# How'd you get here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 1999, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-you-get-here/7234 "1999-08-29T11:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-you-get-here/7234/21 "2001-06-26T17:07:20Z")
One of my co-workers turned me on to the Straight Dope, and saw a threadspotting about someone who wouldn’t have a good Christmas without help. So I signed up, and sent a check. Been here ever since! ---
**Author:** ![Rhetoric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rhetoric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhetoric)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-you-get-here/7234/22 "2001-06-26T17:16:59Z")
I had never heard of Cecil or this site until Feb 2000. One of the smartest guys I’ve ever met is a former coworker from India. He was only here on a business visa for 3 months. During that time he turned me on to the site. It certainly must have extended Cecil’s reach considerably to be grabbing those on the other side of the world. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-you-get-here/7234/23 "2001-06-26T17:28:54Z")
I found [http://www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com) while lazily checking through [http://www.bored.com](http://www.bored.com). I remembered how much I’ve enjoyed the books, and showed up to surf the site. I eventually read the Evil Nazi Groundhog thread, and signed up. ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-you-get-here/7234/24 "2001-06-26T18:24:53Z")
I caught the TV show in college about five or six years ago really late at night, but I never could find it again. Then a couple of years ago, I ran across John Taylor’s website (super hot John Taylor of Duran Duran - [http://www.trusttheprocess.com](http://www.trusttheprocess.com)) and he had The Straight Dope listed in his “Pop Culture” links. ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-you-get-here/7234/25 "2001-06-26T18:54:29Z")
Catalyst sent me links to the MBs till I decided to join. Was a complete Cecil virgin. I’m still only here for the message boards. (Sorry, guys, I’m sure Cecil’s great.) ---
**Author:** ![south333](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@south333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/south333)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-you-get-here/7234/26 "2001-06-26T20:28:05Z")
I found out about this site from [http://www.bored.com](http://www.bored.com). After reading through the colums I decided to find out what the sdmb was all about. I liked it so I stayed 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-you-get-here/7234/27 "2001-06-26T21:04:51Z")
I’m an orphan. Someone left me in a basket on Cecil’s front porch. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-you-get-here/7234/28 "2001-06-26T21:41:34Z")
I was on another message board and thought “I wonder if there are even better ones than this?” I went to Google, put in “message board” and SDMB was almost at the top. Now _I wonder…_ ---
**Author:** ![rayniday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecc23a/32.png) [@rayniday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayniday)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-you-get-here/7234/29 "2001-06-26T21:48:37Z")
Miss Welfy would AIM me links to funny threads. I decided I had something to contribe to one. And I’ve been wrong ever since. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-you-get-here/7234/30 "2001-06-26T23:49:48Z")
Looking for why it was called ‘the rabbit test’. That was in about December of 99. I went to comment on one of the columns in May of this year, and to my delight found that there were message boards! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-you-get-here/7234.md?page=1)