# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/21 "2007-07-09T16:34:15Z")
[QUOTE=Jake] I see now the OP has a join date of this month and year. Good for him/her! [/QUOTE] And not just any join date… 07/07/2007 ---
**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 9, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/22 "2007-07-09T17:01:50Z")
The SDMB accepts VISA. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/23 "2007-07-09T17:32:04Z")
If you don’t join, you have to send all those lend lease destroyers back. The fate of Great Britain is in your hands… ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/24 "2007-07-09T17:33:27Z")
[QUOTE=Jake] 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: [/QUOTE] The Original Poster has a “join date” that simply reflects when he signed up for a name and guest privileges. He is not, yet, a member. We hope to convince him to remedy this deficit. 😃 ---
**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 9, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/25 "2007-07-09T21:51:40Z")
[QUOTE=rowrrbazzle] That’s Miss Emily Litella, if you please, Cheddar. 🙂 [/QUOTE] :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: ( damn you. 😃 ) ---
**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 9, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/26 "2007-07-09T21:53:51Z")
[QUOTE=Jake] Hey **rowrrbazzle** I see we have the same join date and month! You have over twice the post count as I do though. :dubious: [/QUOTE] Well, get to work, dude! You have some catching-up to do! Keep up or get left behind! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/27 "2007-07-10T14:37:21Z")
[QUOTE=rowrrbazzle] Well, get to work, dude! You have some catching-up to do! Keep up or get left behind! 😃 [/QUOTE] Heh. I’ll try to do that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/28 "2007-07-10T21:27:07Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] The SDMB accepts VISA. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but there’s a minimum of two subscriptions. ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/29 "2007-07-10T21:59:06Z")
[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] Why would you change your username?? Did your shop go out of business??? Stupid Wal-Mart!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/30 "2007-07-10T22:58:05Z")
[QUOTE=Kneepants Erasmus, the Humanist] Why would you change your username?? Did your shop go out of business??? Stupid Wal-Mart!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: [/QUOTE] Heh. 😃 Just by way of trivial information, it’s normally Tesco that’s the evil taker-over and closer-down of all things over here (although Walmart’s “Asda” chain is pretty big and bad too). However, my own theory is that he (she?) might eat all the pies, thereby becoming a Slightly Larger British Shop Owner, but might then lose weight again etc, and need to change name again, etc., so perhaps our new friend wants a more flexible name. What a pity a name like “When Come Back, Bring Pies” would be sort of laughed out of court, as it were. 🙂 And WELCOME. 🙂 See, now you have to subscribe and stay. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/31 "2007-07-11T06:29:13Z")
[QUOTE=Kozmik] Surely a small British shop owner could swing that. [/QUOTE] Yes but he’s from Scotland and you know what they say abouts Scots and money 😃 ---
**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 11, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/32 "2007-07-11T14:58:05Z")
[QUOTE=Celyn] However, my own theory is that he (she?) might eat all the pies, thereby becoming a Slightly Larger British Shop Owner, but might then lose weight again etc, and need to change name again, etc., so perhaps our new friend wants a more flexible name. [/QUOTE] How about **Pendular Swings In Body Mass Index Shop Owner**? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/33 "2007-07-11T15:04:14Z")
In all seriousness, **Small British Shop Owner** , if you enjoy the place, just pay the money. It’s not a lot. So give up eating lunch at [MacDonald’s](http://www.macdonalds-pitlochry.co.uk/restaurant/lunchmenu.htm) one day and post here for a year. That ain’t a bad deal. 🙂 And if it’s not your cup of tea, that’s OK too. We won’t think less of you, honest. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/34 "2007-07-11T21:12:55Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] How about **Pendular Swings In Body Mass Index Shop Owner**? [/QUOTE] Yo-Yo Mate ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/35 "2007-07-13T06:07:28Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] If you don’t join, you have to send all those lend lease destroyers back. The fate of Great Britain is in your hands… [/QUOTE] (However, we will cut you some slack: you do not have to return the HMS Campbelltown.) ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897/36 "2007-07-17T19:40:16Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] **Toast Museum Curator** [/QUOTE] Now I want to change _my_ username. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897.md?page=1)