# I'm going... outside... for a while
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 8, 2005, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522 "2005-03-08T13:05:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/1 "2005-03-08T13:05:23Z")
I’m spending too much time online and not enough time in the real world (both at work and at home); I want this to change and so I’m taking a break from posting here for a while, starting right now. I’ve asked the admins to temporarily suspend my posting privileges as an aid to my willpower.
Please don’t misunderstand this as some kind of huffy flounce - it isn’t; I’m not angling for sympathy or well wishes; I just don’t like leaving untidy loose ends and won’t go without saying this “see ya later!” 🙂
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/2 "2005-03-08T13:10:53Z")
To quote the great Lance Armstrong:
“Out you go!”
Good for you **Mangetout**. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/3 "2005-03-08T13:13:59Z")
[hyperventilates]
:eek:
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/4 "2005-03-08T13:15:55Z")
Well let’s hope it’s not a Titus Oates trip outside. Cheers and good times. Have fun.
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### Author:  [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/5 "2005-03-08T13:18:09Z")
See you when you are ready to come back. 🙂
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### Author:  [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/6 "2005-03-08T13:38:39Z")
Take care, dress warm, and be sure to come back and tell us if somebody can actually survive… _outside_ ::shudders::
😃
I’ll miss your insights over in GQ
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### Author:  [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/7 "2005-03-08T13:50:06Z")
Enjoy your stay in the Big Room… you know, the one with the light blue ceiling and the really, really bright big light that moves…
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### Author:  [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/8 "2005-03-08T13:57:21Z")
Anybody seen Mangetout recently?
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### Author:  [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/9 "2005-03-08T14:11:36Z")
> [@glee](#):
>
> Anybody seen Mangetout recently?
He just stepped outside.
He may be some time.
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### Author:  [@InvidiousCourgette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InvidiousCourgette)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/10 "2005-03-08T14:14:26Z")
> [@Maus Magill](#):
>
> He just stepped outside.
>
> He may be some time.
I hope when he comes back he bri …
Oh never mind.
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### Author:  [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/11 "2005-03-08T14:24:47Z")
> [@Maus Magill](#):
>
> He just stepped outside.
>
> He may be some time.
Nice reference. Let’s hope **Mangetout** returns sooner than Oates did.
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### Author:  [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/12 "2005-03-08T14:53:27Z")
> [@glee](#):
>
> Anybody seen Mangetout recently?
He went on walkabout.
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### Author:  [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/13 "2005-03-08T15:10:46Z")
Tell us what it feels like, will you? (If you ever come back, that is. The World Outside is a big, bad place.)
::cowers under desk::
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/14 "2005-03-08T15:29:47Z")
Man, he needs to get out.
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/15 "2005-03-08T15:49:29Z")
Ha, I knew you were just kidding about Mange tout.
See ya when you’re ready.
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### Author:  [@Arwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwin)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/16 "2005-03-08T16:02:57Z")
> [@Mangetout](#):
>
> I’m spending too much time online and not enough time in the real world (both at work and at home); I want this to change and so I’m taking a break from posting here for a while, starting right now. I’ve asked the admins to temporarily suspend my posting privileges as an aid to my willpower.
>
> Please don’t misunderstand this as some kind of huffy flounce - it isn’t; I’m not angling for sympathy or well wishes; I just don’t like leaving untidy loose ends and won’t go without saying this “see ya later!” 🙂
Since you don’t read this, I’m going to combine my ‘good for you’ with ‘highly recommended to others’. 😃
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### Author:  [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/17 "2005-03-08T17:30:01Z")
_insert obligatory pie request here_
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### Author:  [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/18 "2005-03-08T18:03:51Z")
Thi big yellow/white ball in the sky is a tool of the gods, burning you for being outside too long. Come back and bring pie for atonement.
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/19 "2005-03-08T18:12:46Z")
_Adieu_, Mangetout! Don’t be gone long, eh? _hugs_
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### Author:  [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-outside-for-a-while/293522/20 "2005-03-08T18:20:48Z")
Can I have your screen name?
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