FTFY.
Oh, do not let that stop you!
Tripler
GoAheadAndFundMe dot Trip.
Moderating:
Altering someone’s quote is a no-no. As a 25-er, you should know this. The rule:
Quote Box – Do not modify another poster’s words inside the quote box. For SDMB posters, the quote must be accurate, whether displayed using [QUOTE] tags or ordinary quotation marks. Normal editorial rules apply: that is, you may indicate omitted portions of a quote by the use of ellipses “…” or devices such as [snip]. You may add text to clarify a word using square brackets (e.g., “her [the sister’s] friend”), but you may not add editorial comments or edit a quote so as to change the substantive meaning; nor may you substitute text such as “some blather” or “more nonsense” inside the [QUOTE] tags or quotation marks.
Don’t do this again, please.
Maybe stop showing that picture at TSA?
Whoa! Sorry . . . I genuinely missed that part.
Guilty as charged. On the other hand, it’s just so hilariously cute!!
Tripler
Man, I’m batting a thousand here tonight, ain’t I?
It happens. I know you’ll never do it again. 
Ahem. Those are Miracle Mexican Fat Burners. Yep, I remember Wildest Bill.
Coming up on 25 years here. If there’s a secret handshake, I have yet to learn it.
You’re supposed to ask, “Are you a friend of Cecil?” the same as a member of AA might ask “Are you a friend of Bill”?
Maybe you’re supposed to use the codephrase 14 k of g in a fpd.
I knew Opal in real life back in the day. It was surprisingly difficult to work “hi Opal” into the conversation when you were actually face to face and saying hi to Opal.
I believe she was selling a “Hi,Opal” T-shirt back in the day. She had a few other T-shirts as well but I don’t remember what was on them.
Aww. Nice story.
The good times.
Isn’t the secret code phrase “I burning your dog”?
If your use of the word “cromulent” elicits no visible reaction, I think you’re about 90+% of the way there.
Not knowing the Secret Handshake [makes the Baby Jesus cry.](How do YOU make the Baby Jesus cry? - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board How do YOU make the Baby Jesus cry? - #21 by Cleophus - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board)
I have no idea how that got screwed up
A t-shirt with “never always trust a Cecil” would signal to the nexus of The Crown watchers/dopers.
Before learning the Secret Handshake Of Cecil, you must be Initiated.
BRING FORTH THE GOAT AND THE SQUID!
NO! Not The Squid! I still have tentacle scars on my…
I have frequently dropped references to “1920s style Death Rays” at the office, always to crickets. I wonder if I have to step up the game with a tagline about visiting the Marinara Trench, only once, in the 60s.
Tripler
I always get the SDMB meme confused . . . was the meme “Mariana” or “Marinara?”
I’m still the only one who spread the word about 1920s Style Death Rays. Great article. Terrible font choices.
I’m pretty sure the Marinara Trench is part of the mythology of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, though.
What are these “standards” of which you speak?