# A new kid on the block wanting to say hi **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 3, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358 "2004-10-03T19:18:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nahuman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@Nahuman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nahuman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/1 "2004-10-03T19:18:03Z")
Ladies and gentlemen, To put the point simply, I want to introduce myself to the community. I have lurked on these boards for a while, and I have been impressed with the breadth and width of topics, opinions and posters here. This has convinced me to become (eventually) a member and (hopefully) contributor to these boards. As a courtesy, I offer a word of warning. I have an unfortunate tendency to be silly at certain times of the month, or whenever I feel like it. Also, I can be goaded and prodded to **pun**. I do try to behave like a gentleman, but sometimes I just can not control the silliness. So, _doffs hat and bows to all_ ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/2 "2004-10-03T19:34:16Z")
Well, welcome! _curtsies_ Amusingly, I was just listening to Pinhead by the Ramones. You know what’s coming… Gabba gabba, we accept you, one of us! ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/3 "2004-10-03T19:44:44Z")
A new kid? wooooo! Sing the “right stuff” for us! _o o ooOOoo o o OOoo the right stuff_ ---
**Author:** ![Nahuman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@Nahuman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nahuman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/4 "2004-10-03T20:21:19Z")
Dang! Should have known better than to put even a tiny NKOTB-reference on the title there! :smack: Oh well, can’t be helped… [copyrighted material removed] And that **WILL** be the last time I’ll do NKOTB on the SDMB! Yes, I _can_ dance and I _can_ sing, but I’d much rather sing something more … wholesome. Oh, and thanks **chatelaine** and **Tony** for the welcome! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/5 "2004-10-03T20:28:39Z")
> [@Nahuman](#): > > Dang! > > Should have known better than to put even a tiny NKOTB-reference on the title there! > :smack: Psst new kid … copyright violation. Oops. ::runs nekkid thru thread:: ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/6 "2004-10-03T20:28:53Z")
Jordan?!? ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/7 "2004-10-03T20:34:51Z")
> [@Tony Montana](#): > > Jordan?!? :eek: Couldn’t be! Isn’t he busy on _The Surreal Life_? Anyway, um, **welcome!** …I guess. I’m a bit new here myself. ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/8 "2004-10-03T20:39:09Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > Psst new kid … copyright violation. Oops. > > ::runs nekkid thru thread:: _throws tomatoes at the fleeing iampunha_ Uh-huh, what he said. Can only post snippets of lyrics, not the whole song. You can, however, link to lyric pages. ---
**Author:** ![PussyCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PussyCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PussyCow)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/9 "2004-10-03T20:55:55Z")
> [@Nahuman](#): > > As a courtesy, I offer a word of warning. I have an unfortunate tendency to be silly at certain times of the month, or whenever I feel like it. Also, I can be goaded and prodded to pun. Monthly visitor that makes you act strange? I am so confused (a typical state for yours truly). Are you a werewolf or a her-mafro-dite? ---
**Author:** ![Nahuman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@Nahuman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nahuman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/10 "2004-10-03T21:00:21Z")
Oopsie. My bad. (Although that wasn’t the whole song) I _did_ come here to fight ignorance, so I’d better start with my own posts… I extend an apology for this blunder to all those whom it may be of concern and pledge to avoid any similar gaffes in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Nahuman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@Nahuman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nahuman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/11 "2004-10-03T21:12:44Z")
**iampunha** , thank you for running through and gracing my thread by your presence. Does wonders for my (non-existent) street cred. **PussyCow** , I believe that the operative part of my previous sentence is > [@Nahuman](#): > > **or whenever I feel like it** Which means that the part about lunar phases was a _red herring_ and part of the silliness. Or I just might be a lycantrope afflicted with excessive shenanigans… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/12 "2004-10-03T21:15:07Z")
> [@Nahuman](#): > > This has convinced me to become (eventually) a member and (hopefully) contributor to these boards. Welcome! Let us know when you’re a paid member, and we’ll get the goat and the 500 pounds of Jell-O ready for your initiation. Do you prefer red or orange Jell-O? ---
**Author:** ![PussyCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PussyCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PussyCow)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/13 "2004-10-03T21:18:08Z")
Oh, choose the red. The orange one is _not_ orange-flavored. I don’t know what that flavor is, but I never want to taste it again! ---
**Author:** ![Nahuman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@Nahuman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nahuman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/14 "2004-10-03T21:22:12Z")
I bow to your superior experience, **PussyCow**. Red it shall be. BTW, what colour is the goat? ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/15 "2004-10-03T21:22:27Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Welcome! > Let us know when you’re a paid member, and we’ll get the goat and the 500 pounds of Jell-O ready for your initiation. > > Do you prefer red or orange Jell-O? Hey, what about **me**? All **I** got was a couple of pounds of old tapioca pudding and an apathetic guinea pig, and I was even a returning former member! I see how it is around here. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Nahuman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@Nahuman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nahuman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/16 "2004-10-03T21:30:29Z")
Ah, I see a lady has been mistreated, **chatelaine**. May I offer a flower to console you? :: pulls out a rose from a sleeve:: ---
**Author:** ![PussyCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PussyCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PussyCow)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/17 "2004-10-03T21:33:06Z")
> [@Nahuman](#): > > Ah, I see a lady has been mistreated, **chatelaine**. > > May I offer a flower to console you? > > :: pulls out a rose from a sleeve:: Woah. Cool move, man. I hurt my elbow the other day… ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/18 "2004-10-03T21:35:45Z")
> [@Nahuman](#): > > BTW, what colour is the goat? Does it really matter? After all, _you’re_ the one who’s going to be blindfolded. ---
**Author:** ![PussyCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PussyCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PussyCow)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/19 "2004-10-03T21:37:03Z")
> [@chatelaine](#): > > Hey, what about **me**? All **I** got was a couple of pounds of old tapioca pudding and an apathetic guinea pig, and I was even a returning former member! > > I see how it is around here. :rolleyes: Yah well, my sympathies. The bastards couldn’t find a real goat for me, so I wound up with a three-legged dingo that eats tin cans. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358/20 "2004-10-03T21:42:18Z")
Howdy, **Nahuman**! Can I have a rose? Please? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kid-on-the-block-wanting-to-say-hi/267358.md?page=2)