This place is just one big inside joke, right?

[Fran Kubelik]

I am completely lost. :(

Be kind to a newbie here. Either post an explanation of a DU inside joke here....or make one up. :D

[crim son]

1. All you have to do is read and you'll understand most of it

within a week or two. I can assure you that you're not really missing anything important. :P

[Cannikin]

93. The lounge is a convoluted stream of consciousness in text form.

[qnr]

2. You really think we plan that far ahead?

:hi: Welcome to DU!

[Hugin]

86. ...

:rofl:

:*

[u4ic]

3. Copycat threads

the Lounge is full of them.

Welcome to DU, Fran! It may some time to get used to this place, but it's a lot of fun. :hi:

[krispos42]

35. Copycat threads

the Lounge is full of them.

Welcome to DU, Fran! It may some time to get used to this place, but it's a lot of fun. :hi:

[u4ic]

43. Copycat threads

the Lounge is full of them.

Welcome to DU, Fran! It may some time to get used to this place, but it's a lot of fun. :hi:

[Arugula Latte]

81. Smartasses

The Lounge is full of them.

And I love it!

:rofl:

[Left Is Write]

4. Welcome! I was lost for a while too when I first signed up.

There are still many incidents, rivalries, and in-jokes that flew right past me, but that's okay. It's just that there are so many people here!

Stay around and jump in. :)

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Let me just say - Oscar has died.

:cry:

[KitchenWitch]

6. may the creature rest in peace!

:cry:

[Fran Kubelik]

12. ??

[Lars39]

39. I hope it's not this one...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=624815

[bicentennial_baby]

17. Whaaaaat?

That can't be true.... :o

[philosophie_en_rose]

20. RIP Oscar.

:patriot:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

60. You're thinking of the walrus.

Baaaaaad Rabrrrrrr. :hi:

[yellowdogintexas]

85. NO, this CAN'T be true!

I believe I read the other day of a creature that appeared to be part porcupine, part dog which surfaced somewhere in Europe...Now I have to find it ..but I was happy to know Oscar lived, and now you crush me with this.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

101. Wonder is immune to death & to rumors of death.

Be hereby uncrushed.

[Gold Metal Flake]

7. This will help you a lot.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_oet&address=358x190

The DU Glossary. Without it, you're screwn.

[Fran Kubelik]

24. Thank you!

:hi:

[yy4me]

104. The glossary just went on my desktop. With thanks!

[Kutjara]

8. Inside jokes, cliques, rivalries, jealousies, flirting, grudges:

Just another human community, really.

[blogslut]

9. Stay away from posting about

Olive Garden
Flavored coffee
Fried Chicken recipes

[Hugin]

99. Nursing boxed wine is also a no-no...

:scared:

[KitchenWitch]

10. Just a little forewarning - you never know when something will become a flamewar

One of the more legendary Lounge flamefests was the one where someone got absolutely torched for saying he/she made fried chicken with cornflake breading.

:shrug:

[GoneOffShore]

109. And I can see why that would happen.

I missed that war.

You want to start a Cassoulet thread?

[TOhioLiberal]

11. Hi Fran...

...you'll get the inside jokes soon. It took me about a week. :hi:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

13. Now that you've figured it out, we have to kill you.

Since you're already lost, hiding the body will be a snap.

:evilgrin:

[SoCalDem]

63. Someone in the cooking forum just got a bad sealing machine..

don;t want no steeenkin bodies in here:)

[graywarrior]

14. Bwahaha ahahaha hahahaha hahahaha

We're all fucking crazy. That's all you need to know.

Now jump in there and either tell someone they rawk or tell someone they are full of shit (add a smiley, and you're in).

[Kali]

44. ...

:spray: :rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. Hell, I've been here for 21,000 posts

and most of it still messes up my hair. :shrug:

[graywarrior]

18. What in hell have you been talking about? 21,000 posts. Sheesh!

[Oeditpus Rex]

27. Beats the hell outa me

But it sure has eaten up a lotta cash. x(

[graywarrior]

30. Most of it has been highly entertaining. I'll say that.

If not downright stimulating.

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. Aw, g'wan wit' ya

[graywarrior]

34. I'm serious.

[Oeditpus Rex]

36. If you were serious

you'd post the proper photo. :spank:

[graywarrior]

40. Bwaahahaha hahahaha haha I forgot that one!!!!

:rofl:

[ForrestGump]

16. We're just yakking

[Fran Kubelik]

19. I bet that is an inside joke too.

x(

You - I can tell you are trouble. :)

[ForrestGump]

26. Apparently, "when I think _______ I think of ______"is the new yak

But, yes, once -- no so very long ago -- thundering herds of yak references stretched across this forum from margin to margin.

Those were the days.

:hi:


I'm feeling nostalgic now....it may be time to break out the yak underwear again....




:-)

[Fran Kubelik]

28. Ah...thanks. Yaks.

He has yaks on his underwear. :rofl:

[LeftyMom]

21. Don't get too attatched to the squid.

[Fran Kubelik]

22. I said to EXPLAIN them.

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

25. You are so screwn.

:rofl:

[LeftyMom]

29. sundog posted a link to a squid cam, went on and on about how cute the squid was

If you clicked the link, you got a notice that the squid had expired.

