# Evening all, I am new here! Say hello! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764 "2010-04-29T17:58:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/21 "2010-04-29T18:56:21Z")
I’m glad to know that I wasn’t the only one who lurked here for years before actually signing up. Don’t tell **Bricker** , but he was one of the reasons I joined. Lawyer thing and shit… ---
**Author:** ![aaronstevens134](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@aaronstevens134](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaronstevens134)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/22 "2010-04-29T18:59:28Z")
> [@llcoolbj77](#): > > I’m glad to know that I wasn’t the only one who lurked here for years before actually signing up. Don’t tell **Bricker** , but he was one of the reasons I joined. Lawyer thing and shit… I was getting my lurk on. So to speak. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/23 "2010-04-29T19:10:59Z")
Have you earned your Fighting Ignorance merit badge yet? Exactly what type of ignorance are you qualified to fight? We have standards you know - and in some areas we are full up, but there are some openings. You can Fight Ignorance about leafy vegetables, economic trade patterns in sub-Saharan Africa, yurt construction and the use of snoods in WW2 - we have availability in each. But don’t try to claim England or Colombia or anything like that - we have more Ignorance Fighting Capacity (IFC) in those areas than we know what to do with, lemme tell ya. As an aside - is it just me, or do we seem to be entertaining an influx of new IFC - i.e., a buncha folks new to the Dope? I feel like I am seeing a bunch of new names these days… ---
**Author:** ![Cyningablod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/24 "2010-04-29T19:18:56Z")
Bienvenido. Confío en que, estando tú casado con una colombiana, ¿posees cierto dominio de la lengua española? Si no, mereces ser castigado con cien golpes de un fideo mojado. Siéntate, como **IvoryTowerD.** te ha mandado, y se llevará a cabo la pena. 😃 p.d. Mi nombre de pantalla es anglosajón, y se traduce a “sangre de reyes”. Te lo explico porque la gente siempre asume que soy mujer. Parece tener algo que ver con “Cyn—” como en “Cynthia”, sabes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aaronstevens134](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@aaronstevens134](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaronstevens134)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/25 "2010-04-29T19:23:36Z")
> [@Cyningablod](#): > > Bienvenido. > > Confío en que, estando tú casado con una colombiana, ¿posees cierto dominio de la lengua española? Si no, mereces ser castigado con cien golpes de un fideo mojado. > > Siéntate, como **IvoryTowerD.** te ha mandado, y se llevará a cabo la pena. 😃 > > p.d. Mi nombre de pantalla es anglosajón, y se traduce a “sangre de reyes”. Te lo explico porque la gente siempre asume que soy mujer. Parece tener algo que ver con “Cyn—” como en “Cynthia”, sabes. 🙂 Si. (I am still learning Spanish, so bear with me!) ---
**Author:** ![aaronstevens134](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@aaronstevens134](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaronstevens134)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/26 "2010-04-29T19:24:43Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Have you earned your Fighting Ignorance merit badge yet? Exactly what type of ignorance are you qualified to fight? We have standards you know - and in some areas we are full up, but there are some openings. You can Fight Ignorance about leafy vegetables, economic trade patterns in sub-Saharan Africa, yurt construction and the use of snoods in WW2 - we have availability in each. But don’t try to claim England or Colombia or anything like that - we have more Ignorance Fighting Capacity (IFC) in those areas than we know what to do with, lemme tell ya. > As an aside - is it just me, or do we seem to be entertaining an influx of new IFC - i.e., a buncha folks new to the Dope? I feel like I am seeing a bunch of new names these days… I’ll get back to you on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/27 "2010-04-29T19:24:47Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Have you earned your Fighting Ignorance merit badge yet? Exactly what type of ignorance are you qualified to fight? We have standards you know - and in some areas we are full up, but there are some openings. You can Fight Ignorance about leafy vegetables, economic trade patterns in sub-Saharan Africa, yurt construction and the use of snoods in WW2 - we have availability in each. But don’t try to claim England or Colombia or anything like that - we have more Ignorance Fighting Capacity (IFC) in those areas than we know what to do with, lemme tell ya. > As an aside - is it just me, or do we seem to be entertaining an influx of new IFC - i.e., a buncha folks new to the Dope? I feel like I am seeing a bunch of new names these days… However, we do have some serious ignorance fighting trouble spots, and an evolving situation that has resulted in an immediate opening in [thread=560113]Cow Anuses.[/thread] So to speak. Which means, glad to have you aboard, **aaronstevens134**. I should also note that you can ask to change your Username if this one becomes unwieldy, or if one of the other clones of Aaron Stevens disputes your decanting order. [whisper] I think the new people are coming in from Amazon, backtracking their way along Ed Zotti’s money making scheme’s trail. [/whisper] ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/28 "2010-04-29T19:35:59Z")
Welcome, lurker. I lurked for a long time before I joined, too! So a bunch of names were already familiar to me and I probably acted like I knew my way around while everyone’s all “Who’s the new kid?” Anyway, howdy. ---
