Here's a suggestion - let's all calm down a bit

[yardwork]

Swamp Rat got caught in the spam filter (he's back) and I got caught up in the hand-wringing (I wrote to Skinner, only to find that Swamp Rat was already back right after I hit the "send" button).

So I can say it about myself - this is getting ridiculous. Let's all calm down.

The mods must be having a heckuva day. They don't get paid by the post (they don't get paid at all). We all feel terrible about the war, the non-response to Katrina, the corporate takeover of America, the whole damn thing.

We're tired and we're grumpy and we don't want to take it anymore. Let's not bite one another.

Come on. Group hug.

[Coexist]

1. .

:grouphug:

[yardwork]

19. and backatcha!

:grouphug:

[CatWoman]

2. I really, really need one

:hug:

[yardwork]

14. Here's one for you, catwoman

:grouphug:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

52. Oh darlin'

You always got a hug cookin' in my kitchen. Just PM me for PRN hugs. ;-)

:hug:

[CatWoman]

awwwwwwwww

:)

:loveya:

[Geek_Girl]

3. hug

:grouphug:

[yardwork]

21. Yeah!

:grouphug:

[BlooInBloo]

4. I'm not a huggy sort of person, but I agree with ya.

[lonestarnot]

20. Ya don't know what you're miss'n.

[yardwork]

26. Here's a cyber-hug for you!

:grouphug:

[CatWoman]

28. oh come here, you big baby!!

:hug:

[Buzz Clik]

5. Bite me.

:)

[yardwork]

30. LOL! I INSIST on the group hug!

:grouphug:

[Buzz Clik]

40. alright, alright....

:grouphug:

[Rex]

6. Well I looked at his profile and saw the TS, so excuse me

if I freak out after one of my favorite posters gets shit-canned. And, not to hijack your thread here - can we PLEASE calm down a bit on the Cindy/I hate Cindy stuff?

Please?

[JuniperLea]

16. I saw it too...

Shocking, to say the least.

Yet the asshole who started the flamebait thread is still here... oh well. At least Swampy is back... does he know he's back? LOL!!

[Rex]

27. i dunno, someone PM him and it will show up in his email.

I'm sure Swampy knows; strong in the force he is! :)

[JuniperLea]

31. I did... hope he hasn't just said...

Fuck DU... he's been true blue to DU for so long, I wouldn't blame him.

Edited to say... even if it was an autoban deal... even if I found out I was back... once you say "Fuck DU" there should never be a going back.

[yardwork]

48. Never mind all that right now. Group hug!

:grouphug:

[JuniperLea]

51. thanks yardwork

:grouphug:

[Bronyraurus]

81. Come on, June

You'd like me if we met in person. Internet discussion forums are no fun if people can't take them with a big grain of salt.

And news isn't fun unless you can bicker about it (without personal insults) on an internet discussion forum.

[JuniperLea]

86. I liked you for a sec when I thought your name was Bron-y-aur stomp

But you really did push a lot of buttons earlier... and I really don't like that... on Internets message boards, or IRL.

[Breeze54]

25. *HUG*

[Rex]

29. Thanks, I really needed one of those today.

:hug:

[yardwork]

36. Yeah, I freaked out too - that's what my post is about

I agree with you. No highjack. Oh, and

:grouphug:

[Rex]

58. Aw, now I'm all warm and fuzzy!

This just doesn't suit me at all. ;)

:hug:

[JuniperLea]

7. It's scary out there!

Please keep the light on!

:grouphug:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

57. Ahem.

Under your bed...you know...when the light goes out at night? And in the closet? ;-)

[JuniperLea]

64. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I do believe in ghosts! I do I do I do I do!

Lions and tigers and bears! Oh my!

I'm never, ever sleeping again! Never! No, not ever... never!!! I can't! I won't... zzzzzzzzzzz... what? what? what?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. There's a spam filter?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. There's a spam filter?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. There's a spam filter?

[Coexist]

22. THANK YOU for that wonderful belly laugh!

hee hee hee.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

39. Would you like to sample my free viagra?

There's a spam filter?

[Coexist]

61. IRS refund notification

I was unaware of any spam filter.

