# Greetings! And a question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 25, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168 "2005-03-25T06:22:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/22 "2005-03-26T20:16:21Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > OK, guys! Get the **supersized** goat! :eek: WAKE UP BERTHA! Welcome! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/23 "2005-03-26T23:50:23Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > You can be Official if you want, I’ll sign you up… :o Wow. Thanks. Do I get a certificate or a name badge or sumpin? ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/24 "2005-03-27T00:12:38Z")
Welcome **Sarah**. Abandon all hope ye who enter here. Good luck. Be brave. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/25 "2005-03-27T00:15:10Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > :o Wow. Thanks. Do I get a certificate or a name badge or sumpin? **Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!** ---
**Author:** ![Sarah\_Woodruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sarah\_Woodruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarah_Woodruff)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/26 "2005-03-27T01:40:32Z")
Thanks, guys! Yep, I’ve ventured into the Pit and I have observed and interacted with these Tourettish drunken Pit-dwellers of which ye speak…they’re very odd. Are there a species of Dopers that spend 100% of their time in the Pit? And are there some of you who never venture there? Just wondering… ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/27 "2005-03-27T02:10:04Z")
> [@Sarah Woodruff](#): > > Thanks, guys! Yep, I’ve ventured into the Pit and I have observed and interacted with these Tourettish drunken Pit-dwellers of which ye speak…they’re very odd. Are there a species of Dopers that spend 100% of their time in the Pit? And are there some of you who never venture there? > Just wondering… Most folks spend 90% of their time in one forum. Myself, for example: I am mostly in the Pit, I have spurts of spending some time in GD, and I randomly and unpredictably go to GQ, CS, IMHO, and MPSIMS. Comments on Cecil, and on Staff Reports - I almost never post in. I hit ATMB once in a while just because I have got some idea of the answers to questions people ask. Just find what suits you - there’s something here for every type of personality! ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/28 "2005-03-27T03:41:59Z")
**Sarah Woodruff** , that ain’t your real name is it? If it is and you decide against using your real name on the boards, can I suggest **Fritz Schnackenpfefferhausen** as your new anonymous nickname? ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/29 "2005-03-27T09:47:46Z")
We still need a **Nibbling Duck of Death** , I think. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/30 "2005-03-27T17:25:59Z")
The name **Fiona Rabbit-Vacuum** is still available. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/31 "2005-03-27T18:44:29Z")
You could be **cyborg platypus**. ---
**Author:** ![Bugnorton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bugnorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bugnorton)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/32 "2005-03-27T19:34:52Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > You could be **cyborg platypus**. If only I had known…but it’s still agnfarb! ---
**Author:** ![Sarah\_Woodruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sarah\_Woodruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarah_Woodruff)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/33 "2005-03-28T07:49:14Z")
Nope, not my real name. Character in a book. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/34 "2005-03-28T12:04:34Z")
OK, at this point, there’s no real way I can justify keeping this thread in ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/35 "2005-03-28T12:26:07Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > OK, guys! Get the **supersized** goat! But I can’t outrun her! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/36 "2005-03-28T12:41:52Z")
Thanks for moving it, **Dex** – we don’t like getting ATMB all … messy … by doing the full initiation there – we’ve found the mix of Jell-O and splashings from the calamari vat makes the trebuchet slide around too much, and once that happens, its accuracy gets shot ( 😉 ) to hell, and then the goat gets overexcited, and, well, you can imagine. **snaps on a pair of latex gloves** Welcome, **Sarah Woodruff**! ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/37 "2005-03-28T14:25:19Z")
> [@Sarah Woodruff](#): > > Nope, not my real name. Character in a book. Doesn’t matter. You shall now taste the [Pit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5995357#post5995357) BWAHAHAHAHAH. BTW, welcome Sarah. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/38 "2005-03-28T14:47:58Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Doesn’t matter. You shall now taste the [Pit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5995357#post5995357) That might be your most worthwhile pit thread ever;)😃 ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/39 "2005-03-28T15:08:03Z")
Never mind. Quickly closed. Damn. Oh well, welcome **Sarah** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/40 "2005-03-28T16:01:37Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Never mind. Quickly closed. > Damn. > > Oh well, welcome **Sarah** 🙂 Was that a record, a two post closing? ---
**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:** [March 28, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168/41 "2005-03-28T16:32:15Z")
Just FYI, the Pit is where the interesting debates happen. I don’t swear (much - I reserve it for effect) or drink, and I spend most of my time in the Pit. Debating in a forum that allows nearly anything is much more challenging than debating somewhere where there are all these rules and stuff and nobody getting called an asshat. In other words, it’s more like real life debates. Good rule of thumb anywhere on the Dope - attack the argument, not the person if you want to have a debate that doesn’t deteriorate into name-calling. Although the thread titles could be a little more creative. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-and-a-question/296168.md?page=3)