a thread called 'We love Moomingirl' when you come back from the Pitcairn Island.

Thank you. I shall take that as a compliment.




I shall be very disappointed now if there is not.

And it's not Pitcairn either. Although you should read the recent history of that. Interesting, albeit very disturbing.

Krabo, you wouldn't want it any other way.

Mooms, we should definitely meet up for coffee or lunch if you come to Finland! My brothers live in Helsinki and I go visit them every couple of months, so I could come to Helsinki when you're visiting. And then if there was some kind of event going on in the weekend, like kirjamessut we could go there too, just walk around searching for interesting new books and listening to author interviews!

And we could even try to convince Krabo to join us, how great would that be! Have you guys (Mooms and Krabo) ever met in real life? It would be a little WP meet-up!

Wow Riikka, you are brave! Theta is one of my favourite people in the world, but when he mentioned he might come to NZ I hid under my duvet in panic! In the end, it didn't happen. You didn't even flinch when I suggested it.

I am serious about coming to Finland, to see the country, try out my Finnish and meet up with my Finnish language exchange friend. It would be awesome to meet up with you, as we seem to have a lot in common. I just might have to talk to you via internet for the first half an hour. I find online much easier than real life. Trying to speak in a foreign language makes it even harder. I plan to try to come over next time I am visiting my family (I am originally English), maybe next year.

I have never met anyone from WP in real life, although of course I would love to meet all of the regular gang. I have exchanged photos with some of them, but I still don't even know what Krabo looks like.

All looks very beautiful in summer. In winter I picture thin wolves sneaking up to trees to lick the raw suet left for the birds, and people fattened up for the winter hibernating in the living room by the fireside...

Mooms, there was an image of Krabo dancing not too long ago on one of the threads... sent to me by a little nano-newshound drone... He spends lots of time dancing, as eight legs are much more versatile than two...

Riikka, your 100th post is within sight. We look forward to seeing it!

^ ah yes, I saw that. He looked remarkably liked Vladimir Putin.

IMHO I preferred Krabo's old avatar (that of the eight-legged creature).

Be careful what you hope for, it may come true.

Are we that terrifying?

I have to say I don't like the red crab on blue and green. But that's ok, because I'm going to bed now. Nähdään huomenna, whichever colour you happen to be.

What! You don't like it!

'devastated'


Ok let' start a new thread called
I have ambivalent whatchamacallits to thingy

is that better?

Krabo, two incredibly delightful women want to have lunch with you and are going to put a lot of effort into travelling to YOUR city. You can?t seriously be thinking that you?d turn us down?

Mooms, I?ve lived in the UK! It seems there are several people in this thread whose countries I?ve lived in. But I?m not really that brave. I think I?d start getting nervous a few days before and then be slightly panicky just before meeting you, but you?re so nice and the more I talk to you the more comfortable I feel, so I think in the end I would mainly be excited and happy to be meeting you. And if I find people who are really nice and smart and funny, then the desire to see them and talk to them in real life starts to over-ride the normal anxiety I have about meeting new people.

I do wonder what it?s like when aspies meet up. Because the premise is that you?re bringing together people whose social skills are really poor and who suffer from social anxiety, and then making them engage in the one thing that they struggle with most, i.e. social interaction. On a purely logical level it sounds like it could be a total disaster, but somehow I'm starting to feel that maybe it would actually be easier? Because everyone knows beforehand that it?s most likely going to be awkward at first and it?s possible that there will be silent moments when no one can think of anything to say, and on a general level everyone is going to be slightly confused and overwhelmed, but at the same time you all know this, and you can laugh about it and just relax, enjoy a good meal, share your experiences, talk about your interests and just generally enjoy the company and have a good time. Or what do you guys think? Would it be a catastrophe or easier than socializing with normal people?

Enviro, yes, I?m closing in! Very excited!