# Taking an indefinite break from the SMDB **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454 "2006-08-12T15:09:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/21 "2006-08-15T01:31:46Z")
::logs onto internet:: ::checks primary email for love letters from alyson hannigan:: ::finds none, slinks off in disappointment, in passing dispatches genetically engineered, flame-breathing, etc. howler monkeys to wreak havok on randomly chosen locale:: ::checks secondary email for no particular reason:: ::sees puzzling message from SDMB re: re-upping:: ::checks this thread:: ::sees that **gigi** has kindly paid bill for me:: ::begins to weep in gratitude:: ::remembers that organic tear ducts were surgically removed upon admittance to super-villains’ guild & replaced with sulfuric acid squirters:: ::hastily stops crying:: ::teleports **gigi** entire key lime pie in gratitude:: ::teleports other well-wishers individual pieces of pie just on general principles:: ::begins to recall howler monkeys but remembers super-villain guild bylaws forbids general good deeds:: ::redirects howler monkeys to France because, hey, who’ll miss it:: ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/22 "2006-08-15T01:48:30Z")
Welcome back. Hey. where’ve you been? We missed ya! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/23 "2006-08-15T01:50:39Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] Welcome back. Hey. where’ve you been? We missed ya! [/QUOTE] Oh, please. I hadn’t even left yet; **gigi** didn’t give me the opportunity before riding up on a white horse. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/24 "2006-08-15T01:51:12Z")
Ahh, you’re cool **Gigi**. We would have missed **Skald** too much if he left. For a straight guy he’s pretty awesome. (or at least manages to appear that way on here) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/25 "2006-08-15T01:53:15Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Ahh, you’re cool **Gigi**. We would have missed **Skald** too much if he left. For a straight guy he’s pretty awesome. (or at least manages to appear that way on here) 😉 [/QUOTE] First, I’m an EXTREMELY PRETTY straight guy. Second, I’m only 98% straight. Have I not made my position on Mandy Patinkin clear? :dubious: I miss Wally. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/26 "2006-08-15T01:56:51Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] Oh, please. I hadn’t even left yet; **gigi** didn’t give me the opportunity before riding up on a white horse. [/QUOTE] I know. I was funnin’ ya. By the way, did you change your name from something else? I don’t remember seeing your name in these fora until just recently, as you’ve started a bunch of interesting threads. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/27 "2006-08-15T01:58:25Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] I know. I was funnin’ ya. By the way, did you change your name from something else? I don’t remember seeing your name in these fora until just recently, as you’ve started a bunch of interesting threads. [/QUOTE] Dig is Sig in the Op: > [@](#): > > The user formerly known as Fabulous Creature ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/28 "2006-08-15T01:59:41Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] I know. I was funnin’ ya. By the way, did you change your name from something else? I don’t remember seeing your name in these fora until just recently, as you’ve started a bunch of interesting threads. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I’m gonna answer THAT one to someone who is obviously a confederate of the Super-Friends. Whaddaya think I am, a maroon? Check the sig. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/29 "2006-08-15T02:02:31Z")
Oh, sorry. I’ve had signatures turned off since Day 1. I’ve never seen anybody’s. But thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/30 "2006-08-15T02:39:56Z")
Yay! _brushes away a howler monkey_ Damn things. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/31 "2006-08-15T02:51:36Z")
Well done, **Gigi**. A classy thing to do. Welcome back or welcome staying, or whatever. Glad to see it. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/32 "2006-08-15T12:32:17Z")
OOoo! I’ve got virtual pie! Who’s for a piece? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/33 "2006-08-15T13:13:32Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Yay! _brushes away a howler monkey_ Damn things. [/QUOTE] **Anaamika** , have you gone mad? You KNOW the monkeys have strict orders never to harm YOU. If there was a howler monkey close enough for you to brush it away, you were clearly in imminent danger of being attacked by someone else. You got any enemies? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/34 "2006-08-15T14:15:20Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] Second, I’m only 98% straight. Have I not made my position on Mandy Patinkin clear? :dubious: [/QUOTE] Hmmm, no not really, but I’m trying to imagine it. I assume you’re on top? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/35 "2006-08-15T14:22:10Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Hmmm, no not really, but I’m trying to imagine it. I assume you’re on top? [/QUOTE] I have too much dignity to answer that question. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/36 "2006-08-15T14:26:17Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] **Anaamika** , have you gone mad? You KNOW the monkeys have strict orders never to harm YOU. If there was a howler monkey close enough for you to brush it away, you were clearly in imminent danger of being attacked by someone else. You got any enemies? [/QUOTE] Well, they do stand so close. But I do appreciate it. I want to know about this Mandy Patinkin thing, too. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/37 "2006-08-15T16:23:05Z")
[QUOTE=Tracy Lord] Beat me to it! 🙂 [/QUOTE] Yeah, I would’ve been quite willing to if nobody else beat me to it. It’d be worth it; Cafe Society would be a lot duller without you. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/38 "2006-08-15T17:26:11Z")
I shall miss your threads and your replies greatly – I have learned much from the likes of you. And by all means, you must let us know the title of your tome when it is published. I am an aspiring novelist myself, and I intend to single-handedly re-invigorate the industry of literature by buying a copy of every new title published! I assume you will re-subscribe with the proceeds from your first royalty check. I’d think starting new threads on SDMB would be a higher priority than paying the mortgage or buying groceries, eh? Forget the reckless talk of pie, though. Six friggin’ months on this website, I have not tasted one bite of pie! ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/39 "2006-08-15T17:46:10Z")
Crap! Ya walk away from your computer in the middle of a reply to do some work for The Man, and the whole damn world changes! Welcome back, **Skald** , though you were never really gone – outta’ here and back in in the space of a single thread! And thank you, **Gigi** , for helping to keep Skald in his place – right here! Hey, is that a piece of key lime pie? Wait a minnit! Omigod, it’s a howler monkey in a clever key lime pie disguise!!! No! No! Noooooooooo!!! AAAACCKKKKKKKKKKHHHHHHH!!! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454/40 "2006-08-15T17:50:06Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] Crap! Ya walk away from your computer in the middle of a reply to do some work for The Man, and the whole damn world changes! Welcome back, **Skald** , though you were never really gone – outta’ here and back in in the space of a single thread! And thank you, **Gigi** , for helping to keep Skald in his place – right here! Hey, is that a piece of key lime pie? Wait a minnit! Omigod, it’s a howler monkey in a clever key lime pie disguise!!! No! No! Noooooooooo!!! AAAACCKKKKKKKKKKHHHHHHH!!! [/QUOTE] **Sunrazor** , I’m going to tell you this ONE MORE TIME: When the “incoming teleport” alert lights up on your teleport pad, read the manifest BEFORE you press “Accept.” Okay? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-an-indefinite-break-from-the-smdb/368454.md?page=3)