The AH person I would most like to meet IRL is…

[SexyVita]

Ding-dong ditch?

Or maybe just trespass on the wrong mountain! I have it on good authority that the hiking will leave you sweaty and out of breath (she might have said wheezing, actually). And trespassing is naughty, right?

 

[SimonDoom]

I'll come with you, Simon, and we can all go drop bear hunting together.....

As long as we don't trip and shoot each other, this sounds like a great idea. It could be an AH safari down under.

That actually sounds like a story you might write.

 

[Seadog777]

I have more than just one.
I'd like to meet @lovecraft68. They've been so much help from the very beginning.
I'd like to meet Laurel and Manu obviously.
I'd like to meet @ChloeTzang to have a drink(non-alcohol for me) and pick her brain.
I'd like to meet @electricblue66 because we seem like complete opposites and I like debating, hearing different POV's and maybe learn something.
I'm sure I'm forgetting others, but those are first of the top of my head.

 

[SexyVita]

Well, I won't, based on my own, hard learned lessons meet someone from a sex forum site in real life. But, if I had to choose one person right now to meet, it would be @Biker_Faerie. I want to hike with her in the lake country pretending to be two Elizabeth Bennets, enjoy beautiful vistas, share a sleeping bag, and have lots of naughty fun that leaves us sweaty and out of breath! Love ya BF!

Oops, I should have read the title of this thread more carefully before I replied, technically I don't think @Biker_Faerie frequents the AH boards (neither to I) but she's still the Litster I most would like to meet IRL, if I were going to! She's an awesome writing partner and I've enjoyed PMing with her too.

 

[MelissaBaby]

I’d like to meet Laurel, but I suspect it would not go well, because the entire meeting would consist of me going, “Did you really read all my stories? Which one did you like best? Can I get one of those blue E’s?”

 

[alohadave]

I'd be the person who goes to a meetup but doesn't talk to anyone and leaves early. I have almost terminal shyness IRL.

I'd like to meet MelissaBaby, you seem like an interesting person.

 

[onehitwanda]

If somebody your age has heard that song, my generation has failed you. I am so sorry.

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Literally the only reason I know the song exists. Amazing movie with some heartbreakingly poignant scenes.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Literally the only reason I know the song exists. Amazing movie with some heartbreakingly poignant scenes.

...okay, valid.

 

[Rustyoznail]

That has to be the least memorable song in the whole movie...

Anyhoo, I'd catch up with EB, but he'd insist on drinking Tooheys New.

I'd also like to meet a couple of Indian ladies I've collaborated with - BDrew86 and Sweetdreamssss. It would be nice to put faces to names.

 

[onehitwanda]

I'll take you up on that when I eventually get around to visiting Australia one of these days. It's near the top of my list. I haven't been served coffee by someone with an Ozzie accent yet and I'm looking forward to it.

Then Rusty can show me where the drop bears are. Bramblethorn will cite multiple authorities about why Americans should especially fear drop bears and probably half convince me.

It's not the drop-bears you should fear. It's the sand sharks and flying spiders.

 

[Rustyoznail]

It's not the drop-bears you should fear. It's the sand sharks and flying spiders.

Only because you know you're safe. Em's in trouble. Drop bears aren't keen on Yanks. Pom's are ok...

 

[onehitwanda]

Only because you know you're safe. Em's in trouble. Drop bears aren't keen on Yanks. Pom's are ok...

I'm pom by naturalisation but saffer by birth. South Africa is full of creatures that were exiled from Australia for not being nasty enough. Aussies got drop-bears, we got trap-door-crocodiles. Aussies got fierce snakes, we got puff adders. Aussies got funnelwebs, we got tarantulas the size of busses.

We got hippo, though. So that's at least one thing we can lord it over them with, cos they don't have a Murder Pig analogue

 

[ElectricBlue]

That has to be the least memorable song in the whole movie...

Anyhoo, I'd catch up with EB, but he'd insist on drinking Tooheys New.

I'd also like to meet a couple of Indian ladies I've collaborated with - BDrew86 and Sweetdreamssss. It would be nice to put faces to names.

Fuck that. I'm more red wine than beer, or if it has to be beer, something like a Corona or one of those boutique (wanker) breweries.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Well, if you get down this end of the world, I'm a stone's throw away from the Coonawarra. Plenty of good reds there.

