… for reaching my 1,000th post. Actually this is only No. 999 but if we can celebrate the new millenium a year early I can certainly celebrate my milestone one post early. Can’t I?
“To do her justice, I can’t see that she could have found anything nastier to say if she’d thought it out with both hands for a fortnight.”
Dorothy L. Sayers
Busman’s Honeymoon
Now don’t try and sucker me into a quick follow-up post and waste my 1000th … doh!
Hah! Fooled you! That was really only No. 999 – my next post will be … doh!
Congrats Pluto!
Here’s to another thousand!
-Frankie
Lack of charisma can be fatal
I … DOH!!
NUMBER 1000!!! (For all you Latin speakers out there – Number M!)
This is only the “official” count, of course. Several posts were lost during the great “flaming folders” debacle.
I can’t think of anything witty that doesn’t include the word “booger” so I’ll settle for maudlin:
I have greatly enjoyed my time spent on this message board and look forward to enjoying it for a long time yet. I enjoy the camaraderie and fellowship, the the rapier-like wit (and yours too, Uke) and the candor.
I’d like to thank a few special people – (and torque off a whole bunch of other worthy folk who aren’t mentioned. Well you never mentioned me either! If you want to make a friend you have to be a friend first! Just wait till you reach your 1000th post and you can thank whoever you like!! … Ummm … Is this microphone on?)
In no particular order:
Zette – for being my first favorite poster. Sorry, Zette, but there have been others.
Bricker – for his logical and well presented posts in GQ, even though in our first encounter we had to agree to disagree. (He was winning!)
TVeblen – for best gender-crossing screen name. And for a very attractive beard.
BurnMeUp – for being the only other poster to show up at the great Puget Sound Straight Dope Meeting.
Imthecowgodmoo – for his very inspirational screen name. And a special thanks to all my other fellow deities, too.
Da Ace – for being the only other poster sharing my Wu-Tang Clan name: “Victorian Cow”! Yecchh!
OpalCat – for all the hard work in maintaining the extremely valuable Teeming Millions website.
Athena – who offered me a job when I expressed envy at the fancy computing hardware she has at work.
Eve – who, as **Flora McFlimsey[/], sponsored my first post in MPSIMS. My opinion of her may change, however, after I watch “Kiss Me Goodbye” tonight. What if I like it?
And for Chief Scott – :eek:
Tena Koe to Guano Lad for being a Kiwi.
(Notice I didn’t mention Mr. Most Popular – **Satan[/b}? Doh!!)
And a special thanks to all the ladies for sharing your feminine secrets which I would never in a million years have learned from my wife. Not that she wouldn’t share them with me – I just wouldn’t have been listening.
I know I’ve left people out that I meant to include – like Kyla for a great sig line, Mullinator, funneefarmer – I don’t recall seeing any posts from TennHippie lately, but I always enjoyed his input, TomH for the Straight Dope on “subfusc” – See, the list could go on forever. If you don’t see your name just assume I was going to mention you but ran out of room.
Finally, I will close with the sig line which I stole from my wife but she doesn’t know it because she doesn’t read this board –
That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.
Congrats Pluto!!! Pass out the beer and party hats will ya!
We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another
Did I hear someone say beer?
“That it is unwise to be heedless ourselves while we are giving advice to others, I will show in a few lines.” - Phaedrus, translator of Aesop’s Fables
Whoohoo! Somebody recognizes me! Thank you, pluto, for your kind regards.
And PS, did I mention that the new computer is now my fourth machine? Yup, I have 4 computers in my office… ostensibly for testing purposes, but they also make it easy to post on the Straight Dope while my main machine is doing builds or some other such CPU intensive stuff.
Hoo-hah! I received the only gratuitous insult in the long post!
Guess that shows you other losers which one of us pluto REALLY likes!
Uke
Of course I am mortified that I screwed up the UBB in my 1000th post. I tried so hard! I even used an editor instead of typing it in directly but it didn’t help.
Here’s the amended version of the relevant part:
Geez, I hope I got it right this time!
You see what happens when you associate with the Prince of Darkness?
Eve, Uke – do you know of any openings for a proofreader? I’ve almost got the hang of it now!
pluto – trying to beat the guy thread all by himself.
Ah, (nodding wisely) auto-gratification. Oh, that wasn’t the topic.
Well, Pluto congrats on the milestone. May I say you are a seriously demented but oddly addictive presence here.
::cheers loudly for Pluto::
Okay, enough of that. UncleBeer, pull me a Guiness, wouldya? That dark foam leaves the most distinguished stains in my 'stache and beard.
Veb
Thanks for mentioning that you didn’t mention me.
Yes, the correct response is “Don’t mention it.”
Congrats, Pluto. You rock like a hurricane.
Yer pal,
Satan
Someone recognized me! ::crying tears of joy:::
God, I need a life.
~Kyla
“You couldn’t fool your mother with an electric fooling machine on the foolingest day of your life.”
Wow, I don’t think I’ve referred to pluto’s posts at any stage ever, and still I get recognised!
I’m deeply touched… I’m soulfully moved… I’m, I’m… powerfully emotional!
I’m… running out of things to say…
Congratulations, pluto dude. Kia kaha
-PIGEONMAN-
Returns!
The Legend Of PigeonMan - By Popular Demand! Enjoy, enjoy!
Congratulations pluto, but also suck my ass.
Who was the only Doper who followed you directions in the “Pluto is my Favorite Poster of All Time” thread?
Ahem.
Well, thanks for the nice words! I was hoping that I could time this reply to be significantly numbered, but I’ll have to be satisfied with #221.
One thousand is a heck of a legacy! I am well and truly impressed…
Thanks for the mention Pluto and congrats on the big 1k!
Maybe one day, all the Puget Sound dopers will meet and then we will be able to post a list of whom we discussed just like all the “cool kids” in the other states sniff
If you feel that you must suffer, then plan your suffering carefully–as you choose your dreams, as you conceive your ancestors.
I knew I was going to screw up if I tried to make a list. As I recall you also came to my rescue when I was lamenting being left off the NY SD meeting list of posters discussed. How can I make it up to you? Will you marry me?
“pluto … a seriously demented but oddly addictive presence here.” – TVeblen