**Author:** ![aaronstevens134](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@aaronstevens134](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaronstevens134)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/29 "2010-04-29T19:43:08Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > However, we do have some serious ignorance fighting trouble spots, and an evolving situation that has resulted in an immediate opening in [thread=560113]Cow Anuses.[/thread] So to speak. > > Which means, glad to have you aboard, **aaronstevens134**. I should also note that you can ask to change your Username if this one becomes unwieldy, or if one of the other clones of Aaron Stevens disputes your decanting order. > > [whisper] I think the new people are coming in from Amazon, backtracking their way along Ed Zotti’s money making scheme’s trail. [/whisper] Thanks for the welcome and advice, its much apprecated. And to think i thought i was the only Aaron Stevens… ever. Gutted. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/30 "2010-04-29T20:08:46Z")
> [@Cyningablod](#): > > Bienvenido. > > Confío en que, estando tú casado con una colombiana, ¿posees cierto dominio de la lengua española? Si no, mereces ser castigado con cien golpes de un fideo mojado. > > Siéntate, como **IvoryTowerD.** te ha mandado, y se llevará a cabo la pena. 😃 > > p.d. Mi nombre de pantalla es anglosajón, y se traduce a “sangre de reyes”. Te lo explico porque la gente siempre asume que soy mujer. Parece tener algo que ver con “Cyn—” como en “Cynthia”, sabes. 🙂 **Cyningablod** , you’ll need to make your posts exclusively in English, as this is an American-based, primarily English-speaking message board. Exceptions include requests for help with translation, explanation of foreign language words or expressions, foreign words or phrases that have come into English, etc. I refer you to the [rules for posting at the SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697021#post7697021) for more info. **Ellen Cherry MPSIMS Moderator** ---
**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:** [April 29, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/31 "2010-04-29T20:24:09Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > **Cyningablod** , you’ll need to make your posts exclusively in English, as this is an American-based, primarily English-speaking message board. Exceptions include requests for help with translation, explanation of foreign language words or expressions, foreign words or phrases that have come into English, etc. > > I refer you to the [rules for posting at the SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697021#post7697021) for more info. > > **Ellen Cherry > MPSIMS Moderator** Check his papers, damn it! ---
**Author:** ![Cyningablod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/32 "2010-04-29T20:59:18Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > **Cyningablod** , you’ll need to make your posts exclusively in English, as this is an American-based, primarily English-speaking message board. Exceptions include requests for help with translation, explanation of foreign language words or expressions, foreign words or phrases that have come into English, etc. > > I refer you to the [rules for posting at the SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697021#post7697021) for more info. > > **Ellen Cherry > MPSIMS Moderator** D’oh! Sorry! Won’t happen again. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/33 "2010-04-29T22:42:33Z")
Hello! ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/34 "2010-04-29T23:03:25Z")
Welcome Aaron! There are some really nice people in this board. Unfortunatly they hardly ever actually post. So don’t get discouraged by the vocal few. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/35 "2010-04-29T23:09:05Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > When’d we get decor? When I finished eating de apple, of course. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/36 "2010-04-29T23:35:36Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > When I finished eating de apple, of course. :rolleyes: Welcome, **aaronstevens134**! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/37 "2010-04-30T00:40:31Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > When I finished eating de apple, of course. You will pay for that. > [@Cyningablod](#): > > Bienvenido. > > Confío en que, estando tú casado con una colombiana, ¿posees cierto dominio de la lengua española? Si no, mereces ser castigado con cien golpes de un fideo mojado. > > Siéntate, como **IvoryTowerD.** te ha mandado, y se llevará a cabo la pena. 😃 > > p.d. Mi nombre de pantalla es anglosajón, y se traduce a “sangre de reyes”. Te lo explico porque la gente siempre asume que soy mujer. Parece tener algo que ver con “Cyn—” como en “Cynthia”, sabes. 🙂 My name’s in there. What’d you say? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/38 "2010-04-30T01:33:16Z")
> [@aaronstevens134](#): > > and am married to a beautiful Colombian lady. Pics or it didn’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![figure9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/39 "2010-04-30T02:00:57Z")
Question, how does an Englishman end up marrying a Colombian lady? There has to be a story behind that. Hopefully a very romantic story. Details give us details. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764/40 "2010-04-30T02:13:33Z")
I knew **aaronstevens96**. You sir, are no **aaronstevens96**! Thank goodness. He was kindofa jerk. I’m confused about de apple thing. Why the roll-eye from twickster? > [@WordMan](#): > > Have you earned your Fighting Ignorance merit badge yet? Exactly what type of ignorance are you qualified to fight? We have standards you know - and in some areas we are full up, but there are some openings. You can Fight Ignorance about leafy vegetables, economic trade patterns in sub-Saharan Africa, yurt construction and the use of snoods in WW2 - we have availability in each. But don’t try to claim England or Colombia or anything like that - we have more Ignorance Fighting Capacity (IFC) in those areas than we know what to do with, lemme tell ya. Wow, who’s the expert in yurt construction? I missed that thread. Welcome 134th Aaron Stevens! I am Equipoise, resident expert on…well, ok, not a lot and nothing anywhere near as interesting as yurt construction, unless you’re into Kate Bush or Happy Rhodes, or want to know what movies might be nominated for an Oscar a few months before the nominations come out (I predicted the nominations of both **Slumdog Millionaire** and **The Hurt Locker** several months in advance. Didn’t predict the wins though). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evening-all-i-am-new-here-say-hello/537764.md?page=3)