# YAY! I'm baaaack! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363 "2005-10-09T02:07:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/1 "2005-10-09T02:07:50Z")
**Ahhhh! I am BACK**! I see a lot of new names, many of you probably don’t even know me (or, therefore, care a whit that I am back), but \*I don’t care! No one is going to rain on my parade, you know why? - I…am…back! YAY 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Randi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@Randi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/2 "2005-10-09T02:20:56Z")
Yay! Yay! Yahoo! I am doing the Snoopy dance on my chair!!! Huh??? 😕 Who are you? Oh what the heck. I’ll celebrate anything. Yay! Yay! Yay!! Wellcome baaaaaack!!! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/3 "2005-10-09T02:24:08Z")
Welcome back. Where have you been? Do you have any idea what time it is, young, um, person? _tap tap tap_ Go to your room! ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/4 "2005-10-09T02:52:50Z")
A few questions about where you were: Is it coastal? If so, is there anything there worth looting? If so, long would it take for the military to respond to a Nordic raiding party? ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/5 "2005-10-09T03:12:56Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > - I…am…back! YAY 😃 Woot!, There he (or she) is. Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/6 "2005-10-09T03:25:11Z")
Okay, I am a she. I left shortly after having my baby (she is now 2 and a half), so I don’t blame any of you for not remembering me. I have been gone a long time 🙂 I also worked - for a while. Now I am SAHM. That’s the last two years, in a nutchell. Just glad to be back. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/7 "2005-10-09T03:38:44Z")
You know, of course, that you will have to go through the initiation ritual again ?.. and welcome back ! ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/8 "2005-10-09T05:17:28Z")
So, uh… did you bring pie? ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/9 "2005-10-09T05:47:25Z")
Well, heck, I remember you! You may, of course, not remember me. Welcome to the Stay-At-Home-Mom club! Turn on the soap opera and pass me them bon-bons, won’t you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/10 "2005-10-09T07:20:15Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > **Ahhhh! I am BACK**! I see a lot of new names, many of you probably don’t even know me (or, therefore, care a whit that I am back) Well, _I_ remember you, and I am just so glad you’re back. I mean, who was there to post about… uh, that, uh, thing that you did all the time. And then there are the threads about… uh, you remember, that other thing. So, uh, welcome. back. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/11 "2005-10-09T10:35:34Z")
Welcome back! You do know that there’s a new board rule that you have to provide party favors for everyone, don’t you? They don’t have to be fussy, but they do have to be festive. Then you have to vacuum up all the confetti. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/12 "2005-10-09T10:44:53Z")
Welcome back! How’s your mom doing? Robin ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/13 "2005-10-09T13:37:52Z")
MsRobyn, Thanks for asking, she is doing well. She is getting married in Feb, to a Canadian guy that she has been with for around three years. They had moved out to Calgary, but came back. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/14 "2005-10-09T13:57:45Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > MsRobyn, > > Thanks for asking, she is doing well. She is getting married in Feb, to a Canadian guy that she has been with for around three years. They had moved out to Calgary, but came back. Glad to hear it! Give her my best. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/15 "2005-10-09T15:40:24Z")
Welcome back, completely-random-stranger-person! _snogs_ ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/16 "2005-10-09T18:06:54Z")
Hey, welcome back! Good to hear your mom’s doing well too! How are the kids? _hugs_ ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/17 "2005-10-09T18:20:37Z")
Welcome back! (I don’t think I was posting when you left, but I’d been lurking for a long time, so I remember you even if you don’t remember me.) ---
**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:** [October 9, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/18 "2005-10-09T23:01:35Z")
Welcome back, **Poysyn**! Welcome back, young Padawan! What did you bring me? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/19 "2005-10-09T23:09:21Z")
Hey, girl! Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363/20 "2005-10-09T23:44:49Z")
Hi, I remember you! Nice to see old names reappearing for reasons other than zombie-threadhood 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-baaaack/325363.md?page=2)