I love the people on these boards.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I will be totally honest and say that when I first stumbled upon the SDMB, I was debating whether or not I should actually register. You guys all seemed intelligent and well-spoken, and I thought, with my posts amongst yours, I’d sound unintelligent. You see, I can’t write essay-long posts that are also entertaining. Maybe with a few years… :stuck_out_tongue:

Eventually, I signed up. I did not make an “I’m new!” thread, thinking you guys would look down on that kind of thing and mark me as a poster that would not last more than a month.

I don’t really have a presence here, but I think I’ve comfortably settled in, thanks to the kindness of the Dopers.

I registered on another forum a few days ago (I visit far too many, and I don’t know why I registered) and after one post, I don’t even know if I’m going to post again. They weren’t rude or anything, but they weren’t welcoming either. I browsed the other subforums to see if there was a place I could be a better fit in, but I didn’t find anything.

It seems like there’s a place for almost everyone here. That’s why I like it. You’re all so welcoming too, which I appreciate. You give people a chance and don’t ignore or taunt posters who don’t type in proper caps, or for other unimportant things like that.

So, um, thanks. :slight_smile:

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I’ve tried other forums too. And my posts dry up or never even happen. (except one which has a good photography sub-forum).

Yep, great place! {{{Group Hug}}}

3

You’re welco… Oh, I’m newer than you.

Errrrm carry on soldier.

4

I think once you get past the newbie stage, you don’t have to sweep and mop the SDMB floor every night.

5

Hmmm…do we have a Statute of Limitations on initations?

6

HEY!

Who grabbed my penis?

I left it right here.

7

Vision ~~you’re cool with us.

:slight_smile:

8

Short and pithy carries the day. Yeah, that’s my story.

9

Agreed.

10

Nope!

snaps on latex gloves

11

I figure I should thrown in my $.02, given my somewhat rare situation of returning to the SDMB after a three and a half year absence.

Cent #1) You’re damn right. This is the best board on the Internet.

Cent #2) Seriously, don’t worry about sounding intelligent. Just like anywhere else, be yourself.

Cent #3) Hi, Opal! :smiley:

beverage of choice for anyone who saw that coming

12

You know, a list can be just two items.

:stuck_out_tongue:

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Oh, I know, but that joke is too priceless.

14

Well, given what happened with the last few initiations (the squid, the Monster Bread, and the “Death Rays” being only the beginning), I’m not sure we should have another initiation. At least until we figure out how to handle the inevitable …‘incursions’.

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We can’t anyway till Little Ed remembers to order more goats.

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Yeah, Mariah has developed quite a taste for them…

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Does goat consumption have an adverse effect on squid?

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I love one of the people on these boards. The rest of you clowns, I can take or leave.

19

Don’t use the c-word!

shudders in horror

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hehehe. I was watching Toys the other day and my 32 year old future sister in law was reading a book next to me. She looked up just in time to see a c**** like toy filling the whole large screen. She shrieked and jumped so high she spilled her coffee in her lap :smiley: Of course, she also elbowed me in my back, right above my recent surgery incision so I got my comeuppance for laughing at her :frowning:

I also love this place. I always know that if I’m in a bad mood, someone here will make me laugh til I cry. The best though is when my fiancee calls me from work to direct me to a thread because reading it made him snarf his coffee (big coffee drinkers in his family).