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After all the months of waiting today is finally the day.... the hour.... the minute in which I become a regular. Yes this is my very last post I’ll ever make as a newbie! My 300th!
To celebrate becoming a regular after the many painful months of being a newbie, Mr. Snuggly thought to himself that he would make my transformation a very memorable occasion.
The story begins….
>>>Friday morning - 7am<<<
‘Beep…beep…beep’
ellisuk: “Yeah, whatever!”
‘Bang…Thud…Crash!’
>>>Friday morning - 10:27am<<<
ellisuk: “Fudge, I’m late for work”
*ellisuk rushes to the wardrobe and grabs the nearest suit in site*
ellisuk: “Gotta hurry, gotta hurry!”
*ellisuk grabs car keys and then………*
>>>Friday morning - 10:42am<<<
‘Ring…ring…ring’
ellisuk: “O raspberries, this is all I need”
*picks up the phone*
caller: “A-ahem, hello there”
ellisuk: “Yeah, who is this?”
caller: “An anonymous tipster”
ellisuk: “You sound awfully familiar: Do I know you?”
anonymous tipster : “Ye-NO, I can assure you that you don’t!”
ellisuk: “O, very well, must be hearing wrongly”
anonymous tipster: “Yeah, you must be”
ellisuk: “Yeah, well, anyway, whatcha want?”
anonymous tipster: “Meet me at the pub, opposite Special Reserve Discount Store at 8pm”
ellisuk: “Bu-but”
anonymous tipster: “No buts, be there”
ellisuk: “Bu…”
‘Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz’
ellisuk: “Hello, hello, answer me … Damn!”
>>>Friday morning - 11:03am<<<
*arrives at work*
Secretary: “The Boss wants you to see you in his office immediately”
ellisuk: "OK"
'knock...knock"
boss: "Come in"
ellisuk: "Err, you wanted to see me"
boss: "Don't bother taking a seat, this won’t last long"
ellisuk: "Sure, whatever"
boss: "YOU'VE BEEN LATE ENOUGH 'BEEPIN' TIMES THIS 'BEEPIN' WEEK, ALL 'BEEPIN' READY! THIS IS YOUR LAST 'BEEPIN' WARNING! YOU 'BEEPIN' UNDERSTAND!!! Now please get out of my site, and get on with some work, we've got to have this game ready for production a.s.a.p."
ellisuk "Ok, ok, calm down"
*ellisuk makes his escape as quick and silently as possible*
>>>Friday afternoon - 12:41pm<<<
ellisuk can't help but think about this morning’s phone call, whilst consuming a cheese sani and a can of coke.
'Over 5 hours pass by'
>>>Friday evening - 5:49pm<<<
*ellisuk arrives home from a hard days work (well, half a days work anyway)*
ellisuk sits down at the table, with a tin of baked beans. As he eats the beans he is still thinking whether or not he should go to this pub at 8 o’clock to meet the mystery bloke. Many beans later he decides he will go.
>>>Friday evening - 7:05pm<<<
ellisuk is getting ready, not knowing who he is going to meet he decides to wear jeans and a smart shirt.
>>>Friday evening - 8:01pm<<<
ellisuk arrives at the pub opposite Special Reserve Discount Store. He walks through the front door to find that inside it is pitch black. Suddenly there is a loud scream, “SURPRISE” and all the lights turned on. In front of me I could see Mr Snuggly, Tony, Natbuc, Maddman, Gerrid, Drunk Cow, Tiltawhirl, Asher D, Whitestripes and many other SR members.
Little did I know, Mr Snuggly had arranged a surprise party with everyone at SR to congratulate me on becoming a regular.
>>>Friday evening - 9:30pm<<<
ellisuk was told that I would have to give a speech, so without any practice or a script ellisuk stands on the stage looking nervously to give his speech.
(enough with all that malarkey, on with the main post)
The speech is entitled:
The Life of a nOOb!
I joined Special reserve 87 days ago, on the 13th of September. It all started when a met a guy called Nathan (aka Natbuc). He told me that he was a regular of SR chat rooms, and I replied, “I’m a member of SR but I haven’t used the chat room yet”. The next thing he told me was that he had won 10 GAD’s. This was the turning point in which made me a member of SR chat. When GAD was introduced I thought that I would never win, and I would never meet any people who have won. Knowing that he had won that many I then decided to try for myself.
