# Ask the hamsterette! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2002, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293 "2002-12-17T08:34:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/41 "2003-04-24T01:25:11Z")
Remember the time you and I and **Stiletto** and **Lady Juliet** totaled out that Jag? How did you get home? By the time I sobered up and woke up, everybody else was gone and I had to call my sister to come get me. :o ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/42 "2003-04-24T01:45:01Z")
Heh. Vanity searches are cool. So, **Flam** , tell me about me. I’m just curious to see what you know about me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/43 "2003-04-24T04:24:02Z")
Yuk. I realized I’d made some errors on the first go-round of this thread, and want to correct them while this thread is still active. In my post where I answered **Happy Lendervedder** ’s question about whether hummus or BK Whoppers had more fat, and then answered **lel** ’s question about aliens / gnomes / fairies / gerbils / spozdogs… I misattributed **lel** ’s quote to **Happy Lendervedder**. What can I say… it was a copy-paste error, and I’m sorry for making it. (done that way more often than I care to admit to, actually) I didn’t realize I’d done so until earlier today looking through the thread. Whoops. :o And in my post where I directed **scout1222** to various bits of **Spoz** -related stuff, I really fluffed up his blogspot link. Here is the corrected link, along with a new one he’s testing out: [SPOZ’s RANT](http://spoz.blogspot.com) and [Spoz’s Rant](http://www.fearofflying.com.au/spoz). 🙂 (and yes… the two links ARE different… 😃 ) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/44 "2003-04-24T05:09:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by John Carter of Mars \* > \*\*Remember the time you and I and **Stiletto** and **Lady Juliet** totaled out that Jag? How did you get home? By the time I sobered up and woke up, everybody else was gone and I had to call my sister to come get me. :o \*\* Yep, I remember that thread. In fact, I was posting to that thread once… my brother walked in, looked at the screen, and then proclaimed us all to be weirdos. 😃 How did I get home, **John Carter of Mars**? Simple… I had magic powers that took me home right after everything had come to its conclusion. (and no… I didn’t even have to do the _Wizard of Oz_ schtick… gio, me!) > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Skerri_ > \*\*Heh. Vanity searches are cool. > > So, Flam, tell me about me. I’m just curious to see what you know about me. 😃 \*\* Well, I aim to please… here goes another excursion into the land of vaguely-recalled memory fragments: [ul] [li]you (used to?) live in South Carolina or Atlanta[/li][li]you’re good friends with **pbrtallboy** (whatever’s happened to that dude, anyway?)[/li][li]you work in a hospital (in the psych wing?)[/li][li]you once had a trying bus ride with some dude who went “Whee!” all the time[/li][li]you have a romantic thing going on with someone whom you refer to as **Boyfriend** around these forums[/li][li]I know how you got your screen name ( **pbrtallboy** and your real first name figure into the equation)[/li][/ul] Standard disclaimer: These recollections may not be accurate, because my brain REALLY hates being put on the spot. 🙂 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/45 "2003-04-24T06:21:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > In my post where I answered **Happy Lendervedder** ’s question about whether hummus or BK Whoppers had more fat, and then answered **lel** ’s question about aliens / gnomes / fairies / gerbils / spozdogs… I misattributed **lel** ’s quote to **Happy Lendervedder**. What can I say… it was a copy-paste error, and I’m sorry for making it. (done that way more often than I care to admit to, actually) I didn’t realize I’d done so until earlier today looking through the thread. Whoops. :o > F\_X In my mind, it’s very much a compliment to be thought of in the same vein as **Happy Lendervedder**! Addendum: What is your opinion on gnus? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/46 "2003-04-24T22:30:46Z")
My opinion on gnus? Since you ask, I don’t think I’ve ever had much of an opinion on 'em. But they’re not native to here, so I don’t think I’ll suddenly meet one in the streets of Vancouver! F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/47 "2003-04-24T22:30:56Z")
My opinion on gnus? Since you ask, I don’t think I’ve ever had much of an opinion on 'em. But they’re not native to here, so I don’t think I’ll suddenly meet one in the streets of Vancouver! F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/48 "2003-04-25T21:14:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > \*\*I hope that answers your question. If not, well… please make it clearer. 🙂 Thanks! > \*\* I just asked because it seemed proper to ask a hamsterette something board-like. And it was something I wondered about: these days when reading the boards for some posters I’m beginning to get a kind of intellectual picture (I hang out a lot in GD), others a more personal picture (even some very personal stuff like death of relatives), and still quite a lot I only recognize the username but not much more. Not that I want to have a very clearcut idea of all posters, it is just something that I noticed happening to myself and I wondered how it was for a very frequent poster like yourself. (Lately when reading a couple of the TMI threads I found myself learning much more about the TMI-gang (yes, you guys out there know I mean _you_) than I may need to. But still interesting, in a purely educational manner…) Well then, other questions: - what’s your favorite TV-show. - are you more of a science geek or a humanities fan? If you are both, please explain. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/49 "2003-04-25T21:33:55Z")
