# Another delurker spotted **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682 "2004-12-08T03:12:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo_ate_my_hamster)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/1 "2004-12-08T03:12:12Z")
Hi, it must have been raining for a long time here because long-time lurkers seem to be crawling from every hole in the ground. I have been lurking here on and off for the past two years and finally decided to come in the open since all the goats are busy with other newbies this week. I am 27 year old English teacher/translator (although I still have to find some time to hand in my BA thesis since there are so many interesting things in life which keep me away from finishing it, this message board for example) and come from Slovenia. OK, I’m standing on the left with my papers in my hand and my galoshes unbuttoned. Now what’s next? Hey, what’s that? You said there aren’t any goats available … aaaaaaaaargh ---
**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:** [December 8, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/2 "2004-12-08T03:16:31Z")
Another one bites the dust… 😃 The calimari are getting all ooogy. They just don’t last as long as they used to. StealthGoat…by Pontiac. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/3 "2004-12-08T03:22:38Z")
We all knew you were hiding back there and secretly e-mailing each to took make bets about when you were going to come out. I lost so I am not to happy with you right know to tell you the truth. Say something witty in at least two languages to get back into my good graces. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo_ate_my_hamster)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/4 "2004-12-08T03:39:53Z")
OK, let’s try the first one in my mother tongue: Nisem kriv, da sem debel. Mami je hotela imeti dvojcka, pa se je zadnji trenutek premislila. And something in English: “Pets are always a great help in times of stress. And in times of starvation too, o’course.” -Pterry in Small Gods ---
**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:** [December 8, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/5 "2004-12-08T03:42:15Z")
YEEEEEEEHAH! We got us another PTerry-ite! 😃 Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/6 "2004-12-08T03:43:04Z")
May I inquire as the the origin of the name Torgo\*? \*If it’s Torgo of Manos Hands of Fate fame, I shall love you forever… ---
**Author:** ![Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo_ate_my_hamster)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/7 "2004-12-08T03:48:38Z")
silenus: thanks for a warm wellcome. Looking forward to debates concerning Pterry. badbadrubberpiggy: prepare all the love you have 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/8 "2004-12-08T03:53:21Z")
I think it’s time to put in an order for some more goats. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/9 "2004-12-08T03:57:01Z")
Don’t worry, we’ve got some of the fresh stuff in… 😉 😃 Ahoj! Ja nádej sebe mať úžitok z niečoho svoj časovať sem! ---
**Author:** ![Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo_ate_my_hamster)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/10 "2004-12-08T04:06:55Z")
Kythereia: is that Czech or Slovak? I don’t speak either, but since they are quite close to Slovene I assume that you’ve writen: Hi! I hope you enjoy the time you’ll spend here. Have I guessed? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/11 "2004-12-08T04:11:09Z")
Yup. Sorry about that, I saw Slovenia and guessed Slovak :smack: Hang on, let me find my Slovene dictionary… ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/12 "2004-12-08T04:15:39Z")
> [@Torgo ate my hamster](#): > > OK, I’m standing on the left with my papers in my hand and my galoshes unbuttoned. Now what’s next? Hey, what’s that? You said there aren’t any goats available … aaaaaaaaargh Hold on one second - I think this was falsified! He wouldn’t have written “aaaaaaaaargh.” And I don’t think he was dictating, either. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/13 "2004-12-08T04:24:17Z")
Goats are reserved for Charter Members only. However, I do enjoy your username and hope you’ll stick around long enough for me to lock you in a room with a straw, some jello, and our most ornery Nubian goat. Believe me, it’ll be worth every penny. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo_ate_my_hamster)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/14 "2004-12-08T04:24:56Z")
No offence taken. I think I should’ve mentioned that I come from the former Yugoslav state, not the one that was joined with Bohemia. And don’t bother with the Slovene dictionary. The English-Slovene dictionaries we have here are pretty crappy. You might even learn that a paramedic is an M.D. using a parachute. Luckily we have a completely new and larger dictionary coming out next week (/me drools at the thought of that and remembers that he still has to preorder it to save some money), so take your time. ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/15 "2004-12-08T04:28:55Z")
**Torgo** , I don’t speak Slovene but maybe you’ll get this… Yeslye ti hochesh kozla ti boodyesh dolzhen rabotat na nashoy ferme, komrad! Your best bet is to sound it out 'cause I sure as hell don’t know the rules for transliteration. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo_ate_my_hamster)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/16 "2004-12-08T04:38:35Z")
sleeping: it can be done, but does your company cover the medical insurance and is there a chance of flexible working hours? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/17 "2004-12-08T04:42:49Z")
East European languages! :: swoon :: Er. Welcome, **Torgo ate my hamster**! We have a lot of harmless fun here. Harmless, that’s the word. Harmless. [sub]Looks like the calamari is twitching, and the goats are… are… dear Og… they’re _moaning_. And the llamas and the alpaca are– What in the Nine Scintillating Hells of Krang…?[/sub] :: blanches :: Code Puce! Code Puce! [sub]Paging **twickster**! Paging **Team Red**! We have an unanticipated excursion in Area 29b![/sub] Code Puce! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/18 "2004-12-08T04:46:43Z")
OhmydearsweetOg… RUN FOR IT!!! AIEEEEEEEEEEE! _flees from the calamari_ ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/19 "2004-12-08T04:52:03Z")
**torgo** , your username made me laugh aloud, so I like you already. Plus, you’re from the Balkans, and I have this little obsession with the Balkans, so, uh…neat! Welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo_ate_my_hamster)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682/20 "2004-12-08T04:56:35Z")
Calamari? Gee, folks, thanks for preparing me a welcome dinner. **gulp, munch, gulp, add a bit of tartar sauce, munch, savour the taste, munch, munch, burp** What do you mean I wasn’t the one who was supposed to do the eating part? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-delurker-spotted/278682.md?page=2)