# Dear god, not another newbie. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2005, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164 "2005-02-09T08:04:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DasTiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@DasTiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DasTiggy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/1 "2005-02-09T08:04:50Z")
blame **Flutterby**. she kept linking me to this place, and I finally had to join up, because you people are amusingly insane, or something. :smack: anyway. hi, 24, american, gay, male, and omg. furry. :eek: _runsoff_ ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/2 "2005-02-09T08:15:02Z")
Welcome aboard, I’m sure the greeting committee will be here shortly. So [Flutterby\*\*, how many more before you get your free toaster ? ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/3 "2005-02-09T08:17:25Z")
> [@detop](#): > > how many more before you get your free toaster? _I_ never got a toaster. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/4 "2005-02-09T08:18:16Z")
_hides everything from the newb and begins to prepare the goat for the initiation ritual_ [sub]I dunno, I only got 3 people in so far, and two disappeared. How many do I need to get the toaster?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/5 "2005-02-09T08:23:58Z")
It was five before we went pay-for-post. I think they raised it to seven afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/6 "2005-02-09T08:29:26Z")
Furry? _Furry_? We’ve never used a goat when newbies have been **furry**! Won’t somebody please just think of the kids? ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/7 "2005-02-09T09:16:07Z")
You are furry, as in a hairy guy? Or a furry? ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/8 "2005-02-09T09:25:51Z")
Furry. OK. My eyesight is poor; at first I could have sworn you’d said that you were Furby, and I was going to turn you upside down and say “Hey boo loo-loo.” ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/9 "2005-02-09T11:24:01Z")
> [@DasTiggy](#): > > anyway. hi, 24, american, gay, male, and omg. furry. Chewie? Chewie! It is you! Gay, huh? Yeah, I always suspected there was something going on with Han behind the Falcon’s closed doors. :eek: Welcome to the boards! ---
**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:** [February 9, 2005, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/10 "2005-02-09T11:54:04Z")
Welcome, **DasTiggy**! [sub]baaaaa :: sploosh ::[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/11 "2005-02-09T11:57:46Z")
Welcome! That poor goat must be exhausted with all these newbies joining. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/12 "2005-02-09T12:28:00Z")
> [@Keapon Laffin](#): > > Chewie? Chewie! It is you! > > Gay, huh? Yeah, I always suspected there was something going on with Han behind the Falcon’s closed doors. :eek: Ok, that’s it. **Keapon** you have officially ruined my childhood girlish fantasies by dissin’ HAN. That is just soooo wrong. ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/13 "2005-02-09T12:30:07Z")
> [@AngelicGemma](#): > > Welcome! > > That poor goat must be exhausted with all these newbies joining. ugh, we’ve been giving him muscle relaxants twice a day, but it’s still been a long hard slog for him. We really should get another one, but that would seriously cut into the squid budget. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/14 "2005-02-09T12:33:07Z")
Goat, goat, goat … where’s the goat? Sorry guys, I can’t find the goat. You don’t suppose he’s run off? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/15 "2005-02-09T14:37:00Z")
Run off? Not our goat! He loves welcoming newbies! Doncha, goat honey… **scritch scritch scritch** Damn! The goat just bit me! Welcome, **DasTiggy**! We’re a bit disorganized, but we’re working on the initiation – just sit back, relax, and think good thoughts – we’ll be right with you. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/16 "2005-02-09T14:40:17Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > just sit back, relax, and think good thoughts Heh, heh, heh. That’s what they told _me_, too … ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/17 "2005-02-09T14:58:35Z")
> [@DasTiggy](#): > > she kept linking me to this place, and I finally had to join up, because you people are amusingly insane, or something. :smack: And all this time I thought we were insanely amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/18 "2005-02-09T15:20:41Z")
**DasTiggy** , be welcome. Enjoy your stay. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 9, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/19 "2005-02-09T16:22:35Z")
Well folks, I almost had the _RoboGoat Mark III_ perfected, but then I got a little carried away. The giant robot thread inspired me, what with all the talk about how any truly great robot _must_ have flamethrowers, and…well, let’s just say I’m in the market for a new lab assistant. Anyway, welcome aboard, **DasTiggy**! \ ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/20 "2005-02-09T16:37:23Z")
_squeak, squeak, squeak… splooooooosh, drip, drip, drip, splosh_ Hey there, Tiggy! _big kiss_ Welcome to the boards! _baaaa_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164.md?page=2)