# Admit It. You Never Noticed My Absence, Did You? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2002, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746 "2002-10-11T00:05:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/21 "2002-10-11T06:42:06Z")
[sub]I missed you[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/22 "2002-10-11T09:26:00Z")
Who the heck are you? Is there some reason I should have noticed you in the first place, much less noticed you were gone? ---
**Author:** ![abogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@abogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abogan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/23 "2002-10-11T09:40:16Z")
Now that you are back, young lady, tell us why you thought you could flounce off without permission in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/24 "2002-10-11T10:46:23Z")
_Blinks_ Who’re you? 😃 [sub]_I_ missed you… privately.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/25 "2002-10-11T11:36:52Z")
I thought you’d been kidnapped by the Board That Sucks So Hard It Steals It’s Content From Other, Better Boards. But then again, I’m paranoid. Ask a Mod… it’s a long story. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/26 "2002-10-11T11:53:05Z")
Jeepers Cripes! The prodigal poster returneth! Pardon me while I kill a skinny calf. We’re plum out of the fatted ones. _burp_ Of course I noticed! And I woulda said something earlier, instead of being the 25th reply to this thread, but I didn’t Dope last night, cause it was too slow last night for me, and the dog ate my homework, and I was washing my two hairs, and I got something caught under my fingernails, and the sky was this weird color of black last night, causing me to disremember the fact that you weren’t here. But I did feel a twinge, a pinge, and a slap in my heart, and I wasn’t able to pin down precisely what it was, and now it’s hit me - it was you not being here. ---
**Author:** ![beerchick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@beerchick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beerchick)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/27 "2002-10-11T13:39:59Z")
Where the heck were ya girl? Glad to see your return. Perhaps doing something better than being on the SD? Nah there is no comparison to the SD. Hijacked by Aliens from a galixy far far away and returned because they were afraid the dopers would organize a woman hunt for you. HUH HUH??? What’s the real scoop? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/28 "2002-10-11T13:45:11Z")
I called my husband “Al” the other day. You tell me if I missed you. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/29 "2002-10-11T15:27:30Z")
/waves hello and good morning /passes a barf bag to Bosda /slings tissues in Scotti’s general direction ---
**Author:** ![rubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rubes)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/30 "2002-10-11T18:40:37Z")
I’ve been looking for you, and even put up signs around town here. Fortunately I made a map of the various places I posted the signs, so taking them down will be easy. Welcome back P! ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/31 "2002-10-11T18:42:51Z")
CRISTI! Welcome back honey! Great to see you, I missed ya! … um…Myron you know, Myron Myron Van Horowitzski, the brain-in-the-jar thing? ::slinks away, embarassed:: Anyway, I like to read your posts and I am glad you’re back. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/32 "2002-10-11T19:05:34Z")
The wind blows a little colder The birds don’t make a sound The days are a little darker When Persephone’s not around Don’t bother me with kisses free Because it gets me down Wit and grace has left this place When Persephone’s not around. Wait! What is this I hear? A laugh, a quip profound? Break out the beer, the party’s here Persephone’s back in town! (I’m sure that I’m borrowing heavily, but I don’t know where from) ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/33 "2002-10-11T22:24:17Z")
There were heavy hearts in Dopeville, for a month or even more; There were muttered oaths and curses – every user here was sore. “Just think,” said one, “how sad it was – without Persephone here, Who would have thought she’d leave the board, and simple disappear.” All past posts forgotten; she was now a memory, They begged for her to reappear, and fill our hearts with glee. And as we come to lurk each day, our bosom heaves a sigh, Searching for her started threads, or even a reply. The day is longer now, and as the minutes seem like days Without you here, my mind is trapped within this cloudy haze. Oh, lovely lady, with you now gone - off the board I’ve sworn; During your absence here I’ve been reduced to surfing porn. Now Dopeville had assembled; as ten thousand folks adore, To see lovely Persephone return to post some more And when she posted in the thread, the multitude went wild. They read her post with great relief and as a whole, all smiled. Oh, somewhere on my favored board dark clouds may hide the sun. And somewhere folks no longer play, and posters have no fun; And somewhere over blighted lives, no joy is spread for thee; Not here at Straight Dope ~ for Persephone ~ is back in my PC. [sup]Welcome back hun![/sup] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/34 "2002-10-11T23:43:40Z")
:::blush blush blush::: You guys are awesome. I really have missed being here. > [@](#): > > Who the heck are you? Is there some reason I should have noticed you in the first place, much less noticed you were gone? \*\*Billdo, \*\* I hope you remember me soon. Like, before I show up at your house demanding to sleep on your floor. 😃 > [@](#): > > Well, I missed you, but you have grown tired of my affections and wandered away long before this so I simply mourn in silence and soltitude. No dear, I haven’t. I just kinda suck at the email thing sometimes. I still carry my tag, and the pin is in a place of honor on my desk at work. I beg your forgiveness, and promise to do better. > [@](#): > > I called my husband “Al” the other day. You tell me if I missed you. BWAAAAAAAHAHAHA! Guess I never noticed how much alike Dave and I look. 🙂 As for where I was, well…the doggone phone company has this policy, you know? That thing about getting paid for the service they provide? Well, I kinda forgot about it. Then a bunch of other stuff happened that I had to pay for. Never did get the phone back. But now I have a cable modem. Now I just have to remember to pay my cable bill. Oh, and I’m going to print that poetry, too…if I have enough left after I get my car fixed and my leaky shower repaired. Yeesh. it’s been a hell of a month. And **Myron?** Of course I know who you are, ya big silly! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/35 "2002-10-12T00:19:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by anya marie \* > \*\*slings tissues in Scotti’s general direction \*\* Thank you, dear…I’m better now. Now that Cristi’s back and I have kicked the coding addiction. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/36 "2002-10-12T00:19:59Z")
sooooo… it’s spring now??? welcome home. i did think about ya the other day. i was wondering how lee was doing. now that you are back i’ll ask…how’s lee doing? ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/37 "2002-10-12T00:26:54Z")
**rocking chair:** Thanks for asking! Lee’s doing quite well, in fact. He’s still got some problems with his memory, but his physical abilities have tremendously improved. He’s slowly working back to gigging, even. He’s jamming with my husband tonight, in fact. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Blackclaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@Blackclaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackclaw)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/38 "2002-10-12T00:31:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\* > > Well, if you think it will make you feel more loved & welcome, **Blackclaw** , I’ll vomit all over youir thread, too! 😃 > > \*\* Strangely enough, it doesn’t. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/39 "2002-10-12T00:37:26Z")
Hi **perse**. I’m a little at a loss myself as to what’s goin’ on around here. Big N.Y. megaDopefest in January, smaller one for **Miss Creant** and **Mr. Cynical** in Las Vegas this weekend, in honor of their wedding tomorrow night. Good to see ya. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-you-never-noticed-my-absence-did-you/131746/40 "2002-10-12T00:40:11Z")
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