# Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearly-beloved-we-are-gathered-here-today/3869>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 11, 2000, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearly-beloved-we-are-gathered-here-today/3869 "2000-01-11T21:41:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearly-beloved-we-are-gathered-here-today/3869/21 "2000-01-15T01:58:00Z")

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So now, where do we all meet after the fidgety part and go get schnokered???

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**Author:** ![Rousseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Rousseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rousseau)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearly-beloved-we-are-gathered-here-today/3869/22 "2000-01-15T20:23:00Z")

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Now wait just a minute.

You’ve all had your fun at this young man’s expense, but take a moment to consider it from his perspective. He came to us from some foreign board, most likely driven by the promises of liberty and prosperity that the SDMB holds. He came to us to share his ideas in an open forum…and we drove him away. Is this what we have come to? Are we really such monsters? But what’s done is done, and neither the board nor any of us as individuals will ever be the same. Maybe we don’t realize it now, but PitBullDawg has forever changed the face of the Straight Dope Message Board.

Yeah, right. Just another troll bashed by the Spiked Club of Reason. What’s our count up to now, by the way?

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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2000, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearly-beloved-we-are-gathered-here-today/3869/23 "2000-01-17T08:34:00Z")

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Didnt he post again this weekend in the DavidB vs C3 thread?

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John Larrigan

“82.35% of all statistics are made up on the spot”–Vic Reeves

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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearly-beloved-we-are-gathered-here-today/3869/24 "2000-01-18T13:06:00Z")

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I, for one, will really, really, REALLY miss the old guy. He was always one of my favorite posters. In fact, I was _going_ to put him on “Posters I most want to date” list, but then (sob), I read this. What a shame. What a crying shame.  
P.S. Anyone know if he left a will?

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