# Skald the Rhymer AKA Henry is in the hospital **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759 "2016-03-02T19:16:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/21 "2016-03-02T22:47:59Z")
Speedy recovery, Skald. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/22 "2016-03-02T22:48:25Z")
email sent if trouble with it here it is * * * Hang tough. Depre4ssion: I Sympathize & Empathize Zeus thinks he can do what a Border Collie can do. :::: fail :::: Gus aka gusnspot ---
**Author:** ![bunnymom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@bunnymom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunnymom)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/23 "2016-03-02T23:00:23Z")
Get well REALLY soon Skald. You are a very important part of the Dope! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/24 "2016-03-02T23:01:54Z")
Funny, he doesn’t write like a Henry. ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/25 "2016-03-02T23:01:55Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Skald, we await breathlessly another Skald Hypothetical masterpiece! Actually, all his contributions make me look twice. Get well, man! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/26 "2016-03-02T23:07:53Z")
Henry, huh? Get well soon and spend your free time coming up with more hypotheticals! ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/27 "2016-03-02T23:33:33Z")
Feel better soon Skald. We miss you when you’re not here. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/28 "2016-03-02T23:39:15Z")
Anyone else here kind of disappointed to find out his name really isn’t Skald? It’s kind of like learning that a favored sports hero can’t parallel park without grinding the wheels on the curb. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/29 "2016-03-02T23:44:27Z")
Get well soon mate. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/30 "2016-03-02T23:50:06Z")
I can’t parallel park without someone posting it on YouTube for the entertainment of the masses. My great failing in life. ☹ Best wishes **Skald**! Email on the way. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/31 "2016-03-03T00:04:43Z")
Sent! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/32 "2016-03-03T01:20:42Z")
Can I call you Henk? That’s what I called my uncle Henry. Of course that was short for Henrik. Is there another diminutive form of “Henry”? I’m thinking “Hen” is sub-optimal. Tolkien had an uncle Henry too, you know. Well, Wilfred Henry, but still . . . May you get better, and sooner rather than later. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/33 "2016-03-03T01:29:46Z")
Henry, please get well soon. The dope isn’t the same without you, ya know. The weather is changing and the sun will be shining bright. I hope that and all of our best wishes will brighten your spirits. Tania ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/34 "2016-03-03T01:39:24Z")
Skald, take Tom Lehrer’s suggestion and spell your name Hen3ry. The 3 is silent. It would be more Skald-like. Seriously please work on getting better, and if you need someone to talk to, feel free to IM or email me. My email is in my profile. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/35 "2016-03-03T01:44:02Z")
We miss you Skald, er Henry! ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/36 "2016-03-03T01:45:32Z")
Best wishes. I don’t know if the depression is why you are in the hospital or a result of what sent you there, but it sucks, I know and empathize. And I wish I could berate you into feeling better, but I know that is counterproductive. You are cared about by virtual people out here on the other end of the computer screen. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/37 "2016-03-03T01:48:05Z")
Sorry bro. It gets the best of us and the worst of us. You’ll turn it around. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/38 "2016-03-03T01:58:35Z")
Everyone else is assuming you mean his sickness is depression. But I read it as he was sick, and it was making him depressed. Either way, I hope he gets well. In the one or two PMs he sent me, he made me feel pretty good about myself. And I hope I can return the favor. Dude, you are one of the reasons I couldn’t give up the Dope if I tried. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/39 "2016-03-03T02:20:24Z")
Hang in there, Henry. I’m praying for you. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759/40 "2016-03-03T02:26:58Z")
Kim and Henry Hoping its not anything super serious. It would be a lot less entertaining around here and Skald had some pretty big feet. We would all have a hard time adjusting to the Dope without him. So I’ve got the old positive thoughts generator cranked up to full output. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-aka-henry-is-in-the-hospital/747759.md?page=3)