# Hey! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065 "2004-10-25T16:28:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/1 "2004-10-25T16:28:28Z")
I was posting, surfing around, and suddenly I realized… The link! Under my name! I’m… I’m a Charter Member! _sniff_ This is the happiest day of my life! 😃 🙂😉 🆒 Now, where’s my goat and felching straw? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/2 "2004-10-25T16:33:03Z")
Mail me a check for $500.00 and I’ll get them right to you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/3 "2004-10-25T16:35:13Z")
I thought they came with the subscription… 😕 Woe. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/4 "2004-10-25T16:36:38Z")
Well I don’t know about the felching straw :eek: but we’ll snatch you one night for the goat thing. Initiation, you know. Don’t worry, a good time is had by all (well, except for you, but you don’t mind, do you?) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/5 "2004-10-25T16:40:16Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > Well I don’t know about the felching straw :eek: but we’ll snatch you one night for the goat thing. Initiation, you know. Don’t worry, a good time is had by all (well, except for you, but you don’t mind, do you?) Meep! _crawls into **Coldfire** ’s clogs to hide_ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/6 "2004-10-25T16:44:53Z")
No one ever remembers whether they had a good time or not. No one remembers much of anything. It all just seems like a dream. Yo, **sunspace** – grab the vat o’ calamari! (And, seriously – welcome!) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/7 "2004-10-25T16:46:40Z")
**Coldfire** , you got her? Ok, good, now bring her over. What, you thought \*\*Coldfire \*\* would protect you? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/8 "2004-10-25T16:51:17Z")
::runs nekkid into thread, plants a firm one on **Kythereia** , runs rest of way through thread:: ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/9 "2004-10-25T16:53:59Z")
Help! Hellllp! _waves arms frantically_ (_loves you all, kisses for everyone_) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/10 "2004-10-25T17:19:17Z")
Well, I’d like to take credit for that, but - well someone else helped you out before me. Welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/11 "2004-10-25T17:27:33Z")
Woah, wait. You thought you had to do _ **WHAT** _ to the goat? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/12 "2004-10-25T17:29:07Z")
You’ve been around for over a year, you have hundreds of posts to your name, and you just \*\*now \*\* noticed that you’re a Charter Member? Am I missing something here? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/13 "2004-10-25T17:35:45Z")
It’s “over a year” since September of 2004? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/14 "2004-10-25T17:35:49Z")
**Genghis** , either I’ve been whooshed or you got me mixed up with someone… 😕 **Cluricaun** : :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/15 "2004-10-25T17:37:43Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > It’s “over a year” since September of 2004? :dubious: D’oh! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/16 "2004-10-25T17:39:14Z")
We were at the Lowry Park Zoo this weekend and saw a couple of kids born. Pretty cool but a bit sticky. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/17 "2004-10-25T17:47:24Z")
**Kythereia** , After reading some of your guest posts, I thought to myself “that there would make a good Doper,” and I hoped you would join up. Welcome- I’m glad to see you made it. -neuroman ---
**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:** [October 25, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/18 "2004-10-25T19:51:25Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > Don’t worry, a good time is had by all (well, except for you, but you don’t mind, do you?) Well, to be entirely truthful, the goat doesn’t exactly seem to be fond of the events either. I blame it on the the gag ball. Have you ever triedgetting on of those on a goat? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/19 "2004-10-25T20:08:31Z")
> [@Emperor Penguin](#): > > Well, to be entirely truthful, the goat doesn’t exactly seem to be fond of the events either. I blame it on the the gag ball. Have you ever triedgetting on of those on a goat? Hell no. I always take care of the punch and pie. Oops, did I let that slip? _ducks and runs_ ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/20 "2004-10-25T20:12:22Z")
> [@Emperor Penguin](#): > > Have you ever triedgetting on of those on a goat? Maybe I should be submitting this to the “Brain Fart” thread, but I read that line four times, trying to figure out what a “triedgetting” was…I had just about settled on it being a German word that I didn’t know, when it hit me. :smack: Oh, and welcome, **Kythereia**! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065.md?page=2)