After a moderate amount of lurking during the past few months, I’ve finally decided to get myself registered and start posting. I must admit that my motivations are entirely selfish: you all seem like genuinely smashing people, and after witnessing the outpouring of emotion and support in the wake of Wally’s death, I said to myself, “Gosh darnit, I want to get involved in such an amazing community.” I only wish I had joined the SDMB sooner so that I could have known Wally, too. It’s good to see that his memory is living on in all of you.
So, here I am, completely at your mercy, anxiously waiting for the hazing to begin. Please try to be gentle, though – I scare easily.
I am a complete idiot. My first post, and I can’t even manage to get it in the right forum. If the moderators would be so kind as to move this to MPSIMS, I’d appreciate it.
Hiya ** Serendipity ** I just LOVE your name, it sounds so nifty in my head!! Don’t you feel like you’ve just come out of the shadows into the light now??? But, truth is, just like Auntie Pam said, even if you’d have called yourself ‘Plunko the mad magician’ we’d still say, hiya!!
Welcome, Serendipity! Great new voices and eccentric input always valued.
And don’t sweat the intro thing. I’m barely past “newbieness”; posted first in the pit (ouch!); Wally flamed my posterior–rightly so–but promptly reached out and hauled me into the asylum.
Abandon all hope. You are well and truly adopted.
Ummm, did we mention the initiation rites and signing over all your worldly good to designated Dopers? (I’ll send my banking info…)
But you don’t need it, as you’ve already gotten welcomes from some of the nicest people on the SDMB. Much of the cream of the crop!
I agree with the others that your user name is really cool (this from someone who lamely used his initials) but that you’d be just as welcome if your user name was “Felcher”
Hiya, Serendipity! How ya doin’? Glad you’ve decided to come out. You brought chocolate and beer, I hope? Good. The moderators appreciate that sort of thing. The rest of us are mostly decent folk. I mean, we’re decent most of the time.
Okay, so we’re not. We’re drooling, blithering maniacs who enjoy nothing more than a good naked pillow fight.
Enjoy your stay! And keep your eyes peeled–they’ll sneak right up on you with that SDMB branding iron.
I’m gonna give you five items. You must use them, in any way, to get us guys interested in you. Let your imagination run wild! You shoulda seen what some of the girls did with the bananas and honey!
Just to be different, I hate your name…from now on I shall call you…Plazbot.
Welcome…and past the honey in the squirt bottle…I’ve got some body caulking to do.
Greetings, Serendipity and Darby. I’m sure you’ll have a great time here, and contribute to much mirth and merriment whilst beating back ignorance. Just watch out while you’re still a newbie, it can get rough…
::rubs bumps on head::
…although I hear once you’ve got 2000 posts or so, you’re all set! Only 1800 more to go…
