# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/21 "2000-02-17T22:10:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Ukulele Ike: > \*\*HEY, ALPHAGENE!!! > > Get over here! If any thread needs you and your white-hot steel right now, this one does. > > \*\* That’s just so…so…Freudian! Please tell me that Alpha’s real name is Dirk, or Lance. The line to hug Alphagene forms to the right. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/22 "2000-02-17T22:52:00Z")
Feh, hugs are for…Erf, hmmm, mmMmmm…Ok. {{{{{HUG}}}}} people in reach. * * * \>\>Being Chaotic Evil means never having to say your sorry…unless the other guy is bigger than you.\<\< —The dragon observes ---
**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, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/23 "2000-02-17T23:49:00Z")
“…if any thread needs you and your white-hot steel…” Freudian? In retrospect, it makes me think of needlepoint. ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/24 "2000-02-18T00:52:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Please tell me that Alpha’s real name is Dirk, or Lance. Rod Peter Johnson, actually. “Miss Jackson” if you’re nasty. * * * **Gypsy** : Tom, I don’t get you. **Tom Servo** : Nobody does. I’m the wind, baby. ---
**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, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/25 "2000-02-18T01:09:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Ukulele Ike: > \*\*"…if any thread needs you and your white-hot steel…" > > Freudian? In retrospect, it makes me think of needlepoint.\*\* Hoo-boy, who’da thunk Ukelele Ike of all people would have issues like this? White hot steel makes him think of _needlepoint_!? Never show that man a crochet hook. Veb ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/26 "2000-02-18T03:58:00Z")
Thanks for all the hugs!! I love hugs, as VB knows, so I’ll take 'em all, and then pass 'em along. (Tis as great to give as to receive) A special one to VB, you made Hi Sch bearable!! {{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/27 "2000-02-18T04:01:00Z")
And especially {{{{HUGS}}}} to everyone who’s spouse/SO is gone elsewhere. ---
**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, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/28 "2000-02-18T12:40:00Z")
Thank you all for the great hugs!!. They were very much needed and greatly received… * * * * * * Girlbysea (AKA: ChiefScott’s GBS) ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/29 "2000-02-18T12:52:00Z")
Can I have a new keyboard instead? * * * “I thought: opera, how hard can it be? Songs. Pretty girls dancing. Nice scenery. Lots of people handing over cash. Got to be better than the cut-throat world of yoghurt, I thought.” - Seldom Bucket ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/30 "2000-02-18T13:00:00Z")
Hugs to moosiegirl… I fix computers… and will feel your pain for a small aditional fee… And the Girl I like is going to Australia for a year on Sunday, and I havent told her what I think, but its too late to now, so I’m a little blue now * * * J “trapped by the girl in the mirror and a bed that calls my name standing on my own yet again, unabashed by the cyclone of morons that abound this place shhh, i think they’ve found me hiding in their closet listening in on their idiocy and mocking every phoneme and allophone spilling from their diseased beings.” Quoted from “Idiots”, by Prose ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/31 "2000-02-18T14:58:00Z")
Good morning to all. And, of course,Major Hugs all 'round! I just love hugs, and there are so many floating around in here that I might have to keep checking back for more!! Mr JohnLarrigan, I’m sorry to hear that she’s leaving, but it’s NEVER too late! Quick, tell her NOW. So, for being blue,have an extra hug from me {{{{{JohnLarrigan}}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/32 "2000-02-18T15:03:00Z")
Okay! Its snowing here, but I feel great. So heres a big hug for {{{{{{{{{{{{all of you}}}}}}! ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/33 "2000-02-18T15:53:00Z")
Hugs orangecakes; attempts a subtle ass-grab. * * * “You should tell the truth, expose the lies and live in the moment.” - Bill Hicks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/34 "2000-02-18T15:57:00Z")
Millo: don’t Even try it! ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/35 "2000-02-18T16:24:00Z")
Well, I’m working overtime this weekend, so I could _really_ use a hug surplus right now! As I’ve said before, hugs are one of the top three things in life for me. \< Hugs everyone in reach \> An extra-special hug for GBS. I feel your pain. * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/36 "2000-02-18T16:28:00Z")
Hugs for everyone each day ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/37 "2000-02-18T19:40:00Z")
I need a hug. We’re about to put one of our dogs to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![okatym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/76d3ee/32.png) [@okatym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okatym)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/38 "2000-02-18T19:48:00Z")
Hugs to Adam …and to Eve 😉 -Katy ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/39 "2000-02-18T20:32:00Z")
Adam, having just done the same for my cat of 14+ years(all her life), I can truly empathize with you. So, here’s an extra BIG teddybear hug from me.{{{{{Adam}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957/40 "2000-02-18T20:36:00Z")
And Sealemon88, I just have to ask (newbie and all) What are the other two top things in life? Hugs to you too. I can never get enough of them myself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hug/13957.md?page=3)