# That was the longest six hours of my life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 3, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-the-longest-six-hours-of-my-life/306768 "2005-06-03T19:15:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-the-longest-six-hours-of-my-life/306768/1 "2005-06-03T19:15:22Z")
Got to work this morning, checked my email, headed for the boards … Oh. My. God. There’s no internet access. And hasn’t been for the last six hours and 15 minutes. I had to _get up from my desk_ and go _look things up in books_. **shudders** (Plus, of course, I knew all kinds of cool stuff was happening here _without my participation_)) I’m gonna go lie down with a cold compress for a while… ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-the-longest-six-hours-of-my-life/306768/2 "2005-06-03T19:17:30Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I’m gonna go lie down with a cold compress for a while… You’d better hoard some air while you’re at it. (This post brought to you by [**Kythereia’s** dare.)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=319262) ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-the-longest-six-hours-of-my-life/306768/3 "2005-06-03T19:21:32Z")
I know that feeling. I have learned how to play a reasonably good game of Freecell, though. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-the-longest-six-hours-of-my-life/306768/4 "2005-06-03T19:25:12Z")
You didn’t have to talk to real people though, did you? That would have been too much without a little notice. ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-the-longest-six-hours-of-my-life/306768/5 "2005-06-03T19:26:24Z")
Reminds me of one of my favorite cartoons. Two women in an office sitting at their desks. One woman is on the phone saying, “Yes, the computers are down, so we have to do everything by hand.” Both women have decks of cards, playing solitaire on their desks. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-the-longest-six-hours-of-my-life/306768/6 "2005-06-03T19:27:18Z")
Yesterday at work I seriously had almost nothing to do. I think I worked for about an hour and a half, and I spent the other six and a half hours horribly, dreadfully bored. I came very close to going out in the hallway and screaming “SOMEONE GIVE ME WORK TO DO, PLEASE!” But I had the Internet, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-the-longest-six-hours-of-my-life/306768/7 "2005-06-03T19:27:26Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > You’d better hoard some air while you’re at it. > > (This post brought to you by [**Kythereia’s** dare.)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=319262) Score! 😃 _pats poor **twickster** soothingly_ It’s okay. We’re here for you… ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-the-longest-six-hours-of-my-life/306768/8 "2005-06-03T19:31:20Z")
…and while you were gone, I can say with confidence that you missed at least 2 brilliant posts – probably more. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-the-longest-six-hours-of-my-life/306768/9 "2005-06-03T19:47:13Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > …and while you were gone, I can say with confidence that you missed at least 2 brilliant posts – probably more. 🙂 **does search** They were okay, sweetie, but “brilliant” might be a bit strong. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-the-longest-six-hours-of-my-life/306768/10 "2005-06-03T20:17:00Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > (Plus, of course, I knew all kinds of cool stuff was happening here _without my participation_)) Oh, no! You missed the whole kerfuffle between **Dex** and **Sauron**! That thing went on for pages and I swear to God I peed my pants! Some of the most imaginative, inspired insanely funny stuff I’ve ever read! 😉 Our AS400 was down on Wed. I had nothing to do at work _but_ visit SDMB. Believe it or not, I did get bored after seven or eight hours. (Plus I started three threads that promptly dropped like a stone. ☹ )