# There was something different in my letterbox...advice please. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2004, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636 "2004-11-19T10:04:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/201 "2004-12-08T12:30:09Z")
You’re back! Hurrah! ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/202 "2004-12-08T12:34:43Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > SHE IS A-LIVE! > YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY! > You do realize this is your most successful thread evar! > And if you went with the " I went on a date with an axe murdering sociopath and how I was held hostage for the last X days in his dank, dark dungeon like basement before I knawed off all my limbs to escape and post on the Dope every sordid detail using my nose to type this…" We would have rejoiced in your fortitude. > > But barfing and the quick-step. Girl, that is just so pedestrian. > > The fact that this prospective Axe Murderer has shown up twice with flowers and offered to help out…shows bloody promise. Bloody promise! YAY! > Isn’t it nice to know that all your imaginary friends from all over the world were _worried_ about you? > > You have alot of typing to do to make up your lost post count. > > 🙂 > Seriously, glad you are not in a bloody pile somewhere. That would be bad. Now see this this the reason I love you **Shirley-you-coax-me-through-my-colourful-shit**. I shall now type with gay abandon just cause I’m alive…rather then the whole alive even though my guts tried to tell me otherwise, thing. You like me! You really do 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/203 "2004-12-08T12:37:27Z")
> [@](#): > > I shall now type with _gay abandon_ just cause I’m alive Great, now I have to worry about orphaned homosexuals. Won’t someone think of the Queers! ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/204 "2004-12-08T12:44:22Z")
Hey! It seems fairly certain civil unions will become law here tomorrow! The child can be Gay or UnGay abandonned. YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY about frigging time! Is there a law for “the-child-from-the-bloke-across-the-road”? 😃 I’m not that bad! ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/205 "2004-12-08T13:07:37Z")
Well, thank God, I can finally leave my computer. It’s been quite a vigil, I tell you. Very glad you’re alright and feeling better and have roses. Roses are good. If you’ll excuse me now… _:Runs to the bathroom:_ ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/206 "2004-12-08T13:29:48Z")
I’m so glad you’re ok. Grats on the weight loss, I had same earlier this month due to illness. Hate to bust your bubble, but them pounds will come back the first 24 hours you eat like normal again. I’m still all angry my low weight didn’t stick. But sitting for a month doing nothing has burned about negative 100000 calories. Which reminds me… Dear Santa, Please bring new fat pants (with elastic waist) for me, I bulked up this year. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/207 "2004-12-08T15:29:33Z")
He came to the door and found you were sick and possibly contagious and not only did he come back but offered to do a grocery run? :eek: Keep him! My own mother wouldn’t do that for me when I had the flu! 😛 Seriously does sound like he deserves a chance, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![InvidiousCourgette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@InvidiousCourgette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InvidiousCourgette)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/208 "2004-12-08T16:31:27Z")
Yay! **Calm Kiwi** is back! With roses! 🙂 But no pie! 😛 Wow, this thread has kept me on the edge of my seat. Mysterious stangers, clandestine notes, axe murderers, sudden dissappearances, sickness and triumphant return! You could get a, oh I don’t know, a Mills and Boon out of this one! All the best to you and yours **Calm Kiwi**! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/209 "2004-12-08T18:04:42Z")
:: **Sunspace** breathes a massive sigh of relief, can go back to daydreaming about New Zealand and other far-off beautiful lands :: Sorry about the illness, glad everything worked out okay! ---
**Author:** ![maleinblack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maleinblack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maleinblack)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/210 "2004-12-08T18:17:05Z")
**calm kiwi** glad to know that you are back to posting status now. I was more worried about your flu than getting axe murdered. Keep us posted on how the movie/dinner turns out. I bet it should be fun! [personal note] I am the lucky one to have a friend like you. [/personal note] ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/211 "2004-12-08T19:08:34Z")
You’re OK!!! Yay!!! I’m really sorry your were so sick but you’re still alive and 8 pounds lighter! The mystery guy sounds really sweet. Definitely take him out to dinner AND a movie. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/212 "2004-12-08T19:58:00Z")
Glad you’re feeling better, **calm kiwi**. > [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Seriously, glad you are not in a bloody pile somewhere. That would be bad. You’re just saying that so you wouldn’t have to give up some maple syrup. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/213 "2004-12-08T21:24:13Z")
So happy you’re OK **CalmKiwi** hope you and your son are 100% better very soon. So, do you have a date yet? Has he been back? What’s he look like? ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/214 "2004-12-08T21:49:37Z")
Welcome back, **calm kiwi**. Glad to hear you’re not lying dismembered in a ditch {I checked the Herald every day, and your body wasn’t in it, so I wasn’t too worried}, and sorry to hear about the bot: hope you’re feeling better - and if the guy’s stuck around while you were squirting out of both ends AND brought flowers, he may show promise. Or desperation. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/215 "2004-12-08T21:55:35Z")
> [@](#): > > You’re just saying that so you wouldn’t have to give up some maple syrup. No kidding. It would cost a bloody fortune to ship it Down Under And A Little To The Left. Might as well ship the tree and equipment myself…oh, I am a tightwad and I’m ok… ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/216 "2004-12-08T22:19:31Z")
The flowers were very impressive, but the fact that he offered to go to the grocery store for you says “winner” in my book. Don’t judge “chemistry” by how you react to someone when you have the flu. Give this guy a good, long chance. I wonder if this is the flu we can expect here in the U.S., with none of us having flu shots. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/217 "2004-12-08T22:33:34Z")
Hey hey hey! Glad you’ve come back to us, **calm kiwi**. Hope you and yours are feeling better post haste. Super nice that the strange guy sounds like a good sort, too. Hurrah! > [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Great, now I have to worry about orphaned homosexuals. You know, it’s a shame that the “Should I abandon homosexuals?” thread apparently got vapourized during the Winter of Our Missed Content. That thread made me pee with glee. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/218 "2004-12-09T17:39:10Z")
I’ve been away since last Friday and I was so glad when I got back today to see that you’re ok **calm kiwi**. Welcome back! We were all worried! (Even those of us you may not know. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/219 "2004-12-10T11:03:57Z")
Today I got jewellery. A necklace. I am soooo much more lovely then I knew :D. Well that or he’s cracked! He called it an early chrissy pressie. He really seems to be a sweetheart. Not gorgeous but very sweet. Of course that is suspicious in itself. I may be overly suspicious or I may be odd…or maybe he just does like me. Wh knows? Who cares! It was nice to know he cared and really nice to know some of you lot cared a bit 🙂 Thanks guys. ---
**Author:** ![RitzyRae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@RitzyRae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitzyRae)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/220 "2004-12-10T14:48:34Z")
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