In my first week as being a newbie virtually every single regular and notable on the chat rooms slagged me off. Whether it was for spamming, writing bad grammar or replying to someone else’s post, everyone found a way off picking on the newbie. It was this disrespect that encouraged me to become a regular as soon as possible. So I sat either at home or at college typing my socks off, making as many long-winded posts as I could to impress the regulars as well as upping my post and word count.
As a nOOb I Wrote Like This. Writing Like This Really Irritates The Regulars As I Am Probably Doing Right Now. Seen As Though This Is My Last Post As A nOOb, This Is My Last Chance Of Acting Like A nOOb.
“I Is A nOOb. Evry1 In Dis Chat Room Is G*y And I Hate Them. Xbox’s R Da Cr*ppest Things Eva. U R *******!!!!!!!”
Just Kidding (except for the Xbox part)
Along the way I became more popular amongst the regulars, and by the end of my time as a newbie I now began to see new friends.
“Big it up for everyone from the Ninty forum and everyone else for that matter!”
As I said, the reason I originally joined SR chat was to win GAD’s but after many attempts I still kept failing. After that I put my GAD attempts aside and began to use the chat rooms to chat, make new friends and now here I am.
Many other things occurred on my quest to becoming a regular. I submitted about 5 reviews all under one post using foul language and a bad temper. I was so annoyed that I couldn’t win a GAD I took my anger out on the forums. As you can guess, I got a lot of stick from the regulars, that I decided to stay out the way for a week or so until things cooled down. The major turning point for me was when I posted a thread ‘Xbox Sucks’ on the FOG forum. From this, I got the respect from fellow Ninties and everyone else who thinks that Xbox’s suck.
Now I am a regular myself and it’s my turn to take part in what regulars do best. Slagging off any newbie that enters SR chat forum’s until we make them feel unwanted. So newbies, good luck whilst I’m around! Hehehehehe.
This is the end of my extremely long post.
Thanks for reading (if you got this far)
ellisuk
p.s. If your name wasn't mentioned, I didn't forget you, I just didn't want to sit here all day typing all your names out!
To celebrate becoming a regular after the many painful months of being a newbie, Mr. Snuggly thought to himself that he would make my transformation a very memorable occasion.
The story begins….
>>>Friday morning - 7am<<<
‘Beep…beep…beep’
ellisuk: “Yeah, whatever!”
‘Bang…Thud…Crash!’
>>>Friday morning - 10:27am<<<
ellisuk: “Fudge, I’m late for work”
*ellisuk rushes to the wardrobe and grabs the nearest suit in site*
ellisuk: “Gotta hurry, gotta hurry!”
*ellisuk grabs car keys and then………*
>>>Friday morning - 10:42am<<<
‘Ring…ring…ring’
ellisuk: “O raspberries, this is all I need”
*picks up the phone*
caller: “A-ahem, hello there”
ellisuk: “Yeah, who is this?”
caller: “An anonymous tipster”
ellisuk: “You sound awfully familiar: Do I know you?”
anonymous tipster : “Ye-NO, I can assure you that you don’t!”
ellisuk: “O, very well, must be hearing wrongly”
anonymous tipster: “Yeah, you must be”
ellisuk: “Yeah, well, anyway, whatcha want?”
anonymous tipster: “Meet me at the pub, opposite Special Reserve Discount Store at 8pm”
ellisuk: “Bu-but”
anonymous tipster: “No buts, be there”
ellisuk: “Bu…”
‘Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz’
ellisuk: “Hello, hello, answer me … Damn!”
>>>Friday morning - 11:03am<<<
*arrives at work*
Secretary: “The Boss wants you to see you in his office immediately”
ellisuk: "OK"
'knock...knock"
boss: "Come in"
ellisuk: "Err, you wanted to see me"
boss: "Don't bother taking a seat, this won’t last long"
ellisuk: "Sure, whatever"
boss: "YOU'VE BEEN LATE ENOUGH 'BEEPIN' TIMES THIS 'BEEPIN' WEEK, ALL 'BEEPIN' READY! THIS IS YOUR LAST 'BEEPIN' WARNING! YOU 'BEEPIN' UNDERSTAND!!! Now please get out of my site, and get on with some work, we've got to have this game ready for production a.s.a.p."
ellisuk "Ok, ok, calm down"
*ellisuk makes his escape as quick and silently as possible*
>>>Friday afternoon - 12:41pm<<<
ellisuk can't help but think about this morning’s phone call, whilst consuming a cheese sani and a can of coke.