[Fran Kubelik]

31. OMG!

Now that is funny.

[Midlodemocrat]

51. It was actually hysterical. It came at the same time that the lounge

was really, really enjoying the baby pandas via panda cam.

I have to say, it was great moment when everyone discovered the squid had died.

:rofl:

[Wapsie B]

23. Not at all.

Think stream of consciousness. Whatever's on your mind and you feel like posting a thread, go to it. As for inside jokes, I've been here since '01 and much of the inside stuff goes right over my head.

Welcome to DU!

:toast:

[LeftyMom]

32. Oh, one more actual explanation (this should be enough to scare you off, since we're crazy)

billyskank asked to be reminded to get bread on his way home from work, because he kept forgetting.

Well, the lounge was filled up with dozens of threads reading "buy bread billyskank!" for some time, in what is now known as the bread riot, and he'll probably never ask us to remind him about anything ever again.

[Left Is Write]

37. And then there was the flood of pictures of a smiling billyskank...

in front of empty bread shelves at the grocery.

I do have to say that the whole bread uprising (pun intended) was the funniest accidental Lounge joke I've seen.

[krispos42]

38. Don't mention Olive Garden, Kellogg's Corn Flake-coated fried chicken,

circumcision, breastfeeding, or....

Um, there's a couple more that will get you smited by Lounge Lizards. I forget offhand. Just keep it mind that doing so is almost but not quite as much fun as frenching a light socket.

[Poiuyt]

41. I'm always lost in here too

I spend most of my time over in GD where everyone posts about madmen, murderers, and tyrants. I come here and realize that these people are much worse.

[Fran Kubelik]

77. Oh dear.

Really?

[auntAgonist]

42. hiya Fran Kubelik welcome to DU!

I'm SO far on the outside I can't even make one up :)

aA

[Fran Kubelik]

78. Thanks!

I like your screen name!

[slj0101]

45. Difference is, jokes are supposed to be funny.

[ForrestGump]

72. *rimshot*

:rofl:

[Kali]

46. kudzu, delete, how many views? (or something like that)

no explanation possible, just post to them

[reyd reid reed]

47. Hi, Fran!

Welcome to DU.

And we're all confused most of the time. We just fake it.

:hi:

[Taverner]

48. The Lounge? No - you're probably just confused by our in-jargon

[Danger Mouse]

49. Run away. Run away while you still can.

The lounge will consume your soul and leave your body a withered husk.

[LuLu550]

50. Hi, Fran

this is the silly place at DU. Hard to tell what will set everyone off.

Dive in and have fun! :bounce:

[Danger Mouse]

55. HOW DARE YOU! YOU INSULTED ME! YOU OFFENDED ME!!!

I"M SERIESLY ENRAGGED NOWW!!!!1111one

[yellowdogintexas]

87. you are casting asparagus, there? nt

[Ptah]

92. asparagus away!

[LuLu550]

100. casting asparagus?

BITE ME! :bounce:

[Danger Mouse]

120. I AM THREW WITH YOU

NOW GETY OFF MY BACK MORANS.

[texanwitch]

54. Elrond is correct.

But it maybe to late.

[Danger Mouse]

57. How do you think her soul will taste?

I like mine with ketchup.

[texanwitch]

58. I think it will taste like fried chicken.

Fried chicken with egg and flour.

We have her now.

It is to late, no escape.

She

is

in

the

Lounge Zone.

[Danger Mouse]

61. NO! Fried chicken with cornflake breading.

It's more Lounge-worthy that way.

[texanwitch]

62. O.K. but it isn't real fried chicken without egg and flour.

I missed the egg vs. cornflake thread, don't know where I was.

[ForrestGump]

74. I m issed it, too. I missed several of the landmark Great Battles of the Lounge,

including the great Cornflake Chicken Massacre, the Kirstie Ally Skirmish, the Olive Garden Thermonuclear War, and at least a couple of others. The mind can't help but boggle at some of these: chicken threads were verboten? :shrug:

[stuntcat]

52. (jokes don't HAVE to be funny)

as long as you made yourself laugh that's all that matters, don't be afraid to post it!!! :party: :+
It makes me happy anyway.. if there was a "inside" anything I wouldn't want to know about it.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

53. Yes, it is. Now come inside!

:P

[SeattleGirl]

56. Of course it is! But do stick around, and all will be revealed!

And welcome to DU! :hi:

[ForrestGump]

76. I'm sticking around

So -- I mean, just roughly...no pressure -- when do you think you'll be revealing it all? :D



:hug:

:loveya:

[Oeditpus Rex]

59. And sometimes

it's just one big junior high student council election cluster fuck.

:eyes:

[reyd reid reed]

64. Only sometimes?

There you go again...

:eyes:

[Oeditpus Rex]

69. 'Sometimes,' as in

sometimes more than others.



Tonight, for example.

[Hugin]

96. Yep.

*swings rootbeer high*

:toast:

[wildhorses]

65. and every once in a while wildhorses come stampeding through

mostly at the mention of the beating of the dead horse *thats a bad thing*

[bridgit]

66. oh honey, 'they' think it is...

