# Clearly, I've been gone too long...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearly-ive-been-gone-too-long/827511>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 10, 2019, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearly-ive-been-gone-too-long/827511 "2019-01-10T06:13:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearly-ive-been-gone-too-long/827511/41 "2019-01-14T14:27:49Z")

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I remember your name, but I’ve never been a prolific poster here.

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**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearly-ive-been-gone-too-long/827511/42 "2019-01-14T15:29:51Z")

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There a new biography of Gorey. I’m picking it up later from the library.

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**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearly-ive-been-gone-too-long/827511/43 "2019-01-14T18:11:37Z")

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> [@RTFirefly](#):
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> Welcome back! 🙂

Hey, it’s Rufus! Good to be back.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearly-ive-been-gone-too-long/827511/44 "2019-01-14T19:48:41Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Sir, I exist!

Said the SDMB to me, “Sir, that fact creates in me no sense of obligation.”

Welcome back, **MrKnowItAll** and my best to **MrsKnowItAll** , if any.

Regards,  
Shodan, Who Knows Some of It All, and Is Bluffing About the Rest of It All

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**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearly-ive-been-gone-too-long/827511/45 "2019-01-14T20:51:01Z")

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> [@Shodan](#):
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> Said the SDMB to me, “Sir, that fact creates in me no sense of obligation.”
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> Welcome back, **MrKnowItAll** and my best to **MrsKnowItAll** , if any.
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> Regards,  
> Shodan, Who Knows Some of It All, and Is Bluffing About the Rest of It All

Thanks. And I’ll be sure to pass that along to the misses, as soon as one comes into existence.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearly-ive-been-gone-too-long/827511/46 "2019-01-14T21:06:57Z")

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Wait until you have teen agers. Then you will definitely have some **KnowItAll** s to talk to.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearly-ive-been-gone-too-long/827511/47 "2019-01-14T22:15:42Z")

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Welcome back, **MrKnowItAll**! I have had some go-away-and-come-backs myself.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearly-ive-been-gone-too-long/827511/48 "2019-01-14T23:13:01Z")

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You do know that Unca Cecil retired, doncha?

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