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Off Topic Chat => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: pookey on April 16, 2013, 05:39:09 AM

Title: Hello from the land of Robin Hood
Post by: pookey on April 16, 2013, 05:39:09 AM: Hello from the land of Robin Hood (that's Nottingham, UK - almost the middle of England). I've been into magic for years, but only as a curious spectator. I'd bought books in the past, but was rarely motivated enough to put practice into it. This changed about a year ago.

About a year ago, I decided to get myself a deck or two, and start to put some time into learning and practising the art. I'm a card collector, although my collection is fairly modest at the moment with only a few dozen decks - but this is growing monthly, sometimes weekly. I don't perform much, occasionally for friends and rarely strangers - however I intend to change this soon by performing for randoms until I get over the nerves stage that seems to for some reason cause my hands to shake, even when performing for friends! This level of nervousness came as a surprise to me, as I rarely get nervous about things - I'm sure it's something many others here faced in the past and is over come with practice.

So, that's me - Hi.
Title: Re: Hello from the land of Robin Hood
Post by: Don Boyer on April 17, 2013, 12:04:14 AM: Welcome to the Discourse, Pookey - you're in good company here! If you need anything or have questions, just play "ask-a-mod" and we'll do what we can for you.
Title: Re: Hello from the land of Robin Hood
Post by: xela on April 18, 2013, 03:56:03 AM: Hey mate.

Would it make your day if I told you that your username is Russian slang for farts?
Title: Re: Hello from the land of Robin Hood
Post by: Don Boyer on April 18, 2013, 05:49:10 AM: Quote from: alex. on April 18, 2013, 03:56:03 AM
Hey mate.

Would it make your day if I told you that your username is Russian slang for farts?

Be nice! It's also one of several terms of endearment. One of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes comic strips has Hobbes claiming that Susie is Calvin's "bitsy-pookums"...
Title: Re: Hello from the land of Robin Hood
Post by: pookey on April 18, 2013, 06:26:38 AM: I'm very aware of this unfortunately. Looking it up in urbandictionary shows even more things....

Unfortunately, it's too late to change, I'm known in many places as Pookey, and even have the domain name!
Title: Re: Hello from the land of Robin Hood
Post by: Alex Willis on April 18, 2013, 08:32:59 AM: “For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.”
― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

I've been waiting a long time for Robin Hood to show his face on here. Welcome fellow newby. Speaking of your homeland, is there a Robin Hood deck (that's not for kids)?
Title: Re: Hello from the land of Robin Hood
Post by: pookey on April 18, 2013, 09:34:40 AM: That's a good question! I'm not sure actually. I'll have to keep my eyes out....

I'll be sure to update this thread if I ever find one. Perhaps in the local gift shops there will be an awful cheap pack somewhere.
Title: Re: Hello from the land of Robin Hood
Post by: xela on April 18, 2013, 01:58:48 PM: Quote from: pookey on April 18, 2013, 06:26:38 AM
I'm very aware of this unfortunately. Looking it up in urbandictionary shows even more things....

Unfortunately, it's too late to change, I'm known in many places as Pookey, and even have the domain name!

On the bright side, the "fart porn" industry would probably love to buy that domain off of you.
Title: Re: Hello from the land of Robin Hood
Post by: Nurul on April 18, 2013, 06:24:19 PM: Welcome fellow UK member :) I'm not too far from you, just down the M42 :)