# The board will be down for 2 days. What will you do in the meantime? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 26, 2001, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828 "2001-07-26T06:22:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/61 "2001-07-28T12:50:57Z")
Oh goody - breakfast… I think I’ll have scrambled eggs this morning **bare**. Would you mind adding a bit of cheese? Thanks. I would be glad to make some grits. Any takers? ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/62 "2001-07-28T12:59:17Z")
I’ll make French toast and turkey bacon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/63 "2001-07-28T13:40:49Z")
Dang…looks like I missed breakfast. And I really wanted bacon. Oh well… ---
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/64 "2001-07-28T13:45:22Z")
Grits are very easy to make - sure ya don’t want some **blu**? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/65 "2001-07-28T13:58:52Z")
Do I havta kiss them? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/66 "2001-07-28T14:03:07Z")
Well no - but you can kiss the cook. 🙂 [sub]don’t worry - **Odie** already knows about us[/sub] 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/67 "2001-07-28T14:05:10Z")
Clean the house, make an attempt at updating my homepage (already started), hit the pool if the weather clears up, spend a lot of time on ICQ, walk the dog, go shopping, and whatever else happens to come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/68 "2001-07-28T14:11:23Z")
Apparently **Merc** - we’re going to eat breakfast, among other things, all day. 🙂 When exactly did they say they were taking the board down? ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/69 "2001-07-28T14:22:51Z")
::eats **callie’s** ‘grits’::: mmm…grits 😉 ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/70 "2001-07-28T14:23:33Z")
According to ATMB,for a short period of time… ::Slices up some fruit for the latecomers:: There’s still French Toast and turkey bacon left. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/71 "2001-07-28T16:26:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by callie \* > \*\*Well no - but you can kiss the cook. 🙂 > > [sub]don’t worry - **Odie** already knows about us[/sub] 😉 \*\* Odie kisses the cook strongly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/72 "2001-07-28T16:28:01Z")
I’ll have to make grits more often… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/73 "2001-07-28T16:33:38Z")
Yeah…you never know what your reward is gonna be ;)…but I bet you will be smiling after. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/74 "2001-07-28T16:36:17Z")
mmmmm… is that a promise? 😉 Think I could get use to that. Want me to bring some with me? ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/75 "2001-07-28T16:40:44Z")
Sure…I actually do like grits…both kind of grits 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/76 "2001-07-28T16:47:02Z")
It’s scary in here … I signed on and although the board is supposed to be down – I can get in. Am I in some alternate dimension? A barren wasteland where I am the sole poster forced to fend for myself as I trudge through the ruin cyber-land looking for survivors? Did I get stuck outside the spaceship during the ionization blackout, and now I’m only talking to myself? Is this thing on? Or did they **LIE TO US!?!** Those sneaky bastards. They wanted a weekend with the servers all to themselves. Hah, they don’t know just how fanatical we are. We trust no one! Go ahead tell us the servers are down. Tell us the internet is down - we don’t care. We’re still going to check for ourselves. **WE WON"T BE DENIED!!!** Wow. I gotta cut back on the caffeine. ---
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/77 "2001-07-28T16:49:40Z")
No **Jack** - I’ve been sneaking around here all morning. Its been great… I feel like I’ve entered the forbidden zone. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/78 "2001-07-28T16:53:49Z")
nahhhh…even I won’t make that comment ;)… ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/79 "2001-07-28T16:54:10Z")
No joke. I think this is the fastest I’ve ever seen these boards! ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-will-be-down-for-2-days-what-will-you-do-in-the-meantime/73828/80 "2001-07-28T16:59:39Z")
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