*silence*
I never have stories that are relevant or interesting enough for the QOTW.
I worry that the few vaguely interesting stories I do have would make me identifiable to somebody I know, should they also be a b3tan. I am paranoid.
This is my first post.
I'm bored in work.
I like to read the QOTW witha chin-strokey face so that my colleagues think I'm pondering figures or having a moral dilemma.
I just lurk.
I apologise.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:14, 23 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Don't apologise for lurking
You can apologise for not asking a question or saying anything interesting though :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:21, Reply)

Don't worry.
The first step on B3ta is to lurk.

The second step is to come out and show yourself by posting.

The third step is to admit you're Bert.
( girlinthehole, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:21, Reply)

Sweet Jesus
Don't get me involved in that one!!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:26, Reply)

I'm Bert.
I feel I've achieved something here. Have a muffin.
(Love Berts <---------------------, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:27, Reply)

You're in good company...
...I was a lurker too once.

Give it a go, what's the worst that can happen?
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:28, Reply)

I was a lurker for a long time too
Now I feel like I belong...

Not sure whether that's a good or a bad thing!
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:32, Reply)

If...
I take a muffin from you, does it mean that I am you, or that I'm not you?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:34, Reply)

And another thing!
I'll never belong. I don't understand half the things you lot say. That's not an insult either.
I've probably already broken millions of unspoken rules with my posts so far.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:40, Reply)

Relax!
I was a lurker for a year before I started posting. I used to hang around /board. I still lurk in /talk on a daily basis.

Welcome.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:46, Reply)

Thanks
I'm off to wander around and see if there's anything else here that I can whitter on about. I guess I've broken my duck now. (Can a female break their duck? I never really known the origin of that term...)
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:50, Reply)

Breaking your duck
refers to scoring your initial runs in a game of cricket, as if you were bowled out before you had scored any runs, you would be 'out for a duck'

A golden duck is when you are bowled out with the first ball you face.
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:52, Reply)

I'm speechless
Quick and (I'm assuming) accurate.
I've been sucked in.
I'll never work again.
Thanks.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:55, Reply)

I am a mine of information that is useless or irrelevant 99% of the time
But occasionally it comes in handy!

Pull up a chair and join us, you'll never leave...
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:57, Reply)

Cheers
Wonder why I chose today...
Am I yapping too much?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 13:58, Reply)

Not at all!
Most of the Off Topic action usually happens in the current Home Sweet Home thread, although that seems to have died a bit this afternoon...

So, roota, nice to meet you. What do you do?

I'm Sam, and I work in a boring office, aka spending all my time on b3ta.
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 14:00, Reply)

Ah
Well I might just take a look around there then.
Nice to meet ya.
I do pretty much the same as you, and would have died of boredom long ago if it weren't for t'internet. Where else would you find fifty different versions of 'Tonight You Belong to Me' from The Jerk?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 14:08, Reply)

I'm No3L
I work on a taxi desk, although today I'm at home, a combination of a hellish cold and no drivers keeping me in. I'm watching Dave and DVDs of Coast and farting around on here.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 14:10, Reply)

Hiya
Do you tell lies when people ask where their taxi is?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 14:11, Reply)

Rarely
Cos I'm good at my job and rarely need to. And never to regulars. I'm an honest guy. Honestly.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 14:19, Reply)

That's good
I like it when I'm not in a hurry, and you get a really honest operator who says "That's gonna be about an hour, luv..."
Then I can go and put the kettle on and relax for a while, instead of jumping about the house like that cat on the electric floor in 'Cat's Eye' for the next 45 minutes, mistaking every sound, and every flicker of the tv for the arrival of my taxi.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 14:23, Reply)

I work days
And I'm fortunate enough to be able to cover most jobs inside ten miles within twenty minutes, which seems to work.

Christ, I'm even boring myself now.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 14:35, Reply)

No
I am impressed. I can't drive. I rely on taxis!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 14:54, Reply)

*YAWN*

( mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 19:53, Reply)