# The Clique... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 1999, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216 "1999-12-21T02:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SuperNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@SuperNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNerd)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/41 "1999-12-22T00:15:00Z")
And, thank you BurnMeUp for kicking me. Should have logged off sooner? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/42 "1999-12-22T00:26:00Z")
I really don’t like IRC or any other multiple-user chatting. Fifteen people talking all at once? That’s why I don’t go to Pubs and Bars! Eek! * * * **-PIGEONMAN-** Hero For A New Millennium! [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/) - **Back in the new year!** Honest. I promise. No, really. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/43 "1999-12-22T00:52:00Z")
Forgive me, those of you regs who i accidentally left off that list. It was 5 am! what can I say, I dont remember stuff well at that time! _offers long stemmed roses and chocolates to those who he left off the list_ ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/44 "1999-12-22T00:57:00Z")
Doob, you charmer you… 😉 What kind of chocolate, huh? * * * Some drink at the fountain of knowledge…others just gargle. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/45 "1999-12-22T03:56:00Z")
:😭: How could you forget me, Doob, How? I don’t want roses, and after this week I damn sure don’t want any chocolate ! ## But I will take a Doobie, Doob Ayesha - Lioness * * * There are two solutions to every problem : the wrong one, and mine (Thomas A. Edison) ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/46 "1999-12-22T05:11:00Z")
Well, the cliqueyness that has been mentioned is there and on several levels. I don’t think that the chat room is an exclusionary clique, but the simple fact that we all kinda have personalities and inside jokes there can make it seem cliqish when we bring it back to the MB. As for the clique I refered to, I was talking about a couple of groups of posters who have e-mail adresses and occasionaly phone numbers that are more involved than your average frequent posters. Another level of cliques are the SD gathering groups, those who have met and therefore have some inside stuff that even folks in the chat room aren’t privy too. These cliques are only apparent when you read a few posts at a time and feel like your missing some big story, but it is just a circumstance of multi-level involvement. None of the cliquishness is intentional or malicious, just a unfortunate circumstance. And Demo, I thought it was my “get drunk and misspell everything” schtick? ---
**Author:** ![AuraSeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AuraSeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuraSeer)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/47 "1999-12-22T05:20:00Z")
Doob, since when am I a legend? And does this mean I can start selling my autograph on ebay? * * * Laugh hard; it’s a long way to the bank. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/48 "1999-12-22T12:23:00Z")
Omni: Ok, gotcha, on what you meant by “clique” Aura: Yes, you are dood. What, you didn’t know you were? I mean look at the reactions the ladies have when the meet you in chat for the first time :). Dem: Chack you! ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/49 "1999-12-22T13:41:00Z")
I go into the chat because its fun, people laugh alot, sing alot, and just generally let their hair down… oh yeah… Dem is a hottie, Dem is a hottie! gotcha Miss Falcon 😉 * * * A true friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out…there are Angels among us ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/50 "1999-12-22T13:48:00Z")
Besides, we even have our very own d.j. * * * Some drink at the fountain of knowledge…others just gargle. ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/51 "1999-12-22T14:15:00Z")
SuperNerd-Don’t feel bad. Someone tried to come in using my handle, and Burn promptly booted them as well. I do feel a bit afraid that the same may happen to me, but I’ll deal. * * * “And he, he himself, the _Grinch_, carved the roast beast.” ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/52 "1999-12-22T15:55:00Z")
## Mosie: Our own DJ ? Would that be me or Opal ? Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/53 "1999-12-22T15:58:00Z")
Coldfire, in this case I meant Opal, who dedicates songs to her loyal listeners. You, on the other hand, are our resident degenerate. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/54 "1999-12-22T16:03:00Z")
Actually Super you were kicked because you sat there for 5 minutes without saying a word even when we asked you several times to speak and identify yourself. * * * Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph. ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/55 "1999-12-22T16:10:00Z")
Alas… but a cute degenerate he be… * * * A true friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out…there are Angels among us ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/56 "1999-12-22T16:16:00Z")
LOL Sue…nah, you didn’t get me. People only get me if they use the LOVELY nickname Flyp started. And yes…CF, you’re our resident degenerate. But we love ya for it anyway. And Aura…how can you say you’re not a legend! Of course you are! And I don’t know about the autographs…but some of us might want an autographed picture… _grin_ * * * “Jesus Mary Joseph…you’re a biker chick!” - co-worker, upon hearing of my tattoo. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/57 "1999-12-22T16:25:00Z")
“Degenerate”. You know, that’s one of the few occasions I actually had to look a word up 😉 Results, using my Word Thesaurus: “Corrupt, Depraved, Wicked, Immoral”. And to think that for a moment I thought y’all were calling me bad names or something ! ## Damn, where’s that JD bottle ? Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/58 "1999-12-22T22:51:00Z")
Yeah coldy, you better find it quick you might have a little blood in your alcohol system. * * * Everybody got their Black and Decker… Blood and Fettuccini everywhere ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/59 "1999-12-22T23:05:00Z")
## If Coldfire is our resident degenerate, what does that make me? Besides BurnMeUp’s love slave? 🙂 Shadowfox “We are what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216/60 "1999-12-22T23:07:00Z")
## Oh I’m sorry, only “The Clique” would get that reference… Shadowfox “We are what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clique/12216.md?page=4)