Never been to the "DU lounge" before. Wow....

[Rude Horner]

I clicked on the link just for the heck of it. I mean, I'd never been there. I love the "General Discussion" and "General Discussion: Politics" areas and always go in there. So I figure...Hmmm...I wonder what the lounge is all about.

It's another world in there. Lots of discussions about pets and favorite bands.

Now I know why I don't go in the lounge. :) Don't get me wrong, I'm glad it's there and if people enjoy it, I'm all for "live and let live". I'm just sayin'....it's a whooooole 'nother world in there.
:smoke:

[yorgatron]

1. the lounge is for wussies

flame on... :evilgrin:

[swag]

4. No flames needed for anyone handled "yorgatron."

[RandomKoolzip]

68. HA!

[The Magistrate]

13. You Know, Sir

This might wind up being moved to the Lounge....

[KitchenWitch]

16. Do it! Do it!

:rofl:

[enigmatic]

21. My man

There's a reason you've always been my favorite mod:)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

23. Please do it!!

:popcorn: :popcorn:

[fleabert]

38. oh boy, does the lounge loooooooooove The Magistrate!

:hug:

[Rude Horner]

52. Go ahead.

If ANYBODY read my original post, I even said "I'm glad it's there.". But seems like most people just are in the mood to flame something that wasn't meant to be anything cruel at all. I guess I thought most people here could have a light chuckle. Turns out, I was wrong.

[chalky]

81. You're right--we're in the mood to flame. Just sit back and

don't forget your marshmallows. :-)

eta: Oh, and the popcorn. :popcorn:

Mustn't forget the popcorn.

[fleabert]

98. We all read it!

us Lizards are a tight group...you will be one of us soon...

[BikeWriter]

28. Wussies? Who are you to call other DUers wussies?

:(

[fleabert]

50. you and redstone are two that I'd ask to have my back any day!

The lounge is full of hard asses! Is skittles still around?

[BikeWriter]

70. Thank you, Ma'am. You can bet wherever Skittles is...

she's kicking somebody's ass.

[Maddy McCall]

2. Maybe so. But most people who post in the lounge post in here, too.

DU is not segregated.

There is no live and let live--who would be letting whom live? Like I said, most people post in both forums...and in LBN, too. Therefore, it's not like half of DUers post in GD, and half in the Lounge.

[RevCheesehead]

101. Hi, Maddy!

Nice to see you back with us! :hug:

[Maddy McCall]

115. Hi, Rev! Nice to be back.

:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

117. I look forward to the return of your frog.

It's been kinda lonely without him/her around. :)

[Fleshdancer]

3. you're insulting the lounge???

I hope the lounge lizards don't see this!

:popcorn:

[Berserker]

8. Thanks alot

now here come the kitty pics. Arggrgrrrrrrr

[Rude Horner]

55. I don't see where...

calling it "totally different" is an insult. I mean, is that not the truth? IT IS totally different over there. Is different BAD?

[BikeWriter]

87. Your post immediately instigated one calling us wussies.

That's rude.

[GardeningGal]

5. I'm happy we have it.

Sometimes the rest of the forums can get me a little depressed, so I'm glad I can go to the lounge and lighten up a bit.

There's so much serious shit going on that it's fun to have somewhere to "get away from it all" once in awhile. At least for me.

[marbuc]

15. Where everybody knows your name? eom

[GardeningGal]

30. Hah! Took me a minute to get it!

But, yeah - sort of. Except no one there knows my name either.

:)

[stlsaxman]

6. When talking politics and the state of things gets too heavy on my heart

it's good to go to the lounge and talk about ANYTHING else.

Doesn't "BushWorld" drive you fuckin' insane sometimes?

How do you spell relief?- DU LOUNGE!

[The Magistrate]

7. The Lounge Is A Good Deal Of Fun, Mr. Horner

There are some damned sensible folks among its Lizards....

[KitchenWitch]

11. Truer words were never spoken

Magistrate

:yourock:

[Bouncy Ball]

9. Um, you know they can read this, right?

They aren't trapped over there in another dimension.

[mcctatas]

31. Now that was

funny, good on you :rofl:

[sarahlee]

99. asfd

:rofl:

Laughed out loud on that one!

[Rude Horner]

10. Before everybody goes nuts and thinks this is flame bait

My posts was meant to be taken VERY light hearted. Just a fun poke at the lounge area, and my personal observation that it is quite different than the rest of this site. We can be light hearted and joke once in a blue moon too, right?

Some people take light jabs WAYYYYY too seriously. What the hell is it with some of you people that take ANY frickin' light comment as the end of the world, and that it must be attacked? Jesus Fuckin' Christ.

[Bouncy Ball]

14. I'm just wondering what the point of this "light jab" is.

I mean, if you love GD as you say you do, why post light jabs at the lounge in it?

