# First Thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414 "2002-03-11T02:02:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Efrem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@Efrem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Efrem)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/21 "2002-03-11T02:36:48Z")
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**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/22 "2002-03-11T02:37:15Z")
Howdy! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/23 "2002-03-11T02:39:30Z")
Honey! I’m home! ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/24 "2002-03-11T02:40:28Z")
Woo hoo and danged Skippy, it feels good to have the boards back… ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/25 "2002-03-11T02:42:13Z")
G’day, it’s 1.40 pm (Eastern Summer Time) in a computer lab on the main campus at Melbourne University in Victoria, Australia, and it’s a Beeeaauuutiful day, even moreso now the board is alive and kicking. Ah, 'tis good to be alive! ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/26 "2002-03-11T02:42:29Z")
Oooh, Greenie, you actually (accidentally) used your sig that quotes me! Tee hee! And howdy. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/27 "2002-03-11T02:42:44Z")
**Persephone** can’t get in right now, but she says to tell everybody hi! * * * St. Eutychus _H.M.S.H._ “Still not king.” ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/28 "2002-03-11T02:44:09Z")
You’re at the shop, I’m at the farm kambuckta. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/29 "2002-03-11T02:46:04Z")
sniff . . .choke . . ._dabs eyes_ I guesss it’s finally spring. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/30 "2002-03-11T02:46:24Z")
Wow- I walk away from my computer for an hour to watch an episode of _The Sopranos_ , and I am 22nd poster in this tread. ---
**Author:** ![Efrem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@Efrem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Efrem)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/31 "2002-03-11T02:47:19Z")
test ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/32 "2002-03-11T02:47:28Z")
Good to be back - nice to see everyone. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/33 "2002-03-11T02:47:35Z")
Everybody join me now: ::::—HAPPY DANCE----:::::: This day, heaven’s finest blessings are truly showering down upon us all!! ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/34 "2002-03-11T02:50:22Z")
Just so glad to be home! ---
**Author:** ![Efrem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@Efrem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Efrem)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/35 "2002-03-11T02:52:18Z")
Another test (Just padding my count folks, I love this board). ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/36 "2002-03-11T02:57:10Z")
They did a nice job of renovating the place. But they should have left the place closed a few more days, just to let the paint smell air out. HEY !!! Who threw that ! ---
**Author:** ![Peregrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/37 "2002-03-11T02:58:30Z")
Joining the happy dance! Our board is back! But…it’s…_changed_. Gotta go look around now. ---
**Author:** ![Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yo_La_Tengo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/38 "2002-03-11T03:02:52Z")
And let me be part of it! Ugh, I have to get my post count back up somehow! I had to start ALL OVER! ---
**Author:** ![Canby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Canby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canby)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/39 "2002-03-11T03:02:52Z")
Hi all! 🙂 Off to check the place out. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414/40 "2002-03-11T03:03:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Weirddave \* > \*\*WHOOOO! I make the first post! I RULE! \*\* Obviously, I’m not keeping him busy enough. …Ginger goes to whip Dave back into the bedroo… er, kitchen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread/97414.md?page=3)