 

[Emilymcplugger]

I’ve been to paradise, but…

Read me mind, but then again, we are the same, MacLeod, WE ARE BROTHERS!

 

[Kumquatqueen]

We got hippo, though. So that's at least one thing we can lord it over them with, cos they don't have a Murder Pig analogue

Hey, they got wombats and their bony butt-plates!

Should I ever make it to Australia, meeting any of @Bramblethorn, @Rustyoznail or @electricblue66 should be an interesting evening. @TxRad or @Duleigh in America for a real-life coffee lounge experience. @TheRedChamber nearer home. @Handley_Page presumably lives nearby, given Ogg was in the next county.

 

[NoTalentHack]

I'll come with you, Simon, and we can all go drop bear hunting together.....

Just put toothpaste on the back of your neck and you’ll be perfectly safe. They won’t jump on you then.

But if you come to Texas, you really need to watch out for the jackalope.

 

[EmilyMiller]

If somebody your age has heard that song, my generation has failed you. I am so sorry.

It was played at not one but two weddings back in PA when I was a child. So appropriate.

Sometimes I wish I was from a city, not a mid-sized town.

The lyrics are stupendously awful in all respects. Like they were written by some religious cult.

Em

 

[ElectricBlue]

I'm pom by naturalisation but saffer by birth. South Africa is full of creatures that were exiled from Australia for not being nasty enough. Aussies got drop-bears, we got trap-door-crocodiles. Aussies got fierce snakes, we got puff adders. Aussies got funnelwebs, we got tarantulas the size of busses.

We got hippo, though. So that's at least one thing we can lord it over them with, cos they don't have a Murder Pig analogue

Oh yes we do:

Razorback

Boar

 

[Bramblethorn]

The lyrics are stupendously awful in all respects. Like they were written by some religious cult.

Em

I can't get past "the kind of subtle whoring that costs too much to be free". What do they think whoring is - actually, no, I don't want to know.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I can't get past "the kind of subtle whoring that costs too much to be free". What do they think whoring is - actually, no, I don't want to know.

I had this drivel on my mind. Yes, I’m obsessive, so sue me. So they either mean:

1. She’s actually an escort - in which case, blame the supply for the demand, that makes sense!
2. She sleeps with men she is not married to, so: “Hi, I’m Emily, you can call me whore” - WTF the lyricists would make of a woman sleeping with a woman she is not married to is anyone’s guess.

It slut-shaming either way.

It’s just totally fucked up. I mean, I’m getting married and I want to have children, but that’s my choice, not because of some fucked up morality story masquerading as a song.

Is the “unborn children” an anti-contraceptive / anti-abortion stance, or am I reading too much into it.

Em

 

[Emilymcplugger]

Is the “unborn children” an anti-contraceptive / anti-abortion stance, or am I reading too much into it.

Em

In the U.K. this song by Charlene was a one-hit wonder.

I always read this line as abortion rather than contraception, TBF.

 

[MelissaBaby]

I'd be the person who goes to a meetup but doesn't talk to anyone and leaves early. I have almost terminal shyness IRL.

I'd like to meet MelissaBaby, you seem like an interesting person.

Oh, you just think I’ll put out.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

I’ve been vaguely aware of this dirge since childhood, but I just looked up the lyrics. What misogynistic BS. Written by two men!

As an old white guy, I won't even attempt to seek understanding how this song might be viewed by a woman, or the fact that it was written by "two men" means something more.

I'll just provide another example of the song where once more, the sentiment of choice and consequences are lamented.
This is not an uncommon trope in songwriting. Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle" is one that comes to mind, but there are hundreds of others that have been hits as well.

 

[Djmac1031]

and why?

@Emilymcplugger

Just so I could find out if she's actually @EmilyMiller

No, wait. That would mean I'd have to have met @EmilyMiller first.

But, then, what if @Emilymcplugger just showed up in disguise? And how would I know that?

Maybe it was @EmilyMiller in disguise to throw me off when
@Emilymcplugger shows up NOT in disguise.

There's a simple solution to this I just can't put my finger on.

It's too early. I need coffee.
#EasilyConfused