# I'm a real boy!, I mean member! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945 "2004-12-03T19:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iggy\_popov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@iggy\_popov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iggy_popov)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/1 "2004-12-03T19:57:58Z")
My boss rocks. I was considering how to get a paid subscription without a credit card so I asked my ebay lovin’ internet shoppin’ boss. if he would use his credit card if I gave him the cash money. It worked! So now I am a charter member of you lovely boards here. Now make with the initiation rites I have heard so much about. ---
**Author:** ![iggy\_popov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@iggy\_popov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iggy_popov)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/2 "2004-12-03T20:01:20Z")
> [@iggy popov](#): > > My boss rocks. > > I was considering how to get a paid subscription without a credit card so I asked my ebay lovin’ internet shoppin’ boss. if he would use his credit card if I gave him the cash money. It worked! > > So now I am a charter member of you lovely boards here. > > Now make with the initiation rites I have heard so much about. _ **Your** _ lovely boards. Now I know why they have the whole preview post thing. ---
**Author:** ![SavageNarce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@SavageNarce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SavageNarce)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/3 "2004-12-03T20:09:31Z")
Your initiation begins by sending me, the Mods, and 10 other people $10 each. We will then put your name on the bottom of the list and send it off to a quazillion other people… 😃 Arise, Sir Popov, and welcome to the Dope. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/4 "2004-12-03T20:09:45Z")
Welcome as a paid member, **iggy popov**! I’m sorry. If you know about the initiation rites, we have to do… something else. _twitch_ ---
**Author:** ![iggy\_popov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@iggy\_popov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iggy_popov)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/5 "2004-12-03T20:15:14Z")
> [@SavageNarce](#): > > Your initiation begins by sending me, the Mods, and 10 other people $10 each. We will then put your name on the bottom of the list and send it off to a quazillion other people… 😃 > > Arise, Sir Popov, and welcome to the Dope. But I don’t have 10 bucks anymore. I had to use it to suscribe. ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/6 "2004-12-03T20:19:18Z")
Congrats and welcome **iggy popov**. **Sunspace** , does this mean I have to get the key to the, you know, the door? I am NOT going there alone again. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/7 "2004-12-03T20:21:47Z")
That’s ok, Iggy Welcome, Welcome Fah who rah-moose Welcome, Welcome Dah who dah-moose Sorry, my inner Cindy Lou Who just bubbled up there. Tis the season… Now where’s that goat?? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/8 "2004-12-03T20:26:10Z")
**Greenback** , we’ll go down there together. Don’t worry, it’s not as if we actually need to _touch_ The Door or even enter its antechamber. We can just give **iggy popov** the key and the instructions. After that it sould be about an hour before we need the earplugs. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/9 "2004-12-03T20:28:27Z")
> [@iggy popov](#): > > But I don’t have 10 bucks anymore. I had to use it to suscribe. The **Green’s** going to have to get the key to _ **The Hole** _ and I’ll call _ **The Gimp** _ and you’ll be initiated alright 🙂 After we’ll read short stories and discuss industrial espionage. Then if you like we’ll bring you in the hole again…but then no more begging ok? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/10 "2004-12-03T20:31:30Z")
Keeping with my theme for today of regurgitating my old posts, I give you your welcoming instructions: > [@Hal Briston](#): > > The first thing we’ll need from you is your entire life story, from zygote to deathbed (you can make up everything from this date forward). > > Then we’ll need you to jump over to Great Debates and post a 17-point dissertation outlining your feelings in the “Bush vs. Picard” discussion. > > Then it’s over to Cafe Society, where you’ll begin a thread calling for Fox to bring _John Doe_ back on the air. > > Next we go over to IMHO, where you’re required to (incorrectly) start a thread asking for an explaination on all this “when come back, bring pie” business. > > Finally, you’ll need to go into the BBQ Pit and start a thread on why anyone who doesn’t agree with your particular religious beliefs is a flaming asswipe. Wear asbestos. > > Then, and only then, will be a full-fledged Doper with all rights and privileges. Now then, welcome to Doperdom! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/11 "2004-12-03T20:42:10Z")
A [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5567445#post5567445) just for our latest member **iggy popov** ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/12 "2004-12-03T20:46:53Z")
I say we let \*it \*rest for a day or so…with a couple of new members over the past few day, _it’s_ probably needing a day or so to recharge its, um, batteries, so to speak. Besides, once _it_ gets cranky and less, uh, virile, \* it \* compensates with aggression, and we don’t want to hurt **Iggy** , just teach him a few things about the board. Hey, **Silenus** - you ever get that goat walking right after the last initiation? P P.S. Welcome to the Marianas Trench, **Iggy**. for twenty minutes ---
**Author:** ![iggy\_popov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@iggy\_popov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iggy_popov)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/13 "2004-12-03T20:52:06Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > A [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5567445#post5567445) just for our latest member **iggy popov** Hey thanks for thinking of me. But if you want the real story behind my name > **[How and why did you decide on your username?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289873)** > > Mine - I’m a mom and I like Spongebob. I’ve seen some very interesting usernames on here, and I’m bursting with curiosity as to how they were chosen. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/14 "2004-12-03T21:16:27Z")
Hi, **iggy popov**. I’m a paid member as of today too! I think we should ask everyone else for presents for our SMDB Initiation Day. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/15 "2004-12-03T21:23:15Z")
Be welcome. Enjoy your stay. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/16 "2004-12-03T21:25:50Z")
> [@picker](#): > > I say we let \*it \*rest for a day or so…with a couple of new members over the past few day, _it’s_ probably needing a day or so to recharge its, um, batteries, so to speak. But what am I supposed to do with all this Jell-O I made? We can still do that part of the initiation, right? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/17 "2004-12-03T21:25:51Z")
Welcome as a paid member, **taxi78cab**! Congratulations on surviving Phase Two. But… you’re _asking for more_? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/18 "2004-12-04T02:41:13Z")
**Iggy** - for the love of God - be careful! These people are maniacs - I’m still picking the dried remnants of green jello out of… well, out of bodily crevasses I never knew existed. And if someone says, “Quick, look over there,” _DON’T LOOK!_ 'Coz if you do, you can bMMMPH! MMPH! MPH! MMMMPH!!! _thud_ ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/19 "2004-12-04T03:07:37Z")
No one is supposed to open that door when it’s locked. **Y** ou **W** oke **M** e **U** p, and you know what that means, don’t you? _glares at all and sundry in a menacing, meaningful fashion_ ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945/20 "2004-12-04T03:10:46Z")
Is **iggy** still here? Can I give him his 1920’s style death ray yet? (I hate it when people start these initiation threads without me. Poo.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-real-boy-i-mean-member/277945.md?page=2)