Lounge Icons--where have they gone?

[JitterbugPerfume]

For instance, John Kleeb? There was a time that you couldn't come here without seeing John Kleeb all over the place.

Matcoms butt? where did it go? Is it still climbing those steps?

Underpants underpants ? Do they still dance . or has time changed them into boxers?


and where is ZombyWoofs coffee? Does anyone drink it any more?


What do you occasionally miss when you are bored and have absolutely nothing else to do?

[JitterbugPerfume]

1. crickets?

[demtenjeep]

31. one member that we treated very well

has gone to the dark side and continues to make snarky remarks about many of us here.

[jobycom]

39. One member bought a Koala farm and makes cheese from their milk for orphans.

Come on, name names! :rofl:

[tango-tee]

63. Completely off topic here, demtenjeep...

I saw your post about the Temptation singer's death, but was at work and couldn't reply.

My God, The Temptations. They were a part of *me* in my younger years. Just My Imagination... Wish It Would Rain... Beautiful, beautiful songs.

[BurtWorm]

2. I miss all that and more.

Newyakwer99's welcoming posts. Nothingshocksmeanymore's emoticon essays. That hipster crowd from Chicago and Cleveland--I can't remember all their names, sadly--al, Chavez, etc.--but they were mordantly witty.

They've probably all moved their conversations to Facebook. :cry:

[TZ]

3. Some have left

not of their own accord...ZombyWoof being one of them. I do see some of these people on Facebook though.

[JitterbugPerfume]

4. ZW got the granite cookie

AGAIN!! Good grief Zomby!

[JitterbugPerfume]

5. one of my favorites was Carlos

He was unfu**ing believable

[soleft]

29. How about NSMA, Maeve, Zenlefty

How about ARWalden - was that the name? I think he had a glamorous duck in his signature line.

[Lucian]

76. I miss seeing the "Oh my gay stars" duck.

[auntAgonist]

6. Sadly a number of them have passed away ...

Some have faded away and some were pushed away.

I have quite a few of the pushed and faded away former DU members in facebook.

:hi:

[LisaM]

28. I'm surprised at how many have passed away

it makes me sad.

[madinmaryland]

7. underpants is still around.

Matcom left after the 2008 election.

Kleeb went to college and was too busy for du. i don't think he has been around in three or four years.

[pintobean]

8. nostalgia

[madinmaryland]

10. Don't forget the laughing hippo...

[Fire Walk With Me]

15. Um, it's not slapping it's knee, if you know what I mean.

You know what I mean ;)

[blondeatlast]

34. Don't forget MC's love for capri pants on women.

I kid, of course.

[cwydro]

9. I do miss Matcom.

I doubt he knew who I was, but I always looked for his threads.

[Flaxbee]

11. me, too. I realized I was spending too much time on DU

when I dreamed about the butt-crack smilie endlessly going up and down the stairs


Matcom was a hoot, though. Those photoshops with him, GOPisEVIL, Zomby ... classic. My all time favorite was GOPisEVIL's face photoshopped onto a male ballet dancer pushing a sleigh. :rofl:

[marzipanni]

12. That deserved a replay...

[JitterbugPerfume]

19. GOPisEvil

I miss him too!

and Sffreeways, she kinda faded away after her sons death

[GOPisEvil]

26. I'm still around, although not as often these days.

Matcom and ZW are very much alive as well. :)

[blondeatlast]

35. He spends a lot of time on FB. He and my 13 year old son

have become quite good friends.

Really great guy and very funny.

[MissMillie]

13. Well, I'm still here

but none of you folks ever talk to me.

[Fire Walk With Me]

14. Nonsense, sweetheart.

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Guess again, my dear MissMillie...

We had a very nice conversation the other day...

:hug:

[JitterbugPerfume]

17. Hi Miss Millie

sometimes I feel like that too!

[bigwillq]

22. You're one of my faves, Millie!

:hi: :hug:

[Swede]

18. Anyone remember seymour butts?

Good times.

[JitterbugPerfume]

20. classic

:spank:

[JitterbugPerfume]

23. If seymour butts married ima hogg

her name would be Ima hogg butts

[madinmaryland]

25. Don't forget about Dick Hertz from Holden, It.

:hide:

[jobycom]

42. Any relation to Paco Rabinowitz?

[bigwillq]

21. Kleeb's on Facebook

and seems to be doing very well. He is my friend there. Nice kid.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. I'm glad to hear that, my dear bigwillq!

:hi:

[jobycom]

41. I see a ton of people on Facebook, and have forgotten half their DU names.

:shrug:

[TZ]

48. But not mine, I hope, Tevye!

:P

[jobycom]

52. You're like a stalker, how can I forget your name.

:rofl: :P

I even remember your old name. :)

[realisticphish]

27. it's strange

I've been around since 04, and I still remember the names of lots of posters from back then. But I honestly can't identify most of the people posting now. I may recognize some names from back then, but now I pretty much only know the people from my various subforums. I'll be having three independant conversations in different forums, and only after an hour or more realize they are all with the same person.

Kind of makes me miss the days before groups.

[blondeatlast]

36. I remember you. I don't generally spend much time in the Lounge anymore

and just popped in tonight on a whim.

[realisticphish]

44. that's my point, though

i used to hang out here because it was either here or GD. Now, I hang out elsewhere, and I think the community has been spread out more than it was.

It's still flourishing, but in a different way, imho

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

30. I've always wondered what happened to

RandomKoolzip. He was a funny little fucker and not so hard on the eyes either, if I remember correctly.

