# Where's Byzantine? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 27, 2000, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289 "2000-01-27T22:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chrome\_Toaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Chrome\_Toaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chrome_Toaster)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/1 "2000-01-27T22:46:00Z")
I was out of commission from just before Christmas until about 2 weeks ago or so, and since my return, I have not seen Byz. Considering all of the changes and general weirdness that occurred during my absence (including, but not limited to Phaedrus going crazy on the MB) I wonder if she tired of the scene and took a break like PLDennison? Or am I just not looking hard enough? I haven’t been to the pit much. CT ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/2 "2000-01-27T22:48:00Z")
Byz is cleaning up the room after the pillow fight! I hope… ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/3 "2000-01-27T22:54:00Z")
I had the same thought earlier, but you beat me to the post. Byz - come out, come out wherever you are! ---
**Author:** ![Frankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankie)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/4 "2000-01-27T23:20:00Z")
AS did I… I think she may be sending us telepathic messages! 🙂 Well maybe not but its spooky huh?? * * * -Frankie “Mother Mercy, can your loins bear fruit forever?/Is your fecundity a trammel or a treasure?” -Bad Religion ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/5 "2000-01-27T23:28:00Z")
She went crazy, and we had her commited. ---
**Author:** ![Chrome\_Toaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Chrome\_Toaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chrome_Toaster)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/6 "2000-01-27T23:29:00Z")
For a While I thought she was posting under her new name: “Newton’s Apple”.( 😉 ) (Nooo, not really!!!) I don’t “know” her that well, but I miss seeing her posts. * * * Maybe when my time comes I will have guessed. Chrome Toaster ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/7 "2000-01-27T23:32:00Z")
She’s still looking for an industrial grade bidet to rid herself of the peppermint oil after the pillow fight! 😛 * * * VB Remember, you can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish! ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/8 "2000-01-28T03:02:00Z")
She now posts under the name “Istanbul”. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/9 "2000-01-28T03:11:00Z")
Says **Vestal Blue** : > [@](#): > > … an industrial grade bidet … Isn’t that just a fancy way of saying two-and-a-half-inch fire hose? * * * Laugh and the world laughs with you. Smilie and you smilie alone (with my contempt). – missdavis ---
**Author:** ![Pooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@Pooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pooch)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/10 "2000-01-28T03:57:00Z")
Probably somewhere in the Eastern Roman Empire. That’s a lot of ground to cover. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/11 "2000-01-28T15:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Lumpy: > **She now posts under the name “Istanbul”.** She needs to change it again, to Constantinople; Istanbul brings to mind images of overmuscled sweaty Turks! * * * VB Remember, you can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish! ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/12 "2000-01-28T15:49:00Z")
Chief Scott: > [@](#): > > Isn’t that just a fancy way of saying two-and-a-half-inch fire hose? Brings to mind water coming out her ears under high pressure! YOU are rude, crude, and socially unacceptable…I like that in a sailor! It’s the Captains’ Mast for you! * * * VB Remember, you can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish! ---
**Author:** ![missdavis102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@missdavis102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missdavis102)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/13 "2000-01-28T15:57:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Vestal Blue: > \*\* She needs to change it again, to Constantinople; Istanbul brings to mind images of overmuscled sweaty Turks! > > \*\* …Been a long time gone, Constantinople, now a Turkish delight on a moonlit night… ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/14 "2000-01-28T16:11:00Z")
she’s perning in a gyre at the moment * * * John Larrigan “82.35% of all statistics are made up on the spot”–Vic Reeves ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2000, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/15 "2000-01-29T00:36:00Z")
I quit smoking. It’s hard for me to play out here and NOT want a smoke so I’ve been staying away. Thanks for thinking of me and I miss all of you too! Kisses! Byz ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2000, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/16 "2000-01-29T17:19:00Z")
Orange takes a pillow and…Whomp! hee heee 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2000, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/17 "2000-01-29T17:55:00Z")
Picks orange up by the back of the pants and takes the pillow away. Now now, that’s only for the pillow fighting room, you. * * * I sold my soul to Satan for a dollar. I got it in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/18 "2000-01-30T06:49:00Z")
Good luck on losing that smoking monkey. I hear that chimp is a right bastard! Hope to see you soon. * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/19 "2000-01-29T19:16:00Z")
What? You have stopped smoking ! Now how will we torture Sealemon when you come back to Houston ? You are coming back aren’t you? * * * Ayesha ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289/20 "2000-01-29T21:08:00Z")
I guess I was right about Byz. She’s a quitter. * * * Sorry, the Cliche Clique is not accepting new members at this time, [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-byzantine/13289.md?page=2)