# I can barely contain my excitement! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 25, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071 "2004-09-25T20:18:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/1 "2004-09-25T20:18:54Z")
Today is a momentous day in my life. I have finally become a paid subscriber to the SDMB. Once upon a time, I was just a sad lurker watching from the outside, hoping to be one of the few, the proud, the insane…in other words, a doper. I only hope I can meet the high standards set by this very eclectic group of people. If anyone has any advice for a fledgling doper, it will be very much appreciated. Thanks to all for the great stories that kept me coming here and convinced me finally to join. And special thanks to Scylla for the blimp thread which got me to visit here in the first place. I also want to thank my family and the academy for believing in…ooops sorry, wrong thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/2 "2004-09-25T20:22:14Z")
Welcome aboard! Here’s a towel. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/3 "2004-09-25T20:25:43Z")
::runs nekkid thru thread:: Man, all these newbies are tiring me out:D ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/4 "2004-09-25T20:28:16Z")
it’s fun to run nekkid ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/5 "2004-09-25T22:10:51Z")
Hi \*\*melondeca \*\* Be welcome. Enjoy your stay. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/6 "2004-09-25T23:24:33Z")
Pics required if hot! ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/7 "2004-09-26T00:27:40Z")
> [@](#): > > If anyone has any advice for a fledgling doper, it will be very much appreciated. One word. Plastics. ---
**Author:** ![The\_world\_s\_most\_deadliest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@The\_world\_s\_most\_deadliest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_world_s_most_deadliest)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/8 "2004-09-26T01:06:42Z")
I just popped in to say that I initially skimmed the headline as “I can barely contain my _excrement_!” :rolleyes: :smack: Welcome to the Dope, **melondeca**. Some of us are quicker on the draw than others. Guess where I fit in. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/9 "2004-09-26T01:11:30Z")
It is funny that you say that, because I almost initially typed it as excrement. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/10 "2004-09-26T01:50:18Z")
OK folks, bring pie a welcome banner and the vestal goat, we´re throwing a party here! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sensualips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@Sensualips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sensualips)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/11 "2004-09-26T01:56:08Z")
Welcome **melondeca** I also was welcomed here today in another thread. If you come up with suggestions pass them along and I will do the same…Us newbies have to help each other until we become old-timers…er, cool dopers. ;j ---
**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:** [September 26, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/12 "2004-09-26T02:01:33Z")
Welcome, **Melondeca**! - :: kuras senvestajxe esperante tra sxnureto :: \* ( :: runs nekkid in Esperanto through thread :: ) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/13 "2004-09-26T02:02:00Z")
**The world’s most deadliest…** : I was going to post the same thing, but then I decided to read the posts and found yours. So all I can say is: Ditto. [sub]Coincidentally I was just watching _Guts and Bolts_, which was showing how the Hyperion sewage treatment plant worked.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/14 "2004-09-26T02:06:36Z")
Welcome, **melondeca** , from a fellow newbie. I would run nekkid through your thread and all, but it’s been done, and in a far more aesthetically pleasing manner already. Twice. However, I will ::sit next to thread in stylish new pajamas:: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/15 "2004-09-26T03:48:25Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > Man, all these newbies are tiring me out:D \*gasp \* Never. Welcome, **melondeca**. And I have to say to **Harimad-sol** , you needn’t call yourself a newbie anymore. I don’t think we considered you a newbie from post one. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/16 "2004-09-26T03:56:41Z")
Thank you, **Elenia28**. That is very kind of you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/17 "2004-09-26T03:58:37Z")
How 'bout me? Have I acheived non-n00b status as well? Heck, I have more Tears For Fears-related posts to my name than the rest of the SDMB _combined_… Oh, and welcome, **melondeca**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/18 "2004-09-26T04:10:22Z")
Welcome, **melondeca**. I’ve announced your presence in [another thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5296774#post5296774). To quote the _Seinfeld_ episode I saw yesterday, there’s “good naked” and “bad naked”. I’m assuredly of the latter group, but I trust you belong to the one that features Jerry’s girlfriend… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/19 "2004-09-26T06:56:33Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Welcome aboard! Here’s a towel. _Always_ make sure you know where your towel is! ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071/20 "2004-09-26T07:06:14Z")
HEY!! I was told that there was pie here, were is my pie?! Unclviny [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-barely-contain-my-excitement/266071.md?page=2)