'Over 5 hours pass by'
>>>Friday evening - 5:49pm<<<
*ellisuk arrives home from a hard days work (well, half a days work anyway)*
ellisuk sits down at the table, with a tin of baked beans. As he eats the beans he is still thinking whether or not he should go to this pub at 8 o’clock to meet the mystery bloke. Many beans later he decides he will go.
>>>Friday evening - 7:05pm<<<
ellisuk is getting ready, not knowing who he is going to meet he decides to wear jeans and a smart shirt.
>>>Friday evening - 8:01pm<<<
ellisuk arrives at the pub opposite Special Reserve Discount Store. He walks through the front door to find that inside it is pitch black. Suddenly there is a loud scream, “SURPRISE” and all the lights turned on. In front of me I could see Mr Snuggly, Tony, Natbuc, Maddman, Gerrid, Drunk Cow, Tiltawhirl, Asher D, Whitestripes and many other SR members.
Little did I know, Mr Snuggly had arranged a surprise party with everyone at SR to congratulate me on becoming a regular.
>>>Friday evening - 9:30pm<<<
ellisuk was told that I would have to give a speech, so without any practice or a script ellisuk stands on the stage looking nervously to give his speech.
(enough with all that malarkey, on with the main post)
The speech is entitled:
The Life of a nOOb!
I joined Special reserve 87 days ago, on the 13th of September. It all started when a met a guy called Nathan (aka Natbuc). He told me that he was a regular of SR chat rooms, and I replied, “I’m a member of SR but I haven’t used the chat room yet”. The next thing he told me was that he had won 10 GAD’s. This was the turning point in which made me a member of SR chat. When GAD was introduced I thought that I would never win, and I would never meet any people who have won. Knowing that he had won that many I then decided to try for myself.
In my first week as being a newbie virtually every single regular and notable on the chat rooms slagged me off. Whether it was for spamming, writing bad grammar or replying to someone else’s post, everyone found a way off picking on the newbie. It was this disrespect that encouraged me to become a regular as soon as possible. So I sat either at home or at college typing my socks off, making as many long-winded posts as I could to impress the regulars as well as upping my post and word count.
As a nOOb I Wrote Like This. Writing Like This Really Irritates The Regulars As I Am Probably Doing Right Now. Seen As Though This Is My Last Post As A nOOb, This Is My Last Chance Of Acting Like A nOOb.
“I Is A nOOb. Evry1 In Dis Chat Room Is G*y And I Hate Them. Xbox’s R Da Cr*ppest Things Eva. U R *******!!!!!!!”
Just Kidding (except for the Xbox part)
Along the way I became more popular amongst the regulars, and by the end of my time as a newbie I now began to see new friends.
“Big it up for everyone from the Ninty forum and everyone else for that matter!”
As I said, the reason I originally joined SR chat was to win GAD’s but after many attempts I still kept failing. After that I put my GAD attempts aside and began to use the chat rooms to chat, make new friends and now here I am.
Many other things occurred on my quest to becoming a regular. I submitted about 5 reviews all under one post using foul language and a bad temper. I was so annoyed that I couldn’t win a GAD I took my anger out on the forums. As you can guess, I got a lot of stick from the regulars, that I decided to stay out the way for a week or so until things cooled down. The major turning point for me was when I posted a thread ‘Xbox Sucks’ on the FOG forum. From this, I got the respect from fellow Ninties and everyone else who thinks that Xbox’s suck.
Now I am a regular myself and it’s my turn to take part in what regulars do best. Slagging off any newbie that enters SR chat forum’s until we make them feel unwanted. So newbies, good luck whilst I’m around! Hehehehehe.
This is the end of my extremely long post.
Thanks for reading (if you got this far)
ellisuk
p.s. If your name wasn't mentioned, I didn't forget you, I just didn't want to sit here all day typing all your names out!
I know, becoming a Notable has already been done too. What's your point?
what? it's not an election like the notable elections, it's just 21 days, 300 posts and 10000 words, that's all, which has been DONE!
