Internet Orgy

What do you get when you put three geeks and two Pratchetteers (new word?) into one room? Lots of discussion on the pronunciation of Linux and router, rants of nested tables, World of Warcraft (hiss boo), chavs in Telford, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, web 2.0, Nanny Ogg’s cookbook and sexual innuendo (although the latter two are much the same).

Yes: Katy, Amelie and her partner Alex decided to pop in to see Karl and I for a geeky Internet meet-up organised in about 10 minutes on the spur of the moment. Two hours later (Amelie and Alex had a long drive) we’re all together drinking exotic juice, tea and orange and LOLing at general Internetness. Ahh, good times.

So, if you’ve ever wondered if I am secretly an old fat guy posing as a young adult blogger, Amelie and Katy will confirm that — yes — I definitely am.

24 comments so far

  1. Grant Mc said:
    On 26 Nov at 10:55 pm

    lol! what did you use to meet on the net ive been trying to have net meet ups but i cant find any decent software!

  2. Jem said:
    On 26 Nov at 10:56 pm

    lol! what did you use to meet on the net ive been trying to have net meet ups but i cant find any decent software! Noo, we met in person!

  3. Shannon said:
    On 26 Nov at 11:02 pm

    I’ve /always/ known you were an old fat guy posing as a young adult blogger. It was too obvious…

  4. Xeronia said:
    On 27 Nov at 12:06 am

    Nice! And yes, you’re definitely an old fat guy with mad internet skills that old guys generally don’t have.

  5. Hillarie said:
    On 27 Nov at 12:14 am

    Sounds fun! When I talk about geeky internet stuff to my friends it’s the same as talking to a wall…they’re just like “whaa?” And I’m not even CLOSE to Jem’s geniusness…so that is saying something about my friends.

  6. Manda said:
    On 27 Nov at 12:55 am

    …what are Pratchetteers? Is this British lingo, or a made-up term for something…? *is confused* :P

  7. Carina said:
    On 27 Nov at 1:01 am

    lol! what did you use to meet on the net ive been trying to have net meet ups but i cant find any decent software! All the cool kids are using Skype.

  8. Maren said:
    On 27 Nov at 1:04 am

    Jemboo, long time no speak, how goes it, you internet geek you! :p omglolz

  9. Rhiannon said:
    On 27 Nov at 1:43 am

    @ Manda: I might be wrong but I think “Pratchetters” is in reference to a British (?) author named Terry Pratchett. Rather good one, too. Thanks for confirming my suspicions about your true identity – I always did wonder why the fascination with my knickers :P Nice to hear that at least one net meet-up went well…a net friend of mine is on a world trip at the moment and is currently in NZ, and well, he’s driving me up the bloody wall.

  10. Hillarie said:
    On 27 Nov at 1:43 am

    @Carina: I tried Skype once. Apparently it doesn’t work with ‘slow’ computers like mine…and I don’t mean ‘slow’ as in speed, I mean a whole different thing…

  11. Mumblies said:
    On 27 Nov at 7:11 am

    Old fat bloke? Always said you took after your mother Jem *grin* Glad you had a good time though.

  12. Dave said:
    On 27 Nov at 7:46 am

    Wow, it sounds like heaven. I too am an old fat guy… but that’s never really been a secret ;)

  13. Amelie said:
    On 27 Nov at 8:47 am

    :D Good times, good times. Mostly. :P

  14. Jem said:
    On 27 Nov at 10:13 am

    …what are Pratchetteers? I made the word up to describe Karl and Alex – two Terry Pratchett fans. I also like his books but was too busy being geeky ;)

  15. Han said:
    On 27 Nov at 11:28 am

    blog meets are abounding hehe!

  16. Nan said:
    On 27 Nov at 11:54 am

    Sounds pretty exclusive! I feel kind of left out. It is great to know where to stop by for some exotic juice and tea if I stopped by England sometime though.

  17. Chans said:
    On 27 Nov at 1:37 pm

    I knew you were an old fat guy! There always was this little voice in the back of my head stating it over and over again ;)

  18. Julie said:
    On 27 Nov at 3:39 pm

    I thought you’d be something more…unique…I mean who is *not* an old fat guy on the internet?

  19. Natalie said:
    On 27 Nov at 6:19 pm

    Sounds like fun! I’m not a complete internet geek though I do know some stuff… anyway I tried to rope my friends into making a website with me but I gave up after they asked me what a browser was. Is it just me but I thought that was pretty obvious? Oh and Jem even though your an old fat guy we’ll all still wuv you! :)

  20. Niu said:
    On 27 Nov at 7:28 pm

    Pratchetteers is not new I’m afraid, and we’ve also been called Discworlders, Discworldians, Pratties and Discies (after Trekies), and various others I can’t recall. A consensus is yet to emerge….thankfully. ;-)

  21. Jem said:
    On 27 Nov at 7:53 pm

    we’ve also been called Discworlders, Discworldians, Pratties and Discies I think I’d be offended if someone called me a “Prattie” ;)

  22. Tiddley said:
    On 27 Nov at 10:20 pm

    Terry Pratchet Discworld Novels- woop woop! :D

  23. Jenny said:
    On 27 Nov at 10:49 pm

    .. I.. you’re like.. dude, dammit you’re going to be responsible for my “Terry Pratchett”athon.. you know when I need to use my mum’s credit card to buy ‘some’ books authored by him and probably black list her in the long run? :D

  24. Elea said:
    On 28 Nov at 2:43 am

    Fat old guy? Oldest story in the book. Fat old woman, now that’d be something slightly new. P.S. “Exotic” juice? I thought old fogies stuck to goodies like lemonade, orange juice, or apple juice. ;P