# Hi all **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979 "2015-03-14T11:54:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Uhib\_D\_Jaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uhib_d_jaj/32/13448_2.png) [@Uhib\_D\_Jaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uhib_D_Jaj)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/1 "2015-03-14T11:54:41Z")
Hi everyone. New poster, long time reader/lurker. I’ve greatly enjoyed many years of watching the debate, commentary and general antics on the board. I have finally decided that I ought to join and post some of the questions which occur to me from time to time that only the SDMB is likely to answer. Or Cecil if He had the time. Although I’m new I feel as if I know a lot of you from reading your posts. My time as a reader has certainly helped me learn a lot, change or sharpen my views in many areas and given me hours of enjoyment and education. I hope I can now give a little back. Please be gentle with a newbie. (By the way, I kinda like goats but squid not so much) Peace, Uhib D’Jaj ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/2 "2015-03-14T12:10:47Z")
WELCOME UHIB! 🙂 Don’t worry, I’m not in charge of the goats or squid (nobody trusts me around here _grumble grumble_) … but I brought cookies! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/3 "2015-03-14T12:38:48Z")
Welcome! I’m always happy when lurkers emerge from the shadows! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/4 "2015-03-14T13:33:24Z")
Welcome, welcome! Would you like some ice cream? It’s one of the ‘normal’ flavours this week. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/5 "2015-03-14T13:35:41Z")
Oh good, I too like it when lurkers emerge. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/6 "2015-03-14T13:58:21Z")
hope you brought pie today. ---
**Author:** ![Uhib\_D\_Jaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uhib_d_jaj/32/13448_2.png) [@Uhib\_D\_Jaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uhib_D_Jaj)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/7 "2015-03-14T14:24:27Z")
All, Thanks for the welcome. No real choices on ice cream but hope it goes well with this rhubarb pie. Its in a foot long rectangular pan because I couldn’t find any shorter rhubarb. (Duck and runs) I really shouldn’t start stuff like this if I don’t wanna be picked on, huh? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/8 "2015-03-14T14:44:48Z")
Welcome! I was also a long-time lurker before I joined. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/9 "2015-03-14T14:51:59Z")
> [@Uhib\_D\_Jaj](#): > > All, > Thanks for the welcome. No real choices on ice cream but hope it goes well with this rhubarb pie. Its in a foot long rectangular pan because I couldn’t find any shorter rhubarb. > > (Duck and runs) > > I really shouldn’t start stuff like this if I don’t wanna be picked on, huh? 🙂 I’m just happy you returned after your initial post. Enjoy yourself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/10 "2015-03-14T22:38:51Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’m just happy you returned after your initial post. Enjoy yourself. 🙂 Really. Usually after we welcome someone, we never hear from them again. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/11 "2015-03-15T00:57:00Z")
> [@Uhib\_D\_Jaj](#): > > I’ve greatly enjoyed many years of watching the debate, commentary and general antics on the board. Here we are busily engaged in the long-fought struggle against ignorance, and you accuse us of _antics_ ? You, who baked a rhubarb pie in a _rectangular_ pan on pi day, accuse us of _antics_ ? No pi for you today, bub. Well, unless it’s rhubarb pi. Okay, we’ll give you that. ---
**Author:** ![Uhib\_D\_Jaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uhib_d_jaj/32/13448_2.png) [@Uhib\_D\_Jaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uhib_D_Jaj)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/12 "2015-03-15T11:37:56Z")
That right there is an excellent example of why I love the Dope. I make a facetious reference to rhubarb pie and someone comes along and notes that it is pi day. Thanks everyone for the welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/13 "2015-03-15T19:03:50Z")
Somebody in here likes chicken. I can just tell… **Uhib D’Jaj** , it’s you! I smelled chicken on your breath. 'Fess up. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/14 "2015-03-15T19:11:44Z")
Nice to meet you, **Uhib D’Jaj**! What does your user name mean? I Googled and got nada! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Uhib\_D\_Jaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uhib_d_jaj/32/13448_2.png) [@Uhib\_D\_Jaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uhib_D_Jaj)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/15 "2015-03-15T19:54:21Z")
**Johanna** - You got me. I confess. I do indeed like chicken. There is a long boring extremely mundane and pointless story as to why it is my user name. I’ll keep it to myself for now. The alternative was Abu Kaffir, a family in joke but one I eschewed as I didn’t wish to cause inadvertent offense. May I ask how fluent you are and from which region? **Helenna330** - As Johanna has apply demonstrated, a basic knowledge of Arabic will reveal that…I like chicken. That’s the meaning. Given that my diet for many years now has been mostly chicken and rice varied with rice and chicken, this is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/16 "2015-03-15T21:58:42Z")
OK. Now that we got the pleasantries out of the way, let’s get down to more serious issues: - Toilet paper: Over or under? - Hot dogs: Mustard or ketchup? - Corn on the cob: Across or around? Answer carefully, as your responses will tell us all we need to know about you. ---
**Author:** ![Uhib\_D\_Jaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uhib_d_jaj/32/13448_2.png) [@Uhib\_D\_Jaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uhib_D_Jaj)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/17 "2015-03-15T22:12:08Z")
Oh dear. I wasn’t aware there would be a test. Let me just consult my notes… Toilet Paper - Under of course. I like goats but not THAT much! Hot Dogs - Can’t it be both? If only one then mustard. Corn on the cob - Um, it never occurred to me that one could attempt to eat it…around, you say? Really? How does one keep from getting the butter (it must be dripping with butter) all though one’s beard? Boy, I hope you aren’t handing out the pitchforks and lighting the torches yet. How’d I do? 🙂 Pax, Uhib D’Jaj ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/18 "2015-03-15T22:50:45Z")
Hiya Uhib, welcome to our world! We don’t hand out torches, we all carry our own. Some of us even carry torches for others of us. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/19 "2015-03-15T23:04:35Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > hope you brought pie today. I was part of a trivia contest team yesterday and one of the questions was guessing the number of calories in each officially identical apple pie they brought out. I so wanted to guess 3142! We didn’t as that would have been too high (but we still overestimated). Still it felt right. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979/20 "2015-03-16T00:21:07Z")
Ok ---- this is the third Newbie we’ve been nice to since that railroad guy. Is this Opposites Day or have evil pod creatures taken over the Dope? 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all/714979.md?page=2)