People, new and old, please introduce yourselves

the return

1) this was a name i acquired from this thing my buddies and i used to do....
2) Female
3) im 18 and Live in South Africa
4) The only discworld movie i have managed to watch is Hogfather as i was lucky to be in the uk over one christmass( amazing how little we get here in SA) i loved it and i wish i could get hold of more productions here
5) I was turned to Pratchett by my dad who was reading Theif of time, i dont think i ever let him read the end as i redistrabuted the book from him and then atacthed his credit card to the rest of the series
6) "why think when you could just have fun"

Im an old member who's just fallen out of touch but am really excited to get back into things

Welcome back Koshu,
There's a lot of catching up to do.

1) What formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
-I've always been a great fan of the line "And hasn't his grandfather warned him to keep away from women as neurotic as a shaved monkey?" from Going Postal. I'm a fan of Adora Belle Dearheart in general.

2) Are you male or female?
-Assuredly female.

3) What age category and geographic location do you fall into?
-I'm a 27 year old Canadian.

4) Have you seen any Discworld movies, did you like them and do you have faith in future productions being good, better or worse than current ones?
-I've watched Hogfather and Colour of Magic. I liked them well enough. I believe that future productions will only improve as the profitability of Discworld movies becomes apparent. Oh, and I dearly loved the animated version of Wyrd Sisters.

5) Who or how were you turned on to Discworld/Pratchett?
-My husband (who at the time was in fact my boyfriend of a few weeks) took advantage of my rabid interest in finding new reading material and got me hooked. I believe the first Discworld book I ever read was Mort.

6) What's your personal quote of the day?
- "The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots."

Hello Shaved Monkey, I'm at least on the same continent, only probably pretty far away and a generation away too. Have fun here.

• 1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?

My husband despairs of my thought processes, particularly my synesthesia and says I am "Wired wrong"!

• 2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.)

Female (last time I checked)

• 3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?

40 and in Dorset

• 4) Have you seen any Discworld movies, did you like them and do you have faith in future productions being good, better or worse than current ones?
  (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)

Really enjoted most of Hogfather - not so taken with Colour of Magic. Quite enjoyed the animated version of Wyrd Sisters.

• 5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?

I'm an avid reader and needed something new to read on a very dull commute in Hertfordshire - soon found I had read the exisitng canon (in about 1998) and started pacing up and down awaiting the next one!

• 6) what's your personal quote of the day?

"It's a misery wrapped in an enema"

Haven't done this yet, but late is better than never.

1. Hmm...DoR is a great character, which is amazing since the only thing we hear him say is SQUEAK. I admire him greatly.

2. You know...the one which isn't female...male, that's it.

3. I'm 14. I live , as my user account says, in Bath.

4. Oddly enough, no.

5. I think it was my best friend...my first book was, if I remember correctly, Going Postal (Yeah, start at the end).

6. All I can think of is my literary genius friend Ben, who, when writing a poem about a boy who disappeared on the London Eye, came up with a blinder:

"Salim got on the Eye
While clutching a pie
Salim did not get off the Eye
And neither did his pie."

1) My Screen Name

Ok, it's a bit random. It's the nickname a friend calls me because she is crazy. As far as I can ascertain her logic is: My initials are KO'B. Kob. Ok, fair enough. Then, her favourite poem ever is called 'The Pobble Who Had No Toes' (sophistocated, isn't it? Fun though ^_^). So then, she decided that Kob and Pobble sound funny together. Therefore: Kobble. Why she decided that this was a good name I have no idea, but I thought it was rather hilarious. So Kobble I am.

2) Male or Female

Female.

3) What age catagory and geographic location do I fall into?

I'm 17 and am Irish through and through. Still live there, and am very wet as a result.

4) Have you seen any Discworld movies, did you like them and do you have faith in future productions being good, better or worse than current ones?

Yes, I have. The Sky ones. Hogfather and CoM. I quite liked the Hogfather out of relief that they didn't mess it up any worse. Because we all know they could've. But as films, I think they also could have been a lot better. Not my favourites. Didn't hate them as much as the HP movies. And didn't like them anywhere near as much as the Lord of the Rings films.

5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?

My uncle gave Wyrd Sisters to my brother for Christmas like 5 years ago. I read it too and thought it was funny but nothing special (in retrospect, I'm horrified by this). But then I needed to read a book and write a review for school and I got the Amazing Maurice. I loved the Death of Rats. But still, not my favourite ever book. But then I found Night Watch. Wow. THAT started the obsession period. It amazed me and made me laugh so hard... Later I went back to reread WS and liked it better. Granny is amazing ^_^

6) what's your personal quote of the day?

