Help me explain the "Dingbat" thing to Mrs. Robb.

[Robb]

I'll admit I never envisioned myself having to have a conversation about this. :D

I'm spending a fair bit of time lately on DU, what with the moderatoratin'. Which isn't to say I haven't spent a fair bit here before. Just now there's more.

So. At some point Mrs. Robb is bound to join, to see what all the fuss is about. There's just no getting around it. Or, at a minimum, she's going to pop in and read a little. And at some point she will find the Lounge. And at some point there will be something at once Robb-related and dingbat-related. And I'm going to have to explain just what the hell that is all about.

Lord help me, I have no idea where to start. :D

[seemunkee]

1. You mean she doesn't know?

[trof]

2. Now that you mention it...

How did that whole "Robb is a dingbat" thing get started?

[LeftyMom]

3. You mean it wasn't explained when her name was legally changed to Mrs. Dingbat?

She's a trusting one, isn't she?

[LeftyMom]

4. DUPE (TM)

Now with more Double-Posting Power!

[Swede]

5. I don't remember how it all started.

But it spread fast.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Me either. Just one day every poll I saw had that as an option, and it's been like that ever since

[CreekDog]

7. Just tell her you're a dingbat

if she asks why, tell her we voted on it. :hide:

[madinmaryland]

8. Just tell her CreekDog is the new Dingbat on DU!!

:D

[sarge43]

9. Blame it on Agent Mike

Tell her he's been holed up in the basement for so long that he finally lost it and started calling you dingbat.

Everything can be blame on Mikey.

[TrogL]

10. Some people on DU are mentally ill and get obsessed with things

Hence certain traditions get started purely innocently and we won't let go.

At least you're not a moran. I'm series.

[Ptah]

11. When you were posting a poll you added a self-depreciating option.

Robb is a Dingbat.

And then being Bullish on Dingbat (cause He's going places) became the norm.

I think

[Skittles]

12. you want I should kick Mrs.Dingbat's ass, Robb?

:7

[many a good man]

13. Tell her we're just talkin' about Chuck Robb

What a dingbat!

[kwassa]

14. Its a bat you hit dings with. Series.

[KamaAina]

15. Try this

:P

[RoyGBiv]

16. Just tell her you're really Cowboy Neal ...

... in disguise.

:hide:

[Monk06]

17. Just tell her you are an internet legend and the object of the ultimate surrealist put down.

"Robb's a dingbat", no further comment or debate
required.

[Hawkeye-X]

18. Dingbat.

Robb is a dingbat, Mrs. Robb. I'll wait for her to travel from the Western Slope to Denver to get the explanation :)

Hawkeye-X