# I guess I'm back (the long nightmare is over) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892 "2026-01-21T20:42:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892/21 "2026-01-22T04:20:46Z")
Welcome to the boomerang club. Good to have you back. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892/22 "2026-01-22T07:08:56Z")
What was your long nightmare, if I may ask? Feel free to say none-ya. I’m just being a trifle nosy. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892/23 "2026-01-22T07:10:01Z")
Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892/24 "2026-01-22T07:40:20Z")
Welcome back! But what is the long nightmare? Something really bad happen? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892/25 "2026-01-22T12:06:13Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > But IIRC not _your_ red hair. True. But it did look just like that, color wise. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892/26 "2026-01-22T12:59:25Z")
I thought it was _our_ long nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892/27 "2026-01-22T13:05:56Z")
Exactly, it wasn’t the same without him, I just couldn’t put my finger on it. Everything is right again. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892/28 "2026-01-22T13:38:19Z")
Agreed. Our nightmare has ended as our prodigal son has now returned. Or so the OP humbly claims. That’s a great moniker you’ve got; I hope it doesn’t signal a rabid devotion to Ayn Rand’s “thinking”. That stuff doesn’t play very well around here these days. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892/29 "2026-01-22T13:55:05Z")
I don’t recall having interacted with you, but I do recall your former handle, as I had a relative who, as a child, related that he had once dreamed about a ‘cheese monster.’ Seriously! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892/30 "2026-01-22T13:57:20Z")
(Insert “Wait you guys” image here) Wait, you guys have _hair_? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892/31 "2026-01-22T19:03:52Z")
Or worse, something to do with Rand Paul… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892/32 "2026-01-22T19:15:04Z")
I thought the OPs name meant he was _randy._ And kinda paranoid. But don’t go by me. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892/33 "2026-01-22T19:47:20Z")
Hey welcome back !!! I remember you, you were right there in with a lot of us- 99ers, 2kers. And yeah, a thoughtful moment for " Hi Opal ! " The connections are real. Glad you’re back to connect again. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892/34 "2026-01-22T20:33:41Z")
Welcome back! I remember your name, probably because I listen to Radiohead. I hope you resume posting. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > That’s a great moniker you’ve got; I hope it doesn’t signal a rabid devotion to Ayn Rand’s “thinking”. No need to assume the worst. [I’m guessing a much better origin.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt8AfIeJOxw) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892.md?page=1)