There are very quiet and private DUers behind the scenes. Yanno?

[Lil Missy]

And I've heard from several in the last couple weeks.

Let's show some appreciation for those who lurk.

One in paricular, for me. You're a good person. :hug:

[Lil Missy]

1. A little appreciation for the lurkers?

[vard28]

2. I'm not so much a lurker

as I am a quiet typist. :rofl:

Even though I've been around for a couple years, I only know a few of y'all enough to just chit chat with on a regular basis. Which is kinda funny since I'm rarely at a loss for something to say irl.

[Ptah]

3. This is a tough room.

Should I jump in?

[Lil Missy]

4. I'll be gentile

:)

[Ptah]

32. .

[Dr. Strange]

5. To all lurkers, I say...

Come. Drink deeply from the well of witticism that is the Lounge.
We are the embodiment of sanity in an insane world.
We are the embodiment of intelligence in a world of stupidness.
We are the embodiment of love--except for Midlo, she's a hater.

Come, join us. Share our love, our warmth, our undies.

[vard28]

6. Now see

that's where I've made one of my best lounge buddies. Midlo and I talk often. See? I told ya I'm not a true lurker. :rofl:

[Dr. Strange]

10. You talk often to Midlo?

That's weird. You always seem so normal in your posts.

[vard28]

11. Hence the rest of my post

I'm a lot chattier IRL. And a LOT more like Midlo. Trust me. :rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

30. Keep it up. Keep it up. I'll have Rabrrrrrr nuke YOU from space.

He's like putty in my hands when I give him thermonuclear devices.

[Rabrrrrrr]

44. Oh, that's sooo true. Give me a couple nukes, and I become totally suggestible.

:rofl:

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[Lil Missy]

12. You are a sick individual.

:P

[Dr. Strange]

14. It all traces back to a dream I had a few years back.

I don't want to get too graphic, but in the dream, there was a topless woman. And I was a beer can.

[Lil Missy]

19. ROTFLOL!

:rofl: :rofl:

:thumbsup:

[LeftyFingerPop]

7. Thank you for recognizing me, Lil Missy.

:hug:

[vard28]

9. And even funnier

I have spoken with Lefty several times also. I'm seein' a pattern here... :rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

15. He's just after your bologna. He's a stealth cold cut thief.

Trust me.

[vard28]

20. Guess I'll keep hangin' out with Ptah

I love his old photos! And, he's never mentioned wanting my bologna. :rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

22. Ptah is one of my favorite people. Love, love, love the guy.

[vard28]

26. It's very obvious

I have good taste in internet chat buddies... LOL!

[Ptah]

29. * * mule braying * *

[vard28]

33. We have donkeys...

[Ptah]

27. Prairie rube family, touring San Francisco, 1962

:hi:

[Lil Missy]

23. I just knew it! He was only after my bologna. That bastid!

I'll never trust another male lesbian again!

[Midlodemocrat]

31. He has no shame. Next he'll be after your wheat thins and squirt cheese.

[Lil Missy]

34. NO! Not the squirt cheese!

My cats know when the lid pops off and come running! That's our bonding time!

Nobody comes between my kitties and the squirt cheese!

[Lil Missy]

17. As long as you don't tell our "secret", we're cool.

;-)

[Midlodemocrat]

8. No way. They need to choose. NOW!!!!

:rofl:

[Starry Messenger]

13. Someone has to be Switzerland.

We'll still be here when it all ends in tears and fallout.

[Midlodemocrat]

16. I think you mean shits and giggles.

:rofl:

You know it was all in fun, right?

[Starry Messenger]

21. Oh yes.

:D I've been enjoying watching all this. I've just been dying to use that line and finally got a chance to jump in.

[AlCzervik]

18. it's also good to have plausible deniability because when you're questioned and you know

you will be---you know nothing and you don't have to lie about it.

[Starry Messenger]

24. They have ways of making you talk.

Even if I'm totally!1!1 innocent. I'll sell out my own dear grannie for relief.

[AlCzervik]

25. i'd make stuff up and i'd make it interesting.

how many chances are you really going to get right so might as well make it fun for yourself.

