Originally Posted By DlandDug 5 friendofdd Mon 4/5/2004 9:24a Wow! ILD created this thread. Have we discovered the alter-ego of RealmOfDarkness?
Originally Posted By DlandDug 6 DlandDug Mon 4/5/2004 10:25a I have actually requested that either the original topic be revived, or that this one be labeled "Temporary," so as to avoid confusion when everything returns to normal. But in the meantime, thanks to iluvdisneyland for acknowledging that even Turkey Leg lovers need a place to call home. Or maybe he was just in a granulated sugar induced episode and felt a need to type, type, type!
Originally Posted By DlandDug 7 Blacksheep Uncle Mon 4/5/2004 11:32a just have to say... the Pooh Corner store chocolate chip cookies TOCK!!!!!
Originally Posted By DlandDug 8 Disfan1022 Mon 4/5/2004 2:13p The orange creamsicle fudge is awesome too!
Originally Posted By DlandDug 9 Inspector 57 Mon 4/5/2004 2:17p <<I have actually requested that either the original topic be revived, or that this one be labeled "Temporary," so as to avoid confusion when everything returns to normal.>> Would everyone please step back a little and give us a little space? It's time for an intervention, and this isn't going to be pretty. Dug? Dug, we're not going to "return to normal". Those posts are gone. (An editorial aside-- I had requested the TOPIC, not the POSTS. An important distinction here...)
Originally Posted By DlandDug 10 quincytoo Mon 4/5/2004 2:38p <----- is shaking from I57 words... DEAR GOD MAN ......That was rather harsh don't you think?????? IS all hope gone????
Originally Posted By DlandDug 12 Pixie Glitter Mon 4/5/2004 4:34p <<<DEAR GOD MAN ......That was rather harsh don't you think??????>>> No harsher than 2oony telling me that Kyan (from Queer Eye) will never be mine. Now *that* hurt. And Doug, having just gone through an intervention, I'm here for you, buddy. Maybe we should set up a little private meet in July. You can fantasize about the Free Snacking thread coming back; I can fantasize about Kyan, and we can pat each other's hand and make soothing noises. (Keep holding fast to you dreams, PixieGlitter. Look--here's the original DRFSP thread, a little lighter, but still functional. Maybe Kyan will meet you and realize his destiny lies in something more meaningful than helping straight guys figure out which is the salad fork!)
Originally Posted By DlandDug 13 quincytoo Mon 4/5/2004 4:51p >No harsher than 2oony telling me that Kyan (from Queer Eye) will never be mine. Now *that* hurt.< I do stand correct..
Originally Posted By DlandDug 14 DlandDug Tue 4/6/2004 11:00a Actually, it looks to me like "lost" topics keep popping back up all over the place. Surely you have noted the mysterious return of the 2004 Snackie Awards Planning Thread? It wasn't here when we first returned... (And now, to explain. I keep my settings such that anything over 30 days old drops off. So, of course, EVERYTHING dropped off. In the bewildering aftermath, I forgot to check on ALL posts. But once I did...here was the DRFSP...)
Originally Posted By DlandDug 15 Inspector 57 Tue 4/6/2004 11:31a <<Actually, it looks to me like "lost" topics keep popping back up all over the place.>> <---reaches over and puts a hand on DlandDug's shoulder. In gentle tones, says: Dug, listen to me carefully, okay? You're right that some restoration was done after the boards came back up. We have more on LP now than we first did after the crash. But Dug... the restoration is complete. No more of our old favorite posts will be reappearing. Everything that was posted between the January 24 and April 4 is lost: every post that was made during that time, on every thread. *DlandDug opens his mouth to protest* I'm sorry, Dug. I wish it weren't true, but it is. Dug, do you understand? That means that if a thread was born after January 24, it doesn't exist any more. "Snackie Awards Planning" is still here because it was started before then. *Dug stammers, then yells at I-57, "No! You're LYING!"* I'm sorry. Dug, I'm not telling you what I think. I'm telling you what Dave and Doobie have told us. *I-57 stands awkwardly to the side, feeling powerless as DlandDug sobs uncontrollably* (It's still powerful stuff, Inspector. Completely wrong, but powerful. Kinda like Fox News.)
Originally Posted By DlandDug 16 mmaus1962 Tue 4/6/2004 11:34a Bravely done, I-57. Interventions are never easy. Dug, you *can* get through this.
