User:TheBue

History of The Bue - The history of The Bue dates back to the late 1980's when a technical sales consultant worked at the computer automation division of McDonnell Douglas then called McAuto. The name "Bue" is a derivative of the employee's full last name that was used by his boss to summon him to his office by calling out, "Hey Bue!". The shortened nick-name stuck and soon everyone in the sales offices in St. Louis and around the U.S. began referring to the employee as Bue.

As time went on the notariety of the employee grew along with the nick-name Bue. When entering the bar for happy hour with his colleagues he was often greeted with a hearty, "Bue!", in much the same manner that Norm was greeted when he would enter Cheers. The notariety continued the evolution of the term "Bue" into a verb form complete with conjugations.

It was during those same happy hour visits that The Bue would politely excuse himself to the men's room never to be seen again that particular evening. No one thought much of it and they would simply say, "Hey, where's Bue?". But as time went on the reveler's began to notice the pattern: a polite, "I've gotta hit the restroom." from The Bue, but never seen again that evening. The friends and colleagues chalked it up to silly behavior and simply joked about it the next Monday. Soon yet another pattern emerged that would define the verb-form of "Bue".

During one particular happy-hour the reveler's suggested that the happy-hour activity underway at the Club Riverport (Maryland Heights, MO) be continued at another bar in Westport. Everyone, including The Bue, agreed to meet at Patrick's forth-with. Each reveler climbed into their respective automobile to leave Riverport heading for Westport. During this transition, having safely negotiated one controlled intersection and the I70/I270 interchange, The Bue decided that it was simply time to call it a night. And so, without hesitiation, he drove south on I270 passing Westport on his left and leaving his work-pals behind. Come Monday everyone was asking where The Bue went Friday...he simply replied, "I legally negoitiated a controlled intersection, got on the highway, and just decided to head on home." To that statement someone said, "You ditched us man!". To which someone else stated, "He didn't ditch us. He Bued us!"

And so to this day to be "bued" is to have been ditched without warning. Now, I'm no english major (as I'm sure is obvious) but of course there are conjugations of the verb. One can bue someone else. One can be bued. And of course when the act is being perpetrated it is a bueing.

That's it. That's me. I'm The Bue and that's all you need to know.