Congradulations Ellisuki shall be the Next one to become a reg :)
I've got to go. Sorry I can't reply to any posts. I have to go to work in 8 hours. Cya's!
After all the months of waiting today is finally the day.... the hour.... the minute in which I become a regular. Yes this is my very last post I’ll ever make as a newbie! My 300th!
To celebrate becoming a regular after the many painful months of being a newbie, Mr. Snuggly thought to himself that he would make my transformation a very memorable occasion.
The story begins….
>>>Friday morning - 7am<<<
‘Beep…beep…beep’
ellisuk: “Yeah, whatever!”
‘Bang…Thud…Crash!’
>>>Friday morning - 10:27am<<<
ellisuk: “Fudge, I’m late for work”
*ellisuk rushes to the wardrobe and grabs the nearest suit in site*
ellisuk: “Gotta hurry, gotta hurry!”
*ellisuk grabs car keys and then………*
>>>Friday morning - 10:42am<<<
‘Ring…ring…ring’
ellisuk: “O raspberries, this is all I need”
*picks up the phone*
caller: “A-ahem, hello there”
ellisuk: “Yeah, who is this?”
caller: “An anonymous tipster”
ellisuk: “You sound awfully familiar: Do I know you?”
anonymous tipster : “Ye-NO, I can assure you that you don’t!”
ellisuk: “O, very well, must be hearing wrongly”
anonymous tipster: “Yeah, you must be”
ellisuk: “Yeah, well, anyway, whatcha want?”
anonymous tipster: “Meet me at the pub, opposite Special Reserve Discount Store at 8pm”
ellisuk: “Bu-but”
anonymous tipster: “No buts, be there”
ellisuk: “Bu…”
‘Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz’
ellisuk: “Hello, hello, answer me … Damn!”
>>>Friday morning - 11:03am<<<
*arrives at work*
Secretary: “The Boss wants you to see you in his office immediately”
ellisuk: "OK"
'knock...knock"
boss: "Come in"
ellisuk: "Err, you wanted to see me"
boss: "Don't bother taking a seat, this won’t last long"
ellisuk: "Sure, whatever"
boss: "YOU'VE BEEN LATE ENOUGH 'BEEPIN' TIMES THIS 'BEEPIN' WEEK, ALL 'BEEPIN' READY! THIS IS YOUR LAST 'BEEPIN' WARNING! YOU 'BEEPIN' UNDERSTAND!!! Now please get out of my site, and get on with some work, we've got to have this game ready for production a.s.a.p."
ellisuk "Ok, ok, calm down"
*ellisuk makes his escape as quick and silently as possible*
>>>Friday afternoon - 12:41pm<<<
ellisuk can't help but think about this morning’s phone call, whilst consuming a cheese sani and a can of coke.
'Over 5 hours pass by'
>>>Friday evening - 5:49pm<<<
*ellisuk arrives home from a hard days work (well, half a days work anyway)*
ellisuk sits down at the table, with a tin of baked beans. As he eats the beans he is still thinking whether or not he should go to this pub at 8 o’clock to meet the mystery bloke. Many beans later he decides he will go.
>>>Friday evening - 7:05pm<<<
ellisuk is getting ready, not knowing who he is going to meet he decides to wear jeans and a smart shirt.
>>>Friday evening - 8:01pm<<<
ellisuk arrives at the pub opposite Special Reserve Discount Store. He walks through the front door to find that inside it is pitch black. Suddenly there is a loud scream, “SURPRISE” and all the lights turned on. In front of me I could see Mr Snuggly, Tony, Natbuc, Maddman, Gerrid, Drunk Cow, Tiltawhirl, Asher D, Whitestripes and many other SR members.
Little did I know, Mr Snuggly had arranged a surprise party with everyone at SR to congratulate me on becoming a regular.
>>>Friday evening - 9:30pm<<<
ellisuk was told that I would have to give a speech, so without any practice or a script ellisuk stands on the stage looking nervously to give his speech.
(enough with all that malarkey, on with the main post)
The speech is entitled:
The Life of a nOOb!
