# I'm off sabbatical **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 9, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816 "2013-08-09T17:03:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/1 "2013-08-09T17:03:46Z")
Just so ya’ll know. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/2 "2013-08-09T17:11:05Z")
Hip hip hooray! ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/3 "2013-08-09T17:39:28Z")
Who are you? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/4 "2013-08-09T18:54:07Z")
We welcome back our favorite fluiddruid! Missed you, my dear. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/5 "2013-08-09T19:38:02Z")
I hope you wrote several books during your time off. Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/6 "2013-08-09T20:30:39Z")
Yay! Welcome back! Check the charge on your cattle prod before you wade back into the fray … ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/7 "2013-08-09T20:47:00Z")
Don’t listen to the other mods. I didn’t do anything while you were gone. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/8 "2013-08-09T20:55:34Z")
None of those solid druids for us. We’re fluid all the way down! ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/9 "2013-08-09T22:37:18Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I hope you wrote several books during your time off. > > Welcome back! Exactly what I was thinking. Or if you have a thesis to publish, that would also be acceptable. Good to have you back! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/10 "2013-08-09T23:07:49Z")
All that time and you couldn’t even use a towel to clean up that fluid? For shame, druid. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/11 "2013-08-10T01:10:46Z")
You can never leave again. New rule. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/12 "2013-08-10T03:15:33Z")
Um yeah, I really missed you. Welcome back! [sup][sup]Actually being relatively new I don’t know you but I am willing to warmly welcome you back to engender favor. Is it working?[/sup][/sup] ---
**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:** [August 10, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/13 "2013-08-10T03:34:21Z")
I thought you were using “sabbatical” the way I use “on vacation”: as a transparent coverup for a suspension of my posting privileges, either at my request or the administration’s. Now I’m confused because I figure a real sabbatical would open your schedule to post more, not less. 😕 ---
**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:** [August 10, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/14 "2013-08-10T12:46:02Z")
Beats the heck out of being “around” sabbatical or “under” sabbatical. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/15 "2013-08-10T14:10:17Z")
Welcome back. You missed all the fun. The dope was bought by Al Jazeera and will be transitioning to Farsi in two weeks. خوش آمدید (welcome back) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/16 "2013-08-12T00:43:24Z")
Welcome back, we missed you. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/17 "2013-08-12T01:00:52Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I thought you were using “sabbatical” the way I use “on vacation”: as a transparent coverup for a suspension of my posting privileges, either at my request or the administration’s. Now I’m confused because I figure a real sabbatical would open your schedule to post more, not less. 😕 Unless you also took a sabbatical from the board. As a moderator, the board is sort of a job for her. Or unless the sabbatical involved going somewhere where she didn’t have Internet access (or only had limited access and spent it on other things besides the board). I also don’t see any reason why your original assumption has to be false. She asked for a temporary suspension of her posting privileges and now she’s asked for it to be ended. Heck, both this and either option in the previous paragraph could have gone hand in hand. No matter what, I’m glad to have her back. She’s one of the good 'uns. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816/18 "2013-08-12T03:17:24Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > Just so ya’ll know. So did you manage to do this with a 12-step program? Is the recidivism rate comparable to other programs? 😃 Welcome back.