# A Public Announcement **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512 "2000-04-27T16:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/1 "2000-04-27T16:49:00Z")
Let it heretoforward be known that if anyone gets it into their twisted little beanies to start a thread and pronounce to the world that I, Esprix, will give them anything personal or personalized (i.e., .sig line, profile, alcoholic beverage, patron saint, etc.) I will most humbly and graciously **decline** said challenge. Frankly, I don’t feel I’m witty enough or know people well enough to do something like that. Now, of course, how egotistical of me to think anyone would, but I just had this premonition that someone evil ( **matt\_mcl** , **SqrlCub** , **Otto** , **Cowboy Greg** , or any of you other evil bitches) would glom onto this latest trend and post something like, “Esprix gives you your own drag name!” or “The **Gay Guy** pairs you up with a same-sex SDMB poster!” 😃 So just forget it. Right now. 😛 Esprix * * * Evidently, I rock. [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/2 "2000-04-28T05:06:00Z")
Hehehe. * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/3 "2000-04-27T19:15:00Z")
Laugh while you can - given the opportunity, I will NOT decline thrashing you soundly. :mad: Esprix * * * Evidently, I rock. [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/4 "2000-04-27T19:16:00Z")
Oh, alright… 😛 You’re still going to pay. Esprix * * * Evidently, I rock. [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/5 "2000-04-27T19:17:00Z")
I’ll bid on the tickets for front row seats to that one 😉 * * * Give your children these two things: One is roots, the other, wings - Wally Wally He’s our Man ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/6 "2000-04-27T22:26:00Z")
Oh brother… Such an obvious case of reverse psychology, and someone STILL fell for it! * * * Yer pal, Satan [http://www.raleighmusic.com/board/Images/devil.gif](http://www.raleighmusic.com/board/Images/devil.gif) _I HAVE BEEN SMOKE-FREE FOR: Two weeks, four days, 20 hours, 26 minutes and 45 seconds. 754 cigarettes not smoked, saving $94.26. Life saved: 2 days, 14 hours, 50 minutes._ ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/7 "2000-04-27T23:31:00Z")
Satan: Yeah, I know. But I had been itching to start one of these sort of threads anyway, and Esprix (I have to keep reminding myself not to pronounce the “X”…damn French words) gave me a great opportunity. Fuck it. It was funny! * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/8 "2000-04-28T02:27:00Z")
Oh please, like we don’t already know how to generate our own drag names. First pet you ever owned plus the first street you lived on. Hey, that gives me an idea for a thread… ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/9 "2000-04-28T02:34:00Z")
Esprix’s acting awfully perky. Must be in love. 😉 Peace, mangeorge * * * Teach your kids to bungee jump. One them might have to cross a bridge someday. ---
**Author:** ![Cowboy\_Greg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Cowboy\_Greg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy_Greg)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/10 "2000-04-28T08:09:00Z")
I’m **not** an evil bitch. Is it my fault people were unable to grasp the magnificent potential of the Tammy Faye Bakker Fashion Boot Camp and Trailer Park? Am I to blame for the failure of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Parochial School and Bath House? Jeez, just because some silly priests got their knickers in a twist you’d think I was the Antichrist or something. I suppose you’ll all tell me that my upcoming telethon for the Spandex for Seniors fund is a bad idea, just because the expenses for the telethon will come to about 98.3% of the gross, providing me with a much-needed and deserved vacation on Fiji. Evil? Me? It is to **laugh**! * * * “It’s a sunny little doomed planet, inhabited by a number of frisky little doomed animals.” ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/11 "2000-04-28T15:08:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Satan** : > > Such an obvious case of reverse psychology, and someone STILL fell for it! I **swear** I honestly meant it to dissuade anyone from doing it. Esprix * * * Evidently, I rock. [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/12 "2000-04-28T15:10:00Z")
I just don’t feel worthy enough to carry it off (although I guess I’m doing pretty well, but it’s not exactly a hard topic). I just had this fear someone was going to give me something beyond my abilities, and I wouldn’t be witty enough to rise to the challenge. That’s all. I swear it. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/13 "2000-04-28T15:11:00Z")
I will admit I’m enjoying myself, though. But that doesn’t change my original premise. I really don’t know people here well enough to deliver something as personal as what some others have given. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/14 "2000-04-28T15:12:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Sealemon88** : > > Esprix (I have to keep reminding myself not to pronounce the “X”…damn French words) It’s not French - I made it up _from_ a French word, though. “We all sound like Maurice Chevalier! Uh-huh-huh!” Esprix * * * Evidently, I rock. [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/15 "2000-04-28T15:14:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Otto** : > > Oh please, like we don’t already know how to generate our own drag names. First pet you ever owned plus the first street you lived on. I’ve heard other variations, like mother’s maiden name (I’d be Bootsie Donaldson, but I go by The Lovely Eleanor). Ever hear how to make your Jedi name? > [@](#): > > Hey, that gives me an idea for a thread… Do it! You’re more able than I am, I’d wager. Esprix * * * Evidently, I rock. [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/16 "2000-04-28T15:20:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **mangeorge** : > > Esprix’s acting awfully perky. Must be in love. 😉 Perky? _Perky?_ Honey, I’m depressed having to keep saying NO all the time. ☹ (And I’m not exactly in love, but I am seeing Dr. Boyfriend this weekend in DC for the first time in a month, so I’m at least a little happier at that prospect.) Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/17 "2000-04-28T15:22:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Cowboy Greg** : > > I’m **not** an evil bitch. Of course not, dear. As my friend Carson is wont to say, “I’m not evil, I’m _wicked_.” 😉 Esprix * * * Evidently, I rock. [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) ---
**Author:** ![annalamerino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@annalamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annalamerino)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/18 "2000-04-29T05:26:00Z")
You gave me my sig 😉 * * * **Serial Poster Girl** [http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/gregspizza/index.html](http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/gregspizza/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/19 "2000-04-30T05:52:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh please, like we don’t already know how to generate our own drag names. First pet you ever owned plus the first street you lived on. Doodle-bug Fish Ranch? ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2000, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512/20 "2000-04-30T23:37:28Z")
Mine would be pretty boring, if not downright stuffy. Liberty Kensington? Yuck! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-announcement/16512.md?page=2)