# How does a guest become a member? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 26, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764 "2013-04-26T15:22:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![T\_Baggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@T\_Baggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_Baggins)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/21 "2013-04-27T00:54:47Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Walk this way, son. Now bend over and grab your ankles with your hands. This won’t hurt a bit. > > 😃 That’s a strange place for a duck! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/22 "2013-04-27T01:10:35Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Walk this way, son. Now bend over and grab your ankles with your hands. This won’t hurt a bit. > > 😃 Duckster, you know very well that old Moderators can apply the Secret Punish… Never mind. Nothing to see here, everyone move along! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/23 "2013-04-27T02:04:56Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Why a duck? > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Look, suppose you come to a river and you want to ford it. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Ain’t got the money to 'ford a duck-got any chickens? You’re all a bunch of Marxists! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/24 "2013-04-27T02:57:07Z")
Groucho? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/25 "2013-04-27T03:10:24Z")
> [@CannyDan](#): > > Groucho? When I was just into my teens, I wanted large pictures of Groucho and John in my bedroom, with a red banner above them, proclaiming **Marx and Lennon!** ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/26 "2013-04-27T07:07:40Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > When I was just into my teens, I wanted large pictures of Groucho and John in my bedroom, with a red banner above them, proclaiming **Marx and Lennon!** [Firesign Theater: All Hail Marx and Lennon!](http://www.marx-brothers.org/whyaduck/cards/all-hail.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/27 "2013-04-28T06:36:24Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > You’re all a bunch of Marxists! 😛 > [@CannyDan](#): > > Groucho? Harpo was _ **my** _ favorite! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/28 "2013-04-28T11:44:54Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I’m new to this board, and just wondered. There’s an Initiation Ceremony. It involves a Squid and a Goat. You’re gonna be good friends with that Goat. The Squid will not exactly be a stranger, either. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/29 "2013-04-28T13:14:58Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > There’s an Initiation Ceremony. > It involves a Squid and a Goat. > You’re gonna be good friends with that Goat. > The Squid will not exactly be a stranger, either. Oh all right, but if you people are having another initiation, \*somebody \*will have to clean the barrel. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/30 "2013-04-28T13:44:16Z")
> [@CannyDan](#): > > Oh all right, but if you people are having another initiation, \*somebody \*will have to clean the barrel. I thought that was always the new guy. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/31 "2013-04-28T14:07:27Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I thought that was always the new guy. Supposed to! But TPTB have slacked off a lot lately (this is ATMB, right?). I hear last time they tried to substitute a clam for the squid! Back in my day we took the new guy and tied an onion to his belt… and… uhh… Well, anyway, get offa my lawn, whippersnapper! ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/32 "2013-04-28T14:17:21Z")
Sometimes you just become a member magically, like what happened to me. Either that or I blocked the memories of the squid, goat and barrel from my mind. But I’m not sure why that might be because honestly that sounds like a really good time for a guy like me. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/33 "2013-04-28T14:24:22Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Sometimes you just become a member magically, like what happened to me. > > Either that or I blocked the memories of the squid, goat and barrel from my mind. But I’m not sure why that might be because honestly that sounds like a really good time for a guy like me. However, it is really demeaning to get the ugly goat. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/34 "2013-04-28T15:02:26Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > However, it is really demeaning to get the ugly goat. Soooo…you have a favorite goat? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/35 "2013-04-28T15:07:38Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Soooo…you have a favorite goat? A hit, a very palpable hit. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/36 "2013-04-29T00:42:27Z")
All I know is you get my goat. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/37 "2013-04-29T01:35:57Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > All I know is you get my goat. Defending Cicero _and_ the goat? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/38 "2013-04-29T08:57:01Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Soooo…you have a favorite goat? Well, since you asked, [this one (thanks to **CMYK** )](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LbccUVbSRd8/SnGaG23_6ZI/AAAAAAAAE6c/gXggIYF5fek/s1600-h/Goat,+Pee+Wee.JPG) has _ **my** _ vote. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/39 "2013-04-29T10:18:23Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’m new here, myself. > Look, let’s buy some of this wonderful property before a hurricane blows it away. You’ll get stucco. Boy will you get stuccoed. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/40 "2013-04-29T12:58:43Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Soooo…you have a favorite goat? Do you mean just _one_ favourite goat? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764.md?page=3)