I joined Special reserve 87 days ago, on the 13th of September. It all started when a met a guy called Nathan (aka Natbuc). He told me that he was a regular of SR chat rooms, and I replied, “I’m a member of SR but I haven’t used the chat room yet”. The next thing he told me was that he had won 10 GAD’s. This was the turning point in which made me a member of SR chat. When GAD was introduced I thought that I would never win, and I would never meet any people who have won. Knowing that he had won that many I then decided to try for myself.
In my first week as being a newbie virtually every single regular and notable on the chat rooms slagged me off. Whether it was for spamming, writing bad grammar or replying to someone else’s post, everyone found a way off picking on the newbie. It was this disrespect that encouraged me to become a regular as soon as possible. So I sat either at home or at college typing my socks off, making as many long-winded posts as I could to impress the regulars as well as upping my post and word count.
As a nOOb I Wrote Like This. Writing Like This Really Irritates The Regulars As I Am Probably Doing Right Now. Seen As Though This Is My Last Post As A nOOb, This Is My Last Chance Of Acting Like A nOOb.
“I Is A nOOb. Evry1 In Dis Chat Room Is G*y And I Hate Them. Xbox’s R Da Cr*ppest Things Eva. U R *******!!!!!!!”
Just Kidding (except for the Xbox part)
Along the way I became more popular amongst the regulars, and by the end of my time as a newbie I now began to see new friends.
“Big it up for everyone from the Ninty forum and everyone else for that matter!”
As I said, the reason I originally joined SR chat was to win GAD’s but after many attempts I still kept failing. After that I put my GAD attempts aside and began to use the chat rooms to chat, make new friends and now here I am.
Many other things occurred on my quest to becoming a regular. I submitted about 5 reviews all under one post using foul language and a bad temper. I was so annoyed that I couldn’t win a GAD I took my anger out on the forums. As you can guess, I got a lot of stick from the regulars, that I decided to stay out the way for a week or so until things cooled down. The major turning point for me was when I posted a thread ‘Xbox Sucks’ on the FOG forum. From this, I got the respect from fellow Ninties and everyone else who thinks that Xbox’s suck.
Now I am a regular myself and it’s my turn to take part in what regulars do best. Slagging off any newbie that enters SR chat forum’s until we make them feel unwanted. So newbies, good luck whilst I’m around! Hehehehehe.
This is the end of my extremely long post.
Thanks for reading (if you got this far)
ellisuk
p.s. If your name wasn't mentioned, I didn't forget you, I just didn't want to sit here all day typing all your names out!
To celebrate becoming a regular after the many painful months of being a newbie, Mr. Snuggly thought to himself that he would make my transformation a very memorable occasion.
The story begins….
>>>Friday morning - 7am<<<
‘Beep…beep…beep’
ellisuk: “Yeah, whatever!”
‘Bang…Thud…Crash!’
>>>Friday morning - 10:27am<<<
ellisuk: “Fudge, I’m late for work”
*ellisuk rushes to the wardrobe and grabs the nearest suit in site*
ellisuk: “Gotta hurry, gotta hurry!”
*ellisuk grabs car keys and then………*
>>>Friday morning - 10:42am<<<
‘Ring…ring…ring’
ellisuk: “O raspberries, this is all I need”
*picks up the phone*
caller: “A-ahem, hello there”
ellisuk: “Yeah, who is this?”
caller: “An anonymous tipster”
ellisuk: “You sound awfully familiar: Do I know you?”
anonymous tipster : “Ye-NO, I can assure you that you don’t!”
ellisuk: “O, very well, must be hearing wrongly”
anonymous tipster: “Yeah, you must be”
ellisuk: “Yeah, well, anyway, whatcha want?”
anonymous tipster: “Meet me at the pub, opposite Special Reserve Discount Store at 8pm”
ellisuk: “Bu-but”
anonymous tipster: “No buts, be there”
ellisuk: “Bu…”
‘Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz’
ellisuk: “Hello, hello, answer me … Damn!”
>>>Friday morning - 11:03am<<<
*arrives at work*
Secretary: “The Boss wants you to see you in his office immediately”
ellisuk: "OK"
'knock...knock"
boss: "Come in"
ellisuk: "Err, you wanted to see me"
boss: "Don't bother taking a seat, this won’t last long"
ellisuk: "Sure, whatever"
boss: "YOU'VE BEEN LATE ENOUGH 'BEEPIN' TIMES THIS 'BEEPIN' WEEK, ALL 'BEEPIN' READY! THIS IS YOUR LAST 'BEEPIN' WARNING! YOU 'BEEPIN' UNDERSTAND!!! Now please get out of my site, and get on with some work, we've got to have this game ready for production a.s.a.p."
ellisuk "Ok, ok, calm down"
*ellisuk makes his escape as quick and silently as possible*
>>>Friday afternoon - 12:41pm<<<
ellisuk can't help but think about this morning’s phone call, whilst consuming a cheese sani and a can of coke.
