# We have a WINNER!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-winner/33611 "2000-09-18T15:59:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![fierra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@fierra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fierra)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-winner/33611/161 "2000-10-08T23:35:34Z")
Thinksnow! Get off my pillow! You’ve stuck to the gummy bear & the floor now! Oh well, when it gets warmer, you’ll melt & be free…but the pillow will be wet. I have to think of another solution… ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-winner/33611/162 "2000-10-09T00:48:14Z")
Handy Helpful Household Hints suggests using an ice cube to cool the gummy bear, and then a plastic spatula to scrape it off the floor. Wait a minute. thinksnow, aren’t you already at snow temperature? You should have that unstuck already. Did you turn up your thermostat since moving North??? ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-winner/33611/163 "2000-10-09T16:20:25Z")
**fierra** , um…you needn’t worry 'bout the wet spot because, as **DW** noted, I’m keeping nice and chilly. Sorry 'bout the cold feet, I’ll try to keep them on my side…for a while, anyway 😃 Oh, and brilliant me forgot to pack warm clothes when the movers showed last week, so yes, I am back in the cooler climes and no, I have nothing really worthy of the weather. Somehow I should have realized that Hawaiian shirts just won’t cut it for October in Ohio! :eek: Methinks I may have to change my moniker to **forgottothinkaboutthecold** until my stuff shows on Thursday. Shucks. ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-winner/33611/164 "2000-10-09T17:29:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > \*\* **forgottothinkaboutthecold** until my stuff shows on Thursday. Shucks. \*\* Are you kidding? You don’t think we can keep you warm? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-winner/33611/165 "2000-10-09T17:41:05Z")
Um, I think maybe I’ll hide out here for a while. Apparently I’m in big trouble in another thread, according to fierra. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-winner/33611/166 "2000-10-09T17:47:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dire Wolf \* > \*\*Um, I think maybe I’ll hide out here for a while. Apparently I’m in big trouble in another thread, according to fierra. \*\* Oh yeah. Big time. ---
**Author:** ![fierra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@fierra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fierra)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-winner/33611/167 "2000-10-09T17:47:59Z")
yeah, struuter - I heard that the best way to prevent hypothermia is to strip them & you naked & get into a sleeping bag together…what’s that? You brought your own sleeping bag! Well, aren’t you prepared!!! ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-winner/33611/168 "2000-10-09T17:49:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fierra \* > \*\*yeah, struuter - I heard that the best way to prevent hypothermia is to strip them & you naked & get into a sleeping bag together…what’s that? You brought your own sleeping bag! Well, aren’t you prepared!!! \*\* 😃 stinker. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-winner/33611/169 "2000-10-09T23:18:50Z")
Thinksnow ran after he heard about the sleeping bag? Talk about cold feet… ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-winner/33611/170 "2000-10-10T02:00:23Z")
thinksnow, wottsamattawithU??? ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-winner/33611/171 "2000-10-10T16:47:33Z")
Sorry I missed the oh-so-warm invitation, but I just got a my own computer today (as opposed to the hitandrun loggins-in that I’ve had to do for the past coupla weeks). Ahhhh…sweet, sweet internet. How I’ve missed you. Now, to attempt to catch up: **struuter** , I seem to recall something about a sleeping bag not all that long ago, glad to see you’ve come around! Here you go, I’ll get one of those pillows and try not to tickle you with the random feathers, at least not right away. (BTW: you, **fierra** , should feel free to hop in on the other side) **Urgentgobble** , what did you do? I figured a poet such such as you would be welcomed virtually anywhere!? ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-winner/33611/172 "2000-10-10T17:48:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > **Urgentgobble** , what did you do? I figured a poet such such as you would be welcomed virtually anywhere!? Well, that’s just it. I’ve been welcomed a little too virtually. Actually, I was enjoying the welcoming and the virtual aspect. In our virtual world, I suppose we can be whatever we’d like. It’s when reality creeps in that screws everything up. For all I know I could be staring down the barrel of a virtual shotgun. Do I remain virtual and play along, or succumb to reality? Sigh. Maybe I’ll have the mods kill off Dire Wolf and sign back up as Dire Eunuch. Yeah, right! ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-winner/33611/173 "2000-10-10T19:01:17Z")
> [@](#): > > _Dire Eunuch_ Yikes! Keep the faith, brother, things have a way of working out. Stay away from those virtual shotguns, though 😃 ! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-winner/33611.md?page=8)