# If I did subscribe **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 7, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897 "2007-07-07T20:59:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Small\_British\_Shop\_Owner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Small\_British\_Shop\_Owner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_British_Shop_Owner)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/1 "2007-07-07T20:59:14Z")
And, cards laid down on the table, I probably won’t, would I be able to change my username? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/2 "2007-07-07T21:15:06Z")
[QUOTE=Small British Shop Owner] And, cards laid down on the table, I probably won’t, would I be able to change my username? [/QUOTE] Yes. Why wouldn’t you subscribe? As a long-time lurker, there must be something here that appeals. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_British\_Shop\_Owner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Small\_British\_Shop\_Owner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_British_Shop_Owner)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/3 "2007-07-07T21:17:17Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] Why wouldn’t you subscribe? As a long-time lurker, there must be something here that appeals. [/QUOTE] Shall we wait 21 days before the sales talk begins :P;) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/4 "2007-07-07T21:20:47Z")
[QUOTE=Small British Shop Owner] Shall we wait 21 days before the sales talk begins :P;) [/QUOTE] If you subscribe, you could edit that post. 😃😃😃 ---
**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:** [July 7, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/5 "2007-07-07T21:57:25Z")
[QUOTE=Small British Shop Owner] And, cards laid down on the table, I probably won’t, would I be able to change my username? [/QUOTE] Yes, but only within limits. You could change it, for example, to **Large British Shop Owner** or **Small Welsh Shop Owner** , but not to **Cheesemonger.** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/6 "2007-07-07T22:45:16Z")
I think that it is very wise of you to think carefully before subscribing to the SBMB, it being a clandestine S&M board and all. (Seriously, I’d like more people from outside North America subscribe.) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/7 "2007-07-08T00:12:32Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] Yes, but only within limits. You could change it, for example, to Large British Shop Owner or Small Welsh Shop Owner, but not to Cheesemonger. [/QUOTE] How about **Purveyor of Venezuelan Beaver Cheese**? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/8 "2007-07-08T00:59:22Z")
[QUOTE=Small British Shop Owner] And, cards laid down on the table, I probably won’t, would I be able to change my username? [/QUOTE] Yes, but you can only change it to **Toast Museum Curator** or **Broken Biscuit Factory Janitor**. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/9 "2007-07-08T01:04:26Z")
[QUOTE=Northern Piper] How about **Purveyor of Venezuelan Beaver Cheese**? [/QUOTE] You say that like it’s a bad thing ---
**Author:** ![Small\_British\_Shop\_Owner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Small\_British\_Shop\_Owner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_British_Shop_Owner)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/10 "2007-07-08T05:22:31Z")
[QUOTE=Northern Piper] How about **Purveyor of Venezuelan Beaver Cheese**? [/QUOTE] I could honestly go for that… ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/11 "2007-07-08T06:28:05Z")
[QUOTE=Small British Shop Owner] I could honestly go for that… [/QUOTE] The name, or the beaver cheese? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/12 "2007-07-08T06:32:47Z")
I just wanna know if it’s you that’s small or if it’s your shop. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/13 "2007-07-08T11:31:59Z")
[QUOTE=Small British Shop Owner] I could honestly go for that… [/QUOTE] For a mere 7.44 pounds, all that – and more! – could be yours… ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/14 "2007-07-08T11:46:41Z")
Surely a small British shop owner could swing that. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/15 "2007-07-08T14:40:24Z")
[QUOTE=Small British Shop Owner] [QUOTE=Northern Piper] How about Purveyor of Venezuelan Beaver Cheese? [/QUOTE] I could honestly go for that… [/QUOTE] Although if you do take that name, you’d better be sure to have some in stock if you hear that John Cleese is in the neighbourhood; wouldn’t want further tragic waste of human life. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/16 "2007-07-08T17:24:01Z")
NOT SUBSCRIBE?!? And Deprive the Dope of its **Small British Shop Owner**? I say nay, sir! Your subscription shall be paid whether you like it or not, and death to he who tries to change the name. A minion will be dispatched weekly to your abode to oversee regular updates from you! This could be a new trend in Dopernames! Soon we will have **Fat Bulgarian Pharmacist** , **Lanky Korean Crossing Guard** and **Hypoglycemic Brazilian Meter Reader**! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/17 "2007-07-08T18:45:59Z")
[QUOTE=scotandrsn] A minion will be dispatched weekly to your abode to oversee regular updates from you! [/QUOTE] The Chicago Reader is going to send ten deeply religious Jews over to his house to make sure all of his cheese is in order ?? Seems a tragic waste of resources. [Roseanne Roseannadanna] Ohhhh. **Minion**. Never mind. [/Roseanne Roseannadanna] Might you also be purveying the odd tin of Spam or Marmite? 😃 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/18 "2007-07-08T22:11:46Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] [Roseanne Roseannadanna] Ohhhh. **Minion**. Never mind. [/Roseanne Roseannadanna] [/QUOTE] That’s Miss Emily Litella, if you please, Cheddar. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/19 "2007-07-09T13:07:53Z")
[QUOTE=Small British Shop Owner] Shall we wait 21 days before the sales talk begins :P;) [/QUOTE] This is the way I see it: one year is about fifteen dollars, which is about seven pounds fifty. It’s not a large amount. You could stay on board for a year, see if you like it, and not renew when the time is up if you decide it’s not your cup of tea. I think one year is a better time scale to decide if it is the thing for you. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/20 "2007-07-09T16:26:33Z")
I see now the OP has a join date of this month and year. Good for him/her! Hey **rowrrbazzle** I see we have the same join date and month! You have over twice the post count as I do though. :dubious: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897.md?page=2)