First visit to the lounge and I dare say

[mokawanis]

this place is freaking me out! How do I like my potatoes? Do I shave my back? It's a crazy place, but it's a refreshing break from the other discussion boards. Now I know where to go when weird thoughts and inane questions pop into my head. I can post them here and avoid saying them out loud to my wife who sometimes looks at me like I'm psychotic.

[HEyHEY]

1. It's worse in the afternoon, when they start cooking

[underpants]

51. (cue jungle drum music)

LOL :rofl:

[Fox Mulder]

2. Don't shave your back while eating mashed potatoes...

:freak: :silly:

[Truebrit71sbruv]

50. Although shaving potatoes whilst eating mashed hair...

... is totally in order - if not compulsary...

[Heidi]

3. Welcome to DU!

So, do you shave your back? :rofl:

[mokawanis]

75. actually, I do shave my back, but

I refuse to shave the enormous tufts of hair on my toes

[NMMNG]

4. You think it's bad now, just wait until our meds wear off

[WCGreen]

6. Stop it... You'll scare him off.....

[NMMNG]

8. Relax, it's not like I flashed him or anything

[WCGreen]

9. That would certainly be an interesting development.....

[Crazy Guggenheim]

5. AAAAA OOOOOOO!

[wildhorses]

7. do you know the secret handshake?

:popcorn:

[mokawanis]

17. The secret handshake?

I'm afraid to even ask. :scared:

[no name no slogan]

42. Let's just say...

...that it doesn't involve hands...

Welcome! :hi:

[PROMETHEUS UNBOUND]

10. You cannot start SEX threads.

No bodily function threads.

Other than that you can knock yourself out.

[NMMNG]

13. Welcome to DU!

[PROMETHEUS UNBOUND]

15. Thank you Buffy. May I say that I love your way of saying Welcome.

[NMMNG]

16. Why, thank you

I hope you enjoy your stay!

[PROMETHEUS UNBOUND]

18. It looks like a fun place to pass some pleasant hours.

:hi:

[NMMNG]

22. Indeed it is

DU has something for everyone. You can get in heated debates, enjoy friendly banter, discuss a plethora of special-interest subjects in the topic forums and never have to go elsewhere. It's a great place to hang out.

[PROMETHEUS UNBOUND]

27. You have very cute smilies.

:thumbsup:

[NMMNG]

29. Thank you

A few more for your enjoyment.

[mokawanis]

19. No sex threads? No bodily function threads?

I can't start threads about farting during sex???

[PROMETHEUS UNBOUND]

24. You can start threads about farting during sex if you want to see >

LOCKING after only a few post.

Try it sometime.

[SeattleGirl]

26. Welcome Prometheus!

:hi:

[PROMETHEUS UNBOUND]

28. Thank you SeattleGirl

:hi:

[nashbridges]

32. You cannot start SEX threads.

Why is that? Are they worried about people getting offended?

[In_The_Wind]

36. I think ...

it may be because we get carried away by the moment ...








although PROMETHEUS UNBOUND may have different ideas about it ...
I can't speak for another DUer

just sayin' my 2 cents worth ...

[mwooldri]

67. Oh Man!

Well, there goes all the conversation pieces about the Vicar of Dibley then. As Jim would say the best way to stay young is "sex, and lots of it."

[obxhead]

11. Be careful where you go.

some posts cause temporary blindness and I am severely worried about my CPU.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Welcome to the Lounge, my dear mokawanis!

There's a couple of things you should know: Being silly IS a Lounge requirement.....

AND: The Lounge is the heart of DU...come here for hugs, love, support, white healing light...all of that sort of thing........

I nearly always am here...and I love the Lounge.....

It has become my heart.......


Welcome........:loveya: :hug:

[NMMNG]

14. Welcome to DU, btw!

[mokawanis]

21. Thank you so much

for the warm welcome. I think I'll like the lounge a lot.:toast:

[NMMNG]

23. I certainly hope so

It can be a little wild at times, but it's always fun.