:rofl: i seen you around & you're doing just fine imo

[Fran Kubelik]

79. Thank you!

:hug:
I think I got a little lost yesterday. For there to be so many of you, you all seem to know each other very well. This is a very interesting place.

[grasswire]

67. lions! zebra! hyena! (eom)

[NMMNG]

68. What are you, a MORAN?

;-)

Don't ever be confused (or think somebody doesn't know how to spell) if you see "moron" spelled "moran". It's an inside joked aimed at the RWers. Somebody around here will have the pic no doubt.

[catmandu57]

119. 68 posts to get to moran

Well, it is getting a little worn, but a goodie none the less.

and never make fun of haysuz even if he does taste like corn flaked battered chicken from the olive garden.

[krispos42]

70. The heavy flag flaps not at night

The cafes in Paris are many.

The troll is under the bridge is black.

From tiny acorns come mighty oaks.

The sky is not blue at night.

[Oeditpus Rex]

73. Yikes!

I didn't know we were under a Project X Code Blue! :scared:



John has a wooden leg.


My hovercraft is full of eels.

[driver8]

71. I've been on DU for two and a half years...

I still don't know what's going on half the time.

Welcome to DU! :toast:

[BuelahWitch]

75. Neither do I after almost 4 years

But it sure makes for a fun soap opera sometimes! :hi:

[Arugula Latte]

82. That's because we all gathered at an undisclosed location, took a vote,

and decided to purposely keep you in the dark. It's kind of like "The Truman Show."



;)

[driver8]

84. I knew it!!

I can hear you guys whispering, you know... :hi:

[Guava Jelly]

80. Yes

And it's all in good fun.

[rug]

83. Welcome to The Lounge.

[yellowdogintexas]

88. welcome, this is a fun place. I was out of touch for about 3

weeks recently and came in to a whole new world of things which made no sense to me. Roll with it.


This is not a particularly serious place, although we do discuss serious things from time to time and comfort one another as well.


PS if you don't like cats, just don't bring it up. This is a very cat friendly zone.

If you love cats or dogs, for that matter and you own any, you WILL be REQUIRED to post their picture if you are going to talk about them.

[mcscajun]

89. Just remember, There IS NO Project X

Do not even Think there might be.

The mockingbird sings alone.

[zanne]

90. When you begin to understand the insanity...

You'll know you're one of us. God bless you.

[kedrys]

91. Well, cat threads are considered useless without pictures

Might as well get a Photobucket account now and get it over with. :D :hi:

[Extend a Hand]

94. and no matter what else you do...

don't ever start a thread extolling the virtues of having an indoor cat vs. an outdoor cat (or vice-versa)!

Welcome to DU. :hi:

[El Fuego]

95. You'll be needing this:

[Hugin]

97. Lots of it...

:thumbsup:

[Jade Fox]

98. Hey, I love your screen name!

:hi:

[LynzM]

102. A-yup, pretty much....

The more you hang around, the more of the "inside jokes" you'll see form, or be repeated...

But I definitely remember feeling like that when I first started posting, too! :hug:

[enigmatic]

103. Read This

It not only goes for The Lounge, but message boards in general:

http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/

[mainegreen]

107. great link!

:rofl:

Edited to add: funniest fucking link I've read all week!

[enigmatic]

108. And oh so true!

:D

[Shine]

105. Welcome to the loony bin, Fran!!

:toast:

you'll catch on soon enough, not to worry. :hug:

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

106. What Place?

:shrug:

this is all taking place in your mind.
there is no "lounge"

it's all in your head :crazy:

:hi:

welcome

to

your

own

head

:rofl:

[idgiehkt]

110. Roflmao!

So true. It really is easy to forget it doesn't exist. Just a bunch of people, sitting in rooms alone,typing at each other. :shrug:

:hi: :loveya:

[SPKrazy]

113. Yup!

but wait a minute

IT'S HUGH!!!1111111!!!

it's the biggest damned lounge in the world!


:rofl:


:hi:


:loveya:

[idgiehkt]

116. Now I feel like a complete loser

Instead of a person in a group, I feel like a person in a group of really lonely, desperate people reaching out to the world through a keyboard.

I'm the Up With People on Sundays. :rofl:

:loveya: :hug:

[SPKrazy]

117. Not A Loser

at least not a complete one!

Up With People, yes!


:loveya:

:hug:


think how HUGH!!!!11111 the lounge is though idg... it's like global

the new carpet is going to cost a fortune! :rofl:

[hedgehog]

111. Then what happened to my donation to buy a new carpet!??!?

That couch by the window is getting pretty ratty, too.

[SPKrazy]

112. Tough Shit!

talk to yourself about it!

:rofl:

[XemaSab]

114. right

n/t

[philosophie_en_rose]

115. Who are you, Kirstie Alley?

Only a Wal*Mart-shopping, cornflaked OliveGarden chicken eating stickily liar would cast asparagus at the noble jesters of DU.

:rofl:

[SPKrazy]

118. PFffffffttttttt!

:spray:

true dat!