# Where has Skald run off to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 10, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458 "2012-02-10T21:28:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/41 "2012-02-15T15:45:42Z")
I hadn’t seen any posts by him, and I looked up his profile. His profile is that he doesn’t post here anymore. Anyone know why? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/42 "2012-02-15T16:04:46Z")
He’s got some personal stuff going on at the moment. He may return eventually. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/43 "2012-02-15T16:22:10Z")
Ah. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/44 "2012-02-15T16:30:10Z")
Merged duplicate threads. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/45 "2012-02-15T17:27:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t know how widely he wants the information spread, but I will say that it’s good news, not bad news. Sounds like a great Jeopardy! run like Jennings. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/46 "2012-02-15T20:14:29Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t know how widely he wants the information spread, but I will say that it’s good news, not bad news. Obviously we need to figure some way to blackmail and/or torture \*\*Chronos \*\*until he gives up his information. Now we just need to find someone who can come up with a devious, foolproof plan. If only \*\*Skald \*\*were around, I’m sure he would be willing to help… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/47 "2012-02-15T21:54:17Z")
Chronos isn’t the only one who knows. I’ll never tell, but that doesn’t mean I won’t dangle it over your heads like a biscuit. But as Chronos says, it’s good news, but it’s HIS good news to tell. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/48 "2012-02-15T21:59:01Z")
Gender reassignment surgery in Bangkok. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/49 "2012-02-15T22:20:43Z")
> [@Beastly\_Rotter](#): > > Gender reassignment surgery in Bangkok. Nah, Siam Sam would be in on that. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/50 "2012-02-15T23:14:28Z")
Narnia. He found the Wardrobe. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/51 "2012-02-15T23:26:44Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Chronos isn’t the only one who knows. I’ll never tell, but that doesn’t mean I won’t dangle it over your heads like a biscuit. > > But as Chronos says, it’s good news, but it’s HIS good news to tell. Dangle away, Ms Smug. _wanders off_ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/52 "2012-02-15T23:36:24Z")
Can I have his CDs? ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/53 "2012-02-15T23:48:54Z")
I admit completel puzzlement over how good news could be such a secret. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/54 "2012-02-15T23:49:56Z")
Ah, maybe it’s good news that somehow would identify him personally and he doesn’t want that. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/55 "2012-02-15T23:51:39Z")
who? ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/56 "2012-02-16T00:46:09Z")
Hmmm. His profile lists his occupation as “Soon enough, fatherhood.” Is that a clue, perhaps?? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/57 "2012-02-17T00:45:23Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Ah, maybe it’s good news that somehow would identify him personally and he doesn’t want that. > [@Twoflower](#): > > Hmmm. His profile lists his occupation as “Soon enough, fatherhood.” Is that a clue, perhaps?? Putting those two togehter, it’s easy to deduce that he’s been part of a trial of some new medical drug, and will become the first man to give birth to a baby, like in that Schwarzenegger movie where Arnold has Emma Thompson’s baby. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/58 "2012-02-17T01:12:43Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > Putting those two togehter, it’s easy to deduce that he’s been part of a trial of some new medical drug, and will become the first man to give birth to a baby, like in that Schwarzenegger movie where Arnold has Emma Thompson’s baby. That must be it. As a matter of fact, I can’t see any other possibility. The mods should close this thread now. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/59 "2012-02-17T01:19:48Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > That must be it. As a matter of fact, I can’t see any other possibility. The mods should close this thread now. Not until I get his Blues CDs, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458/60 "2012-02-17T01:35:14Z")
If it turns out his good news is that he’s now polling as well as Romney in his quest to become the Republican candidate, I am gonna be \*so \*pissed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-skald-run-off-to/612458.md?page=4)