"Scientific progress goes boink?" - Calvin and Hobbes

Sorry that some of these answers were so long, my bad. If you didn't read it all that's ok. ^_^

Kobble

Welcome... again :smile:

Y'see, avatars aren't that hard to do. I've got to ask - how did your avatar originate?

I did say we were a curious lot.

Yeah, thanks again for that. I really am hopeless ^_^ It did seem obvious once pointed out.
My avatar... was a originally a doodle I did in the back of my copy books at school in the subjects I am worst at (Maths, Irish, Geography, etc.) and I loved him. His name is Charlie. He's a vampire, an incompetent one. Then I had to write a play script for English and I couldn't think of anything. So I did it about Charlie here. I thought I might do an online comic about him at some point. Either way, I did a a few pictures of him (unlike the doodles these weren't in pen and smudgy) on my graphics tablet thing. One is a happy one (my avatar) and another a depressed one.
I don't know why he's called Charlie. It just popped into my head. He calls himself Lord Charles Ichorovich (he made that name up) but he's Charlie

I'm sorry that was so long, but you did ask! ^_^

Answers

1) What formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
- Jangus is the first name of an invented character. Whenever something went wrong on a job it was Jangus Stump's fault

2) Are you male or female?
-male

3) What age category and geographic location do you fall into?
-42 - Northern California USA

4) Have you seen any Discworld movies, did you like them and do you have faith in future productions being good, better or worse than current ones?
-I have yet to watch any but have several in my Netflix Queue

5) Who or how were you turned on to Discworld/Pratchett?
-I read a review in the paper a few years ago and have been hooked ever since

6) What's your personal quote of the day?
- Totally paranoid is totally alert

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
Vimes is one of my favourite characters in all the books
2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.)
Female
3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?
16, I live in Fourecks
4) Have you seen any Discworld movies, did you like them and do you have faith in future productions being good, better or worse than current ones?
I've seen the colour of magic and hogfather. I'm not much of fan but I hope that in future they get better
5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?
The Librarian at school gave me equal rites one day and I've been hooked ever since. I am now only missing about 5 books from the main series in my collection
6) what's your personal quote of the day?
It's a million to one chance... But it just might work!

Welcome to Jangus and Vimes. Things may seem a little quiet at present but don't let that fool you. Things can get pretty hectic at times.

1) It's sort of my name, spelled to rhyme with Bananana
2) female
3) 33, South Africa
4) I saw a version of Soul Music which made me slightly ill. As to whether anyone could make a good TP movie, probably, given enough time and money.
5) I barely remember, it was so long ago
6) I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way

Presentation

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
Well, I'm a huge fan of TP (Terry Pratchett before you ask), and I'm from Sweden...

2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.)
Male

3) what age category and geographic location do you fall into?
I'm 26 years of age and live in Stockholm

4) Have you seen any Discworld movies, did you like them and do you have faith in future productions being good, better or worse than current ones?
(note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)
Sorry to say, I haven't yet seen any Discworld movies...

5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?
My mother... Introduced me to "Lords and Ladies" and I was hooked immediately

6) what's your personal quote of the day?
"Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much."
- Oscar Wilde

Reply to questions

1. Ni-Ne is a nickname I was given by a very dear friend who said I reminded him of a rare bird called a Ni-Ne from the Amazon rain forest. J is the first letter of my name so it is a mixture of the two. Oh and you can pronounce my name J9.

I seem to have forgot to say I am female whoops......

2. I'm 37 years old and live in Sedgley, West Midlands in the United Kingdom.

3. I have seen Hogswatch and The Colour Magic, out of the two I preferred Hogswatch but I think that is because Death and The Death of Rats are two of my favorite characters.

4. I started Reading Terry Pratchett when my youngest had to spend 21 weeks in Birmingham Childrens Hospital. One of his doctors was a big TP fan and we would dicuss the discworld during morning rounds much to the bafflement of the trainee docs.

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have is my favorite quote, because it just about sums up my life.

• 1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
  
  Long story: I like pink, and like have an original screen name (read: without numbers) at online gaming
• 2) Male or Female?
  Female
• 3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?
  
  24, The Netherlands
• 4) do you have good faith that a discworld movie COULD be done well enough not to suck? (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)
  
  Yes, if TP is involved. I liked the Hogfather, or is that cursing?
• 5) how, or by who, were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?
  
