when Señor Rue would finally hit the big One-oh-oh-oh. Okay, I am a bit slow lately and about 35 posts too late, but better Nate than lever, yes? I can’t believe he isn’t already at 1000, it seems that his is the face which has launched a thousand threads. But here we are. Rue, come in, grab a cup of Joe, get a seat. All of your Pals and Special Friends should be here soon.
::rips cover off of coffee table book::
Uncle Rue, THIS IS YOUR LIFE. It began inauspicuously, with a botched OP entitled You it really kill you to be ready to talk to me when you call?. Don’t actually go to this link for other than nostalgic purposes, you will be disappointed, Rue doesn’t hit his stride until much later, around page 189.
His sophomore effort which while truly sophomoric, points to the Rue whom we will all soon know and love. In other words it starts in one direction, feints in another, then kind of chases its tail in a circle until it lies down in exhaustion.
His follow up thread ends abruptly whenthis guy walks into a bar…
Yet he was undaunted. His next pathetic attempt for attention was the Movie Chain Game. SPOOFE botched the game and then the castle burnt down and sank into the swamp.
But our hero was undeterred. This is why he is the stuff of legends, or at least of legerdomain. He started several more thread which I am way to lazy to link to (go find them yerselves). And about then is when I first encountered Rue, in the somewhat arcane and mystifying Dr. Rue DeDay is DEAD!. The critics raved. It had everything: plot devices, murder, mystery, intrigue, humor.
He soon followed this with the now immortal Uncle Rue:story guy. Fame and prizes soon followed and he quickly add his own special groupies, er, Special Friends. He even invited us male folk to be his pals, adopting a sort of Kevin Costneresque appeal. You know, the good Kevin Costner, like in Bull Durham, not the evil Kevin Costner like in that movie where he plays an escaped murderer. Although that might also be appropriate.
So whaddya say, can I get some of you other Friends of Rue to testify?