[enigmatic]

20. Welcome to DU

Jump in, go w/ the flow, and tip your server at the end of the evening:)

[SeattleGirl]

25. You can be (almost) as bad as you wanna be!

It's is a great place to escape from the realities of the day (we create our own alternate reality in the Lounge!) Whether you're sad, happy, silly, crazy (oh, sorry Crazy -- you're one of a kind!), lonely, need a hug, have hugs to give, or whatever, you'll find people to talk to here!

And look, in the evenings, we even have a band!!



Welcome, mokawanis! :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

30. Welcome to DU

We are kind of a non-sequitur bunch here!

[LaraMN]

31. Hi! I read GD alot, but don't post there, and I come here to decompress,

because I feel homicidal after reading news and GD stuff. I get too worked up about what's going on in our country- deep concern and needing to stay informed is one thing; giving yourself an aneurysm is quite another. There's alot of great people in the Lounge!

[driver8]

88. That is what I do. I get so angry and frustrated over in GD, I

have to come over to the Lounge for some fun!!

[BigMcLargehuge]

33. welcome to the lounge :)

nice to have you among our ranks

[swimboy]

34. Big howdy to you, mokawanis!

:hi: I like your avatar. (That's a phrase I don't get to use outside this forum.)

[Jara sang]

35. How dare you! These are serious philosophical questions.

Just kidding. I don't know. Yes!

[RedCloud]

37. Actually only you can see the lounge.

The rest of us are all on each other's ignore list.

So let us know what's up until you get to a thousand posts, at which time you will get ingored.

[Heidi]

38. *thump*

I just fainted and fell in love with another truthful and exceptionally clever DUer.

[RedCloud]

41. I hope you didn't hurt yourself.

The word "another" suggests others, but that can be worked out.

Wow!

:hug:

[Heidi]

43. There are others,RedCloud, but I'm discreet.

It's the southern woman's way (twice removed and once immigrated). The lines become, um, blurred across Plains, mountains, oceans and time zones and languages, donchta know. :evilgrin:

(But yeah, I sutained a subdural hematoma when I *thumped* at your clever post, thought I doubt my posts will be any more inferior than normal. :rofl: )

[eyepaddle]

44. Heidi, does this mean I should have you on ignore?

I wanna follow protocol, after all. ;)

[Heidi]

46. Go ahead and ignore me, but I'll still be president of your

International Fan Club, cuz you're loving, compassionate, sympathetic and committed to equanimity. Try that on for size, Mr.-Lemme-Spank-Ya-With-My-Massive-Paddle. :evilgrin:

[eyepaddle]

47. Can I put that on my business card?

;) :evilgrin:

Assuming someday I HAVE a business card! :pals:

oh yeah, :spank:

[billyskank]

53. Man if this was Slashdot I would be saying

Mod parent up! w00t!!! :yourock:

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

39. what is this "Lounge" everybody's talking about?

[Arugula Latte]

40. Prepare for your initiation rite!

Anyone know where the hoods and ice blocks are? *rummages around in overflowing closet*

[Truebrit71sbruv]

49. hmmm... did you leave them over behind the chest...

... with the nipple-clips, thumb-screws and electrodes?

[Arugula Latte]

56. D'oh! I always leave them there and then forget them.

I've gotta get this place organized!

[Truebrit71sbruv]

59. Go to IKEA...

...they have plenty of cheap'n'cheerful storage solutions for all those hard to find knick-knacks...

[Love Bug]

45. The Lounge is proof liberals DO have a sense of humor

[Truebrit71sbruv]

48. Welcome, Bienvenue, Welkommen!!!

Ignore everyone else in here - they are all just on a day release programme.

By the way - it helps to be a tourette's sufferer, have a thick-skin (on the odd occasion), a damned good sense of humour - and an overwhelming desire to unburden yourself of completely pointless, generally bizarre and sometimes possibly criminal personal information.

Welcome to DU - prepare to become addicted!

:toast:

[Metta]

52. You got it. This is a clearing house of our psyches.

What comes to light, doesn't get acted out from the shadows which can have consequences we don't prefer.

[Beer Snob-50]

54. welcome!

and dare i say, youare psychotic so get over it!!!

