# I Missed You All and We Have a Suprise! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061 "2002-03-19T16:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/1 "2002-03-19T16:53:46Z")
Ooh, the suspense is killing me! ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/2 "2002-03-19T16:59:27Z")
So This is what happens when you reply to a corrupt thread. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/3 "2002-03-19T17:06:34Z")
😕 ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/4 "2002-03-19T17:12:22Z")
Ack, you go away for a few months and forget how to post properly. Anyhoo, the big suprise is: **Damhna and I are going to have a baby!** ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/5 "2002-03-19T17:14:08Z")
Given birth to the Invisible Man, I’d wager. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Serendipity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Serendipity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serendipity)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/6 "2002-03-19T17:14:42Z")
Congrats, **Damhna** and **tatertot**! That’s smashing news. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/7 "2002-03-19T17:16:28Z")
Woo-hoo! Congratulamations! What is it with this place lately? Did Ed order the latest vBulletin with the special fertility option? I tell ya, I’m afraid to even look at my wife the wrong way these days. It’s a Doper Baby Boom! ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/8 "2002-03-19T17:17:43Z")
Congratulations! So… you have a tater in the oven? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/9 "2002-03-19T17:22:24Z")
Great news **tater** 😃 We’ll have to wet the baby’s head at some stage. Congrats to the two of you. All the best Peter ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/10 "2002-03-19T17:28:02Z")
Springtime at the SDMB! Weddings! Engagements! Babies! Screwy threads! Exclamation points! It’s all too much! Congratulations to **tater** and **Damhna**. That is wonderful, wonderful news. 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/11 "2002-03-19T17:34:15Z")
Great news, Tate! Uh, Yojimbo, does a Doper baptism involve beer? ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/12 "2002-03-19T17:36:09Z")
Babies! I like babies! Congrats! That will be all. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/13 "2002-03-19T17:51:27Z")
Wow—everyone having babies and getting married, and, ummm, doing other surprising stuff. What the hell is this, Sweeps Week? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/14 "2002-03-19T17:52:32Z")
Woohoo!! Congratulations!! Here’s to the safe arrival of the **tater** tot! Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/15 "2002-03-19T17:58:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > > Uh, Yojimbo, does a Doper baptism involve beer? It’s a Irish expression for going out for a pint to celebrate the good news. No beer goes near the actual baby 😉 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/16 "2002-03-19T18:03:01Z")
Yay **tater**! ::does happy pregnant dance:: ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/17 "2002-03-19T18:05:54Z")
Dang, love and fertility all over the place!!! Congrats, **tater**! And welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/18 "2002-03-19T18:08:13Z")
Congratulations to two of my favourite people! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/19 "2002-03-19T18:28:34Z")
and allow me to be among the first to offer up baby gift - there’s this dandy **toaster** that I seem to be missing…\*\*\* Congrats all around, and welcome back! \*\*\* never let it be said that I have a short, what’s that word??? oh yea, memory. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061/20 "2002-03-19T18:39:10Z")
Woot…congrats Tater and Damhna…you rock…and I will have a Guiness tonight in your honour. 😃 Keith P.S. Would the baby be a tatertottot? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-missed-you-all-and-we-have-a-suprise/99061.md?page=2)