# Welcome back, kittenlm and that guy!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-kittenlm-and-that-guy/254565>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 11, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-kittenlm-and-that-guy/254565 "2004-07-11T15:20:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-kittenlm-and-that-guy/254565/1 "2004-07-11T15:20:41Z")

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**Hal\_Bristonian** , I think it is…? 😛

I wasn’t around for [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=264578) to say goodbye when you left, so I wanted to be the first to say

WELCOME BACK!  
WE MISSED YOU!  
What’d ya bring us?

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**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-kittenlm-and-that-guy/254565/2 "2004-07-11T15:27:35Z")

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Well, clearly that wasn’t supposed to post like that. :smack:  
I had intended it to be more glittery with hearts and stardust and a live band and champagne, but I had a small accident with the submit button and it all got canceled. :rolleyes:

It’s the thought that counts anyways, right? 😃

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-kittenlm-and-that-guy/254565/3 "2004-07-12T05:21:05Z")

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Well daaaaamn, don’t **kitten** and I feel special? 😃

Thanks much for the welcoming. We had a fantastic time. A couple of nice days at the cabin, and then six days of pure luxury at Cove Haven. Gotta say, though…_I’m fricking whooped_. Six days of of pretty much non-stop drinking, partying, and…ummm…miscellaneous activities. 😉 We met an intensely fun newlywed couple from Indiana who meshed perfectly with our personalities, so we had good friends to spend a large part of the time with.

I’m not sure if I mentioned it in the original thread, but as a present to **kitten** ’s parents, we sprung for them to come up to the Cove for the weekend as well. So, since they were there with us on Saturday, we were able to both be contentants in their XXX-Rated Newlywed/Not-So-Newlywed Game (picture the TV game, but with mind-bogglingly raunchy questions). It was the first time in 20-odd years of weekly games that they had a father and mother taking on a child and spouse in the game…woohoo! We made history! 🙂 Unfortunately, I’m never setting a drink on my in-law’s coffee table the same way again, now that I know what they’ve done on it. :eek:

So, to recap, Poconos good, being back in the real world bad. I’m just thankful that this year I had the forsight to take tomorrow off of work. I need the rest badly. 🙂 Plus, now I have a few hundred new threads to work through. Looks like my day off is booked.

> [@harmless](#):
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> What’d ya bring us?

Why, presents, of course! Big, fat, expensive ones! For _everybody_!

You can pick 'em up the next time you visit. 😛

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**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-kittenlm-and-that-guy/254565/4 "2004-07-12T18:51:12Z")

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Hey! I was hoping you guys would see this thread! 🙂  
So glad to hear you had such a great time! Too bad about the coffee table, though. 😉  
What anniversary was this again, fifth?

I want to go to Disney World for mine and **Yepmas** ’ fifth. That’s where we went on our honeymoon. I want to do it up right, though. I want to stay for about a week at one of the good hotels inside Disney.  
I should probably open a savings account and start squirreling away for it now.

So, where’s **kitten**?  
Too tired to type, **Hal** , you dog? 😛

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-kittenlm-and-that-guy/254565/5 "2004-07-12T21:10:20Z")

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Yup…fifth anniversary last Saturday. We honeymooned at Cove Haven, and we’ve been back just about every year (usually just for the weekend).

For your vacation, you can always try what we’re doing this year. We already booked next year’s trip, and whenever we have a few extra bucks, we just call the resort and pay it towards our bill. We decided to go with a slightly lower suite next year, so the bill will be about $1,400. We call in now and then and make a small payment, and it’s gone before you know it (then we can start saving for the booze and pictures bill :)).

Oooo yeah…pictures! I haven’t put this year’s up yet, but you can see the ones from [last year’s trip](http://www.sirblah.com/cove_haven_03/cove_haven_03_index1.htm).

And [delusional bragging mode] yep, **kitten** is all passed out on the couch upstairs, too tired to move a muscle…yep…yep…[/dbm] because she went to the dentist this morning and is all doped up on percocet.

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**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-kittenlm-and-that-guy/254565/6 "2004-07-12T21:20:33Z")

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> [@Hal Briston](#):
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> because she went to the dentist this morning…

Awwwww ☹

> [@Hal Briston](#):
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> and is all doped up on percocet.

Oh! So that’s what you brought me! 😃

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-kittenlm-and-that-guy/254565/7 "2004-07-12T21:25:28Z")

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Hey, get’cherown! 🙂

I’m trying to convince her to share a few, just so we can find out if percosex is any good. 😃

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**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-kittenlm-and-that-guy/254565/8 "2004-07-12T21:28:27Z")

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re: [Paul playing Speed Rack](http://www.sirblah.com/cove_haven_03/cove_haven_03_12.htm)  
Your bridge sucks. 😛  
**kitten** whooped your butt, didn’t she? 😉

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**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-kittenlm-and-that-guy/254565/9 "2004-07-12T21:33:06Z")

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Pssssstt! Did you realize that so far, we have our very own personal thread? :eek:  
Don’t tell anyone other than **kittenlm**!  
They may try to come in and post and then we’d have even _more_ bodies to dispose of!

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**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-kittenlm-and-that-guy/254565/10 "2004-07-12T21:49:25Z")

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I wouldn’t dream of posting in this thread. Especially since it contradicts a post I made earlier today claiming that they were in the Poconos today. :smack:

welcome back, guys.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-kittenlm-and-that-guy/254565/11 "2004-07-12T21:51:38Z")

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> [@harmless](#):
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> **kitten** whooped your butt, didn’t she? 😉

Ahem.

Different bridges for different situations. In this game, you want to bridge as quickly as humanly possible. Hence the name _Speed_ Rack. 😛 (it’s basically "sink as many balls in 2 minutes as you can)

I can recally how we did in the tournament pictured, but this year **kitten** took second place in the women’s tourney with four balls, and I took…ummm…fourth, I think, with 10.

> [@harmless](#):
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> They may try to come in and post and then we’d have even more bodies to dispose of!

Oh Geez, can’t have that…my dumpster is getting filled too quick as it is… 🙂

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**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-kittenlm-and-that-guy/254565/12 "2004-07-12T22:41:17Z")

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> [@Rufus Xavier](#):
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> I wouldn’t dream of posting in this thread. Especially since it contradicts a post I made earlier today claiming that they were in the Poconos today. :smack:
> 
> welcome back, guys.

**Rufus** , if I weren’t already dead, I’d kill ya.  
But since I am, I won’t because then you’d be all undead and wanting to hang out with me because you wouldn’t know any other dead people and wouldn’t be able to feed and take care of yourself and I’d feel all responsible and stuff and then I’d never be rid of you. 😛

I mean, Hi! 🙂

Makes me wonder where all the other Brats have gotten off to. :dubious:  
Anywho!  
\*Closing time  
Open all the doors and let you out into the world  
Closing time  
Turn all of the lights on over every boy and every  
girl  
Closing time  
One last call for alcohol so finish your whiskey or  
beer  
Closing time  
You don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here \*  
I’m going home! 😃
