# Left Behind Members Return Home Please **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 31, 1999, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-members-return-home-please/17297 "1999-12-31T21:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-members-return-home-please/17297/181 "2000-01-22T02:06:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Curmudgeon Of The Day Winner, 1/19/00 > As Selected by RTFirefly I tell ya, they’ll let just about _anybody_ hand out awards around here! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-members-return-home-please/17297/182 "2000-01-22T02:13:00Z")
He should be proud someone felt him worthy of being a Curmudgeon. But, he still has years of work to go before he is recognized as a Duffer, a Codger, or a Coot. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-members-return-home-please/17297/183 "2000-01-22T04:05:00Z")
Uncle Beer posts the following list of evolving user names: > [@](#): > > orangecakes, née vanillanice > Arnold Winklried, née Jacques Raymond Kilocher > Yue Han, née Ai\ Yue- Ha > > Ayesha, née Lioness > Saxface, née Melanie I’ll add: Ursa Major née PapaBear scylla née alsmith Krispy Original née Contestant #3, et alia * * * Sue from El Paso Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-members-return-home-please/17297/184 "2000-01-22T14:24:00Z")
Really? Papabear became Ursa Major? Hmmm. I didn’t know that. I’d been wondering where he went. Why doesn’t anybody inform me of these things?! Jeez, I feel so out of the loop… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2000, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-members-return-home-please/17297/185 "2000-01-23T06:13:00Z")
You gotta worry when the _Moderator_’s out of the loop! :rolleyes: SF/fantasy: Joe Haldeman, Stephen R. Donaldson, David Brin. Mysteries: Laurie R. King, Jan Burke, Sara Paretsky, Lawrence Block, Nevada Barr, J.A. Jance, Karen Kijewski. ---
**Author:** ![Pariah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Pariah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pariah)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2000, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-members-return-home-please/17297/186 "2000-01-23T01:15:00Z")
Two words: **Jerzy Kosinski.** Man, was that guy _somethin’,_ or _what?_ ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-members-return-home-please/17297/187 "2000-01-23T02:05:00Z")
Arthur C. Clarke. Robert Heinlein. David Gerrold. Larry Niven (& Jerry Pournelle and/or Stevn Barnes). Last and NOT least: Harlan Ellison. * * * \>\< DARWIN \> \_\_ **L\_\_\_L** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-members-return-home-please/17297.md?page=9)