# I've fallen off the wagon, and I can't get up! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 1999, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-off-the-wagon-and-i-cant-get-up/13116 "1999-11-11T19:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-off-the-wagon-and-i-cant-get-up/13116/21 "1999-11-15T03:27:00Z")
I’d missed that Sep thread. Now, where did BunnyGirl go? Most of the others are still here. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-off-the-wagon-and-i-cant-get-up/13116/22 "1999-11-16T01:00:00Z")
Hello, Goodbye Papa! I hardly knew Ye! Looking forward to your words of wisdom, Ursa. Papa’s dead…long live Ursa! * * * omniscientnot, in a previous incarnation. The hyphen says it all… ---
**Author:** ![Ursa\_Major](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@Ursa\_Major](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ursa_Major)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-off-the-wagon-and-i-cant-get-up/13116/23 "1999-11-16T01:16:00Z")
Thanks to all for the welcome back! Omni-not: Great new name! I’m a very lazy reader, and I was always confusing what two of my favorite posters had said. Rhymes with “cosmonaut”, no? ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-off-the-wagon-and-i-cant-get-up/13116/24 "1999-11-16T02:43:00Z")
:::rubbing eyes, shaking head violently and re-reading::: O-H, M-Y G-O-D!! He really DID say I was one of his favourite posters!! One of my Doper idols DID say I was one of his favourite posters!!! :: :Doing the Happy Dance::: Ursa, I know not why such an honour was bestowed upon me (in other words, I don’t think I’m worthy), but I shall endeavour not to disappoint. * * * omniscientnot, in a previous incarnation. The hyphen says it all… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-off-the-wagon-and-i-cant-get-up/13116/25 "2000-01-27T01:40:00Z")
I was on hiatus myself and missed this - belated welcome back. But: > [@](#): > > He will remain silent on the excentricities of Icelanders, Mormons, Canadians and moderators. does this mean we won’t hear anything further on the War of Mackenzie King’s Eyebrow? it would be a great loss. * * * and the stars o’erhead were dancing heel to toe ---
**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:** [January 27, 2000, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-off-the-wagon-and-i-cant-get-up/13116/26 "2000-01-27T03:30:00Z")
"Ursa Major"my sainted Aunt Franny! It’s FormerAgent in a new personal. Kill him. 😃😃😛😛 * * * With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D, and you still have the frog you started with. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-off-the-wagon-and-i-cant-get-up/13116.md?page=1)