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From time to time, somebody posts weird things or behaves in a manner that strikes other users as peculiar. There are many members who have fit this profile in the past. 

Waspfro: Lithium (the dreaded L-word) arose from this ex-Crunchlander's obsession with bipolar disorder and its treatment.  After posting to dialup Crunchland about nothing else for months, he became upset that nobody wanted to discuss his pet topic any more.  He was eventually banished, after which he threatened to sue Crunchland for discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Hamhead: Youngster who logged onto Crunchland before the days of Kiddy Crunchland. 

Jesus: A user named Jesus was  thrown off the board for being annoying.  Later, any bad luck was blamed on the fact that we were the BBS that canned a religious icon.

Jim Vance: There was a time when "Jim Vance" signed on, said he was the same one of Newscaster fame (newscaster on Washington DC's local NBC affiliate), and described what he'd be wearing later on TV that night. The fact he was correct brought much excitement and debate whether it was really Jim or one of his interns.  Later, Captain Crunch exposed the sign-on of Mr. Vance as a practical joke based on an experiment of backdating messages.

Punk Walrus - A long time user, Punk Walrus (aka "Punkie") claimed he'd received several threatening,  anonymous emails. He presumed, based on the message content, that they originated from someone linked with Crunchland. Unfortunately, he was never able to produce proof of these messages, so the culprit (or culprits) were never tracked down. Punkie left the community voluntarily, since several people questioned the veracity of his claims. In fact, an amateur writer,  Punkie was always known to be capable of spinning many tall tales. He was last sighted elsewhere on the net, spreading stories about how mean Crunchland people supposedly are. We wish Punkie all the best, wherever he is.

Let's not forget TUFF (or maybe we should). The guy would camp out in LORD for all his waking hours waiting to pick up any female who entered, and when his real girlfriend wanted to log on, he gave her the handle "Stinky".  Some say he was banished, others say he left of his own volition. Putumayo remembers him being tossed off the board, after a few women complained to the Captain about his behavior.

Zahra the Seductress was a former Crunchland regular.  Her handle was tongue-in-cheek, but led to some confusion nevertheless.  If she'd been around for LORD, she probably would've scored the second-highest romantic ranking (behind Nympho, of course).

Other wacko users

Acid Rainbow: An apparent victim of multiple-personality disorder, Acid Rainbow found a temporary home on Crunchland. Remembered for his lament about no one knowing the trials and tribulations of being a member of MENSA. He was last sighted on LAMBDAmoo, relishing in the ability to be any sort of person he desired.

Katana: A user attracted to the old dial-up BBS because of the game L.O.R.D., Katana would spend many hours online, waiting for people to show up. 

Crom: This user had the ability to leave very long-winded and rambling messages on any and all topics.

 

Emma Peel: Feminist and outspoken lesbian who used to launch virtual missiles at those who made chauvinist comments.

Captain Crunch: the founder and original sysop of the Crunchland BBS. He's gone now. His original moniker was taken from the alias of a guy who used a plastic whistle from a box of Captain Crunch cereal to get free phone calls from Ma Bell.

The oldest continuous member of Crunchland is Phaedrus, connecting to the BBS within a week or two of its inception.

DSF: Current sysop of Crunchland, he took over the operation of the BBS in 1995, and was responsible for moving it onto the world-wide web.

Paul Styrene: "Uncle Paul" is a permanent fixture of the Crunchland community. A friend to all. 

The father of Crunchland Happy Hours is Samurai. While there were several infamous outings by the Crunchland Crew (including a dimsum party which involved tiny snail shells), it was Samurai who was the first to offer up a semi-irregular Happy Hour outing, in an effort to meet newbies. It was as the direct result of one of these happy hours that he met his wife, M&M(M remembers: "Samurai proposed to me on the BBS before he did it in person...I had left town, and he knew I wouldn't check the base again til after the weekend, and he had asked me for real...So really, all of Crunchland knew he was proposing before I did!")

    Phaedrus is married to Lois Lane, who he met indirectly through the BBS. Other newlyweds are Johnny Anonymous and the Redhead; several other ongoing involvements also started up via Crunchland.

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