Also, what Jaysen said about you being part of it and all that.
Dang it. I was just being nice. I was hoping that you would say “no no no… Jaysen participated (much to our chagrin) but you sir … you are just a bystander. BWAHAHAHAhahahahaoughhackcough”
Humor fols. Just me making a sad attempt at being humorous. I really need to work on that.
In more seriousness, the question of “what is participation” really has changed. The fan participates via support (funding). Then with things like NaiD there is a very direct support that Vic-k, L&L (as a company not just the crew authoring chapters), and the many many others provide to NiaD combatants. I often overlook the participation of my wife and kids in my occupation, but in their absence I see how much my success has depended on their direct participation in my life even though their activities are ancillary to the actions that result in a paycheck. The modern ability to send a txt or email like “I forgot to check the iron, did I turn it off?” and have peace of mind clearing one’s thoughts to focus on work at hand, is fairly new to society. Participation is as much “being there” as it is “doing it”.
But I digress. Viv-k, please put on your pants. Piggy was not giving you permission for that.
Forri? 
FORRI: Forest Resources Research Institute.
FORRI: Frontier and Offshore Regulatory Renewal Initiative How the 'ell have they gorr’old of my spewtisms!!? 
the intarwebulations. They goes ev’ywhere
It’s a new keyboard and spectacles that you need, pal. Can’t blame everything on t’internet!
Perhaps a happy attempt would be more successful?*
[size=85]*Just me trying to prove that others can also post humour so lame it needs crutches.[/size]
Serious point. The world needs protecting. Or to put into words a HAW would understand…
Hmm, yeah… you can. I think maybe you need a new search engine. 
I offer Billy Shakespeare’s riposte, who, having endured the opprobrium, vilification, and castigation of the pseudo-sophisticates he encountered, after he’d spewed up the 13 pints of cider he’d previously consumed, having mistakenly entered the RED LION’s Cocktail Lounge, instead of its, École de Débat Philosophique, proffered,
“Without being exposed to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, how the feck are yer systems gonna build up a resistance to 'em … eh?”
One senses a concurrence impulse ricocheting off the walls of one’s cranial cavity.
That, Mr. Piggie, would be my seriously-Loki personality. Yes, perhaps I bear some responsibility (but no guilt) for the t-shirt chapter of NIAD’s dress code. Hopes dashed, as there’s no NIAD 2015 thread sighting at this juncture, I’ve contented my self with leaving my fingerss poised over the keys in anticipation. The rest of me has gone off to do other things. Twitter? Seriously? All of my personalities have followed with glee!
I’ve been notified that Redbubble is celebrating Geek Week (whatever that is) by offering a 15% discount on all items available from their site on January 17th - January 18th. So that includes the lovely “Infinite Monkey” t-shirts and mugs. Just enter the code GEEKOUT at the checkout to get the discount.
If you were wondering how you could solve your partial nudity problems (or partially mitigate a larger full nudity problem), or if you need to carry small amounts of hot liquid without burning your hands, this could be just the opportunity you were waiting for.
I broke my NiaD mug today and need to order another. Might go for the Time Is No Substitute design instead of the Faster Than An Infinite Money one, though.
Did any of you actually buy a t-shirt, hoodie or mug? Or are my mum and I the only people who own them?! 
I love my Infinite Monkey t-shirt and will sometimes deliberately choose it on days when I’m tackling tricky projects. But I regularly get tongue-tied trying to explain it AND NiaD at the same time.
How to win friends through interpretive t-shirts!
I do have a pretty high incident of people stopping me in the street to ask me about the t-shirt.
I find I can’t wear gorilla. It just doesn’t go with anything I have! Maybe if I had some banana pants, but I don’t. Gorilla couture, this whole gorilla tee chic is out of my reach.
gr
Life’s a bitch 
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Oh… POO!
For months I’ve been meaning to order my NiAD t-shirt so I can wear it on the day.
I didn’t.
So I can’t.
Poo.
And, for vic-k’s benefit*, apparently gorillas do poo in the forest.
[size=85]*Because a philosopher with such a unique and surprising intellect is likely to ask such questions.[/size]
Errrmmm … errr, y’wot?
Exactly. 
But does it make a sound?
Only when it makes a tree fall…