# Heh welcome wagon's broke I guess **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395 "2003-10-09T02:02:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/1 "2003-10-09T02:02:27Z")
Well I’d like to take my 100th post and ask where the heck is it? When I first started posting here I wondered how long it would take before I got the standard “Oh and welcome to the SDMB” but it seems I flew in under the radar. 😛 I have to say so far it’s been fun when I first started lurking here I was mildly intimidated (I mostly lurked in general questions and great debates) Needless to say I saw dozens if not hundreds of posters way smarter then me making the arguments I’d make (only with fewer spelling/grammar errors then I would) so I wondered if I had anything to contribute. But now I’ve had enough people engage me in discussion (mostly in a positive light) to feel my presence here is at least noticed and somewhat enjoyed. Though I still plan to stay away from posting in great debates I find ‘me too’ posters in debates annoying. questions? Comments? Fruit baskets? (and if you’re a newbie feel free to request your own welcome wagon in this thread maybe if we’re all in the same place they can get us all at once :D) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/2 "2003-10-09T02:11:42Z")
Obviously, you failed to read the small print on the membership agreement! Your choice: Either send money or post a link to nekked pictures of yourself. Your _Official Membership Certificate_\*\*[sup]TM\*\*[/sup], secret decoder ring and admission ticket to the welcome wagon will be in the next snail mail. 😃 Oh yeah: WELCOME **Darkhold**! ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/3 "2003-10-09T02:11:49Z")
You’ve been a member for a month and already have 100 posts? Obviously I’m not spending enough time here. Oh and don’t feel bad…I didn’t get a welcome wagon either. I’m not bitter…much. So I shall be your welcome wagon! Welcome! From one newbie to another! The bathrooms are to the left, no shoving, or you will be banned. Oh and be careful about the “lol’s”…they are not tolerated here. ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/4 "2003-10-09T02:13:14Z")
Did you just call me a Fruit Basket? :mad: Is it because I didn’t welcome ya? Huh? Is it? Or is it because you think I’m … well … a fruit basket? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/5 "2003-10-09T02:15:25Z")
you’re another one! four months and you already have 619 posts? I’m such a slacker… ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/6 "2003-10-09T02:16:07Z")
John, I’d post the nekked pictures but I don’t want to intimidate the men and scare the ladies. (and I mean that in both the good and the bad ways.) ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/7 "2003-10-09T02:18:12Z")
I am posting here to make people feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/8 "2003-10-09T02:19:37Z")
peritrochoid, fruit basket? Indeed not. I was merely positing my faith in the accuracy of alien beam me up rays. If they missed you they did it on purpose. 😉 Oh and welcome to you as well WomanofScorn, Though I have to say your low post count should be regarded as a badge of honor get out before the addiction sinks in. ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/9 "2003-10-09T02:20:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WomanofScorn \* > **The bathrooms are to the left …** There are bathrooms here ?!?! :eek: Thank heavens!! WHEW!!! I’m about to bust!!! ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/10 "2003-10-09T02:29:30Z")
Oh, and BTW, a hearty **WELCOME** to ya, **Darkhold**! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![store-clerk-slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@store-clerk-slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/store-clerk-slacker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/11 "2003-10-09T02:33:58Z")
_shyly raises hand_ I am a newbie as well…Well newbie to posting. Longtime lurker here, just recently started posting. Still a bit timid to just jump right in there, but having fun all the same. Welcome **darkhold** and **womanofscorn** may you have as much fun as I!! _Quietly goes back to lurking_ ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/12 "2003-10-09T02:37:32Z")
Aww I feel all warm and goey inside. hey peritrochoid…how in God’s name do you pronounce that? I had to scroll up like five times just to spell it. Ooooh…this feels like a newbie thread. I like it! ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/13 "2003-10-09T02:48:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WomanofScorn \* > **hey peritrochoid…how in God’s name do you pronounce that?** hmm … good question … the _peri_ is pretty easy … here’s the [_trochoid_](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=trochoid) part … or you could just call me **Rocky**. 🙂 And welcome to the boards, **WomanofScorn** and **store-clerk-slacker** (that name reminds me of the movie _Go_)! Enjoy your stay and the resulting addiction! ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/14 "2003-10-09T02:56:23Z")
Stop your whining. My welcome was being picked apart piece by piece by **dogsbody** in my first post. ---
**Author:** ![store-clerk-slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@store-clerk-slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/store-clerk-slacker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/15 "2003-10-09T02:59:19Z")
Good job at picking that up **peritrochoid** is in fact in reference to that movie and one of my all time favs _Clerks_ Ironically I am a Video store clerk…and yep my attitude is the same 😃 Thanks for the welcome…is much appreciated ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/16 "2003-10-09T03:02:44Z")
Neurotik, Gee thanks for dropping by. If you’ll take a notice all of this has been lighthearted with a humorous slant. But of course you’re bitter and see it as whining. Ahh well have an apple as I retroactively welcome you to the board. WomanofScorn, Newbie thread? Does this mean 1920’s death rays, Og smash and 3. Hi Opal, is forbidden to say here? (though deep down I wish my Ouija Boars typo had caught on and replaced the death ray) ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/17 "2003-10-09T03:05:28Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by store-clerk-slacker_ > Still a bit timid to just jump right in there, but having fun all the same For a real welcome join us in the [virtual hot tub.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=215754) And a big hi to all the fellow newbies. ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/18 "2003-10-09T03:13:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Darkhold \* > \*\*… Ouija Boars … \*\* I tracked one down, caught him, and fried him up right nice. Tasted like country ham … supernatural country ham. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/19 "2003-10-09T03:16:49Z")
Word to the wise: When people make posts about spewing a tasty beverage all over their monitors… They’re NOT talking about giant lizards. Just FYI. ---
**Author:** ![store-clerk-slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@store-clerk-slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/store-clerk-slacker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395/20 "2003-10-09T03:18:01Z")
well then \*\* j\_sum1\*\* I’m OMW…and I’ll bring some beer:D [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-welcome-wagons-broke-i-guess/206395.md?page=2)