# Polycarp says, "See ya later" **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [March 14, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159 "2000-03-14T02:05:00Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### 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: [March 14, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/1 "2000-03-14T02:05:00Z")
Polycarp asked me to post the following for him: Due to extensive cutbacks on Internet use at my workplace and the fact that I do not have home Internet access, I will be unable to continue as an active poster (or lurker) on the SDMB. I just want to thank all the friends I have made on this board for intellectual stimulation, electronic companionship, and all those things that make being a part of the SDMB membership so worthwhile. I wish you all the best, and you will be in my prayers (even those who would rather not! :)). I will miss you all. With any luck, I should be back sometime in the late spring, after I can set up home access. Until then, so long, and thanks for the Many Fish! šŸ™‚ --Polycarp ---
### 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: [March 14, 2000, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/2 "2000-03-14T02:14:00Z")
That sucks. So long bud. See ya soon. Oh well, maybe he can get some housework done in the interim. šŸ˜‰ * * * Mike Mulligan had a steam shovel, a beautiful red steam shovel. Her name was Mary Anne. ---
### Author: ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/3 "2000-03-14T02:18:00Z")
Dammit. How come all the good ones go away? * * * ā€œI like toast.ā€ šŸ™‚ ---
### Author: ![Oblio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c4cdca/32.png) [@Oblio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblio) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/4 "2000-03-14T02:23:00Z")
Nooooooooooo ! ---
### Author: ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/5 "2000-03-14T02:23:00Z")
Geez, why do YOU have to leave, **Poly** and not **CalifBoomer**? I am really gonna miss you, dude. Is it too late to recommend you get WEB-TV? * * * When all else fails, ask Cecil. ---
### Author: ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/6 "2000-03-14T02:24:00Z")
::sniffle:: Iā€™ll miss ya, Poly. Come back soon! ---
### Author: ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/7 "2000-03-14T02:26:00Z")
xoxo. gonna miss ya Poly!!! * * * Iā€™ll buy that for a dollar. ---
### Author: ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/8 "2000-03-14T02:28:00Z")
Maybe itā€™s a Yin/Yang thing. By geting rid of JohnJohn, we had to lose someone who was as **good** as JJ was **bad**. Since Poly will be back in the Spring, that meansā€¦ ---
### Author: ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/9 "2000-03-14T02:56:00Z")
That really sucks. Polycarp was one of the most intelligent posters on the board and itā€™s a shame to lose him. Poly, if youā€™re reading this: you know I used to work where you work and I know the management there. The internet thing might blow over soon. They threatened the same thing when I was there, but never enforced it. BTW, doesnā€™t Chip look like the Great Gazoo from the Flintstones? šŸ˜ƒ Come back soon. Weā€™ll miss you! * * * Mt. Dew habit kicked since 2/21/00! ---
### Author: ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/10 "2000-03-14T02:57:00Z")
Hey, cā€™mon now everybody! Itā€™s not like Poly died - he said heā€™ll be back. And weā€™ll be here ready for him. ---
### Author: ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/11 "2000-03-14T03:43:00Z")
**marktwa** > [@](#): > > Maybe itā€™s a Yin/Yang thing. By geting rid of JohnJohn, we had to lose someone who was as **good** as JJ was **bad**. > > Since Poly will be back in the Spring, that meansā€¦ Youā€™re almost certainly right. However, unlike the situation when we were on AOL, at this site the administration can enforce a ban for life. It might take a little while, but his style is so distinctive (as is his short list of people and things he hates) that spotting him is never a serious problem. * * * Tom~ ---
### Author: ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/12 "2000-03-14T03:52:00Z")
I think I speak for most of us when I say: **Ahhh, Shit!** Hope you come back soon! * * * Cecil said it. I believe it. That settles it. ---
### Author: ![CalifBoomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CalifBoomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalifBoomer) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/13 "2000-03-14T03:53:00Z")
jab1: > [@](#): > > Geez, why do YOU have to leave, Poly and not CalifBoomer? Please provide chapter and verse support for this statement. ---
### Author: ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/14 "2000-03-14T05:31:00Z")
::wails, whines, falls on floor kicking and screaming, throws temper tantrum:: Noooooooooo!!! No No No No No No No!!! -Melin ---
### Author: ![Nu\_Vo\_Da\_Da](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/97f17d/32.png) [@Nu\_Vo\_Da\_Da](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nu_Vo_Da_Da) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/15 "2000-03-14T05:54:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Please provide chapter and verse support for this statement. What? Sigh, Iā€™m missing Polycarp more already. Hopefully heā€™ll be back sooner rather than later. ---
### Author: ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/16 "2000-03-14T05:55:00Z")
:::Strums guitar and hums::: Weā€™ll leave a light on fer yeh. * * * _God is my co-pilot. Blame Him._ ---
### Author: ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/17 "2000-03-14T06:33:00Z")
Awww, not Poly! God bless you in all you do my friend. Youā€™ll be missed. Adam ---
### Author: ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/18 "2000-03-14T07:48:00Z")
This board could use a few more intelligent voices like Poly. I can only hope he brings some back when he returns. * * * Itā€™s not how you pick your nose, itā€™s where you put the boogers ---
### Author: ![Sake\_Samurai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sake\_Samurai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sake_Samurai) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/19 "2000-03-14T07:50:00Z")
Cool, now Iā€™ll win all of the Anti-Jesus threads with supurnal ease!! On a serious note, I do believe this is the first time Iā€™m actually going to miss a departing poster. Polyā€™s a true gentleman and I await his return. Now. . .my conquest of GD shall begin! * * * Yet to be reconciled with the reality of the dark for a moment, I go on wandering from dream to dream. ---
### Author: ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite) #### Post date: [March 14, 2000, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159/20 "2000-03-14T07:56:00Z")
Hey, Poly, get a move-on! You can get a used PC (or Mac ;)) for a few hundred bucks, and sign up for one of those free internet services. Hell, you could get a 486 (w/ monitor) for $100 if it comes to that. But Iā€™m not sure if itā€™s about moneyā€¦whatever it is, it is becoming easier and easier to get connected to the 'net. So dammit, there is _NO EXCUSE_ for you to deprive us of your wisdom for any longer than necessary, so **GET A MOVE-ON!** ::drumming fingers impatiently:: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-says-see-ya-later/15159.md?page=2)