Monique vdB Community Manager

I love him. I want Ptolemy to be our community mascot. Like Taco from Trello. We'll send out stuffed Ptolemys as swag! I love both Splendor and Sushi Go, so please let me know when Farmers' Market Rally is available; I will definitely pick it up! 

That reminds me: growing up, my dad told us that we owned Vandenberg Air Force base because he inherited it from his dad. And I bragged about this to all my friends at school. (Note: my dad is Dutch, and his father never even lived in America, so this makes even less sense.) 

@pb why have you not gotten me this coaster yet. 

Welcome @erwandf! What your company does sounds very interesting and fun to work on :)

Welcome @Lars Bachmann! I am too uncoordinated to play football, but my daughter is named Wilhelmina, so I like the name of your club :) I don't know who I'm going to root for in the World Cup this year now that Netherlands and USA are both out!

A flugelhorn! Best musical instrument name ever.

When I got the email notifications for this discussion I thought this was going to be the stuffed taco:

I am here for that insane cocktail with a bag of air. HERE FOR IT.

@Matt Doar ^^^ 

Hi @Troy Taylor and welcome to you and Ptolemy. Definitely the most creative desk picture so far. How long do tortoises live? P.S. I also want to hear more about your board games -- here is our conversation about gaming!

Speak for yourself: a SnorkleGronk is clearly the evolved version of the GronkleSnork. 

Those robots definitely look like they're plotting something. And congratulations on the twins! Sounds exhausting. ;) 

I love the shape of that coffee mug. I would need it to be about five times bigger though. :) 

I'm Monique, and I'm one of the community managers here at Atlassian. I'm working with our team here to help improve the community -- recently I helped redo our answer reminder email template, so hopefully users will have better pointers on marking accepted solutions. Random things I love: birding, traveling, musical…

I love it @Lindsay Czopur!

Even just reading that sentence creeps me out @Nic Brough -Adaptavist-. 

Noooo Rajah! That is the saddest thing ever. Where did you grow up that hooligans smashed children's pumpkins?!?!?!

lol, I'm coming back to haunt you for that one. I hate horror films with jump scares and the like. (Although creepiness is fine; Psycho is one of my favorite films.) Which one is the one that really scares you properly? Hmm? I don't have any spooky experiences to recount, although I have friends that do -- even engineers!…

Late is fine, these threads are evergreen! (Hmm, maybe I should consider not naming them after a specific day of the week...) Guessing the lie is #2. 

With the resources, I will like to be able to include community resources as well -- like the FAQ!

@Bridget don't forget my prize. I hope it's more information about what kind of fic you wrote. :) 

This is a great reference for new users, @Thomas Schlegel, thank you! :D 

@pb and @Stephanie Grice I can't believe you doubted my valedictorian status even for a moment. That one is true. And here I am heading into the shark cage: #1 is indeed the lie, but here I am at Pam Beesly's desk:

I will be shocked if #2 is true!

I can't reveal the real answer until @pb guesses. :) 

@Bridget I thought it was a lie because you spelled it "FanFiction" and all the other fic writers I know don't use capitalization. I thought that was the tell! 

Wait no, I'm guessing the lie is #1. NEW GUESS.

omg #2 is hilarious and I hope it's true. But I'm going to guess it's the lie. 

@Nic Brough -Adaptavist- I feel that way about #1. What if she studied art in Prague? What if she studied nuclear physics in London? 

@Nic Brough -Adaptavist- there's no rule, although I'm going to wait until the end of the day for mine!