# Thought I would touch base and say hello **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930 "2011-07-31T15:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/121 "2011-08-02T05:21:59Z")
G’day Eve, it’s great to see you here again. I presume the pie is on its way too? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/122 "2011-08-02T05:36:17Z")
Wow. I’ve heard about you since I’ve gotten here. And, so far, you have not disappointed! Welcome back, stranger. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/123 "2011-08-02T11:13:25Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > It’s true what they say about Dixie, but what have they been saying about Bill? (I think I will go wet my tootsies in Cafe Society while I am here . . .) ----wringing hands----- I thought _you_ knew !!! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/124 "2011-08-02T17:14:15Z")
I’m pretty sure that last time she posted, we were allowed to call each other the C word. What other milestones has she missed? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/125 "2011-08-02T17:22:09Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m pretty sure that last time she posted, we were allowed to call each other the C word. Cantakerous? ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/126 "2011-08-02T17:29:06Z")
**Eve’s** back!! Yay!!! I’m less surly now! ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/127 "2011-08-02T17:33:27Z")
It’s such a rarity to see you around here, Eve. Remember, you are big, it’s the pictures that got smaller. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/128 "2011-08-02T17:46:48Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Cantakerous? Cuneformic. _adj_:1. Well-versed in ancient tongues. 2. Able to wield stylii with panache and élan. 3. The Mynx of Mesopotamia. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/129 "2011-08-02T17:49:53Z")
> [@](#): > > The Mynx of Mesopotamia. Well, I used to be called that sometimes, but quite a few years ago . . . ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/130 "2011-08-02T21:30:22Z")
**Eve** –STAY! Staaaayy…! Good **Eve**! 😉 😃 Seriously, I missed you. Don’ leave. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/131 "2011-08-02T22:46:08Z")
Now that the welcomes and the warmth and the relief are out of the way, do you mind telling us just where you’ve been young lady? OBVIOUSLY it was someplace in the midst of a desert in the Third World since clearly there wasn’t a phone there. We have been worried sick! You are so frigging grounded that the third born child of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be explaining their most recent sex video scandal before you leave here again. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/132 "2011-08-02T23:23:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Now that the welcomes and the warmth and the relief are out of the way, do you mind telling us just where you’ve been young lady? I’ve been around the world on a plane, I’ve settled revolutions in Spain . . . ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/133 "2011-08-02T23:34:22Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Hi, **Eve**! Y’know, yours is one of the usernames I always get excited to see, only to find out that it’s a zombie thread. ☹ Ditto - I’m glad this one wasn’t a false alarm. > [@Surly\_Chick](#): > > **Eve’s** back!! Yay!!! I’m less surly now! Surly Chick - now with less Surly. It might be worth buying you a custom title, just so you could put that on it. Welcome home, Eve. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/134 "2011-08-03T00:24:06Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > He’d catch on to my nose soon enough, but if I told him I was a 25-year-old blonde fashion model his dog wouldn’t give me away . . . (shrug) I always thought it was a nice nose. Welcome home, doll. Stick around. You left a hole that hasn’t been filled. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/135 "2011-08-03T00:28:15Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I’ve been around the world on a plane, > I’ve settled revolutions in Spain . . . But now I’m broken hearted o/` ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/136 "2011-08-03T00:48:42Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Scintillating was being lucky enough to join **Eve** and a handful of other Dopers for lunch at the Algonquin, followed by a traipse through the newly refurbed MOMA. > > _THAT_ was a very very special day for me. You’ve been missed. Your wit and articulation are to this day much respected. YES!!! Very much so! It’s a cherished memory! Edit: Thrilled, thrilled thrilled to see **Eve**! ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/137 "2011-08-03T01:28:41Z")
Oh, oh, **Eve** is back! Quick, somebody shut the door! You were missed. I and my RL Doper friend mentioned you not long ago. Do stay and be kind to us lesser mortals. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/138 "2011-08-03T02:12:34Z")
Y’know, there’s a lot to be said for hanging out with people who like you. I mean, that’s what I’ve heard. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/139 "2011-08-03T05:04:13Z")
Did you stop being too good for us or did we stop being too bad for you? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930/140 "2011-08-03T06:42:53Z")
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