# Hello all!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-all/15123>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 24, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-all/15123 "2000-03-24T19:59:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Melin\_s\_Advocate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Melin\_s\_Advocate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melin_s_Advocate)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-all/15123/1 "2000-03-24T19:59:00Z")

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Hello to all who post on this board. As anyone who is bored enough to read this post has probably guessed, I’m new to the board. I have lurked here for quite a while, and chose my uname because I sympathize with Melin. However, please do not think that I’m some cheap 2-bit troll who is here to flame the administration. I wish to make it clear that I do not intend to even MENTION Melin after this post.

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Let freedom ring!

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**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-all/15123/2 "2000-03-24T20:09:00Z")

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Even if you have good intentions, I’m sure that Melin herself does not want you to do this.

For whatever small point you intended to make, it has been done. I suggest you scrap this idea immediately and start over.

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**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-all/15123/3 "2000-03-25T05:02:00Z")

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> I do not intend to even MENTION Melin after this post.

So I guess this means you are planning on changing your username.

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We went right out there and refused to do accoustical versions of the electrical songs that we had refused to record in the first place.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-all/15123/4 "2000-03-25T05:09:00Z")

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Does anyone know how to yodel? The echo effect in here is excellent.  
Dr. Watson  
“One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.” – Mark Twain