If you had a hamster, would you hamster in the morning? Would you hamster in the evening, all over this land? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/50 "2003-04-27T07:13:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TTT \* > \*\*I just asked because it seemed proper to ask a hamsterette something board-like. And it was something I wondered about: these days when reading the boards for some posters I’m beginning to get a kind of intellectual picture (I hang out a lot in GD), others a more personal picture (even some very personal stuff like death of relatives), and still quite a lot I only recognize the username but not much more. Not that I want to have a very clearcut idea of all posters, it is just something that I noticed happening to myself and I wondered how it was for a very frequent poster like yourself. > > (Lately when reading a couple of the TMI threads I found myself learning much more about the TMI-gang (yes, you guys out there know I mean _you_) than I may need to. But still interesting, in a purely educational manner…) > > Well then, other questions: > > - what’s your favorite TV-show. > - are you more of a science geek or a humanities fan? If you are both, please explain. \*\* Hey, no problem at all. But as I’ve said before, the “hamsterette” designation has nothing whatsoever to do with the board hamsters or the real deal. Sometimes I do have a more personal picture of certain posters… whether that be from past posts on this board (I **don’t** hang out in GD, unlike yourself), personal IMs, or other things. As for the TMI threads. I’ve read some of them… but usually that doesn’t come to the forefront of my mind unless it’s really memorable or I’ve recently read it. My favorite TV show has got to be “ER”… that, or “Guinness World Records Primetime.” Very cool shows, both of them. 🙂 I’m no science geek… more of a humanities fan, myself. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/51 "2003-04-27T07:16:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biffy the Elephant Shrew \* > \*\*If you had a hamster, would you hamster in the morning? Would you hamster in the evening, all over this land? \*\* I don’t have a hamster, but if I did… Actually, I don’t even know what ya meam by that question. I certainly wouldn’t take it all over the land at all hours of the day and night unless I absolutely had to! F\_X ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/52 "2003-04-27T12:51:55Z")
What’s a hamsterette? Who are the board hamsters? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/53 "2003-04-27T14:01:31Z")
Originally posted by Biffy the Elephant Shrew: “If you had a hamster, would you hamster in the morning? Would you hamster in the evening, all over this land?” By **Flamsterette\_X** : “Actually, I don’t even know what ya meam by that question. I certainly wouldn’t take it all over the land at all hours of the day and night unless I absolutely had to!” **Flammie** : The above line is taken from an old folk/protest song: “If I had a hammer, I’d hammer in the morning I’d hammer in the evening, all over this land I’d hammer out danger, I’d hammer out warning I’d hammer out love between my brothers and sisters All over this land.” And so it goes… ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/54 "2003-04-29T21:32:42Z")
Man, I can’t believe I didn’t catch that typo till now… but you all knew what I meant. **hebesphenomegacorona** , I am the hamsterette… there is none other. 😃 (well, except for an old _Far Side_ Gary Larson cartoon that **Snooooopy** alerted me to last week) But here’s a bit of explanation: My MSN nickname used to be: “My Flaming Hamster WIll Roast You In The Fires Of Hell!!!” … **Spoz** and I cobbled _that_ one together, too. 🙂 One Saturday afternoon (as I was getting ready to leave for Awana), he messaged me with: “so… hamsterette… how’s it flaming?” I liked that name so much, I decided to keep it. There’s your story. (yes, he’s inspired me to do other MSN nicknames… and has given me other weird nicknames) **John Carter** : Now that you’ve given me partial lyrics, I think I kinda recognize it as “If I Had A Hammer.” Thanks! F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_Czarcasm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kid\_Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/55 "2003-04-30T02:58:53Z")
My dad is a moderator, what should I do to annoy him. (my dad is Czarcasm).😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/56 "2003-04-30T03:26:21Z")
**Kid Czarcasm** , I _know_ your dad is a moderator. 🙂 However, I don’t quite think I should give you tips on how to annoy him, either in real life or on this board. Although I think that at 14, you have annoying him in real life down to a science. (or at least, _I_ had annoying my parents down to a science when I was your age!) But if you want tips on how **NOT** to annoy the moderators and administrators in general (not just your dad)… just don’t engage in any troll-like behavior. With your dad being a moderator, though… I’m pretty sure you’ll watch yourself carefully. :Ds By the way, I hear moderators’ loved ones who post on the board enjoy really special privileges when it comes to posting on this board… izzat true, by chance? F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_Czarcasm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kid\_Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/57 "2003-04-30T03:37:56Z")
I am not sure ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/58 "2003-04-30T03:40:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kid Czarcasm \* > I am not sure A word of advice (not that, being a teen, you’re gonna love getting advice! ;)) … _Don’t try to find out!_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/59 "2003-04-30T03:46:20Z")
Okay, **Flammi** , since you’re doing your Karnak the Mentalist act about people, what do you know about **me**? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293/60 "2003-04-30T04:27:40Z")
Hey, **FlammieBaby** , I can’t believe I almost missed this thread. Well, I actually know a fair bit about you, and I don’t think you’ve been misleading in anything, so I can honestly say you a a very charming young lady. (And guys… Yes. She’s most definitely easy to look at. 😉 ) So… a question… Did it hurt? _when you fell from heaven_ 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hamsterette/143293.md?page=4)