Have any of you been spotted?
I was entering my tube station this evening when a guy walked over and asked if I was Becky from B3ta? I'm ashamed to say I mumbled "What?...er no" and shambled off instead of proclaiming "Why yes, yes I am. Am I all you expected I would be". In my defence it was raining and I look very tired and rubbish right now.

Any of you been spotted by internet weirdos?
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:43, 70 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

ooooooooh who was it??
no, I've never been, obv.
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:45, Reply)

No idea
If he's reading this, Hi
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:46, Reply)

that is so weird, I would've done the same thing though
I'm clicking 'I like this!' so maybe that person will see it
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:51, Reply)

Not me
I would be all "that's Willenium from B3ta to you"
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:53, Reply)

I do that to anyone that isn't my friend
I hate small talk and if we've never spoken before why the hell would I want to talk to them now? I was trying to buy something at a clothing store once and this guy I graduated with was like 'hey we went to the same school right?' and I said 'I don't know' and left. Douchebag.
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:56, Reply)

Haaaaaaa, I did that on facebook a lot last year when a bunch of people from my school joined up
and tried to add me. I had no interest in being your friend then, so why would I want to be your friend now?
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:58, Reply)

i.e. Non-versation

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:59, Reply)

i.e. fuck off acting like you know me, cunt
it irritates the shit out of me, why do I need to acknowledge that we went to the same school? it changes nothing, it doesn't make you my friend and it certainly doesn't make me want to buy whatever trendy scarf you've got on sale this week, give my cologne and shut up.
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:04, Reply)

My school has a reunion every friday night down the pub.
the last time I was home, I looked in to find that about 80% of the people i went to school with were jammed in there.

I went somewhere else.
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:07, Reply)

it's the worst around holidays here
only consolation is counting how many got a fat ass in college
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:12, Reply)

the ones who went into higher education got the fuck out of doge

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:15, Reply)

I had no idea I was so prolific ,)

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:55, Reply)

Nope
It wasn't me BTW, I haven't been in London since last Thursday, and I didn't take the tube.
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:45, Reply)

Pfft, I already know what you look like

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:47, Reply)

how?

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:47, Reply)

You did that hot or not thing a couple of years ago

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:49, Reply)

Cough, I mean it's nice here outside your bedroom window, bit hungry though

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:49, Reply)

want to come in?
Fires on and I'll put the kettle on
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:51, Reply)

Nah, it's a long ways back to the tube, so I best get moving
Maybe some other time!
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:55, Reply)

I now realise it was silly to leave hull of the underground

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:58, Reply)

No, but I did think I'd spotted one last year in Edinburgh.
Knowing that HolyCremolaFoamBatman had said he worked in a kilt shop opposite a certain pub, and since we were staying in a hotel next to the establishment, we thought we'd pop in and say hello.

It wasn't him. But he did confess to being a lurker, so at least he didn't think we were complete weirdos.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:47, Reply)

Aww bless ya. I had a guy come in to where I worked last year and tell me he was Spanky Hanky
We had a nice chat and then he left. I gazzed Spanky afterwards to say it was nice meeting him and he denied all knowledge of it. So either he's lying, but it'd be a weird non-sexual thing to lie about, or a lurker decided to pass themselves off as him. Most odd.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:49, Reply)

That
is a bit scary
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:52, Reply)

Decidedly odd.

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:55, Reply)

To be honest
Asking him "Are you from the internet?" may have freaked him out a bit.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:55, Reply)

There are usually a few b3tans at the UK webcomix thing

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:49, Reply)

why'd you say no?
silly
( mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:55, Reply)

Because I had no idea of who he was. If he'd introduced himself first and I didn't have Biffy Clyro blasting through one ear then I might have stopped and said hello

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:56, Reply)

this, it's probably easier when someone identifies themselves first instead of shouting around a crowded place 'OI ARE YOU BECKY?!'

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:59, Reply)

Yup
Also, check your thread down there, I've put an awesome video to cheer you up :)
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:03, Reply)

A bit late/early for this
but 'Ive got a boner for Christmas' by nerf herder is my kind of winter music
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:06, Reply)

that is an....interesting song :)

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:10, Reply)

I love it dearly.
We used to play it in the store when I worked at Lush and it was amazing how many people would sing along to it :)
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:12, Reply)

what else did they play?

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:12, Reply)

Whatever people had on their MP3 players :)

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:48, Reply)

nice bit of morriesy?
its ok cause you cant cut yourself with soap
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:51, Reply)

Reminds me of working for Oddbins
Nothing like carrying home 6 bottles of Westons for a fiver and drinking them while burning CDs for the shop, then greeting the customers with weird drone-rock the next morning. Should never have quit that job.
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:55, Reply)

did you quit for your liver?

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:57, Reply)

that was one of the reasons, yup
it gets a bit worrying when you wake up at 7.30 am for work thinking "hmmm what yummy wine shall I be trying today? Oh boy"

The main reason was feeling paranoid as a shop assistant. I didn't like standing there on display. Bit lame I know.
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 21:03, Reply)

I didn't realise Lush had a dj
;)
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:13, Reply)

Got a few gazzes from Captain Lemming
Claiming to he knew me and offering various bits of unwanted and unsolicited life-advice while refusing to identify himself. Shut down my old account, set up a new one and within two days I get a new gaz, about fucking 500 words' worth, this time identifying himself.