[mokawanis]

76. You think I'm psychotic?

You must have been talking to my wife. Don't believe a word she says about me.

[graywarrior]

55. Visit on Fri & Sat nights.

It's a trip.

[redqueen]

57. hahahahaha... welcome!

Yes, it's the perfect place to come when the stress level starts to rise.

:hi:

Can't wait to see your first inane question thread!

[Crazy Guggenheim]

58. Here's a required link .........

http://users.wolfcrews.com/toys/vikings/

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

62. what are those--gophers?

[Crazy Guggenheim]

65. Kitties.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

68. no way. is that why it's called "Viking Kittens"?

[Crazy Guggenheim]

71. Yes! Excellent logic!

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

72. well, they do look like gophers. or beavers. can we still say "beaver"?

[bertha katzenengel]

60. one more recommendation -

hopefully this'll show up on the Greatest page. It'll get more folks into the lunge.

more folks into the lounge, too. :eyes:

Hi, mokawanis :hi:

[Truebrit71sbruv]

64. I prefer lunging...

... but am more than happy to make do with lounging...

Now then... a lounge-lunge... THAT would be worth getting out of (or indeed into) bed for...

[AirmensMom]

61. Welcome to DU!

And welcome to the lounge! :hi:

You can come here to cry, too, if they beat you up in the other places. Or if something else bad or good happens. Don't miss the Clintmax morning threads. :donut:

[Truebrit71sbruv]

63. Okay... I'm impressed...

It's the guys first foray into the lounge - and at the first pop he gets a burnin' up thread.

~nods approvingly~

GOOD job guy!

Looks like we have a natural here...

:applause:

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

66. yes, the Force is strong in this one

[Truebrit71sbruv]

69. Let us hope that...

... it is not too late for him to learn the true ways of the DUdi... we cannot afford to lose another padowan to the dark side

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

70. we must hide him from GD

[madinmaryland]

73. Oh, I gotta get my eyes checked,

I thought you said "Frist visit to the lounge and i dare say"

That would be pretty funny if Frist visited the lounge here.

[WilliamPitt]

74. The Lounge is the id of DU

[Debi]

77. Welcome to DU and to the Lounge

:crazy: Of course you're psychotic, you're posting in the Lounge!

[rug]

78. Well? Do you or do you not shave your back?

[usedtobesick]

79. welcome to the zoo.... I mean DU

[yellowdogintexas]

80. have you met Oscar yet? Do you like cats/kittens?

Not that Oscar has anything to do with kittens, far from it as far as I know.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=624815

I keep tissues near by because I laugh so hard I cry sometimes.

Here is a recent tale that convulsed us all:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4132686


(edited twice to add links; I am finished now. Really.)

[Tallison]

85. Be sure to meet Oscar!

As WillPitt alluded, he's the Chechire cat of Skinner's Wonderland.

[hickman1937]

81. Thank you for the slam.

I'd respond further but you did a post and run. Get to know us. We're not as "inane" as you might think.

[mokawanis]

83. A post and run?

Sorry, but I don't get what you mean by "post and run". I have responded to some of the replies people made to this thread.

I meant no offense to anyone when I said "inane". I was speaking off the cuff and all I meant was that I was pleased to discover the lounge which I consider a refreshing break from the seriousness of the other boards. No slam intended.

[Robeson]

84. Hey, don't sweat it. I enjoyed your OP, and am proud of some of our....

...inaneness here in the Lounge. The Lounge wouldn't be fun without it!...:D

[hickman1937]

86. A post and run is when I scroll down a thread and don't see the OP

much. I took offence maybe unjustly. The Lounge has helped me through some dark days in my life. Kindness, information, people doing research to help, people just sitting with you when you're sad. I might be a little defensive about the lounge. I'm sorry for being snarky.

[mokawanis]

87. No problem, and thanks

for responding. I agree that the lounge is a cool place. That's obvious to me after spending only a little time here since my first visit yesterday.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

82. If my husband didn't look at me on a daily basis to ask something insane..

I'd worry. I love every second of it. If you stop, she's going to worry about you. She probably digs it. But she can't let you know it because if she does, it might encourage you to do it more.
Duckie