# Hey there. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-there/43150 "2000-11-29T04:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phalanx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Phalanx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phalanx)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-there/43150/1 "2000-11-29T04:57:00Z")
Hi, my name is Steve, and I am a Straight Dope Virgin… So please be gentle. It’s my first. Seriously though, I’ve been checking the scene out for a while now so I thought I would say hi to everyone, and hope to become a part of the “Doper” family… -S ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-there/43150/2 "2000-11-29T05:00:12Z")
Bend over, baby, I’M driving! Hey, thought I’d break you in quick before all the “hippy-touchy-feely” people got here! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-there/43150/3 "2000-11-29T15:20:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Byzantine \* > \*\*Bend over, baby, I’M driving! > > Hey, thought I’d break you in quick before all the “hippy-touchy-feely” people got here! 🙂 > \*\* You know, maybe we should vote Byz “Official welcome wagon”… ---
**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-there/43150/4 "2000-11-29T15:26:01Z")
Not that you have to follow their lead, but some of the people here in Dallas like to say we’re members of the Addams Family \. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-there/43150/5 "2000-11-29T15:38:05Z")
Welcome, Phalanx! Glad to have you as part of the Dysfunctional Doper Family. Of course, for the first few Holiday meals, you’ll have to sit at the kiddie table. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Silly\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Silly\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silly_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-there/43150/6 "2000-11-29T15:41:08Z")
Hi there Phalanx 🙂 I guess I will be sitting with you at the kiddie table 😉 …SR xoxo ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-there/43150/7 "2000-11-29T16:26:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lurkernomore \* > \*\* > You know, maybe we should vote Byz “Official welcome wagon”… \*\* With friends like that, who needs enemas. Ba-dum, bum. Thank you, I’m here all week. ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-there/43150/8 "2000-12-02T04:04:25Z")
> [@](#): > > I guess I will be sitting with you at the kiddie table 😉 Actually… no. I’ve got a spot saved for Phalanx right here _pats lap_, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-there/43150/9 "2000-12-02T04:10:07Z")
\ Hiya! \ ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-there/43150/10 "2000-12-02T04:33:29Z")
Hi. My name is Steve, too. (No, not really.) ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-there/43150/11 "2000-12-02T04:53:16Z")
No, Sarah, **My** name is Steve, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-there/43150/12 "2000-12-02T04:58:52Z")
Hi, Steve, nice ta meetcha. (For the record, I have a cousin named Steve. I’ll bet none of you are him, especially **Silver Fire**.) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-there/43150/13 "2000-12-02T05:16:21Z")
Nerd, how’d you know my name? STALKER! STALKER!! 😃 Hehehe, kidding. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MysterEcks \* > (For the record, I have a cousin named Steve. I’ll bet none of you are him, especially **Silver Fire**.) Yes I am! (No, not really.) ~Sarah~ ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-there/43150/14 "2000-12-02T15:50:19Z")
Oh look, a newbie! First of all, that username displeases me. Get rid of it. Change it to “Chicken of Bristol” and **evilbeth** will be your friend forever. Second of all, your real name displeases me. Choose a new one. As you can see, we have enough Steves here as it is. You’ve confused poor **Silver Fire** into calling herself a Steve, and that really throws a monkey wrench into my sexual fantasies about her, got it? (Well, there already _was_ a monkey wrench in the fantasies, but now it’s there in a bad way.) Fifth of all, your brazen disregard for my [Welcome Wagon Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=45294) has wounded me deeply. If you post there, I may teach you how the search function works. 😉 [sub]Welcome aboard, hope you have fun, and don’t take me too seriously, m’kay? I tease. I’m a teaser. It’s what I do.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Phalanx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Phalanx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phalanx)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-there/43150/15 "2000-12-02T21:38:16Z")
Crunchy Frog: I may be a newbie here but I have been around message boards for a while. A new topic gets more attention than an old don’t you think? 😃 I’ll work on changinf the name for you… How about frog legs? Mega: Love yah babe! The Steve fetish people: I am sorry for any confusuion I may have caused the lot of you. Please accept my apologies. Byz: Byz… Byz… Nice. 😃 I think I am going to like it here -S