Turns out it's a local pub-goer who knows quite a few people I regularly bump into. My abiding memory of him is his implying that he would wait for me in a dark alley and there'd be blood pouring from my every orifice if I had shagged his mate's ex (which I hadn't, but hey). So if you're out there, Captain Lemming, cheers for being there for me. I'm too scared to gaz you anything now and I'm hoping you've lost interest in my online activities..
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:56, Reply)

Wow, he sounds like a classy fella.
Worth passing on to the police if he does it again.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 19:57, Reply)

Don't think he's done anything illegal
apart from obliquely threaten me, which I could never prove. The last gaz was quite nice - he did apologise - so I'll leave things alone and hope he does too.
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:29, Reply)

He posted about it on the Anonymous QOTW
and I told him that dragging it back up in public wasn't doing you any favours and to gaz you instead, so he deleted his post. It was just after you came back and I didn't want you getting all freaked out again. I hope I didn't interfere too much.
Edit: he'd already identified your new account by this time.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:06, Reply)

whoa, didn't know about that
you did good there, glad it was deleted, whatever it was. Not sure I want to know any details.

The last gaz I got (which I didn't reply to) was quite friendly actually so I'm hoping he can now just carry on ignoring me and when we meet we just nod at each other without bringing up the whole sorry debacle.
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:26, Reply)

I gazzed him a 'fair play' when he deleted it
and he was pretty apologetic and conciliatory when he replied. Hopefully it's settled.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:31, Reply)

Response to your edit
He did find me again frighteningly fast. Ah well fuck it, don't think he bears me any malice, he's just fucking creepy. Nae bother, as he's well out of my social circle these days.

The one funny thing is right after I got the first gazzes I bumped into his brother (sound guy) and mentioned this internet thing. We had a laugh over Captain Lemming's words - got him slagged off by his own brother.
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:34, Reply)

A member for three years
And hardly a sentence written.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:17, Reply)

Men are always stopping me in the street and asking me if I'm psychochomp's mum.
I say yes and then take them back to mine.
( girlinthehole, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:14, Reply)

I wear my b3ta t-shirt about the place
and I've NEVER had anyone respond to it. Meh.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:19, Reply)

I am tempted to get a b3ta shirt
and also start a hull bash
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:22, Reply)

Don't think I need one round here now

(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:56, Reply)

are you in Hull?

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:58, Reply)

hah, no Droitwich
I made a qotw post in the "crap towns" week slagging off my home town. See above for the unwanted attention I got. The guy in question knows quite a few people I know, and I wonder just how many people around here saw that post and laughed at me.

For the record, I didn't lie much, just a bit of exaggeration, but it seemed to get Captain Lemming's hackles up.
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 21:09, Reply)

i'd do the same
but I don't think there are many b3tards in south wales
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 21:36, Reply)

Is that wise with INTERWEB HARDMAN mazabananaritchie looking for you?

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 10:30, Reply)

I did get spotted once
As I was walking through Covent Garden someone shouted "Oi! Davros!" Turned out it was Wanderlust and Belgaer, whom I'd never met.

Mind you, I was on my way to a bash at the time and had posted earlier that day about how I would be recognisable by the flappy coat, mohawk and Carnage t-shirt.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:20, Reply)

I have seen
djdialprice whilst out and about in Cambridge a few times, but I have usually been drunk
(Halfy By light alone, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 20:21, Reply)

I think he means me!
Stop and say hello next time you daft bastard. I owe you a pint as I'm going to see Tchaikovsky's 1812 Festival Overture this month thanks to you.
( djtrialprice, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 23:36, Reply)

I saw someone in a b3ta shirt
In Liverpool One shopping centre. I said "woo yay" at him but I don't think he heard me.
(Mrs Ballunatic counting calories, not votes., Wed 3 Feb 2010, 21:28, Reply)

fuck that shit
I'd be fucking terrified
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 23:52, Reply)

I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE!

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 4 Feb 2010, 0:41, Reply)

Everyone knows where Broadmoor is, daddio.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 10:41, Reply)

I think if anyone saw me they'd just ring cr3 to tell him.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 0:26, Reply)

And get you naughty stepped.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 4 Feb 2010, 0:41, Reply)

Official B3ta Greeting?
is "wooo yay!" the official B3ta greeting like trekkies/fan-spods have something they say to each other at their conventions etc?
( b3tz, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 2:35, Reply)

Woman, you need to get comfortable with your fame
I'm sensing you're about to run off for ages like Stephen Fry at this rate.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 8:10, Reply)

Not unintentionally..
Although it was rather odd to discover another b3tan lived within a mile of me!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 8:37, Reply)

I bet you regret finding that out
You floppy haired cuntbubble!
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 11:00, Reply)

I've been at parties & had people come up to me calling me "Eggs"
due to this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYnING0qMRQ
(MyFakeName, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 16:50, Reply)