Originally Posted By DlandDug 17 DlandDug Tue 4/6/2004 12:02p <-- needs no one to speak on his behalf. I clearly understand that two months worth of posts are gone forever (just like confidence that DCA will eventually find its public). But there are many, many topics that existed well before that time that have not come back. As "new" old topics keep appearing every day, is it not safe to ASSUME that eventaully all (or most) will? My question to you, Mr. Inspector, is this: are you certain that the "restoration is complete?" (I know the whole site restoration is far from complete. For example, we still can't link to Dave by clicking on "Report This Topic to a Moderator." Goodness knows, I've tried...)
Originally Posted By DlandDug 18 Inspector 57 Tue 4/6/2004 12:05p <<My question to you, Mr. Inspector, is this: are you certain that the "restoration is complete?">> Let me see if I can find Doobie's post to that effect.
Originally Posted By DlandDug 19 DlandDug Tue 4/6/2004 12:11p >>That means that if a thread was born after January 24, it doesn't exist any more. "Snackie Awards Planning" is still here because it was started before then.<< My point exactly. The DRFSP was started before Snackie Awards planning. In fact, it was started before November of last year. (I posted a Thanksgiving greeting on behalf of Turkey Legs there.) Right now, there are TWELVE topics in the PlayPen that were started before January 24. Are you telling me that the over 800 topics that previously existed were all started AFTER January 24? I know we are fast and obsessive here, but there's a limit...
Originally Posted By DlandDug 20 Inspector 57 Tue 4/6/2004 12:20p You're so cute when you get a little animated. (Just think of me as "Stitch.") But seriously... I apologize. I thought "Free Snacking" was created *after* the cut-off date. Still searching for that post of Doobie's: it may still clarify. FWIW, Dug, I certainly didn't mean to insult your intelligence. And... I'll also miss the really inspired posts and very fun banter from that thread. I'm sorry if I seemed belittling.
Originally Posted By DlandDug 21 DlandDug Tue 4/6/2004 12:37p No, no. Not at all. (Dlanddug pats Inspector on shoulder.) Belittling is when you intentionally try to make someone appear foolish or less than themself. (Inspector looks up at DlandDug, eyes welling in gratitude.) I assume you had no intention of doing such a thing, so no offense was taken. (Inspector gasps in relief, stuffs hand in mouth, and rushes out af room in all directions.)
Originally Posted By DlandDug 22 Inspector 57 Tue 4/6/2004 12:47p Thanks, Buddy. [Hmmmm. Just doesn't sound right to me, but oh well.] Anyhow... I'm still looking for a post in which I thought Dave further clarified, but: On Sunday, April 4, Doobie wrote: "The good news is the Discussion Boards are once again up and running. The bad news is any messages posted within the past two months or so have been lost. I know that is VERY bad news and I wish it weren't the case - but it is. So I hope you'll all work extra hard to get things back up to speed on the boards." Yesterday, April 5, he wrote: "Yes, please re-register. If your account doesn't exist now, it won't exist in the future. All restoration of data like that is now complete. All that's left is getting all the pics and videos uploaded (which will take a few days - it's a lot of data)." That's in the "April 3rd-5th LP Outage" thread in "LP General": <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/d" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplace.com/d</a> efault.asp?WCI=MsgBoard&WCE=T-46930-P-1&Refresh=0406123041
Originally Posted By DlandDug 23 DlandDug Tue 4/6/2004 12:52p Perhaps old topics will keep randomly reappearing, like the Lost Bridegroom, frozen in a glacier. Perhaps one day, twenty-five years from now, after the devastation of the Great Snack Wars of 2019 have rendered the internet a vast, smoking, wasteland inhabitated by robotic CyberPosters, sent from the future to seek out and destroy all human posters, the original DRFSP will reappear, and everyone will realize that the whole thing was one, huge, misunderstanding.
Originally Posted By DlandDug 24 DlandDug Tue 4/6/2004 1:00p BLAST FROM THE PAST #1: I found these notes the other day when I was cleaning off the desk. Here it, the campaign song of the winning snack of the 2004 Snackie Awards... Hooray for Turkey Legs (sung to the tune of "Hooray for Hollywood") Hooray for Turkey Legs! The only snack that starts its life in eggs! The snack so good that you can't help but whistle, While chewing gristle, The kind that's close to the bone! It's dense and auburn, And makes your paw burn, Even in the car when you're driving home. Hooray for Turkey Legs! The snack for which a newborn baby begs! Throw caution to the wind, Go out and try one, (They'll never fry one!) They're perfect just as they are. When eating Turkey Legs, Don't think of birds with pegs! Hooray for Turkey Legs!
