# An apology and some praise.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 1, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659 "2001-02-01T02:35:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Silly\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silly_Rabbit)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/1 "2001-02-01T02:35:31Z")
_Stepping up to the podium_
“Hu-hu-hello.”
_Clearing dry throat_
“My name is Silly Rabbit, and I’m a flirtaholic”
I have been on this message board for only a little over a month. I have not contributed anything of any substance or value thus far. All I have done is posted useless, flirty crap. Albeit fun and, well, sometimes on the rare occasion, an ego boost, it is no wonder nobody really knows who I am. I joined this board to fight ignorance and have only managed to assist in perpetuating it. For this, I would like to apologize to all of you. It must get tiring after a while. Thanks to **Hamadryad** for pointing this out to me.
One more thing before I go.
I have been reading everyone’s sigs and for the most part, I love ‘em! I would like to take this opportunity, however, to point out that so far, **smug** is the only poster who has a link in his sig that is the very epitome of what we are doing here. Fighting ignorance.
Way to go **smug**!!!
Thank you, guys & gals
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### Author:  [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/2 "2001-02-01T02:55:39Z")
Silly Rabbit. You are fighting ignorance as much as anyone else around here. And if you enjoy flirting then we are getting to know the real you. I for one enjoy reading your posts and I haven’t even really been flirted with much.
Keep it up! (no pun intended) 😉
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### Author:  [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2001, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/3 "2001-02-01T03:02:38Z")
Silly Rabbit, I’ve been here for almost two years and over 4000 posts, and honestly, I can’t think of any bit of ignorance that I’ve eradicated.
So flirt away! 😃
(Oh, and thanks for the really nice email you sent last night. I genuinely appreciate it!)
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### Author:  [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2001, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/4 "2001-02-01T03:05:18Z")
Well I just wanna say that as a staunch opponent of flirtatious posts, this whole thing is…
::runs away as boots, assorted foodstuffs, bottles, pointed sticks, etc are thrown at me::
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### Author:  [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/5 "2001-02-03T01:42:26Z")
I can’t tell if this is sarcastic or genuine. In either case, I’ve only one thing to say…
Notoriety’s as good as fame, as long as they spell my name right.
😃
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### Author:  [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2001, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/6 "2001-02-03T01:54:48Z")
Silly rabbit,
::cough, cough, check, cough, my, cough, sig::
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### Author:  [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/7 "2001-02-03T01:57:07Z")
And I not only flirt, I’m a sailor _and_ a board sex God.
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### Author:  [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2001, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/8 "2001-02-03T02:47:19Z")
But you have supplied more than one of us with a few smiles, grins, and an occasional guffaw, dear girl.
And I’m not necessarily talking about your flirts, though there’s been some mighty _risible_ stuff there as well.
Ignorance isn’t the only thing that needs to be fought, you know. Keep it up.
[sub]Can you tell I’m working on my punsmanship?[/sub]
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### Author:  [@Silly\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silly_Rabbit)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2001, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/9 "2001-02-03T03:41:53Z")
**Hamadryad -** to know me is to know that I am a far cry from being very good at being mean or sarcastic. If I don’t have anything nice to say, I generally say nothing at all. My comment was 100% genuine. You have my permission to virtually slap me when I get out of line. But I won’t guarantee not to like it.
**ChiefScott -** I never knew… ok, I knew… I never checked your sig until now! Can I have your autograph? Hmm… I don’t seem to have any paper…
**Bumbazine -** I think I have to put you in my crush list. But I was trying to stay out of there. I need rehab.
**Crunchy Frog -**!!! You big flirt!! I wonder how many gals email you daily… (insert wink here out of respect to ChiefScott)
**Persephone -** After reading that particular post that you and I know of, I knew we would get along wonderfully **SMILE**
**Pezpunk -** What can I say? I am about to fall deep into a flirting frenzy, so I think I will stop now.
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### Author:  [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2001, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/10 "2001-02-03T04:05:28Z")
> [@](#):
>
> Hamadryad - to know me is to know that I am a far cry from being very good at being mean or sarcastic. If I don’t have anything nice to say, I generally say nothing at all. My comment was 100% genuine. You have my permission to virtually slap me when I get out of line. But I won’t guarantee not to like it.
