# Be My Pal **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2001, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472 "2001-09-24T11:31:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/61 "2001-09-25T13:48:10Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Rue_ > Well, duh! She’s a _Chandelier._ Oh you \*so \*funny. But then again, looks aren’t everything. Now, being the down-to-earth type (like I have a choice, living here on Earth and all), I would just as soon call myself a _Candlemaker_. Note capitalization, this is a true title we are talking about here. But I figured that some smartypants would have to point out that “chandler” is the _correct_ title for someone who makes candles. Whatever. I just make the things, I didn’t develop the whole terminolog associated with them. If I had, I would be called something like “Goddess of Fire”. No, no, I think _"Eternal_ Goddess of Fire." You know, something low-key and down to earth, like me. Now chandeliers, that’s a different story. I don’t even _have_ a chandelier. But if I did, I would put real candles on it, just to freak people out. Handmade candles, handmade soap, dogs, cats, herb garden, oh man. I am just getting too down-to-earth for my own good here. ~karol (maybe I should change my name to Lemon Balm or something? ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/62 "2001-09-25T13:49:40Z")
**ACKKKKKKKKKK!!** PREVIEW! ::slap:: PREVIEW!! ::slap:: PREVIEW!! ::slap:: Durnit. Well, you get the idea, anyway. -BK ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/63 "2001-09-25T13:53:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bobkitty \* > **For my next one, I’m planning on something from the Book of Kells… not sure exactly what yet.** Whatever you do get, don’t make it the Index. Just a tip from yer pal. -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/64 "2001-09-25T14:08:29Z")
_[traipses in carrying hand-woven basket]_ Banana bread, anyone? Shibb, li’l banana bread for you? I have Banana Bread, Double-Banana Banana Bread, and Babanabreda for the keyboard-impaired. One slice? **Four** slices? Well, sure, anything for you. Absolutely. Got some biscotti here too. Just scrape off that black part. It’s supposed to be there, then you scrape it off. I do that for maximum flavor. You just have to be a…a…_biscotti maker_ to understand, trust me. Maybe I should’ve brought the Dirt Devil to vacuum up all these crumbs…here, I’ll just brush them into the carpet really well and no one will notice, I’m sure. Ta-dahhhh! Instant housekeeping! _[traipes out carrying empty basket]_ ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/65 "2001-09-25T14:13:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \* > **Whatever you do get, don’t make it the Index.** Oohhh… you mean it wouldn’t look good? But… but… but I really WANTED it! ::sniffle:: Come on, please? I bet it would look great! _snort_ Actually, I’m thisclose to getting the gryphon that David Boreanez’s character Angel has. You can see it [here](http://zenkitty.home.att.net/Angelstattoo.htm) Oh, and I’m hurt… insulted even… that you would even for a moment think I would allow any kind of burgeoning friendship with **Lindy** to come between us. After all I did… uhhhh… after I gave such… errrr… after my convincing arguments that won me my place as Special Friend. **Lindy’s** nice and all… and a good fall-back for when you’re busy with your _other_ Special Friends, but he can never be my **Rue**. [sub]Psst… Lindy… I’m only saying this so I don’t lose my Special Friend status. You’re a peach… really! Still buds?[/sub] And a hearty good morning to you too, luv. 🙂 -BK ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/66 "2001-09-25T14:31:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bobkitty \* > \*\*[sub]Psst… Lindy… I’m only saying this so I don’t lose my Special Friend status. You’re a peach… really! Still buds?[/sub] > > And a hearty good morning to you too, luv. 🙂 > \*\* Yay! I love peaches! They’re my favorite fruit. Well, there’s also mangoes. And watermelon. And…well, you get the idea. Which was…oh, yeah. Peaches! And I am one! Well, that’ll certainly do for openers. And the tattoo description was just lovely–as I’m sure the real thing is in person. I’ve gotta second what Rue said, though–the Index would just hurt. Unless it’s a really small book. Like those books you sometimes see that are the size of a postage stamp with teeny-tiny writing. How do they do that, anyway? I was in Mexico once, and there were these women who would write a Bible verse or something onto a grain of rice, but I never got close enough to see how they were doing it. What good would that do? I mean, it’s a grain of rice. What if you lose it? Or mix it in with your risotto or something? You know those things have to cost a dollar or two, and that’s really just the labor cost. The rice itself barely costs anything. Anyhoo, good morning all (and a Special Good Morning[sup]TM[/sup] to **bobkitty** ;))! ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/67 "2001-09-25T14:38:09Z")
I have a tattoo too. Just thought I’d let y’all know. It’s a little black question mark on the back of my right shoulder. I like it. La la la. [sub]PS. Welcome to the boards bodypoet. I don’t like bananabread, but that’s jake. I’ll just drink the coffee.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/68 "2001-09-25T14:53:54Z")
Aaaaacckkk! **Rue** , you’ve got to stop. Sure, the banana bread was tasty and all ::wipes mouth with shirtsleeve:: but now everyone is starting to talk like you. Just see **LindyHopper** ’s post above. It must be the success with the ladies. But I can’t take a whole world full of RueClones. It would cheapen you, somehow. Prices slashed from $1.00 to 25 cents? You get the picture. Perhaps _It’s A Rue World, After All_, but I don’t know if I can handle that. For the love of Jake, make them stop. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/69 "2001-09-25T15:29:28Z")
Hey, **ShibbOleth** , you should see the way **FairyChatMom** writes in these threads. I don’t hold a candle to her. And besides, we only do it in Rue’s threads. It’s not like it’s spreading, cancerlike, across the whole board. Throw us a bone, here! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/70 "2001-09-25T15:59:41Z")
Please don’t hold a candle to me - the synthetic fibers in my shirt are highly flammable. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/71 "2001-09-25T17:19:29Z")
