# Desperate old stranger needs frank opinions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 11, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640 "2007-12-11T19:11:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![KC\_Bravelens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb8c5e/32.png) [@KC\_Bravelens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KC_Bravelens)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640/61 "2007-12-12T19:39:13Z")
thanks. i was wondering if it was that easy. ---
**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640/62 "2007-12-12T21:55:03Z")
[QUOTE=KC Bravelens] :dubious: Am i the only one? [/QUOTE] No. My first thought, too. But something about it seems real… hmm…? If not, though, I guess it’ll get discovered soon enough by the local sleuths, more talented than me. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640/63 "2007-12-12T22:31:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Aircraft on treadmills and saying Hi Opal > Hal and his sheep and all things Straight Dopal > The Horror of Blimps and Name my Thoroughbreds– > These are a few of my favourite threads! > > When I’m lonely, > When I’m fatigued, > When I’m feeling sad… > I simply log on to the SDMB > And then I don’t feel so bad! AWESOME! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640/64 "2007-12-12T22:38:45Z")
[QUOTE=Flipshod] No. My first thought, too. But something about it seems real… hmm…? If not, though, I guess it’ll get discovered soon enough by the local sleuths, more talented than me. [/QUOTE] Same here. Either it’s real or it’s not. Obviously, I have nothing better to do with my time, so I’ll answer in good faith. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640/65 "2007-12-12T23:03:51Z")
Please note that discussions of whether or not someone is trolling are inappropriate outside the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640/66 "2007-12-12T23:22:21Z")
Whoops, you’re right. Sorry **Skip**. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640/67 "2007-12-12T23:24:52Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Whoops, you’re right. Sorry **Skip**. [/QUOTE] Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640/68 "2007-12-13T00:50:34Z")
**BB** - I have nothing to add to your inquiry that hasn’t already been said, but may I adopt you as my on-line gramma? You sound like a real fun person, and my own grandparents have long since shuffled off (but not to Buffalo). I lost my parents also - it’s just me and the cat now. **SCL** and **VBob** can vouch for me, if need be. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640/69 "2007-12-13T01:03:02Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Cue orchestra for “I Enjoy Being a Doper.” I challenge the rest of you to provide lyrics! [/QUOTE] With profoundest apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein: I’m doper, and by me that’s only great! I’m so proud that my ignorance is fought That I walk with a swagger and smarter-than-average gait (It’s taking longer than we thought) When I have a brand new insight About the latest no-hoper I float as the clouds on air do I enjoy being a doper! ---
**Author:** ![KC\_Bravelens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb8c5e/32.png) [@KC\_Bravelens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KC_Bravelens)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640/70 "2007-12-13T18:00:06Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic] Please note that discussions of whether or not someone is trolling are inappropriate outside the Pit. [/QUOTE] je m’excuse. I wasn’t aware. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640/71 "2007-12-13T18:33:18Z")
[QUOTE=Astroboy14] I can tell you that I have been given to know that almost 65% of our new members suffer almost NO permanent mental damage (up from the 40% of a couple of years ago…). [/QUOTE] Which, I believe, coincided with the inclusion of the Lime Jell-O, but that could simply be the placebo effect in action. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640/72 "2007-12-13T20:23:36Z")
[QUOTE=Blushing Battleaxe] Can we name the goat Sam? [/QUOTE] Away out here they have a name for goats and squids and fire. The goat is Sam, the fire’s Joe and they call the squid Mariah. Mariah welcomes the newbies to town, and sets their hearts a-flyin’. Mariah makes MPSIMS sound like folks was out there dyin’. Mariah. (Mariah). Mariah. (Mariah). They call the squid Mariah. Before I knew Mariah’s name and heard her wail and whinin’, I had tentacle sex, and it had me, where the sun was never shinin’. But then one day I joined the boards. I paid the registration fee, and now I’m lost, so gol’ darn lost not even Cecil can find me. Mariah. (Mariah). Mariah. (Mariah). They call the squid Mariah. Out here they have a name for goats and squid and fire only. When you post a high post count, there ain’t no name for lonely. And I’m a lost and lonely [Hal](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=42664) without a sheep to guide me. Mariah blow my love to me. I need my love beside me. Mariah. (Mariah.) They call the squid Mariah. Mariah! Mariah. (Mariah.) They call the squid Mariah. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640/73 "2007-12-13T20:26:21Z")
[slight hijack] you just reminded me of a little silliness my friend sang to me recenetly: _Away out here they have a name for wind and rain and fire. The wind is Wind, the rain is Rain, and they call the fire Fire._ [/slight hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Blushing\_Battleaxe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Blushing\_Battleaxe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blushing_Battleaxe)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640/74 "2007-12-17T20:27:30Z")
Dear WhyNot, Thank you ever so much for the links you have provided in your post. It took me a while to go through them and find the relevant area. Nonetheless, it was a very sobering read. Things have not changed much since I last posted my situation. I still feel that shameful desperation. It seems that I could get Sam into a whole lot trouble if I busy myself with what are, in reality, his personal affairs. My thanks to all of you. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640/75 "2008-01-28T16:42:21Z")
I’m bumping this thread because a) I missed it the first time around and it’s a really good OP, and b) It made me all warm and fuzzy inside [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-old-stranger-needs-frank-opinions/429640.md?page=3)