IMHO, the period from June 10 to June 25th, 2005 was a very significant time in Mudcat history.

I am specifically referring to this thread: For Real I Quit .

That thread began on June 10th, 2005 at 7:50PM with Martin Gibson's announcement that he was leaving Mudcat. As a result of the Mudcat server crashing June 15th {or so}, JennyO's June 11th post is shown as the first comment to this thread.

"For real I quit" reached its 1,000 post on June 25th, 2005 {frogprince; 09:26 PM}. As I write this post, people are still posting to that "For Real I quit" thread. But hopefully it is winding down.

I will take the liberty of quoting Freda Underhill's description of that thread:

"congratulations! what a great achievement! this thread is like the proverbial lotus - roots in the mud - stem rising through muddy waters, finally to reach the sunlight"

-snip-

One result of reaching the 1,000th posts for that thread, was an almost immediate burst of threads with creative imitative names in the grand ole Mudcat tradition. Among those 14 or so threads are are "For Real, I quilt" {started by frogprince}; "Four reel-life squid" {started by JennyO}, "4 eels 1 quid" {started by Freda Underhill}, and "For real I squirt" {started by Guest, sMartin Girthsome}.

'Catters who have been here longer may have other thread experiences that they consider to be highly significant for one reason or another. But-so far-the "For Real I quit" thread 'takes the cake' for me.



Azizi Powell