  Read Mort from (now former) drummer on vacation in Spain
• 6) what's your personal quote of the day?
  
  "Everything is going to be fine, one way or another. Now please stop coughing."

Hello everybody!

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
Utterly boring and dull - using my name.

2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.)
-- Female, except when I'm rowing and then I'm Awesome Female!

3) what age category and geographic location do you fall into?
-- Old enough to know better, young enough not to care, USA.

4) Have you seen any Discworld movies, did you like them and do you have faith in future productions being good, better or worse than current ones?
(note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)
-- Haven't seen the discworld movies - a project on the list. I'd love to see someone GREAT and with real obsession in their heart for the source material take this on.

5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?
Found it on my own, have since found a few other fans of the discworld. To put things into perspective, this is the only "fanboard" type of thing I've ever even contemplated joining. It does seem such a jolly place, though, that it made me overcome my usual reticence in these matters.

6) what's your personal quote of the day?
none today... maybe another time!

Similar welcomes from me too.

That may work for you Hsing, but after the New Year celebrations I feel as if I'm recovering from an autopsy

• 1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
  It's taken from some of the Nadsat language that was created in A Clockwork Orange. It means 'crazy woman'.
• 2) Male or Female?
  Female
• 3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?
  20, Birmingham/England
• 4) do you have good faith that a discworld movie COULD be done well enough not to suck? (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)
  
  No, Pratchett relies so heavily on the manipulation of language, and that just can't be transferred across into a film.
• 5) how, or by who, were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?
  
  First one I read was Mort when I was about 12, but I have no idea how I got hold of it.
• 6) what's your personal quote of the day?
  
  "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain

• 1) Its the name i use for everything, its unusual so its almost always free and i dont have to remember 40 different usernames. I made it up when i was looking for something to put as a username and saw my tie hanging.
• 2) Male
• 3) Im 18 and i live on Guernsey, part of the channel islands located just off the coast of france.
• 4) I loved the sky 1 production of Hogfather and The Colour of Magic
• 5) Watching the aforementioned Hogfather, as soon as i had some cash to play with i went onto amazon and ordered all of the death books (still my favourite character) in their beautiful black covers devoured them in about a week and then went back to amazon and ordered every other discworld book i could find.
• 6) Bill Gates at a malaria conference "i brought some mosquitos, here, i'll let them roam around, there's no reason only poor people should be infected"

Welcome, both of you!

i AM ALEXINTRACTION , AS MY GUARDIAN ANGEL SEEMS TO SPEND MOST OF HER EXISTENCE IN INTENSIVE CARE , EX-ARMY,EX-FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION,TRYING TO ADJUST MY KARMA,54 YEARS OLD FEEL LIKE 80.:lol:

Hi there alexintraction, welcome to the boards. Just so you know, writing in CAPS on the internet is usually considered to be "shouting", so it's best if you avoid them as much as possible

Katcal

Thanks for the heads up Katcal,as you can see,I'm new to the internet (55).

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
Jack Lazyacre is one of the main characters in my book
the Saga of TRSL
2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.)
Male
3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?
Nearly 63, Adelaide, South XXXX
4) Have you seen any Discworld movies, did you like them and do you have faith in future productions being good, better or worse than current ones?
(note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)
The Colour of Magic and Hogfather. Both excellent productions given the restraints of TV budgets as opposed to big screen $$$
5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?
The Colour of Magic was introduced to me by my daughter back in the 80s
6) what's your personal quote of the day?
Nullus Anxietus!

I think I may just read 'The Saga of the toenail Ridge Shortline" someday. The name alone is a hoot. Welcome to the boards!

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?

It was the username given to me at university, several years ago. Since it's just a (fairly) random collection of letters, it's a) not targetted by spammers, and b) not already in use on any message boards/websites I've registered on.

2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.)

Male. I have absolutely no confusion over this issue. :razz:

3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?

Late 20s, in the depths of the UK.

4) Have you seen any Discworld movies, did you like them and do you have faith in future productions being good, better or worse than current ones? (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)

Yes - seen Hogfather and Colour of Magic/Light Fantastic, and very much looking forward to Going Postal. From the trailers it looks very promising indeed.

5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?

I blame my secondary school library. I just happened upon Equal Rites one day - Josh Kirby's artwork made it look so much more appealing than all the surrounding books, so I gave it a go.

