I’d never even heard of the Straight Dope until a week or two ago … having, since then, lurked in on a number of fascinating conversations and had more than my fair share of belly laughs, I just gotta join!! 
You guys are great!
Welcome aboard!
Welcome, dude. 
I’ll throw down, too. Welcome aboard. We’ll just water the soup.
There’s ALWAYS room for another Pratchettite in these here parts, podner!
Twoflower, come and play.
Twoflower, come and play today.
Twoflower, come and be our friend
And watch the sun 'till it rains again.
Twoflower, come and play today.
Twoflower, be welcome. Enjoy your stay. 
Now that the Sacred Initial Greeting, as ordained by the Anciet AOL Boarders is over, we shall begin the Initiation!
Bring in…The Goat!
Thanks all!! I feel most welcomed … 
And I did look up the defintion of “felch” :eek: I’ll pass on the goat, thanks
Btw, is charter membership retroactive now?
Aw, Jerry the Tech God needs to sort this out; he just hasn’t gotten to the cosmetics of it. The subscription rate information is already in place. as it was a timed cutoff for Charter Member rates. It’s the user titles that need adjusting.
I’ve requested this before and it got put on the back burner. There were too many other priorities before this little problem for the overworked staff. I’ll try it again and see what happens.
your humble TubaDiva
Administrator
That’s good. Not that I don’t mind of we aren’t SUPER selective as to whom is a ‘charter member’ just so that there is some difference and we get to keep that title if we like. 10 years from now, it should be “the few, the proud, the charters”.
You have no choice over the goat. 
Welcome!
Neither the goat nor the calamari is optional – hey, you want to play with the big kids, you’ve got to prove your worth!
Welcome!
Calamari?? I have to felch a squid?!?!?!? :eek: :eek:
Pipe down or they’ll make you felch the goat. <<shudders, tries to forget>>
I’m not allowed to reveal the actual details of the initiation until the initiation is in process – at which point the cone of silence descends. Let’s just say we did finally get PETA to back the f**k off and leave it at that, shall we?
That’s only because they “love” animals as much as we do.
Okay folks, asked and answered in full, I would say.
your humble TubaDiva
Administrator