**Shibb** , it’s really easy to tell me and **Lindy** apart. I’ve never been to Mexico, and he’s not being investigated by the Secret Service (they bring you your food, they just don’t tell you about it. Shhh… secret.) for a certain underpants related incedent. > [@](#): > > CNN: > Today the President, Baby Bush, has been inundated with underpants in the mail. Sources trace this occurance back to one “Rue DeDay”. > > Who is this “Rue” person? > > Is it a threat? > > A prank gone awry? > > We are researching these, and more, questions, and we’ll get back with you some other time. Oooo… scary. -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/72 "2001-09-26T14:40:49Z")
- bump \* I was zipping along the 15 last night on my way home, and I’ve spotted… the **RueMobile**! A Honda Accord with the following license plate: **B MY PAL** I think it should be commandeered toot sweet and put to use for various members of the Special Friend consortium. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/73 "2001-09-26T14:48:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*Please don’t hold a candle to me - the synthetic fibers in my shirt are highly flammable. > > 😃 \*\* See? See what I mean? I never would have come up with something like that. I probably would have said “You’re too kind”, then followed it up with something about how that doesn’t really make sense; you can’t be too kind. If you’re being so kind it annoys people, you’re not being kind anymore, etc., etc. See the difference? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/74 "2001-09-26T16:27:32Z")
What are you saying, **Lindy**? You want to be a smartass just like me? I dunno - it’s an art… takes years of practice… intense study… attitudinal adjustment… no sense of decorum… antisocial tendencies… a slight mean streak… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/75 "2001-09-26T17:18:31Z")
Quick, Scout Girl! To the Ruemobile! We have some serious palling around to do! And speaking of **scout** … why 1222? Were there 1221 (very much inferior) scouts ahead of you when you signed up somewhere? Were you born three days before Christmas? (That would suck. Having your birthday bleed into Christmas. Sometimes my birthday falls on Thanksgiving. I’ve had pumpkin pie with candles in it.) Is there something fascinating to you that happened 156 years after The Norman Conquest? (Or was that the signing of the Magna Charta?) And why the small “s”? Your mysterious name begs so many questions. -Rue. P.S. If someone threatened me with candle-holding, I’d bring up this [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1506651#post1506651): > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \* > \*\*(especially for **thinksnow** ) > > Jack be nimble, > Jack be quick. > Get your ass over here > and move this candle! > It’s burning the crap > out of my nipples! \*\* Then toss out **bodypoet** as a diversion. Then I could just spout out some non-sequitor, and dive for cover. It’s what I do. (Still) -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/76 "2001-09-26T18:27:26Z")
Rue, my Dad’s birthday sometimes fall on Thanksgiving. Uhm you couldn’t be, nooooooo… _Daddy?_ Do you find yourself telling long stories–oh dear I have read you threads. Do you talk to everyone–well it seems so. Are you really old–not that I am going to pass judgment or anything. Do you sometimes need to be reminded to change your shirt–oh dear No couldn’t be… ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/77 "2001-09-26T18:41:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*What are you saying, **Lindy**? You want to be a smartass just like me? I dunno - it’s an art… takes years of practice… intense study… attitudinal adjustment… no sense of decorum… antisocial tendencies… a slight mean streak… > > 😃 \*\* Yeah! Smartassery is cool. You’ve gotta be careful not to use it too much around non-smartasses, though. They tend to get cranky and smack you on the back of the head. Or is that just me? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/78 "2001-09-26T19:21:39Z")
> [@](#): > > _Orig. by **Rue** _ > Ice Wolf, I would never put you down. You don’t put your pals down. It’s all part of the Pal Code. You say good things about them. Yes, say good things about those you’re schoomzing. But there comes a time when euthaniasia is what is desperately called for. Long life and laughter to you, **Rue**. ---
**Author:** ![ThunderBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThunderBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThunderBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/79 "2001-09-26T20:06:23Z")
Oooh! Oooh! I couldn’t possibly be your friend, Rue, for I am so unworthy (note the post count). Can I instead be the lowly lackie that drivels on about how cool you are? Don’t you just love that word drivel? It sounds like dribble - not that which you would do with a ball but rather like the rivulet of drool that seeps from your mouth while you’re trying to impress someone with a really important point. But of course all they see is the drool. Which, incidentally, has about as much value as the drivel, and also comes out of your mouth. I just love that word. But anyway - you can imagine me bouncing around, being the total yes man. Not that I’d be screaming “Yes! Yes! Ohhhhh Yes! Again! Harder!” like the neighbors do in the wee hours of the night while they’re playing their late Scrabble[sup]TM[/sup] games. Naw, I’d just agree whole-heartedly with anything you say. Everyone needs a yes man, don’t you? (correct answer: “Yes, Man!”) ::ThunderBunny uneasily eyes the IceWolf, remembering all the fairy tales he’s heard, and what wolves do to bunnies… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472/80 "2001-09-26T20:07:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LindyHopper \* > **They tend to get cranky and smack you on the back of the head.** Far be it from me to resort to physical violence… unless you ask politely. If I can’t come up with a vanquishing retort or a witty riposte, and I’m unable to subdue another smartass with The Look[sup]TM[/sup], then I prefer to choose the high road. Unless the other goes home via the low road - I’ll run him down either place. So, **Lindy** , are you interested in learning my techniques? I’m available for tutoring… for a price… \ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-pal/83472.md?page=5)