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JUNE 9, 2010 11:03AM

Why I'm Leaving Open Salon

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quit drinking
 

I just read an article on the 
dangers of drinking....  
Scared the shit out of me. 
 

So that's it.
After today, no more reading.

 

 

 

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It saddens me to leave, but a man needs priorities. I sure will miss you folks. **sniffle-honk**
Michael Rodgers
June 09, 2010 11:04 AM
Buck up, son. Just get back on the path to righteousness and you shall be saved. This den of drinkiquity has led you to a life of dissolution and you need resolution to get to a solution.

You shall not be missed because you aren't even leaving, you clown.
zumalicious
June 09, 2010 11:07 AM
I try to leave, but they keep pulling me back in......
Michael Rodgers
June 09, 2010 11:09 AM
We pull you back in because we enjoy you so . . .
Owl_Says_Who
June 09, 2010 11:11 AM
you can't leave. we'll just go with you and bring the party along.
Foolish Monkey
June 09, 2010 11:13 AM
you know this ratings thing is out of hand. if we don't rate before we comment and try to rate afterwards, your little rating doesn't stay.

So now you are officially monkey rated for foolishness!
Foolish Monkey
June 09, 2010 11:15 AM
Love it! One of my favorite quotes, was it Groucho's?
Dr. Spudman44
June 09, 2010 11:20 AM
Your a dork! Drinking has plenty of benifits! It makes you happy, gives you something to laugh about the next day and brings you closer to your friends! Like Benjamen franklin said "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
Sodus Person
June 09, 2010 11:21 AM
Ah... my favorite BF quote!
Michael Rodgers
June 09, 2010 11:24 AM
Hilarious! That reading will get you every time.
Fay Paxton
June 09, 2010 11:25 AM
Michael - read on - you will discover, as some of us did some time ago, that if you keep reading you will find out the four things that are most likely to kill you - eating, drinking, breathing, and sex (not necessarily in that order).
Andy Wolfenson
June 09, 2010 11:37 AM
Hey,
There was a pretty scary story about vaginosis too but you didn't see me cut and run.
Just saying...
o'stephanie
June 09, 2010 11:42 AM
If you are truly serious, you will be sorely missed. But I'll keep looking for that little avatar!
sweetfeet
June 09, 2010 11:46 AM
I apologize in advance, as I usually am not bossy, but this is one of those exceptions, "sorry, but you're just not allowed!"

(Sorry - you must've been inadvertently deleted from my 'favs' - you're back now!)
Sparking
June 09, 2010 11:48 AM
Ha! Great chuckle (and so true)!
Kellylark
June 09, 2010 12:03 PM
I like it! No more reading. Could be the start of a whole new trend. So, quit reading but keep on writing.
Walter Blevins
June 09, 2010 12:08 PM
Finally a flounce that makes perfect sense!
Norwonk
June 09, 2010 12:14 PM
All I can say is, "Don't believe everything you read."
"Everything in moderation."
Red wine has anti-oxidents and therefore good for the brain. Just not too much!
You can't leave.
We have way too much fun here!
xo
Cathy GF
June 09, 2010 12:28 PM
"I try to leave, but they keep pulling me back in......"

Try harder.
Gordon Osmond
June 09, 2010 12:37 PM
Good luck with it :)
BuffyW
June 09, 2010 01:26 PM
Michael-you deserve pats for getting comments from Kinky and Gordon on the same post. Now that is an accomplishment.
Dr. Spudman44
June 09, 2010 01:48 PM
Einstein himself once said "If it wasn't for my wine I would never have thought of relativity." He concluded that he had a thinking problem too and never sought help for it.

So at least tune in on Saturdays and look at the cartoons.
grif -
June 09, 2010 02:10 PM
You bozo. I'm so gullible ...but I may never trust you again. ::::sniffle::;
femme forte aka candace
June 09, 2010 02:12 PM
I seem to constantly find articles unveiling the truth that booze and dark chocolate and coffee are health foods that everyone needs.
Redstocking Grandma
June 09, 2010 02:16 PM
Aww, I'm just funnin' around a little. I couldn't leave this place if I had to, though it would seem that Gordon "O" wishes I would. No matter, you can't please 'em all. He's just playing schoolyard bully. It's the opposite role he played as a child.
Michael Rodgers
June 09, 2010 02:17 PM
Leavin' again, gowno mon, didn't realize you came back... Or is it that I've been gone? Life's too complicated, drink more, read less works! RRR
patrick daniels
June 09, 2010 02:21 PM
No Mike no, I'll PM you a shot of tequila, please don't go!
nanatehay
June 09, 2010 02:50 PM
My favorite faux flounce EVER.
Kind of Blue
June 09, 2010 03:02 PM
Go. Stay. Hardly a pivotal moment in history either way.