[BarenakedLady]

28. Yay me!

Hey, I could be technically called a lurker these days.

:)

[Lil Missy]

40. Sing it! Sistah!

[Aristus]

35. I was a lurker for a few months starting in March, 2001.

But, me and my big mouth, we had to join up and speak up in September, 2001. B-)

[crimsonblue]

36. oh yay for the lurkers.

:sarcasm:

[Lil Missy]

39. Why do you say that with Sarcasm?

[SPKrazy]

37. I've been amazed at pm's I've gotten from lurkers mostly lurkers anyway

and one in particular that I need to write now that you mention it because we had a lot in common and were sharing and comparing and it was fun. Even comes out to play here once in a while. :D

[texanwitch]

38. When I first came to DU I was quiet, it is hard to join in at first.

I am getting close to 10,000 posts so I got over it.

If I have something to say I will say it.

Sometimes I don't feel like saying anything.

Depends on my mood.

[Lil Missy]

41. Now, I was really talking about people who rarely say a word.

Give it up! Give them a cheer and a welcome!

:bounce:

[Lil Missy]

42. Have you ever considered that? Some are here now.

[old mark]

43. And they're not saying anything.......nt

[Lil Missy]

45. And isn't that the point?

They don't reveal themselves, and I won't tell.

[Heidi]

46. This is a kick for the quiet ones.

They're also the ones who rarely are mentioned in appreciation threads and other DU love-fests, but their contributions to this community are many. :kick:

:kick:

[Lil Missy]

47. I knew there was a good reason I lurves you.

:*

[Lil Missy]

48. I pump this again, for the people who do not get recognized, or invloved in the daily drama.

[auntAgonist]

54. I've never found myself involved in daily drama

I post sporadically and enjoy many of the different groups here.

I 'think' I'm one of the quieter ones.


:hi:

aA
kesha

[Lil Missy]

55. Then you deserve a hug!

:hug:

:hi:

Me? I think I just stupidly fall into occasional snares.

[MorningGlow]

49. Can't post. Lurking.

Well, most of the time, anyway. :)

[Lil Missy]

50. Well then you are entitled to a hug!

:hug:

[MorningGlow]

52. Why, thank you kindly!

:hug:

[hibbing]

51. kind of a lurker

HI,
I lurked forever and now am trying to dive into posting. I feel like I know some
of the regulars here even though we have never talked. It is hard at first.

Peace

[Lil Missy]

53. You've been here since 2003! Reading! I'm sure you do know a lot.

And people like you are exactly my point.

As far as the Lounge is concerned, I don't know where the camps are, so I have no guidance in that direction. (And frankly I don't give a shit.)

If you'd like to wander into GD or GDP, then wear one of those nut cups, and body armour.

[hibbing]

60. wow

Hi,
Wow, I didn't realize I have been a member since then! Thanks for responding.

Peace

[Name removed]

56. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Lil Missy]

57. You are welcome! You get a hug!

:hug:

I'm sure a lot of the silliness you see is just how some here take a break from real life. Just harmless fun.

I'm not one who is "in the loop", but I just go about my way and post a bit of silliness myself.

Glad you responded. :hi:

[NYC_SKP]

107. Ah Ha!

And I thought I was the only one to figure out how to reply to deleted comments...

:toast:

[SPKrazy]

58. tomnight i'm not lujrking

but usually i am

[Lil Missy]

64. Oops! Didn't mean to skip you.

I know you've had a difficult time lately.

[WinkyDink]

59. But I don't know the lurkers, so umm, I don't know.

[Lil Missy]

61. There are some very nice ones out there.

I promise. :)

[libodem]

62. thank you for noticing

:hi:

[Lil Missy]

63. You get a hug!

:hug:

[libodem]

66. Wow

thanks, again. :)

[Lil Missy]

65. Now, what the heck just happened? Better be nice.

[Lil Missy]

67. .......

I think more hugs needed. :)

:hug:

[leeroysphitz]

68. Are they ninjas?

[Lil Missy]

71. I hope not! But I have a dog.

He'll kiss them to death. :)

[LNM]

69. Thanks, Lil Missy!

:hi:

[Lil Missy]

72. You get a hug!

:hug:

:hi:

[vademocrat]

70. I definitely read more than I post -

my problem is by the time I type something out I've usually talked myself out of posting...:shrug:

Guess my introversion extends to the online community...

