# Need A HUG?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957 "2000-02-17T19:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/1 "2000-02-18T06:45:00Z")
We all have days that we need a hug. Take this one and pass it down. Don’t let it end with you… * * * * * * Girlbysea (AKA: ChiefScott’s GBS) ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/2 "2000-02-18T06:48:00Z")
Major hugs to you GBS… Im hoping for you that your sweetie’s time at sea passes by very quickly and more importantly, uneventfully. Hang in there girl! passing hugs down the line here… * * * We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/3 "2000-02-18T06:49:00Z")
Here’s a hug for Purplebear; Her man is gone ‘for the duration’ also. ::HUG:: * * * VB I could never eat a mouse raw…their little feet are probably real cold going down. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/4 "2000-02-18T06:50:00Z")
Oh, and most_definitely_ one for GBS, too! ::HUG!:: * * * VB I could never eat a mouse raw…their little feet are probably real cold going down. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/5 "2000-02-18T06:51:00Z")
Big hug to Girlbysea and the Chief, and to ChrisCTP because she sounds like she has the blues. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/6 "2000-02-18T06:53:00Z")
Here is a hug for all the men on the board because…well just because. :: :passing the lovin’…err, I mean the hugging::: * * * Shadowfox _Flee at once, all is discovered!_ ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/7 "2000-02-18T06:55:00Z")
ummmm…the smiley face is not supposed to be there, or is it?? ## Oh, before I forget…big hugs to GBS too. Shadowfox _Flee at once, all is discovered!_ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/8 "2000-02-18T06:59:00Z")
Now I can tell all my booksy-wooksy friends I’ve been hugged by GBS, and they’ll think I mean George Bernard Shaw! ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/9 "2000-02-17T19:03:00Z")
Hugz to all, because I love giving em and I love getting em! ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/10 "2000-02-17T19:10:00Z")
Well, I 'll give big hugs to all, too. But I will be getting (and giving) the biggest best hug of all in less than 24 hours. 😉 * * * If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut. -Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/11 "2000-02-17T19:10:00Z")
My husband is gone too, so I’ll just grab a couple of them hugs. Ahhh…I feel much better now! 🙂 Adding my own hugs, with extra special ones for GBS, Purplebear, and ChiefScott. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/12 "2000-02-17T19:14:00Z")
okay tatertot! Heres one for you!{{{{{{tot}}}} Now I need one(I really do) so…next! ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/13 "2000-02-17T19:15:00Z")
Hugs to everyone who’s spouse is away Hugs to my husband who’s recovering from surgery (I just made him choc chip cookies for when he gets up from his nap) Hugs to everyone who was so supportive of me when my close friend moved away. Hugs to GirlBySea, who is finally done lurking and is actually posting! Zette * * * Love is like popsicles…you get too much you get too high. Not enough and you’re gonna die… [Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/14 "2000-02-17T19:25:00Z")
With all this hugging going on I’m feeling all warm and happy inside!!! So, BIG HUGS from me to everyone…( even the people who piss me off ) because I’m in such a great mood! 😃 * * * New and improved…and more controversial than ever. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/15 "2000-02-17T19:34:00Z")
Hugs to all, especially {{{{{{orangecakes}}}}} And an extra hug to those on the board like me who don’t have a sweetie. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/16 "2000-02-17T21:08:00Z")
**HUGS** to everyone, especially GBS, Chief, and purplebear. And since I need one too, since I’m stuck at home with yet another lupus flare…next?? * * * “You are sweet, kind, and considerate… Like a grown up boy scout with tits!” - Brian, aka SDMB’s one and only Satan. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/17 "2000-02-17T21:10:00Z")
HEY, ALPHAGENE!!! Get over here! If any thread needs you and your white-hot steel right now, this one does. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![fuzzy-wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b38774/32.png) [@fuzzy-wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzy-wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/18 "2000-02-17T21:11:00Z")
Know what you mean Falcon, my brother has that, so a big hug to you… {{{{{BIG HUG TO ALL}}}}}}} * * * “Do or do not, there is no try” - Yoda - Senior Intern to El Presidente Self-Righteous Clique \* ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/19 "2000-02-17T21:32:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Eve: > **Now I can tell all my booksy-wooksy friends I’ve been hugged by GBS, and they’ll think I mean George Bernard Shaw!** That’s a bit…_macabre!_ 😛 * * * VB I could never eat a mouse raw…their little feet are probably real cold going down. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/20 "2000-02-17T21:52:00Z")
Massive Hugs to anyone out there who needs/wants them… I would add a smooch or two but that might deprive someone out there of starting a new thread 😉 * * * I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957.md?page=2)