# After much deliberation....... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 11, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030 "2006-07-11T15:09:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/1 "2006-07-11T15:09:47Z")
Well not really all that much. 😃 Anyway having realised that I’m in the company of well mannered, erudite, articulate beings I decided to cough up and join. Even as I type my dosh is winging its way across the pond to Uncle Sam. Now all I have to do is fathom out the bolding/underlining and all the other little goodies which are mine, the following are tests\>\>\>\>\> \*\* well lordy me\* ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/2 "2006-07-11T15:15:12Z")
Welcome aboard! You just wait riiiiggght there! We’ll be back shortly with the …aaah… “official” welcome party! Get the goat, the blindfold, and the hummus! Quick! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/3 "2006-07-11T15:19:22Z")
> [@JustAnotherGeek](#): > > Get the goat, the blindfold, and the hummus! Quick! 😉 So we’re not using the pogo stick and the duct tape? Man, we’re getting lax! Welcome aboard, **chowder**. Try to keep your legs crossed at all times, and by all means, _stay away from the sheep dip!_. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/4 "2006-07-11T15:34:20Z")
Welcome aboard! I hope you don’t mind that every time I see your name, I’m going to have a Freddy Quimby tirade running through my head. Now then, if you’ll just take your position over there (yes, there…on the large red “X”), we can get this initiation under way. _Say it, Frenchy! Say “chowder”!_ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/5 "2006-07-11T15:36:40Z")
Ooo, another Brit Doper. Me loves Brit Dopers. Welcome to the boards, **chowder**! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/6 "2006-07-11T20:28:51Z")
Welcome! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/7 "2006-07-11T21:48:50Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > _Say it, Frenchy! Say “chowder”!_ I had exactly the same thought shaow-dair ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/8 "2006-07-11T21:51:06Z")
Chow-dah. 😃 Welcome, and all that. You aren’t allergic to seafood, are you? Or Angora? ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/9 "2006-07-12T01:04:37Z")
Have a margarita! (It will help with what comes along later, I promise.) And try not to step on the cats. They do tend to be underfoot a bit. Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/10 "2006-07-12T09:11:04Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Chow-dah. 😃 > > Welcome, and all that. You aren’t allergic to seafood, are you? Or Angora? Allergic to seafood? moi? Not at all, how do you think I got my handle, fell in love with clam chowder when in Rhode Island…I’d kill for some but we don’t have it here in England ☹ ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/11 "2006-07-12T09:59:29Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > Anyway having realised that I’m in the company of well mannered, erudite, articulate beings I decided to cough up and join. Hehehehehehe. Wrong board dude. We’re not mannered nor erudite. And you can stick your fucken articulation right up your bum. See? ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/12 "2006-07-12T11:17:04Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > Anyway having realised that I’m in the company of well mannered, erudite, articulate beings I decided to cough up and join. Ha! Fooled another one! Pass the cheap beer and corn nuts. When’s the initiation start? ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/13 "2006-07-12T16:43:38Z")
Welcome! Always nice to see a new face. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/14 "2006-07-12T16:53:48Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > Even as I type my dosh is winging its way across the pond to Uncle Sam. Sounds kinky. 😃 Welcome aboard! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/15 "2006-07-12T16:57:02Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > fell in love with clam chowder when in Rhode Island Hold on there a moment, bub. :dubious: Before we let you join – what color was the chowder? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/16 "2006-07-12T17:01:44Z")
Hello **chowder**. Be welcome. Enjoy your stay. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/17 "2006-07-12T18:19:35Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Hold on there a moment, bub. :dubious: > > Before we let you join – what color was the chowder? Oooo, good one. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/18 "2006-07-12T18:43:36Z")
Welcome, **Chowder**! Do we need a fresh squid yet? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/19 "2006-07-12T18:56:32Z")
Welcome aboard **Chowder** It’s nice to see that you have such a high opinion of the SDMB membership. Yes, we enjoy discussing Shakespeare, Spinoza, Bertrand Russell, Wrestle Mania III, the latest Monster Truck Rally (will Fordzilla™ finally be overthrown?) … oops - sorry there :smack: … we’ve sold global warming, found a cheap, non-polluting, unlimited energy source, and we … hey wait a minute - we’ve got his money right? Okay, we can let down the pretense. 😃 You should fit in well here. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030/20 "2006-07-12T18:58:15Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > When’s the initiation start? Um, you should know by now that the first rule of initiation is: “You don’t talk about initiation.” The second rule of initiation is: “You DO NOT talk about initiation.” The third rule is to welcome the newest vict… er, member into the fold. Greetings, **chowder**! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-much-deliberation/364030.md?page=2)