Thanks for the shout out!

[Lil Missy]

73. I do that a lot too. But you wouldn't know it by my post count.

I should hold back more often. I've had a few threads locked. Oops!

:hi:

[Lil Missy]

74. I think more hugs are needed.

[Lil Missy]

75. Series! For the quiet ones. And the lurkers.

:hi:

[Lavender Brown]

76. There are lots of good posters here, some quiet, some not so quiet

:hug: :hi:

[Lil Missy]

77. Agreed.

:hi:

[mvd]

78. I don't tend to get into the Lounge groups or controversies here

That's one reason why I apply for moderator. But it leads to me posting quietly for the post part, and I don't mind - I'm being myself. Thanks for the topic. :hug:

[Lil Missy]

82. Well bless you for your DU service. I couldn't do it.

I don't want to know what goes on behind the scenes.

:hug:

:hi:

[harmonicon]

79. oh, there are some great folks on here who rarely post

I know of some in particular who have been very good to me in rough times. Much appreciation indeed.

[Lil Missy]

80. There are many unspoken hero's here. Yes. And plain good people.

:hi:

[Lil Missy]

81. Quiet and lurkers. I've still got a lot of hugs to give away. And could use a few too.

Else I'll have to go beat the pets.

I hate when that happens. They point their butts at me, because they don't take me seriously. x(

[Lil Missy]

83. What say the morning crowd?

[Heidi]

84. Kick!

:*

[Lil Missy]

85. Don't tell CMW, but I kiss back!

:*

:P

[Heidi]

86. He knows.

You and I haven't been terribly discreet, you see. :rofl:

:*

[Lil Missy]

88. Ruh Roh!

Well, I kiss guys too! (AS long as it doesn't require mating, ... that could pose a problem ...)

I have a BIG smooch for CMW too!

I'll sleep on the couch. No problem. :P

[Orsino]

87. No leniency for those who could be posting kitten pictures, but aren't.

No excuse. No mercy.

[Lil Missy]

89. My camera is burnt right now. Would a close resemblance of my pup do?

[Orsino]

96. The Charter allows for substitution of puppy pics. n/t

[Lil Missy]

97. He really looks exactly like my pooch after he's been groomed and a prettied up.

:)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

90. What's that you say? Yanni is working behind the scenes at DU?

Please do tell more.

[Lil Missy]

91. Hi Tommy!

:hi:

[dry99]

92. Posting is not my strong suit...

At lurking I'm world class!
I've been here longer than just about everyone.

[Lil Missy]

93. Oh good heavens! You must know where ALL the skeletons are buried!

I'm glad you stopped by, dry99. :hug:

:hi:

[Lil Missy]

94. kick!

[Lil Missy]

95. oops! dupe.

[pdx_prog]

98. Well Lil Missy

I have been on here for a long time.....I kind of "checked out" during the primaries when I saw some of the hateful posts going around. That, along with people being ridiculed and bullied, and all of the drama just got to be too much. I still log on about 2-3 times a week to read some of the stuff but I don't really participate anymore.....the site is constantly changing...:)

[Lil Missy]

101. Well, pdx_prog. I'm glad you said hi! The thing about GD and GDP is, ...

you gotta wear a nut cup and amour in there.

Political Videos are better. :)

[applegrove]

99. Whoo hoo! Lurkers.

[Lil Missy]

102. You're not a lurker, ya freep!

:P

:hug:

[PRETZEL]

100. I'm not sure if I would be considered a "lurker" or not

I probably have the longest stint to a 1000 post. But I come here often and occaisonally will find topics that interest me and I'll post there.

Sometimes more, sometimes less.

[Lil Missy]

103. You have been here so long you'd know where all the bodies are buried!

:scared:

:o

[Nickster]

104. Not sure where I fit in, I guess more lurker than part of the group. Who knows? :-)

[Lil Missy]

105. Well,

go get a hug anyway! :hug:

[Nickster]

106. Awww shucks, thanks.