# Opal's 2000th Post Bash! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549 "2000-04-04T01:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/1 "2000-04-04T01:40:00Z")
She’s at 1998 now, and she… could… go… all… the… way… Ah, what the hell am I saying? She’s Opal! She’ll have 2000 in no time, and then we can par-tay! Oh, yeah. By the way… _ **CONGRATULATIONS!** _ 🙂 * * * ## _SanibelMan_ - [My Homepage](http://members.macconnect.com/~jonkleinow/) I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn’t looking good either. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/2 "2000-04-04T01:44:00Z")
:::accepting all the roses:::: oh thank you! Thank you! Oh thank you! :😊: Sani yer such a sweetie ;D Now write me a madlib story!!! [http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/006837.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/006837.html) ::::turns on Radio Free OpalCat and jams:::: Help yourself to the Slim Fast shakes! * * * – From an actual catalog: “Disco balls create an enchanting, dazzling effect of light shafts, adding movement and glamour to any occasion” _the Abrams’ bris was certainly memorable_ O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/3 "2000-04-04T01:48:00Z")
I would party like it’s 1999, except I think I was posting about bj0rn for post #1999 and who wants to party that way?!? * * * – From an actual catalog: “Disco balls create an enchanting, dazzling effect of light shafts, adding movement and glamour to any occasion” _the Abrams’ bris was certainly memorable_ O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/4 "2000-04-04T02:26:00Z")
:::looking around::: Man, this looks like my 19th birthday party. I bought a big fancy cake, got all kinds of snacks and drinks, set everythign up all nice and 3 people showed up, all at different times (no overlapping) * * * – I have over 2000 posts, dammit! Show some respect. O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/5 "2000-04-04T02:37:00Z")
Congrats Opal! Slide a slice of cake in this direction! 🙂 * * * “Penises don’t belong in the mouth, girls and boys. You’ve got the wrong hole there. Just like you wouldn’t shove pizza up your nose.” -From the **Brother Jed** flyer- ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/6 "2000-04-04T02:45:00Z")
Opal, I am so proud that my life has in any way intersected with such an illustrious person 🆒 bring on the Slim Fast! ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/7 "2000-04-04T03:08:00Z")
Could you turn the radio up just a bit, it’s harder to hear at the back of the room!! I’ve brought the dip, and the fritos, where’s the table I was promised?? ::::::handing OpalCat a balloon bouquet::::: ## You brighten up the joint, missy!! 😃 Judy * * * “Um, according to who? Nothing more than a high brow troll, though occasionally the bi polar personality swung in a constructive direction on innocuous topics.” Omniscient ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/8 "2000-04-04T03:32:00Z")
Congrats Opal! ::Hefting a keg on shoulder:: Where should I put this? Slim Fast shooters? Hmmm…Oh what the hell, down the hatch! * * * Just make yourself comfy while I shoot nuclear particles into your heart. (Courtesy of Wally) ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/9 "2000-04-04T03:35:00Z")
OpalCat! Yay! And if you look out the window to the TM page, yer presence is waaaayyyyy beyond a mere 2000! ::: placing the jewel encrusted peacock-feathered tiara on Mz Opal’s head::: * * * God created Man, and then said,“Hell,I can do better than that !” Courtesy of Wally’s Sig-O-Rama ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/10 "2000-04-04T03:44:00Z")
Opal, dear, I’m not a real rad emoter, but I _do_ appreciate you. Carry on, sweet. ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/11 "2000-04-04T03:46:00Z")
Happy 2k, Opal. And manny more. ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/12 "2000-04-04T03:47:00Z")
I brought the Cheetos, and an old 8-track deck. Whoooo hooooo!!! Anybody for some old Boston? * * * _…send lawyers, guns, and money…_ ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/13 "2000-04-04T03:48:00Z")
Hey Opal! I hopped onboard this particular rendition of the SDMB in March of 99 myself, but I have yet to clear 600 posts. And heck, I didn’t even leave or anything! Hey, anyone who has 2000 posts’ worth of something to say is worth looking into. And the OpalKitty is definitely worth looking into. Multiple celebrations of your industriousness, your verve, your resourcefulness, your integrity, your sleek shiny feral diaphanous ::slaps self:: uh…congratulations! ::says no thanx to a Slim Fast:: * * * Disable Similes in this Post ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/14 "2000-04-04T03:51:00Z")
Well, my 500th post party pales by comparison but now I have someone to look up to! I want to be just like Opal when (if) I grow up… * * * “You don’t have insurance? Well, just have a seat and someone will be with you after you die.” --Yes, another quality sig custom created by Wally! ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/15 "2000-04-04T03:52:00Z")
Oh and congratulations!! * * * “You don’t have insurance? Well, just have a seat and someone will be with you after you die.” --Yes, another quality sig custom created by Wally! ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/16 "2000-04-04T04:06:00Z")
:::enter Cristi, bearing trays of Peep-kabobs::: Hi Opal! Congrats! ## Hey, nice room! Loooooove the disco ball! Cristi, Slayer of Peeps I made my husband join a bridge club. He jumps next Tuesday. (title & sig courtesy of UncleBeer and WallyM7!) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/17 "2000-04-04T04:13:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by elelle: > \*\*OpalCat! Yay! And if you look out the window to the TM page, yer presence is waaaayyyyy beyond a mere 2000! > > ::: placing the jewel encrusted peacock-feathered tiara on Mz Opal’s head::: > \*\* Oh wow!!! I didn’t know got a tiara!! Man, I’d have been posting more if I knew that! [http://fathom.org/opalcat/TIARA.JPG](http://fathom.org/opalcat/TIARA.JPG) * * * – I have over 2000 posts, dammit! Show some respect. O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/18 "2000-04-04T04:30:00Z")
Opal, that’s Exzzzactly what I envisioned! How do you do it? Mistress of Perfected Reality, I stand in awe. MMMMmmm, Cristi really has a way with them Peeps. :::CRUNCH::: * * * God created Man, and then said,“Hell,I can do better than that !” Courtesy of Wally’s Sig-O-Rama ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/19 "2000-04-04T04:39:00Z")
I’m late, but I’m here. Pass me a bottle of vodka, a lemon, some sugar and a knife. And where’re the Triscuits and garlic hummus? I’ve got a hankerin’. Great party, Opie. When ya get to “One Night in Bangkok”, crank it. I’ll drag Jophiel over here to write yet another set of bastardized lyrics. * * * My Excruciatingly Commonplace Homepage: [FireMoon](http://www.crosswinds.net/~firemoonbcs) ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549/20 "2000-04-04T11:15:00Z")
Is that face really blue or just the monitor reflecting? What are you watching? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opals-2000th-post-bash/15549.md?page=2)