[Rude Horner]

26. Ok, forget it. I thought it was just a fun comment.

I'll make you happy. Death. Sorrow. Poor people. etc....

Happy now?

LIGHTEN UP, people. YES, I know the lounge can read this. Big deal. It was a simple, FUN, comment, stating that it's different.

Had I known that people would fuckin' fly off the handle, I wouldn't have said it.

[Bouncy Ball]

47. That's not my point.

I'm saying that generally in GD we stick to political topics, not threads about the lounge, that's all. Don't read more into it than is already there.

To be honest, I'm surprised this thread hasn't been moved to the lounge. I expect it might be shortly.

[Rude Horner]

The key word being "generally"

However I have seen plenty of posts in GD that weren't political. Plenty of posts that were just light hearted, or comical, or whatever. I thought I was doing the same. Myself, this is probably the first post I've ever done that WASN'T political.

[Bouncy Ball]

85. Well, congratulations on that.

If you want to debate the finer points of this, you'll have to find a moderator for that.

You made my point, actually. We aren't always serious in GD. But threads simply about other forums are usually moved.

That's all. Again, don't read into this more than there is in my words. It's not a federal issue or anything.

[swag]

19. I caught the inherent irony in such a post from

a user with a sports team avatar.

Keep 'em comin'.

[Der Blaue Engel]

24. Yes, and we do that...in the LOUNGE

:P

(Wow...you flipped out a bit at the end there...need a hug?)

[fleabert]

27. I thin k the lounge is the more appropriate place for your post then. nt

[RagingInMiami]

60. Were you talking shit about me?

[Tsiyu]

120. No! I was!

Just kidding. Haven't ventured into the Lounge tonight ( been too busy catching up on Shrubby Cockroach's speech.)

I LURVE the Lounge :loveya:

Good to see you, Raging in Miami :hi:

:popcorn:

[RagingInMiami]

123. Good to see you too

I was just messing with rude boy. It's all in good humor.

[Tsiyu]

134. I knew that silly Lizard!

Everyone else is giving him grief so I thought I'd just eat my popcorn and enjoy the roast.

(He is taking it very well, I'd say. BTW, when do we make him roll an olive with his nose through mustard and baked beans on the Slip N Slide? I can't wait for that part!)

[spacelady]

61. All I see are light-hearted responses..roll with it! Smile n/t

[LincolnMcGrath]

12. Hey, where else can you go to find out your fav bands suck ass!

:shrug:

[Catch22Dem]

36. I've commented on that before

Seems no matter what you like, SOMEONE will be there to tell you how bad it sucks and how they can't understand why someone would like it. It could be a TV show, a band, whatever, but by god, they're WAAAAY above it.

[LincolnMcGrath]

54. I hear ya!

30 million albums sold or 3000 sold. YOUR musical tastes suck mister!

Crap, did I say albums? Man I am old! lol

[spacelady]

69. Alblums? Are those older than albums? Spelling Police.

[LincolnMcGrath]

74. Tori or Aaron

:shrug:

[spacelady]

82. That went whoosh over my head for way too long. You devil you. n/t

[LincolnMcGrath]

86. he he

[meisje]

17. I hope you like cats and the name Kleeb!!

[KitchenWitch]

22. psst - the Lounge has been mostly Kleebless lately

[redwitch]

40. I have been wondering about that

where is JohnKleeb? Is he alright? Too busy with school? Doesn't love us anymore? :shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

46. Very busy with school is the short answer

I see him occasionally in a chatroom...he is well and busy.

[redwitch]

59. That's good. Thanks.

Glad he's OK.

[BikeWriter]

18. So, uh, if you believe in live and let live, why start this thread?

:shrug:

[fleabert]

20. Lounge Lizards hit GD too...

prepare to get burnt to a crisp!

I think most of us feel the Lounge is a great place to unwind, perhaps you could come back with that expectation. You know, it's kinda like...a Lounge.

[Catch22Dem]

25. Call me crazy, but doesn't this post belong in the lounge?

:evilgrin:

[dweller]

32. naw, hell ... let's drag it down to the gungeon

make him shoot his way out.

:evilgrin:
dp

[Bouncy Ball]

48. Technically, yes it does.

[WCGreen]

29. Mister Horner.......

We of the Lounge are proud of our inane conversations, and endless patting of each other on the back when we discover such wonders as Spell Check, My Posts and the In Box......

We also revel in the trivial as we feel we are keeping the flame of civilization alive while you, and your ilk, denigrate the overall tenor of civility by claiming that every rumor about Bush is <<<<<<HUGE>>>>>> That every time Rove Farts, western civilization as we know it is teetering on the brink of disallusion....

We, Mister Horner, and I claim to be speaking for at least one other person, demand an instant appology....

Cause Survivor is the most underrated band while we all know who has a crush on you know who and the Fantastic Four was a simply horrible movie.....

