# 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:** 2
**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, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/21 "2004-10-25T20:20:50Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > 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**! It took me a second look too. 🙂 ---
**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, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/22 "2004-10-25T20:25:14Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > 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**! Uhhh… it is German. Very astute observation. By a bizarre confluence of events it actually translates to english roughly as “endevouring to make ready”. [sub]Or I could just be an idiot who is seemingly, consistently, baffled by his keyboard. I’ll let you decide.[/sub] I also forgot! Welcome aboard **Kythereia**. I was hoping that you would join ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/23 "2004-10-25T20:28:13Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > It took me a second look too. 🙂 LOL, I have keyboard farts also making ‘germanwords’ I have a very good friend who is german, and I must drive him nuts because he is a very precise typist [and so fluent that for the first 3 months I played EQ 8 or 9 hours a day with I didn’t realize he wasnt a native english speaker] and when we are chatting I rarely use capital letters, and omit some punctuation…and I love teasing him because he still does the german word elision thing with english words=) ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/24 "2004-10-25T20:28:33Z")
> [@Emperor Penguin](#): > > Have you ever triedgetting on of those on a goat? yes. don’t ask me todothat again. ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/25 "2004-10-26T01:28:22Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > We were at the Lowry Park Zoo this weekend and saw a couple of kids born. Pretty cool but a bit sticky. Got too close again, did you? ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/26 "2004-10-26T01:34:16Z")
Welcome, **Kythereia**! I’m glad you’re staying. Perhaps you’d like to back away from the goat. He seems to be looking at you funny. Hey! I didn’t get any smooches when I became a Charter Member. Gyp, gyp! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/27 "2004-10-26T01:48:25Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > Hey! I didn’t get any smooches when I became a Charter Member. Gyp, gyp! Well, I was waiting for you to prove yourself worthy of the honor by sticking around for 500 posts. Since you’re up to 506, here you go! (Hey, we need a smooch icon!) **Kythereia** has only six more (as of this writing) before she becomes eligible. Of course, she might run screaming once she sees post #7 in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=282795)… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/28 "2004-10-26T02:07:06Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > Welcome, **Kythereia**! I’m glad you’re staying. Perhaps you’d like to back away from the goat. He seems to be looking at you funny. > > Hey! I didn’t get any smooches when I became a Charter Member. Gyp, gyp! Pfff. I didn’t get anything either. I had to get my _own_ goat! We played checkers. It was a pretty dull evening, really. I don’t know what all the fuss is about. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/29 "2004-10-26T02:34:12Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Well, I was waiting for you to prove yourself worthy of the honor by sticking around for 500 posts. Since you’re up to 506, here you go! (Hey, we need a smooch icon!) **Kythereia** has only six more (as of this writing) before she becomes eligible. Of course, she might run screaming once she sees post #7 in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=282795)… 😃 Thank you. Ooh, she gets the special goat idol! Impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/30 "2004-10-26T02:35:33Z")
**Genghis Bob** : _hugs_ Aw, s’okay! 😉 **ShibbOleth** : Very cool! What else did you guys see? **neuroman** : Thanks, sweetheart! _big hearts to you_ **Elenia28** : When come back… oh, never mind. 😉 _throws pie_ The obviously Evil **Emperor Penguin** : Here’s to many tridgettings, mate! _cheers_ **Hal Briston** : _runs up, kiss!, runs away giggling_ **Harimad-sol** : _backs slo-o-o-wly away from goat_ and _smooch!_ **Rufus Xavier** : _hugs, patpat_ It’s okay… **Sternvogel** : :eek: :eek: :eek: 😃 **Antigen** : Oh, yeah right. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/31 "2004-10-26T03:10:32Z")
Outstanding! I was looking forward to the day you became an official Charter Member. I just posted in another thread and noticed your moniker title and thought, “I should start a thread about this!”. Two threads down, and viola, there you were. Welcome aboard and at your current ppd count, you’ll be into 5 digits in no time! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lockz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Lockz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockz)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/32 "2004-10-26T03:29:27Z")
Dude, welcome aboard!! When I saw your first couple posts I knew you just had to join us, you’d fit in right away. I was right. 500 posts already? Damn … I’ll just go for the quality, not quantity. Wait … forget the quality … 😛 Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/33 "2004-10-26T03:51:52Z")
**Ruby** , **Lockz** , thanks! _smooches to you both_ ---
**Author:** ![mcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/34 "2004-10-26T04:49:04Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > I thought they came with the subscription… 😕 > > Woe. _sigh_ Well I didn’t get anything like that, but I can ship you a large cat with neon blue front claws. He won’t be missed :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/35 "2004-10-26T06:46:57Z")
Wow , another Torontonian onboard Welcome to the circus 😃 Declan ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/36 "2004-10-26T11:26:31Z")
The poor goat never seems to get a rest. ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/37 "2004-10-26T11:59:05Z")
He could make way for those of us who haven’t had any at all :mad: ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/38 "2004-10-26T12:34:04Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > **ShibbOleth** : Very cool! What else did you guys see? Actually, not much else. The “singing dogs” were hiding, and the bats were asleep. The kids spent a long time playing in the water fountains there. I did take a walk to look at the new African elephants, giraffe and a couple of sleepy warthogs. Lots of goats in the petting zoo, but no felching AFAICT. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/39 "2004-10-26T14:16:19Z")
Damn, _everybody_ loves **Kythereia**! Well, when in Rome … I, for one, welcome our new Kytherian overlord … I love ya, too, **Kyth**! ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065/40 "2004-10-26T14:48:21Z")
> [@Earthworm Jim](#): > > Got too close again, did you? Bwaaaaahahahaha! Damn my morning needed that… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey/271065.md?page=3)