It's taken a while, but I finally transcribed the GH meet up. Had iPhone recording the entire time, so have a listen in to what happens at a GH meet up.....
IN walks in door with a bright orange banner overhead... "iMavs Palace Of Porn Extravaganza" (iPope)...
Sth: Hey, hoo u? U got keebordz?
IN: No.
Jwaz: U can haz keebordz.
IN: I don't need no stinking keebordz!
Cgbuen: Wanna c my cool Hall-Effect numpad?
IN: Hell ya, why u think I come?
Hashbaz: I told u 2 shut up.
IN: That was a year ago.
Hashbaz: My shut up is still in effect.
IN: Hall-Effect? Ya, show it to me, that's why I'm here.
Samwisekoi: Wanna eat?
IN: Hooz the new guy?
Mkawa: That's Samwisekoi, our humble host, he haz go-carts.
IN: I like go-carts, I can haz go-carts? Hoo u?
Mkawa: I'im Mkawa (ducks to avoid pizza slice thrown at head).
Mkawa: Why u throw 'za at me?
IN: Don't worry, I'll eat it later, when it's ripe.
DamienG: That's funny, pizza on head. We had pizza-head where I'm from.
Mkawa: I'm the ambassador.
IN: Am I supposed to bow?
Mkawa: Not now, save it for the camera.
IN: Got it. So what's going on here?
Samwisekoi: We r packing keebord retro keekaps. Everyone BACK 2 WERK!
IN: Pretty bossy for new guy. What makes u special besides u r the humble host, haz pizza, haz go-carts, haz pool table o' keebordz, haz Shrek pinball, haz 500 bags o' espresso, haz scotch?
Samwisekoi: 2 werk infidel!!!!
IN: OK, ok, keep your wig on. Pretty bossy for being the new guy and all. What do I do?
Samwisekoi: Put keekaps in boxes.
IN: Put keekaps in pockets. I'm good.
Mkawa: Don't do that, Samwisekoi will have the crew shake u down.
IN: What crew? I don't see no stinking crew! U got crew?
Jwaz: We...
Sth: ...b...
Hashbaz: ...crew.
IN: (meekly) oh
DamienG: That's funny, pizza on head. We had pizza-head where I'm from.
IN: Will anyone check my work, or actually count the number of keekaps after I've played with them?
Cgbuen: No, we 2 bizzy playing with keebordz.
Samwisekoi: Keeping a couple keekaps out of random orders anyhow.
IN: Y?
Sth: beekoz it's funny.
Hashbaz: beekoz it's funny.
Jwaz: beekox it's funny.
(IN looks at Mkawa) Mkawa: Crew is also peanut gallery.
IN: Ahhh...is iMav here?
Cgbuen: Noooo....pimp daddy bizzy promoting iPope to the masses...
IN: Ya, he's a punk. I'd like to sit around wearing a GH crown of keekaps....can I pack his order?
Mkawa: (shouts out) HI IMAV!!!!!
(IN craps in pants)
DamienG: That's funny, pizza on head. We had pizza-head where I'm from.
Sth: Doesn't smell like pizza...
Hashbaz: Doesn't look like pizza...
Jwaz: Doesn't feel like pizza...
IN: Cause it ain't pizza boyz...ok....so iMavs not really here? And why is Cgbuen kneeling facing east on a prayer mat? He muzlim?
Mkawa: Nah, he's facing Wisconson, and that's a Geekhack banner.
IN: Impressive.
Samwisekoi: That's how we roll. (slugging back a shot of espresso-scotch, while playing pinball on top of the pool table)
Sth: Cuprubber!!!!
IN: Ok I'm ready 2 werk. No cuprubber, thank u 4 asking.
(18 hours of pure silence follows on recording, punctuated by the occasional sound of delicate human finger flesh being fillet to the bone by packing labels and tape dispensers)
Mkawa: Oookkkaaaayyy....we should be getting back to our girlfriends. (a short pause followed by raucous laughter throughout room)
(another 18 hours of silence with sounds of various GH'ers warbling to boxes of alpha keekaps, maybe with a couple C64s thrown in, and more packing sounds).
Boxes are all over, keekaps are mostly packed, people look invigorated and ready 2 do yet another marathon session, but cooler heads prevail and point out there r other things in life that need attention, otherwise we can't have our keebord hobby. Everyone is gathered around, hugging and holding, tears flowing unabashedly. It's such a beautiful thing, nothing like it on earth. EVER.
As IN dries his eyes and pilfers a red Swingline stapler from Samwisekois desk, DamianG sidles up.
DamienG: That's funny, pizza on head. We had pizza-head where I'm from.
IN: So I've heard. Where u from?
DamienG: A small island.
IN: Aren't islands, by definition, small?
DamienG: Don't mess with me, I'll code you out of existence!
IN: U can do that?
DamienG: Maybe, but I can certainly make u virtually disappear.
IN: Like Houdini?
DamienG: Yee-hoo-dee?(chopging at the air at invisible enemies)
(IN walks out of room/recording ends)
