# I am not The Stranger. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2000, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13079 "2000-01-24T23:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13079/1 "2000-01-24T23:37:00Z")
Nope, I haven’t corrected the spelling of my user name, nor have I added a definite article in front of it either. The Stranger is a completely different poster who has just registered recently. Just thought I’d let y’all know (in the event that you care) in order to avoid confusion. And while I’m at it, are AWB and AWB II the same person? Are they father and son? What’s going on there? For the record, my user name will remain “Strainger” regardless of any outcries of anguish or befuddlement. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13079/2 "2000-01-25T00:47:00Z")
AWB and AWB II are the same person…one’s his profile from work, and one’s from home, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![special](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13079/3 "2000-01-25T00:52:00Z")
jeffie, we get the picture already. you aren’t gonna start any more threads on this are you? {wink} ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13079/4 "2000-01-25T01:26:00Z")
Are ya sure ? ---
**Author:** ![fuzzy-wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b38774/32.png) [@fuzzy-wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzy-wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13079/5 "2000-01-25T01:29:00Z")
Would you like to be The Stranger? We could pretend… 😃 * * * “Do or do not, there is no try” - Yoda ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@The\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stranger)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13079/6 "2000-01-25T05:37:00Z")
I can verify this, I am “The Stranger.” A silly username taken from a dead French dude named Albert Camus. The St. Louis Rams will win the big show by 12 points. Is it true that Madonna will perform “American Pie” at halftime? If so, I gotta get a fresh tape for the VCR. ---
**Author:** ![Linney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58956e/32.png) [@Linney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linney)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13079/7 "2000-01-25T07:15:00Z")
I’m the only one here (besides the man himself) who knows that Strainger used to have a ‘half shirt’ (you all remember those silly little shirts that weren’t quite long enough to avoid embarassment) from his fraternity that said “HOSER” on the back. * * * “He who does not read is no better off that he who does not read.” Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![Brood\_McEto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Brood\_McEto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brood_McEto)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13079/8 "2000-01-25T07:52:00Z")
## **The Stranger** You are wrong. Titans by 7. even tho i’m trying to boycott pro sports. “I dream that she aims to be the bloom upon my misery” - _I Miss The Girl_ Soul Coughing ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13079/9 "2000-01-25T14:52:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Linney: > \*\*I’m the only one here (besides the man himself) who knows that Strainger used to have a ‘half shirt’ (you all remember those silly little shirts that weren’t quite long enough to avoid embarassment) from his fraternity that said “HOSER” on the back. > > \*\* It wasn’t a half-shirt, you hoser, it was just a regular fraternity jersey (I have proof of this). It did say “Hoser” on the back, though. I would _never_ wear a half-shirt, not with these love handles. All welcome Linney (my cousin), the fifth, unnamed attendee at the Atlanta Doper-fest! (You’re on the dark path to SDMB addiction now.) Falcon, thanks for straightening me out there. The Stranger said > [@](#): > > Is it true that Madonna will perform “American Pie” at halftime? If so, I gotta get a fresh tape for the VCR. Why the hell would you want to subject yourself to this? Maybe you should change your screen name to “The Masochist.” ---
**Author:** ![special](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13079/10 "2000-01-25T15:00:00Z")
&, jeffie, we now get to watch the spectacle of you talking to both your sock puppets? hmmm. tolja i’d believe it when i see it . . . ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13079/11 "2000-01-25T16:31:00Z")
Madonna has backed out. They instead went with their second choice: The Doobie Brothers. * * * Live a Lush Life Da Chef ---
**Author:** ![Linney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58956e/32.png) [@Linney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linney)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13079/12 "2000-01-26T06:04:00Z")
Um, yeah, it was a ‘half shirt’ because I distinctly remember asking you if it had shrunk…you said “No, it’s a half shirt.” Was yellow with black lettering, I belive. And, way back then, I don’t think you had the love handles that you do now. HAHA Of course, I have you beat in that department as well. * * * “He who does not read is no better off that he who does not read.” Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13079/13 "2000-01-26T06:20:00Z")
**Hoser!** Take off, eh!? Are we talking about the same movie? I feel confident that our Canadian friends will know what I’m talking about! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13079/14 "2000-01-26T06:28:00Z")
[smartass]Hi, Linney, welcome to the SDMB. Please proofread your sig line.[/smartass] ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13079/15 "2000-01-26T06:31:00Z")
.Linney, no it was my first fraternity jersey. It was gold with maroon lettering (my fraternity’s colors - I didn’t pick ‘em). On the front it said \FKQ\. On the back it said “HOSER” and had the number 17. Fer cryin’ out loud, I _mail_ the damn thing to you! Incidentally, the last half-shirt I had was when I was about 13 (4 years before sprouting love handles). It was red w/ a Georgia bulldog on it. This was a couple of years before I got smart and decided to go to Tech. BunnyGirl, good goin’, eh! Way to use your thinking toque! You win a 2-4 and a pound of back bacon!