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Róisín

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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #3330 on: November 17, 2017, 11:09:19 AM »
Kuzzma, welcome! There are already a number of Russian Minnions - maybe you will be able to do a meetup. Have fun!
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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #3331 on: November 17, 2017, 01:26:08 PM »
Greetings, and welcome Kuzzma. My my, that's a long journey. Almost mind-boggling that you've gone from near the Pacific coast and China all the way to bordering Finland and Estonia. Continent hopping. Anyway, I'm sure you'll have fun here.
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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #3332 on: November 17, 2017, 04:00:02 PM »
While I joined this board some time ago, I'm yet to make a formal introduction.

I'm Russian, currently living in our cultural capital St. Petersburg, but my hometown Khabarovsk is all the way across the vast expanse of Russia (7 hours flight, a week by train, therefor I don't visit it often).
Possibly out of this comes my innate "feeling for distances" and and love for geography.


О, приветствую! :) Всегда рад встретить соотечественника (почему-то мне упорно не нравится как звучит женский род от "соотечественник"...).

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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #3333 on: November 17, 2017, 06:12:24 PM »
While I joined this board some time ago, I'm yet to make a formal introduction.
Welcome and hallo kuzzzma :D :squirrelcookie: :squirrelcookie: :squirrelcookie:
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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #3334 on: November 17, 2017, 06:21:29 PM »
My my, that's a long journey. Almost mind-boggling that you've gone from near the Pacific coast and China all the way to bordering Finland and Estonia.

We have an anecdote in Russia about just that.
It goes:
Rasta man catches a Golden Fish (Russian analog of Jinny in a Bottle) and in quest for her freedom, she offers him 3 wishes.
Rasta man scratches his beard in thought...  "Let's see Tatar-Mongols invade Finland!"
Golden Fish is surprised, but makes it so: Tatar-Mongols march all the way north and invade Finland..

For his second wish Rasta man wishes for Tatar-Mongols to go back to Asia.
Golden Fish is bewildered but makes it so.

For his third and last wish Rasta man asks again for Tatar-Mongols to invade Finland.
Golden Fish is stares at him with bulging eyes for a long time, but makes it so, then asks Rasta man - Why on Earth will he wish for Mongols to invade Finland, of all places?!

Rasta man, lightheartedly, replies - OH! I JUST LOVE ME SOME ACTION, MAN!
... and puffs out a ring of smoke into the sky...

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О, приветствую! :) Всегда рад встретить соотечественника (почему-то мне упорно не нравится как звучит женский род от "соотечественник"...).

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« Reply #3335 on: November 18, 2017, 09:04:24 PM »
So I run off at the mouth in the page comments, and even posted here a few times, but never formally introduced myself.

I'm from California, Los Angeles area.
My handle is my breed of dog. English Mastiffs for 20+ years. I'm all about the dogs and the cats. Actually, I'm pretty much all about animals. I confess Sleipnope is my fav character.

Can't remember which character we're supposed to calculate our ages from, so I'll just say I could be Sigrun's mother.

I am embarrassed - especially in this group! - to admit my only language is English, but I'm pretty obsessive about English, so maybe that makes up for a little?
Most of my writing is non-fiction, including literary criticism, so my primary artistic outlet is drawing. Working on a few pieces i hope to post here soon.

I love S4 not just because it's a staggeringly brilliant work, but also because it's got this awesome community behind it. Every single comments page I learn something new, we've got such an amazing group of intelligent, educated, observant, and thoughtful people. Like I've said, where else can you learn about Finland's utility infrastructure, whale-falls, and optimal methods of transporting unconscious people while dodging puns in a pillow fort?

I love other comics, but this is the only one I feel like there's a community, especially one I want to be a member of.

Thanks gang!

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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #3336 on: November 19, 2017, 02:34:48 AM »
Glad to have you in the community. Welcome!
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Re: Don't trust the squirrels!
« Reply #3337 on: November 19, 2017, 09:31:11 AM »
So I run off at the mouth in the page comments, and even posted here a few times, but never formally introduced myself.
Hallo and welcome to the forum BigDogLittleCat  Mastiff :D :squirrelcookie: :squirrelcookie: :squirrelcookie:
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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #3338 on: November 19, 2017, 11:30:59 AM »
Oops! I just realized my account had my old user name! I have just updated to my "real" name, Mastiff.

And added a profile photo of my darling darling Ruby.
My cat would kbject that he's not in the photo, but he's on my lap and he thinks that's better.

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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #3339 on: November 19, 2017, 11:32:15 AM »
Thank you Roisin and Jacob! I am glad to be here.

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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #3340 on: November 19, 2017, 01:36:08 PM »
And welcome Kuzzzma and Mastiff :D
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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #3341 on: November 20, 2017, 08:03:14 AM »
Hello everyone o/

I've been lurking around since the days of aRTD but I never really commented or was active on the forum o/

I'm a native french speaker currently living in France but unless things go pear shaped, moving to some other country next year //////////////o/ (I hope it'll either be Canada or Finland but it depends on where my job is going to send me)

I do some drawing but it's been a while since I did anything properly finished.

JacobThomsen

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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #3342 on: November 20, 2017, 09:05:28 AM »
Hello everyone o/
Hello Hakkaeni :D welcome to the forum :squirrelcookie: A lot of the people here also love drawing so you're welcome to share your drawings with the rest of us if you want to
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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #3343 on: November 20, 2017, 09:57:00 AM »
Nice to meet you, Hakkaeni, I hope you enjoy it here!

There’s plenty of Minnions in France and Finland if you’re ever interested in a meet-up, and quite a few here in Canada, depending on where you go. :)

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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #3344 on: November 20, 2017, 01:55:11 PM »
More official welcomes to you, Mastiff (considers roping you in for the Advent Calendar) and to Hakkaeni, glad to have you peek into the wider SSSS community.  I echo Mastiff's sentiment highly - all of us in this community know something useful to the group at large, and we are quite good at sharing. 
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