And, for your information, obscurity rocks in the lounge as everyone has a band that only one other person out of the 76,000 or so members of DU has ever heard of......

And that person will be in the Lounge, Mister Horner......

[fleabert]

35. and don't forget all the doggies and kitties!

[Rude Horner]

43. I never forget doggies and kitties

I've got two dogs, six rabbits, one guinea pig, and a horse. How's THAT for an animal lover?! :)

[WCGreen]

51. How insane are you ... Get some fucking cats.........

welcome to the shooooowwwww......

[Rude Horner]

57. i had two cats that both died this year. :(

One was only nine. The other, 17. Haven't been able to bring myself to "replace" them yet. They were too special.

[WCGreen]

63. Okay, now you've done it....

Tear, cry, I hate you to see me like this....

I lost a cat four years ago and had to replace him with four.....

[BikeWriter]

76. Hang in there, WC.

[fleabert]

94. that seals it. you only posted this thread so we would first get mad

and then invite you to the lounge. anyone who loves pets that much would be right at home there.

[LincolnMcGrath]

64. Funniest post of the day!

:rofl: Get some fucking cats! :rofl:

[swag]

53. Get into the lounge and clean house now, Horner!

It's a filth-pit of corruption, that DU lounge, and only an upstanding and righteous man like you, Horner, can take this bull by the horns and make it clean as a hound't tooth, Horner, clean as a hound's tooth!

And Block That Metaphor!

[fleabert]

56. excellent, now get over to the lounge and post some pictures of

your zoo! You will get plenty of love and hugs over there... you'll fall in love with the lounge, it's like a drug. You just THINK you don't like it there...

:-) you know you want to do it.... just click on the link... all the cool kids are doing it...

[RagingInMiami]

80. Yes, but do you own any lounge lizards

[WCGreen]

112. Only the ones from Austin......

[entanglement]

133. Sometimes it feels like the lounge has more cats & dogs than people

Not that its a bad thing, though ;)

[spacelady]

33. Wow, you rated a response from The Magistrate. Now, post a

picture of yourself!

[sundog]

34. pile on!!!!!11!!!!

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[jane_pippin]

37. self delete-nevermind

:)

[fleabert]

41. I caught that, it was a good line...why'd ya change it?

[jane_pippin]

65. I don't want to hurt the things I love...

My DU curse/unwanted skill is to somehow magically kill threads. ;)

edit: typo

[fleabert]

88. we have the same skill.. I am often the last post in a thread! nt

[spacelady]

93. No, I am. n/t

[crispini]

39. ROFL!

Ah, DU.

[LoZoccolo]

42. You should have been there when we could have sex threads. n/t

[Lone_Star_Dem]

44. Lounge bigot. :P

The lounge is a meeting place where we can converse with other people and just relax. Oh, it's a great place to show off your new kitty pic, too. :)

I expect this to get moved to the lounge. Do you have kevlar undies on? :evilgrin:

[KitchenWitch]

Actually a lot of important stuff is discussed in the Lounge

I asked a question about Quakers tonight, that I got very reasoned and intellectual responses on....

Things happen there on a more lighthearted level, which I believe is a GOOD thing...

When I want to completely wrap myself in tinfoil, I come to GD and GD-P...and LBN to a certain extent.

I can be myself in the Lounge, because my sense of humor is better tolerated there.

[mcctatas]

45. I'm really not trying to be a smartass, but how many times have you ever

gone to the lounge and there was a post something along the lines of "I've just been to GD, I need a hug". Just sayin'. I love all of DU's boards, and since I'm not a "regular" anywhere I just thought I'd make that little observation:hide:

[fleabert]

58. true, but we don't put down GD, some of us are just a little fragile

sometimes. I am one of the ones who has posted that before, because I needed a hug! But that doesn't mean I don't hit GD again and again, and love it for what it is!

[Crazy Guggenheim]

66. Oh here's hug ........

:hug:

[fleabert]

83. thank you... I LOVE HUGS!

can't get enough of them!

:hug:

group hugs are even better!
:grouphug:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

49. C.G. is here!! You got something against cows??

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[chknltl]

92. cows are boss...

ducks on the other hand....well, don't get me started

[Mr_Spock]

62. I hung out there for a while when I couldn't take the politics for a time

It's like a "cool out" zone there. Some people get addicted unfortunately!!

[Rude Horner]

72. I'll have to dedicate a day to the lounge

as penance for my sins. To any DU Lounger's whom I've offended, forgive me, for I have sinned. :)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

77. Forgiveness? LOL. We will!!

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

90. No one warned you that Lounge Lizards travel in packs I take it.

You did good, real good. A lesser person would have ran away and closed down DU for the night.

I think with a few pet pics you'd fit right in. ;)

[fleabert]

95. when should we pencil you in?

we all want to be there!

