OK, Nance. You asked for this.

[Jackpine Radical]

The 12 Suggested Steps of DUmmies Unanimous

1. We admitted we were powerless over GD-P--that our lives had become unmanageable.

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could tombstone us at will.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of Skinner as we understood Him.

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of the opposing candidate(s) and their advocates.

5. Admitted to the Magistrate the exact nature of their wrongs.

6. Were entirely ready to have The Admin remove all these defects of character.

7. Humbly asked Them to remove our tombstones and reinstate us.

8. Made a list of all persons whom we had put on Ignore or whose threads we had hijacked, and became willing to fake amends to them all.

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would entail inconveniences on our part.

10. Continued to take inventory of opposing candidates and their proponents and when they were wrong promptly tried to make them admit it.

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with Admin, as we understood Them, praying only that they would undercount our daily GD-P threads and overlook our flamewars.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to the trolls, Morans and FReepers.

[gateley]

1. Hi, my name is gateley....

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Hello, Gately.

[Yael]

4. Hello Gateley

(trying to sound like a crowd here)

[gateley]

6. Yes -- a chorus! :-) nt

[Donnachaidh]

16. a cacaphony would be more appropriate..

just saying... :rofl:

[gateley]

17. So right! nt

[Jackpine Radical]

22. Is a caca-phone what you use for talking shit to people?

Inquiring minds...

[LiberalEsto]

7. Thanks for sharing, Gately nt

[gateley]

8. Ha! nt.

[EFerrari]

2. LOL!

:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

5. Now YOU'VE got me rofling!

:rofl:

[Raejeanowl]

29. Does Anyone Have A Smoke I Can Borrow? n/t

[LiberalEsto]

9. Let go...

and let Mods

[Contrary1]

10. My name is Contrary1, and I have something to say...

In what forum are the cookies and juice being served?

[LiberalEsto]

11. Thanks for sharing, Contrary 1 nt

[shadowknows69]

12. I'm Shadow and I'm a DUholic

No wonder I didn't miss much in the writer's strike. We have some of the best comedy scribes in the world right here.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. Thanks for sharing Shadowknows69

:D

[scarletwoman]

14. Oh. Sorry. I thought this was the quilting class. (*shuts door*)

[kineneb]

15. and I thought it was where the community chorus was meeting

oops, so sorry, bye guys... (softly shuts door and hums quietly down hall)...

[roguevalley]

20. crap. I had a number all prepared. :)

[Dr. Strange]

18. Cheese, water, and Jackpine Radical

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7475992#7476100
:thumbsup:

[VP505]

21. Cheese!

did someone cut the cheese in here?

[Hatchling]

19. Friends don't let friends post in GD:P!

:hi:
My name is Hatchling and I'm having a real hard time with Step Three. I just don't understand Skinner. (Why hasn't he tombstoned the lot of us? )

I also have to admit that I have been in GD:P at least 6 times today. I just don't know what to do.
:cry:

[Jackpine Radical]

23. I'm sorry. We're going to have to take back your Camel pin.

[NanceGreggs]

24. Well, I, for one, don't have a problem.

I can quit DUing at any time - I just choose not to.

If I pick someone up in The Lounge at 3:00 a.m., I am not desperate - I am merely looking for companionship.

I have never allowed DUing to interfere with my job responsibilities. Everyone is late to work at least three times a week - and I'm sure it's because many people also have to check LBN one last time before heading out the door.

I have never neglected my family due to DUing, and my children - whatever their names are - can attest to that, all two of them (or is it three?)

My DUing has never resulted in losing a friendship - unless you count the friends who think that their trivial problems (like being diagnosed with a fatal disease) should supercede the importance of my posting in a poll re Best Debate Wardrobe - Hillary or Obama?

I have never felt the need to make amends to people I have wronged, because I have wronged no one - except a few people (all right, maybe a few dozen people) whose weddings, bar mitzvahs, anniversaries, going-away parties and/or baby showers I have missed because it was deemed inappropriate to bring my laptop with me to their oh-so-important event.

I don't have a problem. Some people here do have a serious problem, but I don't. I should think that would be obvious.

I DO NOT HAVE A "PROBLEM", so stop sayin' that I DU - I mean DO!

[LiberalEsto]

26. Thanks for sharing!

[Jackpine Radical]

27. I know what you mean. It's easy to quit DU.

Both Pitt and I have done it thousands of times.

[Raejeanowl]

28. Where's The Goddamn Coffee? n/t

[Kurovski]

25. Bookend posts!

:rofl:

The circle of life.

I'm now at peace.