# I give in: I am back **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 16, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-in-i-am-back/326486 "2005-10-16T17:15:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-in-i-am-back/326486/1 "2005-10-16T17:15:24Z")
Couldn’t help it, the Shakespeare thread forces me to reconsider my intransigence. So, for one year (we’ll see about another one when the time comes), I pay and post. Shoulda just stopped reading the message board, I suppose. :wally ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-in-i-am-back/326486/2 "2005-10-16T17:19:19Z")
When I finally win the lottery, the first thing I’m gonna do is pay everybody’s membership fees for life. Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-in-i-am-back/326486/3 "2005-10-16T18:31:51Z")
Welcome back! :: evil laughter :: ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-in-i-am-back/326486/4 "2005-10-16T20:13:06Z")
_Junkie!_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-in-i-am-back/326486/5 "2005-10-16T20:52:57Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > _Junkie!_ 🙂 Hey, I TRIED closing my eyes… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-in-i-am-back/326486/6 "2005-10-16T20:54:15Z")
We are better off with you, even if this is a hard addction to break. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-in-i-am-back/326486/7 "2005-10-16T21:28:42Z")
wow, you and me on the same day. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-in-i-am-back/326486/8 "2005-10-17T00:53:48Z")
Oh, my! ALL the little chickens are coming home to roost! How exciting. Welcome back, guys. Some names change, there are strange little ads, butit’s all the same. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-in-i-am-back/326486/9 "2005-10-17T01:14:03Z")
> [@Chef Troy](#): > > wow, you and me on the same day. Hehehe, good God, what are the odds? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-in-i-am-back/326486/10 "2005-10-17T01:15:52Z")
Hi, I’m new and I don’t know you, but I envy you because you found a way to use the Putz smilie. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-in-i-am-back/326486/11 "2005-10-17T01:28:47Z")
Yours was probably the biggest loss the board took in the free-to-pay move, and I am VERY glad to see you back! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-in-i-am-back/326486/12 "2005-10-17T10:01:54Z")
[Kotter theme song]Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back…[/Kotter theme song] 🙂 Also, I join the comments of my learned friend, **Bricker**. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-in-i-am-back/326486/13 "2005-10-17T11:50:45Z")
Good. Very good. Bloody hard to give up, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-in-i-am-back/326486/14 "2005-10-17T12:01:33Z")
Two years in a row I have said, “Why should I pay for this?” There are other message boards. However, they are not as addictive as this place. Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-in-i-am-back/326486/15 "2005-10-17T12:35:27Z")
Thank-you, one and all. I’ll try to be somewhat less curmudgeonly than I have been in past incarnations. If I fail, please simply beat on me with Wallys. 😉