'Over 5 hours pass by'
>>>Friday evening - 5:49pm<<<
*ellisuk arrives home from a hard days work (well, half a days work anyway)*
ellisuk sits down at the table, with a tin of baked beans. As he eats the beans he is still thinking whether or not he should go to this pub at 8 o’clock to meet the mystery bloke. Many beans later he decides he will go.
>>>Friday evening - 7:05pm<<<
ellisuk is getting ready, not knowing who he is going to meet he decides to wear jeans and a smart shirt.
>>>Friday evening - 8:01pm<<<
ellisuk arrives at the pub opposite Special Reserve Discount Store. He walks through the front door to find that inside it is pitch black. Suddenly there is a loud scream, “SURPRISE” and all the lights turned on. In front of me I could see Mr Snuggly, Tony, Natbuc, Maddman, Gerrid, Drunk Cow, Tiltawhirl, Asher D, Whitestripes and many other SR members.
Little did I know, Mr Snuggly had arranged a surprise party with everyone at SR to congratulate me on becoming a regular.
>>>Friday evening - 9:30pm<<<
ellisuk was told that I would have to give a speech, so without any practice or a script ellisuk stands on the stage looking nervously to give his speech.
(enough with all that malarkey, on with the main post)
The speech is entitled:
The Life of a nOOb!
I joined Special reserve 87 days ago, on the 13th of September. It all started when a met a guy called Nathan (aka Natbuc). He told me that he was a regular of SR chat rooms, and I replied, “I’m a member of SR but I haven’t used the chat room yet”. The next thing he told me was that he had won 10 GAD’s. This was the turning point in which made me a member of SR chat. When GAD was introduced I thought that I would never win, and I would never meet any people who have won. Knowing that he had won that many I then decided to try for myself.
In my first week as being a newbie virtually every single regular and notable on the chat rooms slagged me off. Whether it was for spamming, writing bad grammar or replying to someone else’s post, everyone found a way off picking on the newbie. It was this disrespect that encouraged me to become a regular as soon as possible. So I sat either at home or at college typing my socks off, making as many long-winded posts as I could to impress the regulars as well as upping my post and word count.
As a nOOb I Wrote Like This. Writing Like This Really Irritates The Regulars As I Am Probably Doing Right Now. Seen As Though This Is My Last Post As A nOOb, This Is My Last Chance Of Acting Like A nOOb.
“I Is A nOOb. Evry1 In Dis Chat Room Is G*y And I Hate Them. Xbox’s R Da Cr*ppest Things Eva. U R *******!!!!!!!”
Just Kidding (except for the Xbox part)
Along the way I became more popular amongst the regulars, and by the end of my time as a newbie I now began to see new friends.
“Big it up for everyone from the Ninty forum and everyone else for that matter!”
As I said, the reason I originally joined SR chat was to win GAD’s but after many attempts I still kept failing. After that I put my GAD attempts aside and began to use the chat rooms to chat, make new friends and now here I am.
Many other things occurred on my quest to becoming a regular. I submitted about 5 reviews all under one post using foul language and a bad temper. I was so annoyed that I couldn’t win a GAD I took my anger out on the forums. As you can guess, I got a lot of stick from the regulars, that I decided to stay out the way for a week or so until things cooled down. The major turning point for me was when I posted a thread ‘Xbox Sucks’ on the FOG forum. From this, I got the respect from fellow Ninties and everyone else who thinks that Xbox’s suck.
Now I am a regular myself and it’s my turn to take part in what regulars do best. Slagging off any newbie that enters SR chat forum’s until we make them feel unwanted. So newbies, good luck whilst I’m around! Hehehehehe.
This is the end of my extremely long post.
Thanks for reading (if you got this far)
ellisuk
p.s. If your name wasn't mentioned, I didn't forget you, I just didn't want to sit here all day typing all your names out!