But at least you came up with a title that prompted me to read your post. Nothing else would.
Gordon Osmond
June 09, 2010 03:09 PM
If you drink enough, you won't remember what you read. You can have it both ways.
Stim
June 09, 2010 03:13 PM
You Foolisher! Get naked, be happy!
LadyMiko
June 09, 2010 03:31 PM
Gordon, why do you come over here to insult me in my own living room? Why not go and be a turd in your own punchbowl? What an ass. Next time you feel like reading something over here, just don't.
Michael Rodgers
June 09, 2010 03:32 PM
I once had a long conversation about the ill-effects of alcohol. Over some very good wine. It helped keep the conversation going. So keep reading - it's a sign you need to increase your threshold for terror.
R for the good and needed laugh.
maria heng
June 09, 2010 03:32 PM
C'mon Michael, stick around and we'll set up a chapter of Readers Anonymous, and a ReadAnon for family members. Then will you stay?

Lezlie
L in the Southeast
June 09, 2010 03:34 PM
Stay put, Michael Rodgers! The title made me need a stiff one...
Amanda Gulledge
June 09, 2010 03:37 PM
I'm about to google "a stiff one" I posted the comment and am hoping it is indeed a reference to alcohol.
Amanda Gulledge
June 09, 2010 03:38 PM
Very, very funny. I really believe, however, you should increase your alcohol consumption. You really won't care so much about what you are reading!
teresa
June 09, 2010 04:18 PM
Hysterically laughing my ass off..
If you leave, you can't leave me behind..
fireeyes24
June 09, 2010 04:31 PM
Don't leave, just order a dirty martini with a blue cheese olive and we can all just pretend you left...until we have another...R
SheilaTGTG55
June 09, 2010 05:13 PM
Are you really leaving or is this just a joke (to go along with your other joke)?
Get yourself a big fat glass of wine and a good book and call me in the morning...
If you are leaving us, good luck!
Steve Katz
June 09, 2010 05:26 PM
I'm OUTRAGED!!. I was in the mood to read a good flounce. I feel so damned cheated I think I'll write up my own. Probly wouldn't hurt to keep one in the draft bin just in case, you know, in case you get REALLY OUTRAGED. Don't wanna write when your that pissed.
Matt Paust
June 09, 2010 05:51 PM
Damn, thought I left a comment, oh well, here it is, I'M LEAVING TOO!!!!
Tinkerertink69
June 09, 2010 05:53 PM
43 ratings and counting. it's the most successful genre on the site. "the last call."
Ben Sen
June 09, 2010 06:12 PM
Mr. Rodgers, in your neighbourhood is Mr. No Socks Please We're British, who tells me one can check out but one can never leave.
cleotheo
June 09, 2010 06:24 PM
You people are waaaaaay too much fun to leave. They'll have to drag me outa here kicking and screaming.......drinking all the way! Maybe I could do a post about Flouncing for Dummies.
Michael Rodgers
June 09, 2010 06:59 PM
Beer is one of the four major food groups, so you are good!
Dave Rickert
June 09, 2010 07:30 PM
Bwahaha! Even when you're away, you are in our hearts. R
Thoth
June 09, 2010 09:08 PM
You're in bad company, and it could be worse -- remember the only time W was caught reading? It was just before 9-11, and no one ever saw him reading again after that. Now as for drinking, I'm bettin' he gave that up just like he gave up golf.
Tom Cordle
June 09, 2010 09:17 PM
I just drank an article that warned about the dangers of reading. I did not quit drinking, or something like that. What's the problem? Come back and fill my Fridays with laughter and mirth! Rated
rainee174
June 10, 2010 01:08 AM
This is hysterical. Completely for many reasons.
Too many to list, and you are right.
Mission
June 10, 2010 06:02 AM
Awww, no! Possibly the funniest guy around, gone, stolen from us by the fiendish vision of sobriety. Remember Mike, you don't have a drinking problem. You've pretty much got it worked out. Sorry to see you go, friend.
Victor Schwartz
June 16, 2010 04:17 AM
I am glad that you are thinking so clearly about this. Drinking does that for me, too.
DeliaBlack
June 20, 2010 01:05 AM

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