HELLO NEWBIE! Welcome to These Elvis Poses, also called “Elvis,” “The Poses” and, most commonly, “TEP.” A whole wide wonderful world awaits you here, including zany and hilarious posts to make you laugh and an evolving and growing group of super people you’ll be proud to call friends. Before you get started, it might be helpful to know some of the history of thisplace and some of the words and phrases you’ll see as you wander through this conference. “PPs” or “Pointless Posts” have been around We Talk since the dawn of time (relatively speaking). These are, essentially, any posts considered off-topic from the rest of the board – silly, misfit, illogical, train-of-thought (among other things) – which were for a long time (and sometimes still are) considered to be the black sheep of the Murmurs.com post family. Some people choose to date the moment of “PP” triumph a bit further back, but for me it began in an older version of We Talk with a conference, now infamous, called “Microwave Q&A.” This was a conference our webmaster, Ethan, set aside for questions for REM’s beloved former sound engineer, Mark “Microwave” Mytrowitz, who graciously offered to come in and field questions from users (this happens from time to time, so keep a lookout!). After Microwave came and went, the conference lay idle for a while until a couple of crazy, mixed-up pointless posters, looking for a place to be their silly selves, started a series of wild and insane posts there, about fake girlfriends and other way off-topic subjects, usually in chat form. Quickly, others joined in and Microwave Q&A became a big party – until mean old Ethan (just kidding) threw us all out. But after some discussion, he gave us our own new pointless post haven: “Love and Squalor,” which thrived until the creation of the new board and the current These Elvis Poses which we know and love today. The following is a brief glossary containing a few elvis poses terms, people and phrases. It is meant to give you some reference points so you can jump right in and start adding your own contributions to our ever-expanding lexicon:
*Blue ribbon thread award*: This is a reward given out, along with *post of the day* and a few other similar (and often random) awards used to recognize skill, brilliance, genius etc. in elvis posing. It is awarded either because of a brilliant initial post or idea, or because of the turn a thread takes due to poser interaction. It is a very high honor indeed.
DrOmnicom/tepbeyatch: the IM (instant messenger) names for your hosts, Matty and Helen (vetiver) respectively. We serve to keep things as interesting as possible and to keep at least some semblance of order (although order is generally considered against the tenets of elvis poses). IM (or PM) us if you have questions, but be careful: we might post what you say! (Seriously, just ask nicely and we won’t. Hee hee).
Elvis Poser of the Random Period: every once in a blue moon (or so) we name an elvis poser of the random period, given for excellence in elvis posing. Past winners include Helen (before she was host – see, there are chances for upward mobility!), Antti, Craig, Amy and Katie (kal298), Carl (Outlaw Torn) and Beth (warmfuzzysocks). The next one could be you!
“I’m moving this to Chit Chat!”/”We’re gonna be moved to Chit Chat!”: you’ll hear this often when a thread gets too long or too chatty. See the “Chit Chat” conference for further details.
Lisa (pAgeAntgirl): one of the original founders and then hosts of Elvis Poses. She left the board for personal reasons, but her spirit lives on in many of us, so you might hear about her from time to time. You might also want to check out some of her old posts for inspiration.
Marmite/Marmite Wars: Marmite, to the best of our knowledge, is still considered an edible food product. Actually, it’s a spread that is put on toast and is especially loved by our dear old Craig (craigp). Most people who have tried it either love it or hate it. Many a war has broken out when attacks are made on it and Craig valiantly comes to its defense.
Microwave Q&A, Love and Squalor: forerunners of the modern TEP (see history section above)
Pointless Post: A short, silly, off-topic post (see the history section above).
Rules: there are none! But we do have some general guidelines, such as: be respectful of others, try to avoid or resolve nasty arguments but if you absolutely can't take them to FFH (Free Floating Honesty) and try not to drown other people's posts with too many new threads.
Slowbow: related to Antti (see Wheebow), this term is used to describe anyone on we talk who takes an inordinate amount of time to respond to a thread about them.