[blondeatlast]

37. Yup on both. nt

[swimboy]

45. How about this lot?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3019925

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

46. Yeah, them too n/t

[mikeytherat]

47. Yo, swimmy - wassup?

mikey_the_rat

[swimboy]

51. Exsultate, man.

:headbang:

[mikeytherat]

54. That's EGG-SHUL-TAH-TEH to you, mister!

:hippie:

mikey_the_rat

[Texasgal]

32. I miss shell beau

ALOT.

[Flaxbee]

33. where'd she go?

Wasn't she just here last week? What happened?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. She decided she didn't belong here any more...

That's what she said in her farewell thread.

I believe she is now over at Facebook...

Along with a great many of her friends.

My dear Flaxbee!:hi:

[Flaxbee]

43. that's too bad; I didn't see her thread.

:hi: CaliforniaPeggy! :hug:

I wish her very well.

[TZ]

49. I talk to Shell alot on FB

She is doing very well. :)

[tango-tee]

61. I'm not on FB, but would you do me a big favor

and tell Shell Beau I said "hi"?

I sure do miss her! Hope she'll be back.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

70. Yeah, ShellBeau is doing fine.

Unlike certain people.

[mtnester]

55. Right you are Peggy....lots of us who are friends with Shell

are yacking it up over on FB...she shares pics of that beautiful baby of hers regularly with her gazillion friends.

[Name removed]

57. Deleted message

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

[Debi]

65. Her friends who all know why she left

and are lucky enough to be friends with her over on FB.

Lucky to have many former DUers as friends on FB :loveya:

Oh, and

[mtnester]

67. Sparkly

so very sparkly

[Debi]

73. He's over at FB too

Just look on my wall ;)

[Iggo]

58. She retired.

It was all very nice. None of the GCW that comes with a lot of farewells. I miss her and her hat-wearing kiddo.

[tango-tee]

53. So do I.

She's such very sweet, kind woman. She wrote a good-bye thread a few weeks ago, simply saying it was time for her to leave DU. Let's hope it's only temporary.

I think of her often, living in Mississippi, with the horrible tragedy unfolding in the Gulf.

[Gormy Cuss]

59. ShellBeau was a sweetie.

I'm still scratching my head over her departure. Who could possibly have made HER feel uncomfortable here?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

62. I suspect that she missed her friends who no longer posted here.

[mtnester]

66. There are one or two who don't post here anymore

but most of them are active members on this board who post regularly. I know everyone has favorite things they do or places they visit that change from time to time, and websites rank right up there as well. All things are cyclical.

[Aristus]

40. I'm still here, but too busy studying to post "William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day" every day.

:hi:

[JNelson6563]

50. There are a couple of prolific posters

who, for reasons I don't understand, insist on posting lounge topics in GD. Not the posters you list but I suspect if they started posting their lounge topics in the loungs, you'd see them all the time.

Julie--who doesn't know why some people seem to hate the lounge so much

[Capn Sunshine]

80. Jules! Whatup

miss you out here :hi:

[xchrom]

56. kicking because i miss so many of these people. nt

[Danger Mouse]

60. I miss Rev Acts and deepthought42 the most.

They were two of my favorite DUer's.

Place isn't the same for me without them.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

64. Too many to mention

McClam, Youngred, NYYFan, MrJinx, Playhata (RIP), Khephra (RIP), 5thGenerationDemocrat (RIP), CrewLeader, Maeve, ZenLefty, JohnKleeb, YoungLiberal16, Cluedin, Cally, Myrna Minx, Kimchi, Salin, Denman, Curse10, Jmmm, Haele, Lazarus, HawkeyeX, Dem Ex__Pat, NY99

And that's only the ones I can remember off the top of my head. So many other wonderful people we have lost one way or another

[JitterbugPerfume]

68. BigMcHugeLarge ? (or something like that)

Where have you gone?

[lizziegrace]

69. I miss the Friday and Saturday night threads that would go on and on

GOPisEvil, GoPsUx (sp?), Matcom, Zombywoof, ZombieNixon, Reyd Reed Reid, Oeditpus Rex, NewWaveChick, RevActs, RetroLounge, Aristus (he's around but doesn't post much), Lelapin, ShellBeau, Midlo, and so many others that had me laughing 'til I cried during the heyday of the Lounge.

If I've forgotten anyone, I apologize.

Good times, but unfortunately now all gone.

[Sky Masterson]

71. I really miss those threads too.

And several of the names you mentioned(except for that asshole GoPsUx) :D

[TZ]

72. Sometimes you get

Fun threads on FB though. Last night was pretty fun. Debi's wall will never be the same;)

[Debi]

74. That was pure evil!!!

I'm sure I'm not welcome at home for a few months after that.

And Mr. Debi keeps asking for a pedicure...WTF???

Gotta keep Beach Baby away from the beer & LostinVA away from the .... well ... ;)

AND I'll remember to wait until AFTER you got to bed to post things like this:

[TZ]

75. And just think

Dr. Strange wasn't around.. If he had... Bwahaha!

[Starry Messenger]

79. Remember to rub the big toe!

:D

[lizziegrace]

78. I was out shooting a band last night

I missed all fun. :(

[Lucian]

77. I have a few ex-loungers as friends on Facebook.

:)

[JitterbugPerfume]

81. BiggJawn

where have you gone? Have you changed your name? did you just fade away?