# Hi. I'm New and Clueless! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2008, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new-and-clueless/439924 "2008-03-03T06:47:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new-and-clueless/439924/41 "2008-03-04T16:03:18Z")
Welcome Aboard the Dope. I hope you enjoy your stay. So besides Ms Whatsit, what other literary characters are you favorites? Jim ---
**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 4, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new-and-clueless/439924/42 "2008-03-04T16:07:24Z")
[QUOTE=Drain Bead] A little bit of Dope trivia–technically, the first Dopefest was in Columbus. It was only sparsely attended–maybe six of us, most of whom no longer post here. I think it was in 1999. [/QUOTE] That needs one of those historical plaques. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new-and-clueless/439924/43 "2008-03-04T16:41:29Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Welcome. Please try the 14 k of g in a p f d soup. [/QUOTE] That’s it. NO SOUP FOR YOU. Come back one year. ETA: Oh, and welcome, Janis! The goat sends his regards but regrets that he will be late, and is offering you a second helping of squid as a token of his appreciation for your patience. He’ll be along once he’s sobered up. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new-and-clueless/439924/44 "2008-03-04T17:02:01Z")
[QUOTE=BiblioCat] I thought we took care of that. We took away his pants. [/QUOTE] And you thought that was a good idea? We’d only got him to start wearing them again when that happened. Don’t be an enabler. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new-and-clueless/439924/45 "2008-03-04T17:28:20Z")
[QUOTE=janis\_and\_c0] I’m almost 29, usually happily married [/QUOTE] So you’re occasionally unmarried? Gotcha. You might enjoy participating in one of our seedier Doper “exchanges.” ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new-and-clueless/439924/46 "2008-03-04T17:45:44Z")
[QUOTE=janis\_and\_c0] How do you feel about pecan? [/QUOTE] There is too much pepper in my paprikash, but I would be proud to partake of your pecan pie. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new-and-clueless/439924/47 "2008-03-04T17:54:29Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] I heard you’re _still_ not walking the same, **LOUNE** baby. But that might be the peanut butter, huh? 😛 [/QUOTE] Funny story: I was at the dog show this weekend with my girlfriend and my parents. I was petting this dog and he was sniffing my crotch. The handler excused the dog, but I said “Ah, screw it. Let the dog snuff my junk”. The handler said “That’s right. You’re a guy. You don’t care about those things”. Well after a few more seconds of scritching, my girlfriend points at the dog’s head “Um..Trevor? The dog is..licking you”. I look down, and sure enough, the dog is licking my balls. So I said “Well, it saves me on the cost of peanut butter. Do I have to buy your dog dinner now?” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new-and-clueless/439924/48 "2008-03-04T18:01:27Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Do I have to buy your dog dinner now?" [/QUOTE] Nice. I’m not so sure about your new lover. I heard she can be a real bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new-and-clueless/439924/49 "2008-03-04T18:04:23Z")
[QUOTE=MsWhatsit] C-bus represent! You know, we really should have a Columbus dopefest one of these days… [/QUOTE] There do seem to enough just posting to this thread to make a Dopefest. When come, bring buckeye! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new-and-clueless/439924/50 "2008-03-04T18:24:07Z")
Welcome - good birthday present! You seem very board-ready - where else do you hang out? How long did you lurk here? ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new-and-clueless/439924/51 "2008-03-04T18:29:51Z")
[This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=458245) is a great resourse for new SDMB’ers ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new-and-clueless/439924/52 "2008-03-05T06:12:48Z")
> [@](#): > > So besides Ms Whatsit, what other literary characters are you favorites? Francie Nolan (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables et Al) O-lan (The Good Earth) Mark Sway (Grishom’s The Client) Jesse Aarons (Bridge to Terabithia) And Delores Claiborne (Stephen King) to name just a few. > [@](#): > > So you’re occasionally unmarried? Gotcha. You might enjoy participating in one of our seedier Doper “exchanges.” Nothing like that, we just have a very passionate realtionship, we fight as hard as we love. Important thing is, we’re happy. (However if the situation, Og Forbid, changes, I’ll keep ya in mind _wink wink_ > [@](#): > > There do seem to enough just posting to this thread to make a Dopefest. When come, bring buckeye! Hey, you know what, we have a barbeque area & a pool at my apartment complex When the weather gets warmer , I say,\* CTOWN DOPEFEST BYOB.\* There will be pie. > [@](#): > > You seem very board-ready - where else do you hang out? How long did you lurk here? WOW! Thanks very much, I’ve been around about as long as [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=407408), which I found fascinating. I Also Hang out [here](http://www.brunchma.com/) and [here](http://www.photografius.com/cgi-bin/tbw-cgi/index.cgi). In addition I have a [Live journal](http://janis-and-co.livejournal.com/friends) I shamefully neglect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new-and-clueless/439924.md?page=2)