[JuniperLea]

65. Greetings from Nigeria...

[JuniperLea]

23. Too funny!

I post using the autofill on subjects all the time... never happened to me... thankfully... cuz I'd go cry and never come back!

[IChing]

35. smartass

[IChing]

37. smartass

[IChing]

38. smartass

[lildreamer316]

17. LOL n/t

[CatWoman]

24. sure

:)



now how did HE get thru?????

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

9. It's True...

we can eat each other

or we can stand together and fight the real enemies of freedom, the fucking * administration, the right wing, the fundies, the freepers, etc.

:grouphug:

[yardwork]

46. That's it. Thank you.

:grouphug:

[pinto]

12. Thanks.

:hi:

[yardwork]

42. You dee-serve a break today....

:grouphug:

[Breeze54]

13. I love group hugs...

actually I like just about any hug! ;)

[yardwork]

53. Today's the day for an enormous DU group hug!

:grouphug:

[lonestarnot]

15. Well... kay kay

:grouphug: but I'm always grouchy and not calm. :evilgrin:

[IChing]

33. Me too. I'm having to take a pain killer right now.

it made my blood boil.

[lonestarnot]

71. Painkillers good for boiling blood?

[IChing]

75. No walking the dog calmed the blood

I was slowly getting a lot more pain that had been growing all day :pals:

[lonestarnot]

77. Oh man.

Hot bathtub?

[AlCzervik]

18. ok, seriously this has been one of the worst days ever here, i know tomorrow will be better.

:grouphug:

[Breeze54]

45. Just another day in paradise... ummm

Ok... maybe not but you know!! ;)

[EFerrari]

90. It's almost over.

:hug:

[AlCzervik]

94. you're right and there is a good movie on tonight so i'm all set.

:toast: :loveya:

[blondeatlast]

32. I'm in (and yes, this IS really me)!

:grouphug:

Breathing, breathing, breathing...

[yardwork]

56. Group hug for you!

:grouphug:

[The empressof all]

34. I'm very grouchy today

But I'll never turn down a hug!

Well...maybe from Charles Manson....or Karl Rove.....or.....

:hug: :hug: :grouphug: :hug: :hug:

[yardwork]

41. You have a total right to be grouchy, empressof all

Mega-hug coming you way!

:grouphug:

[Geek_Girl]

82. You've had a hard day Empress

:grouphug:

[Nikki Stone1]

43. What the HELL happened this evening?

I feel like I got back after a wildfire burned 200 acres.

[Madspirit]

44. I was devastated about SwampRat

*sniff*...I was so happy when I went to his profile and there was no tombstone...
Lee

[yardwork]

70. Yeah, me too. Then I remembered that I had just sent a long note to Skinner.

Oh well. At least I was polite. Group hug!

:grouphug:

[stillcool]

47. sometimes it seems like there's a...

serious tilt on DU...over the edge. I don't know if it's subject matter, cyclical, or what, but with all that hyperbole flying around..,add the tomb-stoning of a good-guy..and it's like lighting a match :nuke:

[LeftyMom]

49. People are just pissed off that we have more trolls than Mordor lately.

It's hard to have a community when you have to shout to be heard over all the assholes trying to pick fights. :shrug:

[Madspirit]

59. I see so many

It is amazing the amount of trolls we've had lately...just amazing. I've never seen so many in the few years I've been here.
Lee

[Madspirit]

50. I don't "do" hugs unless I know someone REALLY well

...but I will shake your hand.

...and I agree!
Lee

[yardwork]

62. Ok, how about clacking together some root beer mugs?

:toast:

[Madspirit]

72. IBC?

I LOVE IBC root beer. Just mentioning root beer makes me want to go ahead and hug you.

:hug:

...and I REALLY love root beer floats.
Lee

[yardwork]

74. DEFINITELY IBC!

[Uncle Joe]

54. You make a good point yardwork

:grouphug:

[poverlay]

55. Aaaahh, Someone just pinched me in a very personal place during the group hug. Who

was it? Fess up!

I agree about the grumpy though. I've been more irritated with DU than ever the last few days.

Thanks for the calming and soothing.

