Why do you visit the AH?

[WhiteWave48]

*****

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

I have to admit I voted for "do a cloudy" before I read the explanation, but I just like the way its sounds

 

[jomar]

Mostly though I visit cause the AH makes for AWESOME procrastination.

Yes. Visiting here helps me perfect my avoidance skills.

(Fun people too.)

 

[gauchecritic]

I come here out of habit.

Have you not left yet?

All Your Stella Are Belong To Us.

ooh ooh. Geeeeeeeeeek.

 

[gauchecritic]

No offense, but do I detect a soupcon of disillusionment in your statement?

That's because he's a waybac machine.

rather a giggle.

and very British of you too.

 

[Guest]

Because the AH is like the friendly neighborhood bar. There's always interesting people about. We support one another, amuse each other, get into political arguments, share a common interest (albeit not drinking, but writing), flirt, some hookup etc. But its cheaper than the bar, and I don't get in trouble when I come home, since I am home.

And I'd have voted for "Do Cloudy" if that had been on the list.

 

[Recidiva]

ooh ooh. Geeeeeeeeeek.

Total. Absolute. Unrepentant.

 

[Stella_Omega]

*bangs some pots around*

Oh god, If I yell your name I'm yelling STELLLAAAA

I can't do Brando the way you do.

I couldn't do Brando without you, don't forget

Total. Absolute. Unrepentant.

Whoah, that sounds sexy...

 

[Stella_Omega]

All Your Stella Are Belong To Us.

Stella Green is people!

... err, eat up! (But not in the chewy way, go for the licky way).

See, I just love this kind of attention!

More, more!

 

[McKenna]

Have you not left yet?

You first.

 

[Tom Collins]

Well I didn't know that happened. The thread posts before poll goes in?

Explanation of some of the options:

It's multiple choice and publically viewable for vote.

Posting a poll includes starting threads.

Doing a cloudy, is coming here to vent on someone, anyone.

Stroking is a sociological term meaning being nice to others in order that they will be nice back (includes flirting but is mainly about ego)

Shit...thought it meant, "in hopes of doing cloudy". *Le Sigh* Oh, well. It is nice when I get to tell someone off, rare though the occasions be. Usually someone else gets to chew 'em a new O-ring before I even know they're in need of "correction".

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Apart from (to use his own phrase) the usual suspects: Amicus, RR, Sometimes Roxelby to start political/sociological bun-fights. Why do you visit the AH?

Why not?

Rumple Foreskin

 

[gauchecritic]

Why not?

Rumple Foreskin

Good point.

 

[CharleyH]

Apart from (to use his own phrase) the usual suspects: Amicus, RR, Sometimes Roxelby to start political/sociological bun-fights. Why do you visit the AH?

Edited to put in big letters

multiple choice

There's nothing in the poll that answers my reasons ... sometimes I have nothing better to do (ok so ... one point) and there's nothing on TV and no where to go, other times I observe and incite, still other times as a sci-fi fan I genuinely look for intelligent life and yet there are times I pop in to say hi or pop in to work out a writing problem or simply answer to a thread at someone's request.

There are as many multiple answers to multiple questions and it's not that I am indecisive (quite contrary) I just know when and why I post.

 

[Kev H]

I come here to do Cloudy.

Do a Cloudy? Ah well.

I'd also love to smoke a peace pipe with her.

 

[matriarch]

Because I have some great friends on here, I love spending time with them.

I do read the political threads, and try very hard not to get too annoyed, and definitely not join in.

I find it a good way to relax, like some others I look on the AH as a comfortable local bar/coffee house that I can simply hang out, chat with friends, read the papers. It's a great place.

And let's face it, I met the woman of my dreams here, so I won't have anything bad said about it.

So there!

 

[Stella_Omega]

Because I have some great friends on here, I love spending time with them.

I do read the political threads, and try very hard not to get too annoyed, and definitely not join in.

I find it a good way to relax, like some others I look on the AH as a comfortable local bar/coffee house that I can simply hang out, chat with friends, read the papers. It's a great place.

And let's face it, I met the woman of my dreams here, so I won't have anything bad said about it.

So there!

This is another reason why I come here- because Mats met the woman of her dreams here. It's a vicarious thing

 

[shereads]

My top reasons aren't on your list, gauche.

#1 is PROCRASTINATION

The Authors' Hangout has helped me avoid many long, tiresome hours of work, and confirmed what I've long suspected: ad copy written in one hour instead of fifteen hours is subject to the same number of revisions by the client's daughter-in-law who teaches high school English, and the pay is no different.

My #2 reason is a tie between DUCK JOKES and LIMERICKS.

#3 is PENIS. Where else can I mention PENIS during a discussion of almost any topic, and be confident that no one will think it odd?

"Speaking of Yeats, there's an interesting story about his penis."

"Hi, gauche. You're up awfully late. Penis keeping you awake?"

"What's another word for penis? I'm tired of 'fleshhammer.'"

 

[matriarch]

This is another reason why I come here- because Mats met the woman of her dreams here. It's a vicarious thing

Vicarious is good.

 

[matriarch]

My top reasons aren't on your list, gauche.

#1 is PROCRASTINATION

The Authors' Hangout has helped me avoid many long, tiresome hours of work, and confirmed what I've long suspected: ad copy written in one hour instead of fifteen hours is subject to the same number of revisions by your client's daughter-in-law who teaches high school English.

My #2 reason is a tie between DUCK JOKES and LIMERICKS.

#3 is PENIS. Where else can I mention PENIS during discussion of almost any topic, and be confident that no one will think it odd?

"Speaking of Yeats, there's an interesting story about his penis."

"Hi, gauche. You're up awfully late. Penis keeping you awake?"

"What's another word for penis? I'm tired of 'fleshhammer.'"

Today at work, in official government reports, I typed the following words:

Penis
Erection
ejaculation
fellate
masturbation
swallow
naked
rape
sex
swallow
entered

I don't really have to come here to write dirty words.

 

[CharleyH]

Where else can I mention PENIS during a discussion of almost any topic, and be confident that no one will think it odd?

ROFLOL - its so true!

 

[shereads]

Today at work, in official government reports, I typed the following words:

Penis
Erection
ejaculation
fellate
masturbation
swallow
naked
rape
sex
swallow
entered

I don't really have to come here to write dirty words.

Aren't you lucky!

My current clients are mostly developers of upscale resort real estate. So far, I've only been able to use "swallows," and that was in reference to birds. But today I start work on some ads for a new golf club where an annual membership costs $82,000. I immediately thought of "rape" and "fucked." And of course, "assholes."

[/threadjack]

 

[Grushenka]

Where else can I mention PENIS during a discussion of almost any topic, and be confident that no one will think it odd?

At work, for me (medical library). We say all the other bits with academic nonchalance too.

 

[CharleyH]

Aren't you lucky!

My current clients are mostly developers of upscale resort real estate. So far, I've only been able to use "swallows," and that was in reference to birds. But today I start work on some ads for a new golf club where an annual membership costs $82,000. I immediately thought of "rape" and "fucked." And of course, "assholes."

[/threadjack]

ROFLOL - STOP IT! ROFLOL.

 

[shereads]

Today at work, in official government reports, I typed the following words:

Penis
Erection
ejaculation
fellate
masturbation
swallow
naked
rape
sex
swallow
entered

I don't really have to come here to write dirty words.

If I didn't know better, I'd think you were in charge of internships for the U.S. Congress.