:popcorn: :beer:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

97. I have taken down his name. He will have a warm welcome!

[Whoa_Nelly]

67. I LOVE the Lounge!

When things are really getting to me...mostly my hatred of Bush et al., and the total fucked-up place our nation is in, the Lounge provides relief, and is a place where any one of us can go to talk about our everyday lives. The support, the listeners there...awesome does not begin to describe that place.
Love you Lounge Lizards! :hi: :hug: :pals:

[Telly Savalas]

71. And strangely enough...

in the Lounge you don't see anybody arguing in favor of a flat tax, demonize undocumented workers, make ridiculous fucking predictions about how Bush was going to announce his resignation tonight or how he was going to use the speech as an opportunity to declare war on Iran. Speaking of Iran, the Lounge wasn't cluttered with a bunch of prophecies of how we were going to invade in June or July. You don't see hysterical rants against a Democrat based on a single roll call vote either. And you certainly don't see every dumbass tin foil hat theory under the sun there either.

It is a whoooooole 'nother world in there.

[RandomKoolzip]

73. Some of us like both GD AND the Lounge.

Y'know, "open-mindedness" and all...it's kinda sorta the basis of liberalism....

[RagingInMiami]

75. Little Rude Horner

Stood in the corner
Fending off a group of lounge lizards
Little did he know
That one of his posts
Would end up in a flame blizzard

[fleabert]

96. add a second verse for his apology and subsequent (soon) visit!

:rofl:

[RagingInMiami]

105. Now Little Rude Horner

Wasn’t the type
To backtrack or apologize
He was a hockey fan, you know the type
He would rather stay and fight

But when the flames got hot
He gave it his best shot
And smiled and said he was joking

But the damage was done
And it wasn’t fun
He could only turn and run
And for miles around
You could hear the lounge
Bragging about how they won

[JVS]

78. People like to put us down, just because we get around.

The lounge rules. Yinz hate us for our freedom

[Telly Savalas]

89. THIS IS HUGH!!!!111 KICK!

[TOhioLiberal]

79. Well...

I've seen political talk in the lounge too, just sayin' :hi: :hug: Aw hell, it's all good. :thumbsup:

[Brother Buzz]

84. Agent Mike requested I place a tracking device on this thread

done.

[Elidor]

91. Philistine!

[babylonsister]

100. Look at these characters! Someone should write

a book! And I'll bet someone a few dineros that it's happening as I type.

[BikeWriter]

113. "a few dineros" I like that line... Do you mind if I use it in a book?

:huh:

[babylonsister]

Yes, I do. If you should use it, please inform me

so I can collect royalities. :evilgrin:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

102. Hey RH! Come on over!! You've been rude and need a ......

Courtesy of auntAgonist

[texanwitch]

103. Another proud Lounge Lizard

I enjoy going to the Lounge, lots of nice people, lots of nighthawks.

I enjoy the pet pictures.

Come and join us we don't bite, :hi:

I like general discussion but the lounge is a great place to relax.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

104. Hey TW here's a handshake for you!

[texanwitch]

106. Hi Crazy Guggenheim

:pals:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

107. Did you take a look at my picture in the post above?

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[texanwitch]

110. Yep, great pic, Bush might have a nice butt with all the bike

riding he does. He misses Jeff.:spank:

[auntAgonist]

108. the Lounge is da best!

:hi:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

109. Hey aA! He's never going to be invited to my Politeness Thread!!

[In_The_Wind]

111. Mr Horner ... the one and only Rude Horner, I presume.

You really should get to know people better before you cast aspersions.

[allalone]

114. oh please- it can't be gloom and doom 24/7 ya know

[Crazy Guggenheim]

116. Hey let's have a word association thread!! Sky.

[FuzzySlippers]

119. Blue

[Crazy Guggenheim]

121. gold.

[FuzzySlippers]

122. Rush

[Crazy Guggenheim]

124. wave.

[FuzzySlippers]

127. length

[Crazy Guggenheim]

128. rod.

[FuzzySlippers]

129. reel

[Crazy Guggenheim]

130. cable.

[FuzzySlippers]

131. car

[Crazy Guggenheim]

132. I started a thread in The Lounge on Word Assoc.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4013233

[tx_dem41]

118. Anyone else feel like......

....they're in high school again?

Make that junior high school.

[Beam Me Up]

125. True. And they don't like me.

(Just kidding.) ((Sort of.)) (((Actually, I doubt they even know I exist!))) ((((Perhaps we should keep it that way :scared: ))))

[Crazy Guggenheim]

126. We do now ......

:applause: :applause: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[entanglement]

135. Locking in 3...2...1

:evilgrin:

[ornotna]

136. And now for something completely different

Click here

[Crazy Guggenheim]

137. Funny! Post it in The Lounge.

[The Magistrate]

138. Locking

All good things must coime to an end....