# I shall return

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shall-return/23742>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 27, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shall-return/23742 "2000-06-27T17:46:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shall-return/23742/1 "2000-06-27T17:46:09Z")

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The message is pretty much what the subject line implies: I’m leaving but I’ll be back.

I’m not upset about anything nor am I experiencing any personal crisis. Quite simply, I’ll be busy with some projects in the next couple of weeks and I need more time than I have on hand to work on them. My boss was totally non-supportive on my initial plan to work only twenty hours a week while getting paid for the usual forty, so I have to go with a fallback plan. And the five to ten hours I spend here each week didn’t make the cut.

In other circumstances, I might have simply stopped posting. But I didn’t want any rumors to begin circulating if my abscense was noticed. And having publically declared that I won’t be here, I’m more likely not to be tempted to sneak back in for a “quick look”.

But I will be back, in a week or a month. Try not to say anything too interesting while I’m gone.

Bye.

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**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shall-return/23742/2 "2000-06-27T17:49:41Z")

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> Try not to say anything too interesting while I’m gone.

Guess I’ll have to hold off on the thread where I announce I am having my own baby.  
Come back soon Nemo.

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**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shall-return/23742/3 "2000-06-27T17:59:07Z")

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so long, farewell, aufwiederseihn(sp?), goodbye!

read ya when ya come back kid.

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**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shall-return/23742/4 "2000-06-27T18:13:16Z")

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LOL! Good one Mully! 😛

Hope to ‘see’ you back soon, Little Nemo. Don’t work too hard.

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**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shall-return/23742/5 "2000-06-27T18:16:44Z")

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Read you soon Nemo! And have I ever posted about how cool that game was?

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**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shall-return/23742/6 "2000-06-27T18:45:12Z")

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See ya soon Nemo. Work hard. Make us lots of money! Don’t forget to have a little fun too. 😉