# As much as I hate to be the bearer of bad news... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-as-i-hate-to-be-the-bearer-of-bad-news/84216 "2001-09-27T23:54:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-as-i-hate-to-be-the-bearer-of-bad-news/84216/21 "2001-09-28T01:59:46Z")
No, I can’t. Even Very Special Brownies aren’t good enough to convince me to suffer through that. No way. ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-as-i-hate-to-be-the-bearer-of-bad-news/84216/22 "2001-09-28T02:25:33Z")
Oh, sorry then **Silver**. Maybe you can come over and watch Pop-Up Brady instead. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-as-i-hate-to-be-the-bearer-of-bad-news/84216/23 "2001-09-28T02:30:43Z")
Rose’s brownies?! I love Charlotte Rae! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-as-i-hate-to-be-the-bearer-of-bad-news/84216/24 "2001-09-28T02:45:39Z")
Anything that gets Kim Fields on TV is a Good Thing. Anything that gets her on TV nekkid would be better, but that ain’t gonna happen on a “Fats of Life” reunion. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-as-i-hate-to-be-the-bearer-of-bad-news/84216/25 "2001-09-28T02:52:02Z")
I don’t get it. It just a reunion of the angst filled, yet life affirming chubsters of yesteryear. Why is this so horrifying? ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-as-i-hate-to-be-the-bearer-of-bad-news/84216/26 "2001-09-28T05:07:30Z")
For the record, when presented with this news, the baby Jesus had the expected reaction. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-as-i-hate-to-be-the-bearer-of-bad-news/84216/27 "2001-09-28T07:42:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wicked Blue \* > \*\*Oh, sorry then **Silver**. Maybe you can come over and watch Pop-Up Brady instead. 😃 \*\* Sweeeet!! I am SO there! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-as-i-hate-to-be-the-bearer-of-bad-news/84216/28 "2001-09-28T11:11:11Z")
Yay! ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-as-i-hate-to-be-the-bearer-of-bad-news/84216/29 "2001-09-28T11:29:22Z")
::shudder:: The only thing worse would be if they cloned the Olson Twins. ::thinks:: ::double shudder:: ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-as-i-hate-to-be-the-bearer-of-bad-news/84216/30 "2001-09-28T13:09:07Z")
This is why cable is bad. It was hard enough to fill up three network channels with programing 24 hours a day but if you have to fill up a 100 channels with something every hour of the day you get stuff like this! ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-as-i-hate-to-be-the-bearer-of-bad-news/84216/31 "2001-09-28T15:05:37Z")
there is no god :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-as-i-hate-to-be-the-bearer-of-bad-news/84216/32 "2001-09-28T15:42:58Z")
Someone please tell **boli** about this. She will be SO happy! We need to have a Facts of Life Reunion Dopefest now. w00t!!! ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-as-i-hate-to-be-the-bearer-of-bad-news/84216/33 "2001-09-28T16:05:15Z")
Someone please make an animated GIF out of those two pictures of Blair on that page. I don’t have the stuff with me to do it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-much-as-i-hate-to-be-the-bearer-of-bad-news/84216.md?page=1)