# Hey! Where did the Freepers go? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 8, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857 "2008-11-08T22:59:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/21 "2008-11-09T07:17:37Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Jim Robinson’s name was on the list. > > The list is long. > > _Dirac Angestun Gesept!_ - sends _Kaitempi_ agents to **elucidator** ’s house \* ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/22 "2008-11-09T08:07:32Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > It’s back up. I’m guessing it was a normal outage: It was too short to make for a very satisfying attack. Pity. If they had any brains, they could exploit the outage. Claim it was the super secret Obama intel-squads who were planning on taking people out who disagreed with the dear leader. They could make vague hints about seeing people with blue berets outside their offices, strange helicopters, etc. Idiots. They’re too stupid to get with the crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/23 "2008-11-09T08:21:42Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Pity. If they had any brains, they could exploit the outage. Claim it was the super secret Obama intel-squads who were planning on taking people out who disagreed with the dear leader. They could make vague hints about seeing people with blue berets outside their offices, strange helicopters, etc. > > Idiots. They’re too stupid to get with the crazy. Dude, you should totally register over there and prod them about this. You know they’ll run with the ball once they see the play developing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/24 "2008-11-09T08:25:42Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > State name to be changed to al-Obama. haha now THAT would piss off the rednecks and crackers something fierce! Start a rumor that Obama was going to rename the state, the university, and their sports teams to the University of Al’Obama Crimson Jihad and then just kick back and watch the shitstorm. lol ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/25 "2008-11-09T09:09:03Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Dude, you should totally register over there and prod them about this. You know they’ll run with the ball once they see the play developing. 😃 Dude, I waste too much time on the intarwebs as it is! The _last_ thing I need is another giant time sink. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/26 "2008-11-09T09:39:25Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > - sends _Kaitempi_ agents to **elucidator** ’s house \* myob, you! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/27 "2008-11-09T16:33:48Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Dude, you should totally register over there and prod them about this. You know they’ll run with the ball once they see the play developing. 😃 PLEASE don’t get this thread closed. At one point, YEARS ago, before I posted here, I actually did post over at FR. They were more tolerant of trolls then. I can’t remember what actually got me banned, though. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/28 "2008-11-09T17:00:46Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > One of them remarked to the other “Yeah! People have vandalized the signs to make it look like Go 'Bama!”. I looked at her like she had sprouted horns. "Um, no, that was one of the campaign slogans from the beginning - you know, Gobama? Go, Obama? ". I got a blank stare in return. The stoopid, it burns. Was “Gobama” really an official campaign slogan? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/29 "2008-11-09T19:05:42Z")
Assholes-now they’re insulting Dan Rooney for supporting Obama. Okay, NOW it’s gone too far! ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/30 "2008-11-09T19:23:32Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Was “Gobama” really an official campaign slogan? I plead ignorance. At the least, it was a grassroots thing, no? ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/31 "2008-11-09T20:42:52Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Dude, you should totally register over there and prod them about this. You know they’ll run with the ball once they see the play developing. 😃 Also, there’s this little rule about not starting board wars. I mean, we’d totally win if there was one, but we’re not supposed to start any. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/32 "2008-11-10T03:43:37Z")
> [@phouka](#): > > Also, there’s this little rule about not starting board wars. > > I mean, we’d totally win if there was one, but we’re not supposed to start any. In fact, we would be greeted as liberators. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/33 "2008-11-10T21:30:06Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > In fact, we would be greeted as liberators. And we’re spreading the love of Mudkips. They’ll be singing and dancing and charging their lasers in the street when we arrive, and they’re never gonna give us up, never gonna let us down, never gonna run around and desert us. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/34 "2008-11-11T01:34:10Z")
[Free Republic: Where the Stupid Never Ends!](http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129592/posts) ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/35 "2008-11-11T02:42:07Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > And we’re spreading the love of Mudkips. They’ll be singing and dancing and charging their lasers in the street when we arrive, and they’re never gonna give us up, never gonna let us down, never gonna run around and desert us. shut _up_, newfag. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857.md?page=1)