# Hello again **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430 "2006-10-30T14:10:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/21 "2006-10-30T23:09:19Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] It’s a work in progress. Plus, I thought you were “on board”. :dubious: [/QUOTE] Of course I am. There can be only one Evil Overlord. I’m happy to be a henchman . You know, Basking in your evilness 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/22 "2006-10-31T01:27:28Z")
[QUOTE=jabiru] I remember you. You don’t know me from a bar of soap but I’m glad you returned. [/QUOTE] Thank you, thank you. I thought at first you were casting aspersions on my personal hygene 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/23 "2006-10-31T01:33:20Z")
[QUOTE=Tupug Anachi] [Eagles singing voice] You can checkout any time you want but you can never leave! [/Esv] Now promise you’ll never do that again and say your penance. 😉 [/QUOTE] I’ll tell you what: I missed you guys. self-imposed exile or not, t’wernt easy. (and my pennence was exactly 14 dollars and 95 cents) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/24 "2006-10-31T02:16:01Z")
Welcome back **Winston** What odd timing. \*\*Anduril \*\* just started a thread today, [I miss](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7918257). I think the organization has gone to pot lately though. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/25 "2006-10-31T02:53:14Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Welcome back **Winston** What odd timing. \*\*Anduril \*\* just started a thread today, [I miss](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7918257). I think the organization has gone to pot lately though. Jim [/QUOTE] Well thank you, Jim. I’m flattered. And unfortunately, I agree with you re. the organization. You’d think that an evil empire would have greater capacity for self-perpetuation, but it really doesn’t. We’ll get things back on track, though, for sure. I’ll look for the keys to the Volcano lair, you dust off the jumper cables, and we’ll round up the crew and “do something” about “Mars”. Yes? ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/26 "2006-10-31T04:07:54Z")
Welcome back. It is good to see that you have returned. I had hoped that would be the case in the dark days of your self-imposed exile. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/27 "2006-10-31T04:26:15Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Well thank you, Jim. I’m flattered. And unfortunately, I agree with you re. the organization. You’d think that an evil empire would have greater capacity for self-perpetuation, but it really doesn’t. We’ll get things back on track, though, for sure. I’ll look for the keys to the Volcano lair, you dust off the jumper cables, and we’ll round up the crew and “do something” about “Mars”. Yes? [/QUOTE] Ah. I see you’ve been reading the same book I have (“To Crush The Moon” by Wil McCarthy). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/28 "2006-10-31T13:05:46Z")
[QUOTE=Nic2004] Welcome back. It is good to see that you have returned. I had hoped that would be the case in the dark days of your self-imposed exile. [/QUOTE] Many thanks, Nic. It _is_ hard to escape the gravitational pull of this place. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/29 "2006-10-31T13:07:23Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Ah. I see you’ve been reading the same book I have (“To Crush The Moon” by Wil McCarthy). 😃 [/QUOTE] \ Fiction! When _I_ crush the moon, you’ll read about it in the Times. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/30 "2006-10-31T13:24:54Z")
Ok, for one, a guy that had to start a thread about [what to do with this hornet I caught](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=144170&highlight=hornet) isn’t really cracked up to be the ruler of the universe or anything like that. You must take baby steps. One of them preferably on the hornet you caught. Well, live and learn I always say. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/31 "2006-10-31T13:37:09Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] Ok, for one, a guy that had to start a thread about [what to do with this hornet I caught](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=144170&highlight=hornet) isn’t really cracked up to be the ruler of the universe or anything like that. You must take baby steps. One of them preferably on the hornet you caught. Well, live and learn I always say. 😃 [/QUOTE] Indeed, that was in my _early_ days here before you were all ready to embrace the full scope of my… uh… \ Anyways, ruling the World _is_ a baby step in my (ultimate) quest for domination of the _Universe_. And who are you gonna trust: me, or Kim Jong Il? I mean, given the alternatives, how can you possibly cast your allegiance elsewhere? Seriously. You’re lucky I haven’t a lackey about. Talking smack like that in my _Welcome Back!_ thread. By the way, in my entire bizarre body of work here, that was one of the most fun threads to write. I enjoyed it then, and enjoyed re-reading it now, though it’s always troubling to read old threads and see so many doper names with “Guest” as the avatar. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/32 "2006-10-31T13:48:44Z")
Believe it or not, I remembered that thread from the original reading. It’s always what I connect your username to when I see you posting about the place. 'Twas a good time! And Welcome back. Where can someone pick up an application for lackey or henhman? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/33 "2006-10-31T13:52:19Z")
or hen **c** hman. Is the _sidekick_ position still open? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/34 "2006-10-31T14:00:43Z")
Hey, I remember you. Didn’t you kill my brother? ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/35 "2006-10-31T15:02:42Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] or hen **c** hman. Is the _sidekick_ position still open? [/QUOTE] Henchmen, henchladies, henchpersons… It’s all acedemic provided you have the desire and _will_ to do my bidding. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/36 "2006-10-31T15:03:56Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Hey, I remember you. Didn’t you kill my brother? [/QUOTE] Yes, yes. Still sore about that, are we? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/37 "2006-10-31T15:09:41Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Oh My God. I was going to post that! You live in Florida too…this is too freaky. [/QUOTE] Have you ever seen yourself and \*\*Tupug Anachi \*\* in the same room at the same time? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/38 "2006-10-31T15:11:41Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Yes, yes. Still sore about that, are we? [/QUOTE] It wasn’t so much the killing as the drizzles of chocolate syrup and dollops of whipped cream afterwards. That just exceeded the boundaries of good taste. But I’m better, now. Did you know they made Thorazine in orange-flavoured chewables? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/39 "2006-10-31T15:25:25Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] \ Fiction! When _I_ crush the moon, you’ll read about it in the Times. [/QUOTE] You mean to tell me, you only read _the publically-distributed version?_ That was a fake, a misleading smokescreen. It was intended to make the uninformed public think, “That Wil. What a goof. Always writing that science fiction. Can’t he keep his mind on the real world?” The real version was considerably-more technical and short-term action-oriented, even naming which pieces of Mad Science would be needed to achieve the goal, and who would profit. But, hey, if you’re not on the Evil Megalomaniacs Mailing List, that’s not _my_ problem. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430/40 "2006-10-31T15:36:37Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Have you ever seen yourself and \*\*Tupug Anachi \*\* in the same room at the same time? [/QUOTE] Now, now, great minds thinking alike and all that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again/378430.md?page=1)