[zigzag]

Originally posted by Captain Obvious:
Someone with a flair for drama who thinks their departure will matter. Let's see who's done this kind of crap. Off the top of my head: iWrite, Cash, Lerk, that fat chick who delivered pizza, and MikeM. Out of all of them the only one who wasn't being a little drama queen was Mike who had some serious issues. And the rest, how many of them actually left?

FWIW, iWrite is still here, by the name of Cody Dawg.

[brapper]

Originally posted by nredman:
i must not be in the macnn inner circle cause i have no idea who you are talking about

ditto.

[brapper]

Originally posted by ghporter:
There are a lot of reasons someone might not be able to continue being part of this community (yes, it is one). I can think of a few that have nothing to do with prison. Military service. Seminary. Attending a college that requires students to live on campus and does not provide Internet connections.

From Athens' tone, I don't think that either college or seminary attendance are the answer. And since Athens didn't say what his reasons were, it's probable that he wants to keep them private.

Athens, I hope that whatever your reasons for leaving, you are successful and stay safe.

obviously you've been around longer than I, but truth be told I've never seen you!
Where do you reside in said community?

[tavilach]

Originally posted by E's Lil Theorem:
Could the person leaving be Zimphire?

Perhaps I haven't been here long enough, but I don't remember the "fat chick who delivered pizza." As for the others you mentioned, all of them, in some form or another, came back at some point, even MikeM.

That was my guess.

[Kilbey]

Originally posted by tavilach:
That was my guess.

It was wrong.

[JohnSmithXTREME]

Oooh the suspense, I can't wait to find out who is going to be the next MacNNer to commit suicide. Suicide, as far as I can tell, is quite common amongst people on internet forums.

[nredman]

Originally posted by Captain Obvious:

Someone with a flair for drama who thinks their departure will matter. Let's see who's done this kind of crap. Off the top of my head: iWrite, Cash, Lerk, that fat chick who delivered pizza, and MikeM.

fat chick who delivered pizza *LOL* wtf??? i missed that one

[Randman]

GoRickey?
Sperhic Harlot?
Captain John Smith Extreme Egoist?
Zimphire?
Makki?

[demograph68]

[dcmacdaddy]

Fat chick = PorscheBunny

And she had a different name before or after that. She was one of the first to retire a nick when hitting a thousand posts. Although that was back in my lurking days, sometime in 2000 or early 2001.

[AppleOptionFour]

I had to leave one time to go to Fort Worth.

Being adventurous, I got on my parents computer and pointed the browser to Macnn Forums.

Apparently they have macnn forums there too. I was shocked. So in essence it was like the forums came to me...in a different place.

It was like I'd never left at all.

[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

Ya who is this fat chick?

[demograph68]

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
Ya who is this fat chick?

Your mommy!

[E's Lil Theorem]

My next guess is Simey. Am I right or what?

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
Ya who is this fat chick?

Originally posted by dcmacdaddy:
Fat chick = PorscheBunny

And she had a different name before or after that. She was one of the first to retire a nick when hitting a thousand posts. Although that was back in my lurking days, sometime in 2000 or early 2001.

[Randman]

I remember Mitchell's farewell address.

[PurpleGiant]

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
Ya who is this fat chick?

I could be mistaken, but I think he's talkin' bout TiggerRabbit (later reincarnated as PorcheBunny)

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by E's Lil Theorem:
Could the person leaving be Zimphire?

No such luck.

I've just been busy with work lately.

[lavar78]

Originally posted by JohnSmithXTREME:
Oooh the suspense, I can't wait to find out who is going to be the next MacNNer to commit suicide.

Not funny.

[Randman]

Originally posted by lavar78:
Not funny.

Not funny goes hand-in-hand with johhny smythe. Haven't laughed once at any of his posts.

[Cody Dawg]

No, it's not Simey.

Though Simey is probably one of those who was notified by this person that he's leaving.

[theolein]

It's probably one of the conservative members, since he seems to have PM'ed the other conservative members here, someone like crashharddrive.

But does it really matter anyway? There are thousands of members and they come and go all the time. A lot of the older members have left in any case because the place got on their nerves.

[effgee]

Originally posted by theolein:
It's probably one of the ...

Hard to believe that some folks might actually need a clue of that caliber ...

(Host:) "The final question tonight - for $64,000: Al Gore is to Bill Clinton as Dick Cheney is to ...??"
(Candidate:) "That would be ... uhm, er ... I have no idea. Sorry"

[SimpleLife]

That's a nice way to test one's popularity...

[Randman]

I could see a long-time poster saying they were moving on or circumstances meant they wouldn't be around much or whatever. But someone with only a thousand posts or so creating a thread just to say they aren't going to post anymore?

Hello, waiter, Reality check please.

[effgee]

Originally posted by Randman:
... Hello, waiter, Reality check please.

(Waiter:) "Oh, that's perfectly alright Sir. We no longer charge our patrons for threads like this one."

[xi_hyperon]

I like funny threads like this one. Kind of an intarweb junior high school thing. This viral marketing method of leaving is a bit long-in-the-tooth though. Surely someone can come up a more cutting-edge way of "retiring".

[ManOfSteal]

Originally posted by xi_hyperon:
Surely someone can come up a more cutting-edge way of "retiring".

gorickey set the bar on that front.

[xi_hyperon]

Originally posted by ManOfSteal:
gorickey set the bar on that front.

Yes he did, but a retirement similar from anyone else is simply a pale imitiation.

