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Later that night at SHAKES, Lardy picked up someone and ended up having some nice casual sex.
Was it a man or a woman?
Was he still under the influence of bi-beer?
Was it some one he knew?
Legion World (and perhaps Lardy himself) may never know for sure.
But in any case Lardy would celebrate every year, from then on, a holiday he'd previously never knew existed...

<span style="font-size: 25px;">Happy Bisexuality Day, Lardy Brown!</span>

Lu-lu-Luuu-lu-lu-luu-LUUuuh...

Lardy...doing legionworld one sentient at a time

Are you going to celebrate next year in the traditional fashion -- by waiting in a sincere public restroom for the Great Humpkin to come?

I just read about the current Legion title ending with issue #50.

Kind of sucks, huh?

This is in honor of my homey, the Legion of Super-Heroes. You won't be forgotten.

[pours malt liquor on the floor]

[quickly mops up the wet floor, lest the proprietors see it and get mad]

Cancellation is always sad, even though I don't read the current series.

[raises a toast to the LSH]

A sad day indeed. They should have just labeled Shooter's run as a limited guest writer series. Another, please, barkeep.

[sits in a quiet corner by the fireplace, nursing a drink and contemplating his impending retirement from LW]

[never one to let a brother drink alone, Exnihil buys a round, pulls up a chair, and plops down uninvited next to Stu]

Hey, STU, digging the new look! Halloween come early this year? Ha, I kid! I kid 'cause I love.

So... retirement, eh?

Yeah... it's not like the old days. When my grandfather used to post, a guy could retire on four, maybe five thousand posts. In this economy, though? Forget about it. Are you sure that 10 is gonna do you? If I were you... just some friendly advice... I'd wait 'til 15... you know, just a little something extra for the golden years.

I think our mall had its Halloween decorations up the last week of September! I just figured I'd get into it early this year, since I probably won't be active when Halloween actually rolls around.

I miss the old days, when the boards were filled with role-playing and parody threads... you can find a lot of them by just going back a dozen pages or more in the MMB archives. Sure, your post count rose a lot slower then, but you also had more posts that you actually remembered... that you went back to and re-read, and savored. Can't really say that about the "one word" or rhyming posts so much.

Not that I don't participate in -- or enjoy -- those threads, each in their own way, but it's not quite the same.

And SHAKES used to be a lot livelier, too... seems there would always be a couple of regulars in here every night. Now Semi only comes by occasionally; Miner hasn't posted in weeks; and Arachne hasn't posted in months. Even Vee doesn't drop by SHAKES anymore.

I can't say for sure that this retirement will be permanent, but I can't say that it won't, either. Maybe one day I'll pop in and things on the MMB will be flourishing like they once were, you know?

[Stu literally licks his wounds, which is a lot easier (and less inappropriate) now that he's lupine]

I think I'll have a Fearless Leader, just for old times' sake...

I've been around here long enough to know that the MMB goes in cycles. It will come around again.

Don't stay away too long, STU. You're part of the family.

And let's not forget that the person who posted just above you is living proof that new, creative, fun people join up and become part of the family.

(Raises a glass of Dalwhinnie)

A toast to friends present and absent, new and old.

Oh times they are going to be changing alright, more than you might think...MWHAHAHAHAHAHA

*leaves*

The MMB is what you make of it. I used to try to engage others in debates or serious discussions about Legion-related issues, and I still do on occasion. But such threads tend to have short lives or don't go as deep as I would prefer. (Often, they end up with unqualified statements such as "I prefer this" or "I agree with that"--which aren't arguable.) But I've come to appreciate serious discussions when they do occur. That's one reason I started my various "Revisited" threads last year. I truly appreciate the insights that others have offered.

In the meantime, I see LW as a place to hang out with some cool people, goof off, and let off steam. I willingly get suckered into the post count competitions (mainly with myself as a personal goal), but LW is more than that--otherwise, we could just have an Inane Letter thread so we could all be Time Trappers and be done with it.

So, I'm sorry you feel disenchanted, Stu. For what it's worth, I enjoyed reading your 10,000 Club descriptions, even though I didn't have anything to contribute to the thread. I guess I'm more the argumentative type than the creative type.

[raised his Black Russian in a toast]

I ask you, what's more annoying than villains who don't know that "alright" is not a word?

<downing eighth shot of tequila>

SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHLLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRPPPPPP

That damn Stu, all high and mighty! I roleplay my freakin' ASS off here!!!!

Gimme another, barkeep!

SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHLLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRPPPPPP

Lardy, are you going to be all right? You're a little past tipsy here and headed for sloshed.

SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHLLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRPPPPPP

Rocky--that bashtard Shtu...gonna leave ush!

Can't...loozh....another....

SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHLLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRPPPPPP

(Puts arm around his friend)

That's his choice. We'll be here, holding down the fort.

Now, can I get you some water? All that tequila is going to dehydrate you something awful.

Whatever you shay, Rocky...'sbin tuff fer me sinsh I came back from th' dead, y'know? Havin' Shtu be here...hazh helped make it eazhier. Wonna the few people I 'member, y'know?

Don...don' 'member you before I died. Shur are helluva nice guy, tho...

...luv you, MAN!

<pauses, turns white, pukes all over floor>

...er, shorry....

(Chuckles)

Well, I love you, too, Lardy. You've been a good friend--before and after dying.

Babette, could you bring a mop and bucket over here? Thanks.

<passes out>

(Rocky picks up Lardy and carries him out of the bar.)

Good thing I always have a few guest rooms at the ready at the Rookery. I'll take care of you, old pal.

<ralphs a little bit more while unconscious, unfortunately on Rocky>

Eww! Good thing my feathers are waterproof!

I'll drink to that! It's always gratifying to see how quickly new posters can become old friends, and how much they enrich the boards with their ideas and creativity.

I also remember how daunting it is to take that first step -- even when I started posting in 2001, a core group of LMBPers had already been very tight for a year. It was a bit intimidating to just jump in and start posting as the new guy, but I'll always be glad that I did.