# 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:** 2
**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, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/21 "2005-02-09T17:02:40Z")
> [@LorieSmurf](#): > > You are furry, as in a hairy guy? > > Or a furry? well, I’ve been tol.d i have back hair… _crickets chirp_ yes, furry. like those weirdos in Vanity Fair, on MTV, and as of late, featured in an episode of CSI. those things amuse me, because it makes everyone else panic. I just point and laugh. I’m relatively normal aside from the imagination of mine wanting to be a Tiger. 😃 but the things with animals and stuffed animals? ick. fear me. I make y’all look normal. but then again, the rest of the fandom makes me look normal. \>.\> ---
**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, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/22 "2005-02-09T17:05:07Z")
that poor goat… is the trampoline and water-balloon catapult really necessary? ---
**Author:** ![InvidiousCourgette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@InvidiousCourgette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InvidiousCourgette)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/23 "2005-02-09T17:10:32Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > \ 😃 I have to say that made me laugh out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/24 "2005-02-09T17:29:10Z")
> [@DasTiggy](#): > > that poor goat… is the trampoline and water-balloon catapult really necessary? Of course it is! If it wasn’t then why would we have installed them right in between the goat pen and the squid tank? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/25 "2005-02-09T18:08:28Z")
So, is not capitalizing sentences a gay lifestyle thing? Welcome to Nitpicker Central. ---
**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, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/26 "2005-02-09T21:28:53Z")
> [@DasTiggy](#): > > that poor goat… is the trampoline and water-balloon catapult really necessary? It’s not a catapult – it’s a trebuchet. 😉 ---
**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, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/27 "2005-02-09T23:41:35Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Ok, that’s it. **Keapon** you have officially ruined my childhood girlish fantasies by dissin’ HAN. That is just soooo wrong. Oops… just don’t get me started on Luke and R2. 😛😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/28 "2005-02-10T00:01:27Z")
Welcome to the SDMB and enjoy being a part of the herds of [wild roaming gays](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=249354&highlight=Adopt-a-gay) here on 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 10, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/29 "2005-02-10T06:20:18Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > Of course it is! If it wasn’t then why would we have installed them right in between the goat pen and the squid tank? _Between_ the goat pen and the squid tank? Oh dear. I’m afraid it was incorporated into the infrastructure required for the ‘Water Feature’. Don’t worry. It’s all plexiglass tubing with 10-cm-thick walls, stainless-steel fittings, and concrete. Even Little Susie ain’t gonna break out of those–and she’s tried. 🙂 [sub]baaa :: slide _THUD_ :: :: sploosh :: baaaa baaa baaa BAAA :: a quick flash of tentacular motion :: _BAAA—_ :: SPLOOSH :: :: splash baa-- glub blorp splash slop drip splash splash drip bubble munch munch drip :: :: gradual calming :: What the— We’ve lost another test animal! Harry’s gonna be _pissed!_ And I’m going to have to do something about that lid… :: ripple :: [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![DasTiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@DasTiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DasTiggy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/30 "2005-02-10T13:22:57Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > So, is not capitalizing sentences a gay lifestyle thing? > > Welcome to Nitpicker Central. glad to be here, and no. Capitalizing sentences isn’t a gay lifestyle thing, it’s a me thing, Because I have a tendency to theow capitalization in where it doesn’t need to be, but that’s just me. yes. – a Trebuchet you say? _plays with the level and some cantaloupe._ ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/31 "2005-02-10T13:42:54Z")
Welcome, **DasTiggy**! I know squids aren’t at all furry, but they _are_ a required part of the initiation ritual. Oh, and guys, they goat _is_ getting overtime pay by now, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/32 "2005-02-10T17:37:47Z")
Sigh. Goats and squid, goats and squid. Why can’t we just fling flan and wasabi at the newbies like they do at the UnaBoard? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/33 "2005-02-10T17:55:49Z")
Because we’re creative and unique. Now pass the lime Jello already. ---
**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 11, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/34 "2005-02-11T04:44:39Z")
Flan? Is that a dessert wax or a floor topping or what? ---
**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/35 "2005-02-11T06:37:43Z")
Hello, fellow furry. Welcome to the boards! - Ash Rat ---
**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 11, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/36 "2005-02-11T14:05:20Z")
Hey, gang did we ever find the missing goat? Oh, btw, these are some _great_ cabritos we’ve got here. Who brought them? Mmmm-mmmm!!! ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/37 "2005-02-11T18:06:47Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > Furry? _Furry_? It was all foretold on a German message board devoted to cats. The poor translation goes something like this: [Tiggy has a shiny coat - but flakey skin](http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.mietzmietz.de/ftopic2381.html%26sid%3Dd378fb4d6119e1d09421b8e868ea9ea5&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522das%2Btiggy%2522%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3DGGLD,GGLD:2004-43,GGLD:en) > [@DasTiggy](#): > > I have a tendency to theow capitalization in where it doesn’t need to be Hey bub, this America: Where capitals reign supreme no matter what the peers of you generation say. You like all lower case letters, huh?!? If you’re the same guy who’s been submitting CDDB without using captals in titles, you have offically earned a spot on my shit list. ---
**Author:** ![Sevo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sevo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/38 "2005-02-11T19:29:06Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > It’s not a catapult – it’s a trebuchet. 😉 So true. So true. Anyway, most of the newbies don’t make it as far as the trebuchet. Welcome **DasTiggy**. Did you know that man has visited the deepest part of the ocean, challenger deep, in 1960? ---
**Author:** ![FlippyFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FlippyFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlippyFly)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/39 "2005-02-11T20:14:33Z")
> [@DasTiggy](#): > > anyway. hi, 24, american, gay, male, and omg. furry. :eek: Did you grow up in a certain western chicago suburb and have at least one birthday party at BattleTech… because if you didn’t, I think I knew a bizzaro DasTiggy in school. He is 24, american, gay, male, and omg, furry. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-not-another-newbie/289164/40 "2005-02-11T20:24:34Z")
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