# Get Lost! And Take Your Kid With You! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218 "2003-05-19T11:28:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [May 27, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218/61 "2003-05-27T11:25:16Z")
Maybe **Rue** messed up and packed his computer already?? Maybe he’s not gonna be posting till he moves into his new house (when is that - next week?) Maybe he’s \*forgotten \*us! :eek: How dare he let his life get in the way of his Monday Morning Post??!?!? Can I get a Harumph?? ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218/62 "2003-05-27T11:44:59Z")
HARUMAPH!!! ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218/63 "2003-05-27T11:45:01Z")
Harumph. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218/64 "2003-05-27T12:34:25Z")
You people scare me. That’s why I was staying away. The way **welbs** was getting all… whatever he was getting on [n]Ex\*\*. I didn’t want any of that to splash over on me. How could you even think I would forget about you… uh… wait, it’ll come to me… **Snickers**! Yeah! That’s it, **Snickers**. How could you even think I’d forget about you? Never. It could never happen. -Rue. (the rememberant) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218/65 "2003-05-27T12:47:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \* > \*\* > -Rue. (the rememberant) \*\* I always loved your chiaroscuro and your impasto. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218/66 "2003-05-27T12:47:44Z")
All what? He started it! I was just defending myself. Besides, it’s so fun and easy to make fun of **Ex**. Try it sometime, you’ll like it. Also I was laying claim to the women. It’s a gut instinct neanderthal thing. I’d say try that too, but I’m a violent neanderthal type, so you’d be doing that at your own risk. And I don’t splash. I seep. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218/67 "2003-05-27T12:50:40Z")
My women. Mine. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218/68 "2003-05-27T15:52:37Z")
Neither of you can afford _me_, so just hesh. Hey while we’re waiting for Rue, why don’t you all come over to Cafe Society and play my game! Please? Make me feel like I’ve got a pack of followers, too. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218/69 "2003-05-27T16:22:59Z")
As if, **Ellen** dear. After all, you’re the one who’s gonna be bikini clad for the awards ceremony. Besides, I dont’ need to afford you to keep you away from **Exgineer**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218/70 "2003-05-27T17:28:59Z")
Game? What game? Hey, how come **Ellen** gets to wear a bikini? That isn’t fair! Wait. I don’t own any bikinis. I’m not even sure if I have a regular swimsuit. Bother. **Ex** is so cute when he gets all Neanderthal. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218/71 "2003-05-27T17:39:32Z")
Wow, big, tough Man Dopers claimed me and fought over me and everything, and I totally missed it! Darn. So, who won? I mean it’s all the same to me, but I feel like I should know, 'cause my mom’s gonna think it’s funny when I tell her I got claimed by somebody. * * * Mom: “Claimed?” Me: Yeah, some guys got all testosteroney and started fighting over us ladies. Mom: So, someone _claimed_ you? Me: Well, sorta. You know, like in all those Round Table stories, and legends of olde and whatnot. Something to do with honor, I think. Mom: I see. And who won your hand? Me: Well, I’m not sure. It looked like a pretty near thing between **welby** and **Exgineer**. But they were also fighting over **wintermute**. And **Rue** already called dibs on **Lissla** and **Ellen** , but maybe they were up for grabs, too. So I don’t really know. Mom: That sounds weird. Me: Mom, how sexy is a Porsche? Is is sexier or less sexy than a Chevette? Mom: I don’t know. I drive a minivan. Me: Oh. Thanks anyway. * * * So, yeah, it would be an awkward conversation. Kn(sexier than rollerskates. Maybe)ckers ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218/72 "2003-05-27T18:30:25Z")
Well I won, of course. There’s no comparison between me, **welby** of the stunning good looks and rapier wit and **Exgineer** , neatherthal monkey boy who grunts even when he types. If that’s okay with you **Kn(sexier than a Porsche)ckers.** ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218/73 "2003-05-27T20:22:20Z")
I don’t know whether to be flattered or offended. Certainly, it’s the first time two handsome, educated and intellegent men have gotten all neanderthal over little ole me! On one hand, **Welby** called me “beautiful as a sunrise” (although he’s never met me, because if he had, he’d know that a sunrise is too pale and ephemeral a thing to describe me accurately. I’ve always considered myself more of a sunset kind of gal.) Still, it was very nice, and I thank you, sir. On the other hand, **Exgineer** has written poetry about me. And he chose me first, which I find flattering enough to ignore the autocratic way he did so. So, pros and cons on both sides. Hmmm… Maybe **Kn\*ckers** and I should hook up and skip all this stress. So, **Kn** \*(sexier than a Lamborghini) **ckers** , how _you_ doin? You like girls at all? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218/74 "2003-05-27T20:32:23Z")
Game? My game that I made over in Cafe Society! I was getting paranoid nobody wanted to play, but I’ve recruited a few acolytes, so I’m a little happier. But join the fun, me droogies! [Literary Acronyms: A Game](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=186530) More fun than a barrel of monkeys! (Or **Exgineer** s, as the case may be.) ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218/75 "2003-05-27T22:48:44Z")
**Exgineer** is no fun. Besides, he kisses people’s wives. With tongue even. Trust me on this. And **Wintermute** , O gorgeous as a _sunrise_, which is the beginning of the days, in which anything can happen, instead of the end of a day, when everything has already happened, I hope I didn’t offend you. Besides, if you’ve ever seen a sunrise from the top of a mountain on a misty morning, you’d know how beautiful it can be. That said, if you and **Kn(sexier than a Ferrari)ckers** hook up, can I chaperone? Please? I’ll start being nice to **Exgineer** again. ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218/76 "2003-05-28T12:45:15Z")
Ooh, this is getting dirty. Neat. Well, **wintermute** , I’ve never gone for gals before, but there’s a first time for everything. Hell, you’re pretty as noontime, so I might have to revise this whole hetero thing. Flattered as I am by all the brilliant, sexy ape-men and poetry and stuff, it’s just so darn confusing! **Ellen** : Love your [game](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=186530). It’s fun! Takes some thinkin’, that’s for sure… I keep trying to come up with stuff, but then my brain freezes up. Right now I’m trying to think of something that’s about AUTOMOBILEs. Having trouble… Kn(almost as sexy as a toaster)ckers [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-lost-and-take-your-kid-with-you/176218.md?page=3)