[Rev-O]

I regret to inform you...
That I will not be leaving the MacNN community with this not being my last post. I have fun here, and I would love to stick around and debate more and due to personal reasons and circumstances I will be able to. Hope every one takes care, friends and foe�s. I might grandly announce my retirement in the future. I just don�t know yet. Hello every one.

[macaddict0001]

so true

[Oisín]

Originally posted by effgee:
(Host:) "The final question tonight - for $64,000: Al Gore is to Bill Clinton as Dick Cheney is to ...??"
(Candidate:) "That would be ... uhm, er ... I have no idea. Sorry"

Erm, yeah, that would be me... I honestly don't have a clue who is to Dick Cheney what Al Gore is to Bill Clinton...

[Xeo]

Originally posted by Ois�n:
Erm, yeah, that would be me... I honestly don't have a clue who is to Dick Cheney what Al Gore is to Bill Clinton...

Hint: Half of Americans love him and half of Americans hate him.

[Randman]

Originally posted by Xeo:
Hint: Half of Americans love him and half of Americans hate him.

Donald Trump?!

[effgee]

Originally posted by Xeo:
Hint: Half of Americans love him and half of Americans hate him.

Wait, I know this ...

• Ca$h!!1!

Seriously though ... Vice President (Al Gore) is to President (Bill Clinton) as Vice President (Dick) is to President (GW).

I know these types of tests are quite uncommon in Europe - at least in those countries I went to school in. So I assume that'd be same in Denmark. I had never heard of these weirdo questions before I got to the US, either.

[E's Lil Theorem]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
No such luck.

I've just been busy with work lately.

Precisely why I thought you were retiring, but I was wrong.

Originally posted by theolein:
It's probably one of the conservative members, since he seems to have PM'ed the other conservative members here, someone like crashharddrive.

But does it really matter anyway? There are thousands of members and they come and go all the time. A lot of the older members have left in any case because the place got on their nerves.

I think most of us guessed correctly that it's a conservative member for that very reason.

Speaking of old members leaving, I thought you were one of those who had quit the lounge. Looks like I was wrong here too.

Oh, and I'm done guessing for now

[m a d r a]

I regret to inform you...

that i have absolutely no idea who you are

[sugar_coated]

The more you regret the more you live in the past.

[sugar_coated]

[sugar_coated]

error post.

[ManOfSteal]

Originally posted by sugar_coated:
error post.

Error 'NN user more like it.

[rozwado1]

Originally posted by sugar_coated:
error post.

aren't all of them?

[E's Lil Theorem]

Originally posted by ManOfSteal:
Error 'NN user more like it.

Originally posted by rozwado1:
aren't all of them?

All of my definitely are.

[Cody Dawg]

Error 'NN user more like it.

[sugar_coated]

Originally posted by Cody Dawg:

Laughter is an orgasm triggered by the intercourse of sense and nonsense. - anon.

[E's Lil Theorem]

Originally posted by sugar_coated:
Laughter is an orgasm triggered by the intercourse of sense and nonsense. - anon.

I'll see your anonymous and raise you an e.e. cummings:

A good laugh is sunshine in a house.
--Anonymous

the most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
--e.e. cummings

[MacGorilla]

This thread as now jumped the shark.

[sugar_coated]

There is this atheist swimming in the ocean. All of the sudden he sees this shark in the water, so he starts swimming towards his boat.

As he looks back he sees the shark turn and head towards him. His boat is a ways off and he starts swimming like crazy. He's scared to death, and as he turns to see the jaws of the great white beast open revealing its teeth in a horrific splendor, the atheist screams, "Oh God! Save me!"

In an instant time is frozen and a bright light shines down from above. The man is motionless in the water when he hears the voice of God say, "You are an atheist. Why do you call upon me when you do not believe in me?"

Aghast with confusion and knowing he can't lie the man replies, "Well, that's true I don't believe in you, but how about the shark? Can you make the shark believe in you?"

The Lord replies, "As you wish," and the light retracted back into the heavens and the man could feel the water begin to move once again.

As the atheist looks back he can see the jaws of the shark start to close down on him, when all of sudden the shark stops and pulls back.

Shocked, the man looks at the shark as the huge beast closes its eyes and bows its head and says, "Thank you Lord for this food for which I am about to receive..."

- a random shark joke found using google.

[the_glassman]

Originally posted by JohnSmithXTREME:
Oooh the suspense, I can't wait to find out who is going to be the next MacNNer to commit suicide. Suicide, as far as I can tell, is quite common amongst people on internet forums.

I'm this..... Close, really I am!

[mrtew]

Originally posted by effgee:
The question that remains then is whether or not you let all the "important" people know that you were leaving - via PM including a post scriptum along the lines of:

• "Sshhhh, don't tell anyone I'm leaving - it's a secret. But feel free to mention that someone important is leaving."

?

I can guarantee you that there are NO important members of any forum on MacNN or any other forum for that matter. That's the whole magic of the internet.

[waxcrash]

Originally posted by Captain Obvious:
Someone with a flair for drama who thinks their departure will matter. Let's see who's done this kind of crap. Off the top of my head: iWrite, Cash, Lerk, that fat chick who delivered pizza, and MikeM. Out of all of them the only one who wasn't being a little drama queen was Mike who had some serious issues. And the rest, how many of them actually left?

You forgot Kilbey. He announced his departure some time ago to spend more time with his wife/baby, and then came back because of Ca$h or some reason.

I'll will never understand why some start a thread that they are leaving.