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You know it was actually kinda funny after I picked my name on here I realized that "Caoimhin" is a gaelic name like "Llyllewlyn"(I hoped i spelled that right...). And also I realized that I wasn't able to put a part of the cover of the album "In the Court of the Crimson King" as my avatar so I guess i had to use a celtic dragon as my avatar... Well anyway, I'm new here. I read all of O&M in about two days (well from when I started it which was when DCS had the filler art with Millie using tofu as fish bait... or was it before then I can't remember...) and I loved it, though I have never read Calvin and Hobbes which apparently is somewhat similar to it. I have read Opus(not Bloom County but the new strip that guy does) a few times. I listen to NPR sometimes, play D&D once in a while, am active in Boy Scouts, and just sit all day and night on the computer reading webcomics and at about 3:30AM start watching anime on Cartoon Network, and I like to read which I've been sorta neglecting at the moment. Well you know a little bit about me now and you would never know I was 14 going on 15 <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> (well except for the boyscouts thing... But of course you may have thought I was a scoutmaster). And my name on here is actually my real name translated into Irish Gaelic (If you can figure out my real name congrajulations).<br><br>I actually first discovered O&M from a link on a webcomic called Dominic Deegan. And as a person who likes high-brow humor (along with a British sense of humor... Or at least I think its British maybe halfway...maybe like Canadian... O and by the way that wasn't supposed to be an example... or maybe it is... I really don't know... No really its not) and the wacky insane type it caught my eye right away. You know I really relate to this comic sometimes I feel zanny like Millie and other times calm like Ozy. Also as having parents who are both liberal in political believes I have been brought up (so far) with the same believes. I may not get some of the jokes in O&M because of my age but I still find it funny. And I actually did get the grunge joke "It just SMELLS that way" which I thought was clever. I have also been bullied a few times I even got punched in the face in 5th grade. So I can relate to Ozy that way. Millie I just find funny, she has a short attention span (which actually reminds me of some people) and I think that when she has her stuffed animals (which in its self is funny because there are no human characters) with picket signs and stuff it just makes me laugh. Well anyway thats enough talking I hope to post more here (well not here but you get the point).

*WHEW* What an intro! Welcome to the board!

Welcome aboard. Oh, and it's "Llewellyn", not "Llyllewlyn", if you wanted to know.<br><br>(And once again, introductions belong in the airport.)

Hello, Caoimhin!<br><br>Welcome to this side of insanity. Hope you enjoy your stay.

welcome to the forums! Pie is in the lobby, and 5hfifty's credit card number is 1234 1234 1337 4995 <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->. somebody should be around with your fireproofing coupon soon.

Welcome to the forums. First off, I'd recommend picking up a Calvin and Hobbes book ASAP. It's well worth it. You don't have to worry about being bullied here, it is (generally) one of the nicest communites out there. Feel free to show up to the chat (you can find the link at the top of the page) or if you use an outside source <b>irc.acidchat.net</b> or <b>nl.acidchat.net</b> or <b>irc.acidchat.mancubus.net</b> and join the channel <b>#definecynical</b>. Anyways, I too found this place through Dominc Deegan. Wonderful comic, still one of my favorites. Hope to see you around this place alot man. *welcome hugs* <!--emo&^_^--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /happy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='happy.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Well I guess I missed my plane. I'm happy to be aboard. Where to now? Russia, Rome, or maybe the weird world between Llewellyn's couch (I assume its a boat because I missed my plane)... Well anyway I'm happy to have such a warm welcome <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> and glad to be on this side of insanity and not the other... if there is an "other".

Hello, I'm not much of a talker. So this is my greeting.<br><br>[edit]misspelling[/edit]

<!--QuoteBegin-Caoimhin+Jul 14 2005, 05:10 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Caoimhin @ Jul 14 2005, 05:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> and glad to be on this side of insanity and not the other... if there is an "other". <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> It's all in the mind . . . .

Hey! Hi!<br><br>Have fun and don't touch the museum pieces!

Welcome! I too enjoy Dominic Deegan although I only got into it recently <!--emo&:lol:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br>I hope you enjoy your stay and let me borrow 5hfifty's credit card when you're done <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br><br>We're all quite insane here.

didn't you get a copy too?<br><br>...<!--emo&:ph34r:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /ph34r.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ph34r.gif' /><!--endemo--><span style='color:red'><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'><span style='font-family:Impact'>DON'T READ THIS, SIMON</span></span></span><!--emo&:ph34r:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /ph34r.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ph34r.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<!--QuoteBegin-Caoimhin+Jul 14 2005, 08:58 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Caoimhin @ Jul 14 2005, 08:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> You know it was actually kinda funny after I picked my name on here I realized that "Caoimhin" is a gaelic name like "Llyllewlyn"(I hoped i spelled that right...) <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>It's Llewellyn, and it's not Gaelic, it's Celtic (eg, Welsh) and correctly pronounced <i>Thloo-el-in</i>, or, if you're not originally from Wales like me, it's pronounced <i>Loo-el-in</i><br><br>Other than that, welcome aboard the good ship DC. Drinks will be served at Sixteen-hundred hours and there are no lifeboats as we all trust God. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Hello Caoimhin, welcome to the forums. Hope you enjoy it here. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--><br>

For some reason I thought It was Gaelic... I thought Gaelic referred to the language of the Scots, Welsh, and Irish as a whole with various differences and actual names within each language for that actual language. Celtic refers to anything that has to do with the Celts or now what you could call "tribes" i.e. the Irish, the Welsh, and the Scots (actually I think the Scots were originally the Pics?) you know like a "celtic knot" it wouldn't be called a "gaelic knot" would it? Or a "celtic bracelet". While the languages are all called "gaelic languages". Gaelic coming from the word Gaul(or is it Gal?) which is actually I think pronounced "Gael" therefor Gaelic meaning having to do with the Gauls. The Gauls I think went from Gal(yes i think I mixed them up <!--emo&:unsure:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... unsure.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='unsure.gif' /><!--endemo--> ) and then migrated to what ever the British Isles were called then which then separated into the three "tribes" the Irish, the Welsh, and the Pics.<br> Dictionary.com:<br>Gaelic<br><br>adj : relating to or characteristic of the Celts [syn: Celtic, Gaelic] n : any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland [syn: Gaelic, Goidelic, Erse]<br><br>Gaelic Audio pronunciation of "Gaelic" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (glk)<br>adj.<br><br> Of or relating to the Gaels or their culture or languages.<br><br><br>n.<br><br> 1. Goidelic.<br> 2. Any of the Goidelic languages.<br><br><br>Celtic<br><br>adj : relating to or characteristic of the Celts [syn: Celtic, Gaelic] n : a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era [syn: Celtic, Celtic language]<br><br>Celtic Audio pronunciation of "Celtic" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kltk, sl-) also Keltic (kl-)<br>n.<br><br> A subfamily of the Indo-European language family comprising the Insular and the Continental branches.<br><br><br>adj.<br><br> Of or relating to the Celtic people and languages.<br><br>It would seem after writing all the above information I had neglected to use Dictionary.com <!--emo&<_<--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ns/dry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='dry.gif' /><!--endemo--> . Well anyway it would seem we are both right because Gaelic and Celtic are synomyns from this resource. Also I was very stupid not to see that the root word was "Gael" not "Gaul or "Gal" <!--emo&<_<--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ns/dry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='dry.gif' /><!--endemo--> . If you have any other resources it would be interesting to see them (I do not mean that maliciously I actually would like to see a resource that proves other wise)