[Grizzled Bear]

Welcome.

You should do alright so long as you stay *reasonably* polite, *avoid* name calling and express your arguments in an articulate and (somewhat) rational manner.

It helps to think rather than “emote.”

In the spirit of bipartisanship I must warn you, regardless of anything Darksheare tells you, there is no “Mandatory FReeper Initiation” involving a vat of tapioca pudding, jumper cables and a midget.

[CAluvdubya]

I must warn you, regardless of anything Darksheare tells you, there is no “Mandatory FReeper Initiation” involving a vat of tapioca pudding, jumper cables and a midget.

There's not?

[pdxliberal]

To all Freepers:

It will take some time to go through and answer all the questions from different folks.

I am only able to give short spurts of attention to the computer.

Thanks for the welcome, the warnings, the questions, etc.

If you folks are up for having reasonable discussions I will be around for a while...

Ad hominem is not a weakness of mine, so there should be no problem there. However, I will quickly call someone on poor reasoning and faulty supposition. This might seem like ad hominem to the one being slapped with reason, but...

Well, let us see how this develops then.

Thank you again for the welcome, and I am sure to learn a thing or two while here.

[jellybean]

regardless of anything Darksheare tells you, there is no “Mandatory FReeper Initiation” involving a vat of tapioca pudding, jumper cables and a midget.

Dang! Does that mean I have to let the midget go now?

Is the socks rule is still effect?

[fanfan]

I must warn you, regardless of anything Darksheare tells you, there is no “Mandatory FReeper Initiation” involving a vat of tapioca pudding, jumper cables and a midget.

There isn't???

Darks!!!!!

[word_warrior_bob]

In the spirit of bipartisanship I must warn you, regardless of anything Darksheare tells you, there is no “Mandatory FReeper Initiation” involving a vat of tapioca pudding, jumper cables and a midget.

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I’ve been bamboozled! I’ve been hoodwinked! And I can never eat tapioca pudding again.