I know you don’t know me. We’ve never even crossed paths in a debate before. But it is still your fault.
I had kicked the habit. I was like most people when they find this place: hooked. Then, I moved and was without internet connection for a couple of weeks. During that time I went cold turkey and successfully quit.
For three months.
Then my wife decided she wanted a pug. So we went searching the internet for info on pugs. And I found your homepage. There I was, recearching pugs, minding my own business when I spied the link back here from your site.
Like an addict, I couldn’t help myself. I followed the link. At first I told myself, I’d only read the column on the homepage. Okay, that lasted for all of three days.
Then I faltered. I went for the harder stuff. I followed a Wierd Earl link. I’d be strong I told myself: I’ll limit myself to Cecil’s column and an occassional Wierd Earl link.
As if I could really control this addiction. Within a few days I was back to reading threads. I’d hit the reply link at bottom of threads, but managed to “clear fields” and fight the urge to post. But not for long. Eventually I pressed “submit” . It felt good. And wrong. But mostly good.
Now here I am, a pitiful shell, reading and posting all over the place. I’m sure someone at work will notice I spend more time on the SDMB than actually working.
And it is your fault pugluvr May it haunt your conscience.
Plus you have a pug now. Pugs are an addiction all to themselves, if the behavior of my parents and their pug-owning friends are any clue.
Welcome (back) to the fold, Homebrew.
Heh heh heh. First the SDMB, then pugs, what next? Italian wine? French cheese? Nicotine? Opiates?
Actually, Homebrew (pass me a cold one, would you?), I don’t have a homepage. I suspect you found the homepage some other pug addict who coincidentally is also a major Doper. Got a link?
Okay, 'fess up. Who’s the other pugger/Doper out there? You’ve got great taste, by the way, whoever you are.
The site that lured me back here is The Lucky Pug Farm. I’m certain there was some reason I positively associated that site with the name pugluvr. I humbly request that you disregard my ranting towards you.
Now, will the real culprit please step forward to receive your tongue-lashing.
BTW, do all pugs attempt to eat twice their weight in food daily? This dog attempts to challenge my neighbor’s Rottweiller for her food.
The vitriol’s forgiven if it brings back a Doper, particularly one in the pug ranks. Thanks for the link, Homebrew. I like the mystery person’s photo gallery of her little puggers very much. I notice she also has a link to a site called “Stop Dr. Laura.” I’m liking her more all the time.
Oooo, do you now have a pug? Yes, somehow they’ve been misinformed on the spelling of their name: that’s a “u” in the middle of the word, not an “i”. All the pugs I’ve ever owned have been piggies to the max, and you have to be careful not to overfeed them, or they will swell into little bloated dirigibles. This is actually a blessing, because unlike some other small breeds, they are never finicky about eating.
To thoroughly hijack this into a non-pit thread:
pugluvr, do you frequent any pug-specific message boards? Because if you do, you might know my mom.
I’m not sure whether that’s cool, or scary…
racinchikki: No, this is the only board I post to. It already takes up an unholy amount of my time to read and post here, so I dare not start looking for pug-specific message boards.
Homebrew, I sent off an email to the founder of that homepage, and invited her to post here if she did not already. She responded that she wasn’t even aware that a message board existed on the SD website. Well, here’s karma: we know that if she starts posting, she’ll become addicted like the rest of us, and then you will have an appropriate revenge.
That would indeed be sweet revenge.