[Madspirit]

67. See

That's the danger in group hugs...pinching in personal places. I knew it would happen.
Lee

[EstimatedProphet]

60. I'm with ya

I was a mod during the great fat thread explosion in the Lounge. It's a tough job. They do a damn good job of it too.

[yardwork]

73. Oh lordy I remember when that happened. I wasn't a mod then.

Ya'll did a great job.

I LOVE your avatar. Always have. Always meant to tell you.

Group hug!

:grouphug:

[JuniperLea]

88. The Lounge???? Really???

I thought everyone was yippity skippity, rainbows, flowers, and good times in there! When people tell me to chill (which always pisses me off, btw) I'm usually told to go there and calm down... ugh.

[roguevalley]

63. HUGS! By the way, like your name, yardwork.

[yardwork]

69. Thanks! It's a play on "grass roots."

Oh, and :grouphug:

[yardwork]

66. I can't keep up - group hugs all around!

Thank you everyone for responding to this thread. I thought it would sink like a stone.

It's bad days like these when I remember why I LOVE DU. Really.

:grouphug:

[B Calm]

68. Thanks to our do nothing congress, we're all suffering with road rage!

[lonestarnot]

76. EWWWWW speaking of road rage, I almost went to far into the intersection on the way home,

so the person coming from the tbone angle stopped, I guess wondering whether I was going to totally blow the stop sign or what, I flashed him a peace sign and he flipped me the fucking bird. LOL. That was it. Fight on.

[Zodiak]

78. *walks in, bloody and bearing a knife*

*sets a few scalps on the table and starts to tie a tourneqette around a gaping wound*

Damn, this has been the worst day ever on DU. I just cannot believe the amount of people, new and old, that I have seen a pod-person emerge from.

Group hug?

*looks around suspiciously*

:grouphug:

Ok, but I'm not done fightin'...I promise to wait after supper, though. I still got a couple of parcels of rage to vent.

[welshTerrier2]

85. Sue: Mick, give him your wallet.

Mick: What for?
Sue: He's got a knife.
Mick (brandishing his own weapon): That's not a knife. This is a knife.

[dweller]

79. it's all good, i hope he took the spare time to

compose a new graphic of Grovelbot and an admin or mods in comprimising positions.

or something.

okay, now who wants to :grouphug: me now?

i could use one.
dp

[Zodiak]

80. sorry bout the blood stains

:grouphug:

[dweller]

83. it's okay, they curdled

and back atcha Zodiak Ironfist.
:grouphug:

peace to us all
dp

[snappyturtle]

84. OK I missed the big bruhaha but I hope I haven't missed out

on the hugs! We do have to stick together if we're going to beat the evil empire in 2008!

:grouphug:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

87. A group hug thread, sniff.

:cry: :hug:

SR TS'd. Who'd a thunk it, even for a second?

It's been a rough couple of days, weeks, months, years. MKJ

[EFerrari]

89. That happened to me once. It was so creepy.

And I felt guilty anyway. lol

SWAMPY, ARE YOU BACK?

Good call, yardwork. :)

:hug:
:grouphug:

[Forkboy]

91. It's not what happened to Swamp Rat..it's what caused it.

And that cause is still here.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

92. I missed when Swamp Rat was MIA

I should have warned him about the spam filter, but I thought he knew and he had his timing planned out to avoid it. At least that was how it appeared when he was posting. As the saying goes, hindsight is always 20/20.

Yep, it's time for a glass of whatever refreshing beverage you prefer to consume when you relax. And for pete's sake someone give the mods a double, a back rub probably is in order for 'em right about now too.

[mmonk]

93. I'm always calm when I go berserk.

Everybody needs to learn how to stay calm even if your insides are jumping around.;-)
Anyway, I've been in and out today, so I don't even know exactly what happened.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

95. K & R, for our overworked, under (non) paid mods.

:toast: :kick: MKJ

[mcscajun]

96. I'll drink to that! IBC Root Beer, of course!

:toast:
It's a weeknight, not the weekend, when Different Beverages Apply. :)


:grouphug:

[juajen]

97. OK, I love group hugs.

DU is still the most wonderful place. We have these little hiccups occasionally, but we stay strong.

[Breeze54]

98. Just have to share more hugs..............

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