# I'm back...so what's new around here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527 "2012-12-19T15:05:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/21 "2012-12-20T20:26:19Z")
I was hoping to bring up that whole Ummkay/Not Okay saga, but you haven’t been gone THAT long. That was pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/22 "2012-12-20T21:19:31Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Using my one bump You only have one bump?!? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/23 "2012-12-20T23:04:20Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You only have one bump?!? Six Nipples! ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/24 "2012-12-20T23:09:31Z")
Wow… this may be the longest running thread ever. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/25 "2012-12-20T23:12:37Z")
:waves: ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/26 "2012-12-20T23:22:15Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Could someone start writing a ballad about me? I sound downright inspiring. Well, let me tell ya a story 'bout a man named 'Ved. Left the boards for a while, then came back to start this thread. People saw it and said, “I remember that dude!” And soon after that his thread was most viewed. _Thread views, that is! Clicked links! Reply posts!_ Next thing you know, ol’ 'Ved’s no longer there! He’s left the board forever in search of better fare! If you think **Happy Lendervedder** was the best you’ve ever seen, Just for a week 'til you’re sick of this meme. _Jokes, that is. Old ones. Real tired._ ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/27 "2012-12-20T23:45:51Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Well, let me tell ya a story 'bout a man named 'Ved. > Left the boards for a while, then came back to start this thread. > People saw it and said, “I remember that dude!” > And soon after that his thread was most viewed. > > _Thread views, that is! Clicked links! Reply posts!_ > > Next thing you know, ol’ 'Ved’s no longer there! > He’s left the board forever in search of better fare! > If you think **Happy Lendervedder** was the best you’ve ever seen, > Just for a week 'til you’re sick of this meme. > > _Jokes, that is. Old ones. Real tired._ :golf clap: :pulls up lawn chair: :pops popcorn: ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/28 "2012-12-20T23:54:47Z")
We never get tired of old jokes around here; we just turn them into Moderators. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/29 "2012-12-21T18:04:05Z")
Speaking of nasty old cracks, how’s your wife? ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/30 "2012-12-21T19:38:08Z")
Whoa dude… that was totally uncalled for. So much so that I started a Pit thread about you. It ran for several seconds before it was finally closed for the harshness of the posts, but let me assure you… you were thoroughly pitted. I can’t believe we are still going on about this after all this time. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/31 "2012-12-21T20:54:31Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Speaking of nasty old cracks, how’s your wife? OOOoooooh! Serious burn! ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/32 "2012-12-21T21:13:06Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Serious burn! I’m trying hard to figure out a pun to add to this thread to make it complete… I should be ash-aimed. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/33 "2012-12-21T21:17:07Z")
All right, I need to take a break from the Dope for a while and clear my head. See you in a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/34 "2012-12-21T21:47:26Z")
You should totally post, “I’m back…so what’s new around here?” when you come back. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/35 "2012-12-21T21:51:32Z")
Reported Edited to add: Sorry, this thread was resurrected by a spammer and that post has apparently been deleted by a mod. **Happy** if you ever come back this way I hope you are in a better place in your life now. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/36 "2012-12-21T22:37:32Z")
We haven’t heard from **Happy** for a while. I’m starting to get worried about him. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/37 "2012-12-21T23:19:16Z")
Last I heard, he was sitting on a park bench reading an e-book when he posted in another thread that a skwirl (that’s how I spel it) was stalking him and he feared for his nuts (in his Snickers). ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/38 "2012-12-21T23:26:29Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Whoa dude… that was totally uncalled for. So much so that I started a Pit thread about you. It ran for several seconds before it was finally closed for the harshness of the posts, but let me assure you… you were thoroughly pitted. > > I can’t believe we are still going on about this after all this time. Barney Fife’d me, eh? Oh well, I kinda deserved it. (my 7th Pitting!) ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/39 "2012-12-22T00:41:51Z")
Is anyone friends with \*\*Happy \*\*on Facebook, or does anyone know him in RL? We really should check on him. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527/40 "2012-12-22T01:18:05Z")
Oh you guys, thanks for your concern, but everything’s okay. However, since I last posted, well… I fell off the wagon. Yep, I’m drinking again. Hadn’t had a drop since-- oh, how long’s it been, now?-- since last night. But that all changed at dinner tonight. After an especially annoying day of dealing with holiday shoppers while browsing at the local Barnes and Noble, my wife asked me if I wanted a cold one, and I said “yes.” And then I drank it. So what’s new with all of you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-so-whats-new-around-here/644527.md?page=3)