6) what's your personal quote of the day?

42

I'm DEATHOFRATS, and I'm not really new at all.

I've just come back from the dark side :wink:

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?

Not sure, I used to use Dark_Fisico or Kaos on forums but I got bored of Dark_Fisico and most other places Kaos is already taken so my friends just typed a load of letters into the computer and we came up with a new name.

2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.)

I believe I am female I might be wrong .:razz:

3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?

I am early 20s and I am in the west country (Country bumkin I am).

4) Have you seen any Discworld movies, did you like them and do you have faith in future productions being good, better or worse than current ones? (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)

Course I have, loved them both. For future ones I'm a little worried though I'm always worried and the other two turned out good .

5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?

My mum. I've always been rather bookish and got bord of childrens books so my mum stuffed a Discworld book in my face and been a fan ever since.

6) what's your personal quote of the day?

Who can stay mad at a man basically made out of hair? (You do not want to know either about the man made of hair or why I was/trying to be mad at him).

Meat him?
:shock:

Her, Arweka is a her.

Its nice to meet you all too. And yes I believe I am a her .

Oops, my bad :redface:

irate:

Hi, new here, a geordie lass with a love for all things of the Disc:razz::razz::razz:

And hello again to you, Buzzfloyd

hello my name is ian

irate:

• 1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
• my name is ian and i like saying hello , also it was the first one they would allow
• 2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.)
• male
• 3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?
• 29 wexford, irl
• 4) Have you seen any Discworld movies, did you like them and do you have faith in future productions being good, better or worse than current ones?
  (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)
• i have seen all the sky one productions and all were ok and getting better as they go
• 5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?
• i had forgotten to bring a book for a week long border duty and i was given gaurds gaurds by a collegue , and the rest is history ( to use a crap expression)
• 6) what's your personal quote of the day?
• "could be worse"

hello Maljonic, and how are you ? :bunny:

susan marston

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
Because it's my name :lol:
2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.) Female
3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into? 42 Essex, England
4) Have you seen any Discworld movies, did you like them and do you have faith in future productions being good, better or worse than current ones?
I have seen all three now and they are getting better each time. I have not seen Soul Music on video. I am optimistic that they will just keep improving.
:razz::wink:

Hey Susan

You seem to have missed the last 2 questions of the questionnaire...

1) My name is Sal and I'm a Quaker. It's a name that I've used before to differentiate me from other Sal's and it seems to work.

2) Female

3) I'm over 21 by a good long way but don't think it necessary to reveal by exactly how much. My home town is Plymouth UK, the original, but I am living and working in Aylesbury for the next few months. If there is anything happening in Aylesbury I haven't found it yet. Haven't even been able to locate a duck . . .

4) I haven't seen any discworld films cos I have a firmly fixed notion that they won't do justice to the books and much as I'd like to be proven wrong I'm not prepared to take the risk of finding out.

5) A guy I knew kept referring to me as Granny Weatherwax, which meant nothing to me so I finally got him to explain. "She's a lovable battleaxe but is almost invariably proven right" was the explanation I got! Didn't sound promising to me but I thought I'd give it a go.
I started with "The Colour of Magic" as it's my wont to start at the beginning. Once I got as far as Granny Weatherwax I so much wanted to be Nanny Ogg, much as I love Esme. Nanny just has more damn fun!

6) Sometimes I think the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that is not true. Some of the smaller countries are neutral.

• 1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
• It's part of my real name.
• 2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.)
• female. Not confused about that.
• 3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?
• Older than dirt. Australia.
• 4) Have you seen any Discworld movies, did you like them and do you have faith in future productions being good, better or worse than current ones?
  (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)
• I've seen animations. Haven't seen any others - I'd love to see them but I know they probably won't be as perfect as the images in my head!
• 5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?
• Read The Colour of Magic, because it sounded interesting, and from then on I was totally lost. Completely under the spell of it all, I just love the language, the ideas, the characters... all of it.
• 6) what's your personal quote of the day?
• A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that has learned how to read.

Hello

• 1) It is a nickname i aquired from school. like all good nicknames it's origins are now shrouded in mystery and legend.
• 2) Male
• 3) 28 and living in England
• 4) I've seen all that sky1 has to offer and should really watch them all again.
• 5) My headmaster took me to a library with a few other 'problem' pupils and forced us to buy a book each. I chose Colour of Magic as it sounded...interesting.
• 6) spontaneity has its time and its place.

Does anyone know what this avatar thing is??