# I have some sad news to report about Purplebear **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 11, 2001, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507 "2001-01-11T13:57:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/21 "2001-01-12T16:34:39Z")
Purp, if you do arrive in a wheelchair, you could alway do the televangelist routine, standing up with shakey legs, before slowly getting your footing, and then dancing around like James Brown and claiming Cecil healed you!! A stunt like that is bound to get the attention of all the non-dopers in the place you are meeting in! good to see you posting again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/22 "2001-01-12T18:48:41Z")
Funny, my dear. I know you wouldn’t actually _forget_ our anniversary. Now would you? :eek: John, you’ll just have to wait and hear about what I do. I have some ideas. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/23 "2001-01-13T16:16:14Z")
**purplebear** , I am just so relieved that you are fine and the subject line was just a cruel, heartless ploy for attention that I cannot even think of smacking your wonderful Mr. Bear for it! I am so glad you two are trying to work on things together. I hope everything works out and I’m thinking about you and sending you positive thoughts! Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/24 "2001-01-13T16:27:18Z")
Best of good luck and love to the both of you! I don’t know you very well, **Mr. Bear** , but I do know that NO ONE deserves to be deleriously happy as much as **purplebear** does. So please make it so! I am sending lots of prayers and positive energy. Not that I think you will need it, I am sure that once you get home, things will be much easier to deal with. Scotti ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@Mr\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/25 "2001-01-13T18:58:59Z")
**evilbeth** Thank you for your kind words, and please forgive my sick sense of humor (too many years working in emergency rooms dealing with death and pain and suffering I guess). **Scotticher** Aye Aye Captain, I’ll do my best!! Thanks for the kind words and thoughts. Don’t worry about not knowing me well, very few people do. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/26 "2001-01-13T21:10:36Z")
Narile, just wait and find out how I show up. 😛 Thanks. And no rum for me, eh, VB? Is that because you know I won’t need any? Mr Bear’s presence will be intoxicating enough. 😉 Sorry, Jim. I was taken long ago. Otherwise, you might stand a chance with me. No, no, just kidding, Mr Bear. PLEASE be nice and don’t hurt this sweet man!! :eek: 😉 Thank you, beth, always a pleasure to hear from you. I’m sorry that he scared you like that. And, we won’t talk about how sick his humor can get at times. _SHUDDER_ 😛 Scotti, thank you for your prayers and positive energies. Much appreciated. As for me, **BLUSH**. You’re the really sweet one who deserves all the best. And, once you get to know Mr Bear, you’ll find he’s quite funny and has a very dry wit at times. He also is one of the biggest practical jokers I’ve ever known. Quite cuddly too, but he’s all mine. Love you, honey. _Kiss_ Btw, dear, are you going to tell everyone what your sig means, or are you going to make them guess? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/27 "2001-01-13T21:22:25Z")
I’ll admit to wondering what on EARTH the sig meant… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@Mr\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/28 "2001-01-13T21:30:12Z")
**No** they are intelligent people, I’m sure they can guess!! ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/29 "2001-01-13T21:42:32Z")
Thank goodness that title is misleading. Good to know things are on an upward swing. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/30 "2001-01-13T21:43:05Z")
I hope your homecoming is eventful and wonderful. I hope everything goes so well between you two that neither of you can post for days and days. 🙂 Second of all, that thread title wasn’t funny even in the least goddamned bit. Really. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/31 "2001-01-13T21:51:47Z")
Falcon, you’ll just have to guess, it seems. Think about the fact he’s coming home for good. Thank you, Irishman. You’re a very sweet man, as usual. Wait till you meet him at the Houston Dopefest. Ogre, my buddy. I’m so sorry that you got worried about me. I’m still here, still fine. And, you can call me George and pick me up and all, just don’t squeeze too hard. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/32 "2001-01-13T21:55:39Z")
I’ll let Mr. Bear take care of squeezing you hard. 🙂 But I’m still gonna call you George. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/33 "2001-01-13T22:00:06Z")
I have a guess!!! 🙂 Would You Like Fries With That? 😃 So what do I win??? ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/34 "2001-01-13T22:01:59Z")
LOL! Ok, Ogre, I can live with that. 🙂 {{{{{{Ogre}}}}}} and a _kiss_ on your cheek for being such a sweet Ogre. Falcon, I’ll let him answer you on that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@Mr\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/35 "2001-01-13T22:14:43Z")
See Dear I told you there are intelligent people here. Just to explain the sig, as I am returning to the states with no job, I thought I should start practiceing for a new career. **Falcon** as to the prize, well I’ll have to leave that up to PB. I am sure she will come up with something nice for you, if not well let me know and I’ll see what I can do:D ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/36 "2001-01-13T22:20:22Z")
WOO!!! _beams_ And you can ask purplebear what I want for my prize, hon…not that I think anyone could deliver. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507/37 "2001-01-13T22:26:59Z")
Yes, I do know what you want, Falcon. I’ll see what I can do. Are you sure you wouldn’t rather wait till it gets a little warmer up there? Or, did you already have that _‘covered’_ so to speak. 😉 I always told you there were, dear. Lots and lots of them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-sad-news-to-report-about-purplebear/49507.md?page=1)