Rain Man
Interview with a Poster: Rain Man

By Neckbone
1/1/2001

PlanetSucks Interviewer: Rain Man, I really appreciate you taking the time to tell us about yourself.

Rain Man: i say who's on first what's on second i don't know's on third are you the manager yes you gonna be the coach too yes and you don't know the fellows' names well i should well then who's on first...

PlanetSucks Interviewer: Rain Man... Raymond!! So are you the real Raymond Babbitt that Barry Levinson based his 1988 Oscar winning film on?

Rain Man: This is definitely a small room. Definitely. It's quite hot now. Quite hot.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: It is, Rain Man. I'd like to apologize for the inconvenience... it's was all that we could afford.

Rain Man: Of course, I'm an excellent poster.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: Of course you are, Rain Man. Popular opinion suggests that...

Rain Man: I'm an excellent poster, of course. An excellent poster.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: How long have you been posting, Rain Man?

Rain Man: Since 1999.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: Really?

Rain Man: Yeah. Since 1999. August 18, 1999 to be exact. Of course, it was a hot and humid summer day with temperatures ranging in the upper 90's in the western states, cooling off as we move further east. August 18, 1999. August 18...

PlanetSucks Interviewer: You know that you're considered an 'old school' poster, don't you? What was your favorite Real World Season?

Rain Man: The Real World sucks.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: That is funny, Rain Man.

Rain Man: Yeah, haha. Of course my father passed away. It was because of a short and sudden illness.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: I'm really sorry.

Rain Man: Yeah.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: Do you remember your first post, Rain Man.

Rain Man: Yeah.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: What was it?

Rain Man: Yeah.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: I mean, what did you post about?

Rain Man: Yeah.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: OK, what did it feel like?

Rain Man: Very wet and very slippery. And shiny. Definitely very wet and very slippery and shiny. Very sparkly.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: Very wet?

Rain Man: Yeah. Of course, I'm an excellent poster. There are definitely 7424 active members online. Seven thousand four... four hundred and twenty four.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: Really.

Rain Man: 7424. Definitely.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: I guess that's a lot of...

Rain Man: And 89,543 lurkers.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: How can you count the lurkers?

Rain Man: The Off-Topic Forum: You can use this forum to "blather incessantly."®

PlanetSucks Interviewer: Huh?

Rain Man: The Off-Topic Forum: You can use this forum to "blather incessantly."®

PlanetSucks Interviewer: Are your...

Rain Man: The Off-Topic Forum: You can use this forum to "blather incessantly."®

PlanetSucks Interviewer: Raymond. Raymond!

Rain Man: The Off-Topic Forum: You can use this forum to "blather incessantly."®

PlanetSucks Interviewer: OK Raymond!! Phew... do you see Charlie much?

Rain Man: Charlie Babbitt, my main man. C-H-A-R-L... Uh oh.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: What's wrong, Rain Man?

Rain Man: Two minutes to Survivor. Survivor definitely starts at 8 o'clock Eastern Standard Time. Uh oh.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: What happened to your TV Walkman that Charlie got for you?

Rain Man: Charlie Babbitt threw it onto the Pacific Coast Highway.

PlanetSucks Interviewer: Why did he do that?

Rain Man: Yeah.

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