re: THE TROUGH: The End.

I'm very sorry to hear this, but I do understand. Thanks for the time and effort you've given.

A bow from Mike A. Tiger:

Mike admired your weekly excursions to the edge. It ain't easy to dredge up the wit, guile, visualizations and technical execution to pull that off every week. For free.

It takes guts to test the limits. By the nature of the beast that is esoteric humor, once in awhile you didn't leave enough bread crumbs from your Chicageauxdog for others to find the path. But you always gave Mikey things to laugh about. You are a clever guy.

In fact, The Trough was openly recognized as the inspiration for the Mike A. Tiger blog on the LSU Alumni Atlanta site that started up this year. Mike's Boot Blog Using a humor page to draw folks to the Web alumni site is an intended consequence that makes the effort worth taking. If that was a small part of your reason for being, it worked.

Mikey hoped that every LSU alum site would find a local crazy to add some spice to the LSU online pot. Now LSUChicageaux is hanging it up. Few know what the demands are in time and effort to knock out a page like that.

Sad day. Fare thee well Oh Windy One. Thanks for the inspiration.



mike.a.tiger@gmail.com

awwwwwwwww maaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnn

I just discovered this thing the last three weeks.

Now it's gonna be gone??

damn the luck.

Thanks anyway.

Chicageaux, it's been a good run and I have enjoyed it. I appreciate you taking the time to give us a glimpse into your twisted sense of humor. Maybe you can give us another one some time in the future for "old times sake". Good work, buddy.

I do not accept your resignation. You can't quit. Perhaps we can get you a pay raise? Seriously, you have a gift that makes people happy (sort of like DC...only your gift is less hairy) (Just kidding DC..it's not THAT hairy.)

Perhaps you should simply write when the muse hits you instead of having a hard and fast regimented schedule. Believe me, we will keep checking.

By the way, for what it's worth, my favorite Trough of all time is still the one you did about Georgia and David Pollock and his motor. Was the first I ever read, and is what hooked me to your site.

Seriously, I hope you won't go into full retirement, but if that is what must be, then thanks for the laughs.

Thanks for all of your hard work. I have certainly enjoyed the site.

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Trojan: Always enjoyed your work Chicageaux, even when it was aimed at us.

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Thanks. Sure thing. Bea Arthur is an easy target, but he is a great coach.
J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS

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Genuine: Maybe you can give us another one some time in the future for "old times sake".

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Don't say that. I'm could wake you up one night or something and tie you to a chair and play out a Trough with action figures. Do you have baby doll with a squirrel's head on it? Ok thanks.

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AZ: empty liter of vodka...

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Sissy.

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Carolina: like JR gettin shot and Bobby reappearing in the shower.

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Except this is like Bobby and JR, in the shower together. Jerry Jones is filming them. Paul Lynde is watching Billy Jack and licking the screen. Burnt popcorn.

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rumproast: my favorite Trough of all time is still the one you did about Georgia and David Pollock and his motor. I hope you won't go into full retirement..

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One of my favorites, too. It'll be back up in due time. I still have the power plant image and everything. And I'm not going anywhere, just not able to give The Trough the attention it should have.

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Volvagia

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It's kind of scary when you put them altogether like that.

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KG: Are you still gonna post?

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Yep

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Mississippi: you will be hammering on the opposing fans a little more on the Rant

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You know, I've thought about this: You'd have to look very hard through The Trough to find expletives or some of the typical digs at teams you might find on other sites; I thought it made the subterfuge more effective. Anyway, without those self-imposed restraints in play, I may just head over to the SEC Rant or something and spray caustic manheat (read: bitchmusk) everywhere.


And, you guys are too kind.