Well, now. That opens up all kinds of possibilities, doesn’t it? You didn’t say where I got to…errrrr, I mean HAD to slap you.
\
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### Author:  [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2001, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/11 "2001-02-03T04:18:09Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by ChiefScott \*
> \*\*And I not only flirt, I’m a sailor _and_ a board sex God. \*\*
And whatever you do, don’t ever change.
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### Author:  [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2001, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/12 "2001-02-03T04:59:14Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Silly Rabbit \*
> **Bumbazine -** I think I have to put you in my crush list. But I was trying to stay out of there. I need rehab.
The idea of being put in your crush thread makes me swell up
with pride. 🙂
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### Author:  [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/13 "2001-02-04T19:40:30Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Silly Rabbit \*
> [B
>
> “My name is Silly Rabbit, and I’m a flirtaholic”
>
> I have not contributed anything of any substance or value thus far. All I have done is posted useless, flirty crap. Albeit fun and, well, sometimes on the rare occasion, an ego boost, it is no wonder nobody really knows who I am. I joined this board to fight ignorance and have only managed to assist in perpetuating it
>
> \*\*
```
So maybe your role is battling loneliness, depression, and boredom? A noble endeavor indeed!
```
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### Author:  [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/14 "2001-02-04T20:50:37Z")
Does that mean you are NOT going to kiss me in front of pezpunk???
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### Author:  [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/15 "2001-02-04T21:42:06Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Silly Rabbit \*
> \*\*I have been reading everyone’s sigs and for the most part, I love ‘em! I would like to take this opportunity, however, to point out that so far, smug is the only poster who has a link in his sig that is the very epitome of what we are doing here. Fighting ignorance.
> \*\*
Pffft. Are you kidding me? Just because I link my sig to a charitable cause, I have somehow become ignorance fighting gladiator?
I hardly think so.
Sorry my friend, but there are **thousands** of people here that by comparison, make me look as sharp as a pound of wet liver.
My posts have been corrected on numerous occasions by mods and fellow doper alike, (and rightfully so), and my contributions here are almost always made in MPSIMS, a forum made mainly for fun, not for deep thought.
Let someone else fight ignorance, I’m here to have fun. 😉
But thanks for the compliment.
Now I will go back to dreaming of being the creamy white filling in a delicious **Silly Rabbit/Vanilla** Oreo cookie. 😃 (What a cruel thing to do to a confessed flirt-a-holic)
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### Author:  [@Silly\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silly_Rabbit)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/16 "2001-02-05T01:55:20Z")
Boy, **smug** ,don’t take compliments well? I’ll abstain from further compliments to protect you from the embarassment!! I love you anyways. Brat.
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### Author:  [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2001, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/17 "2001-02-05T02:14:32Z")
We’re supposed to be **FIGHTING** ignorance??? Uh oh…
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### Author:  [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2001, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/18 "2001-02-05T02:30:15Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by vanilla \*
> \*\*Does that mean you are NOT going to kiss me in front of pezpunk??? \*\*
WOE WOE WOE!!! BACK UP THERE!!! No kissing? But Im already naked! 😉
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### Author:  [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2001, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/19 "2001-02-05T14:50:42Z")
Okay Pez, _I’ll_ kiss ya, even if Silly isn’t here.
But you’ve got to keep your socks on…
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### Author:  [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2001, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-and-some-praise/52659/20 "2001-02-05T15:27:17Z")
I have **got** to start a thread like this one! I mean, let’s face it. What better way for a newbie to get some kind of recognition than to a) apologize for ostensibly not doing more to Fight Ignorance and b) praise those who do?
🙂
I bet if I began such a thread, da wimmen would be alllllll over me. I just know it. Chicks dig pity and humility and all that other sensitive-male junk. I’d be a shoo-in!
Unless, of course… no one posted. What happens if you open a thread and no one comes? Like all threads and soldiers, it would simply… fade away…
Neato thread, **Silly Rabbit**! And great name, too!
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