Stalk/Stalker/Stalkee/Stalking: these are terms to describe the habit of following certain people around the site and immediately responding to all of their posts. You've truly made it as an elvis poser if you are either a stalker or are currenly being stalked. (For more info, see Moni (MeanCat) who is my current stalker and someone I consider an expert on the subject).
Wheat: wheat is sacred to many elvis posers. Created by myself, Lisa and Lindsay (chasinglindsay), it is used now mainly as a form of greeting. It has many rules, but the most important are: 1. You must always respect the wheat. 2. Never add a prefix or suffix to wheat (i.e.
wheaterrific ) 3. Use it as a greeting, but you must alternate periods and exclamation points (i.e. “hello! wheat.” OR “hello. wheat!”) a suggested wheat prayer, to say before bedtime, between meals, or just whenever: oh, wheat, you are so great, so powerful, oh lovely wheat! i lay prostrate before you, but you calmly ask me to rise, to live life to the fullest, to be all that i can be, to join in the everlasting chorus of your praise, to hear that bright, tight forever drum which cannot describe your glory! oh I am so glad to have you, wheat, in my life! you look so good over in the corner, as you match the wallpaper so well and illuminate the room with your sacred glow! thank you wheat, you are the everything!
Wheebow: the nickname for Antti, one of our most popular Posers. He also says “I Rule” a lot.
Worldwide Domination: that's right! We are slowly taking over the world. The evidence is conclusive: - Ha Pozot Ha Elu Shel Elvis (in Hebrew) - these elvis poses, eh (in Canadian) - Estas poses de Elvis (in Spanish) - Oh my heck, Elvis? (in Mormon) - Autes i pozes tou Elvis (in Greek) - "Elvis...um, so...yeah" (in...um...like...something) - tyto Elvisovy pozy (in Czech) - Diese Elvis Posen (in German) - disse elvis pousen (in Low German) - them there gosh darn golly elvis poses (in Missourian) - theseum elvish poshes (in Vermontian) - Ra Elvus poshies ya bam!! (in Glaswegian) - Nämä Elvisposeeraukset (in Finnish) - Disse Elvis Poseringer (in Danish) - Need Elvise poosid (in Estonian) - esethay viselay osespay (in Pig Latin) - C'est poses D'Elvis (in Madeline's bad, made-up French) - Ces poses d'Elvis (in French, maybe) - Deze Elvis Poses (in Dutch) - Dom där Elvis poserna (in Swedish) - Elvisen antzeko jarrera hoiek (in Basque) - haec elvisum posam (in Adam's stab at Latin) - Na staidiúr Elvis seo (in Gaelic) - Te pozy Elvisa (in Polish) - Disse Elvis poseringene (in Norwegian) - Essas poses do Elvis (in Portugeuse) - Yeh dhabein hain Elvis ke (Hindi) - THESE ELVIS POSES!!! (in English for the Hearing Impaired)
(Please PM me with additions and corrections) Anyway, that's all for now - the rest we leave up to you to discover on your own! Have fun and don't feel overwhelmed. We LOVE newbies here! Your hosts, Luis, Matty and Andrea Wheat!
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Thank you matty, that'll be all for now...^^^somewhere in matty's brilliant intro to this forum is the reason I posted this thread here and not in the ENTERTAINMENT forum... I almost posted it in the chit-chat area until I learned that those threads (Tractor Bar, et. al.) have to be honored with a nomination to be considered for that forum...who knows maybe one day in the distant future The Breakfast Club will have that distinction of being popular.
I'm a morning person and I love to watch the sunrise with a cup of good coffee and intelligent conversation...
so this is THE BREAKFAST CLUB...
good morning, guten morgen, bonjour, bom dia, bienvenue, goedemorgen, buongiorno, доброе утро, buenos días, καλημέρα...
where ever you are in this world, welcome...
I eat a banana and cold pizza this morning hehehe I was in a hurry
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