# I'm new here... but I just wanna say Hi! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672 "2003-11-22T13:10:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lurksfromwork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@lurksfromwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurksfromwork)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/41 "2003-11-24T12:41:48Z")
I’m in paradise usually…Broome WA, but at the moment I’m in Carnarvon WA on a work related sojourn. Back to Broome before the new year hopefully. And yourself? ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/42 "2003-11-24T12:55:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wendyrules \* > \*\*Hehehe spogga! I reckon I’m gonna get a tatt… I won’t tell you the details… but it WILL happen, when I have the dollars!!! But I can assure you, there will be no navel piercing nor nasal marrow-bits! > > Hi there lurks, so you’re from Aussie-land as well? So what’s you’re geography? \*\* OK so you are going to have a tatt. It is customary on this board to let the august members know the whereabouts of said tatt and also to post pics…so there! ---
**Author:** ![wendyrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@wendyrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendyrules)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/43 "2003-11-24T23:05:18Z")
Well spogga, I guess you’ve twisted my arm. I haven’t got any pics of it yet, because I haven’t had it done yet! But it will be a delicate little butterfly on my right breast, but don’t tell anyone else! LOL Lurks, I live in the rural Hills out of Adelaide, South Australia… that’s quite a distance from you, but it’s a beautiful spot. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/44 "2003-11-24T23:14:53Z")
There are lots of us around the place confounding the 'merkins with mentions of bumming fags and dropbears **wendyrules** 😉 Welcome aboard. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/45 "2003-11-25T00:26:06Z")
Damn! I’m a July doper! ---
**Author:** ![BellaDellaItalia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BellaDellaItalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellaDellaItalia)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/46 "2003-11-25T02:55:29Z")
Welcome, **wendyrules**! Don’t worry, most of us aren’t too scary, and only **JimSox5** bites. ---
**Author:** ![green\_dragon\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@green\_dragon\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_dragon_1)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/47 "2003-11-25T03:36:32Z")
Hail! This is one crazy place. ---
**Author:** ![wendyrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@wendyrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendyrules)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/48 "2003-11-25T05:06:24Z")
The more I visit this place, the more I like it! G’day Thylacine…Bewdy mate! Im glad there are a few of us around the place! BellaDellaItalia, I certainly hope JimSox5 doesn’t bite ME! (You won’t will you, Jim?!!) ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/49 "2003-11-25T07:03:51Z")
Just a warning **wendyrules** the SDMB BBQ Pit is not a happy place where people gather to cook shrimp. I don’t post there much because of the slings and arrows one might suffer for such a foolish maneuver. But it’s fun to lurk, indeed. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![radar\_ralf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@radar\_ralf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/radar_ralf)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/50 "2003-11-25T07:21:53Z")
Dang! No rules? This place is goin’ to hell in a handbasket… Here are some that might work, though: 1. No spitting 2. No grabbing of thine own crotch on television 3. Hi Opal! 4. No burning of Mr. Blair in effigy 5. No expose’ of David Blaine, period ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/51 "2003-11-25T08:05:20Z")
\*\* wendyrules \*\* You really should avoid using the word \* BREAST \* it tends to drive the natives into a frenzy of uncontrolled lust. Well it does me anyway! ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/52 "2003-11-25T19:12:41Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by spogga_ > \*\* > OK so you are going to have a tatt. It is customary on this board to let the august members know the whereabouts of said tatt and also to post pics…so there!\*\* Now spogga, you know that the rule actually is that there must be before and after nude full body pictures taken, gradually zooming into the tattoo’d area. 😉 Glad to see you Wendy. I recommend taking some days to read the other forums, before posting there. Kind of get the general idea of the flow of topics. For the most part, MPSIMS is pretty forgiving, posters in other forums can get a bit uptight if something is off topic. Welcome, and I hope you enjoy your stay here. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/53 "2003-11-25T20:27:13Z")
Welcome **Wendyrules!** I subscribe to a newsletter put out by Bishop Spong. He recently wrote about your city. Otherwise I would have no idea it existed. Here is a little excerp. > [@](#): > > [sup]\*\*The city of Adelaide is not well known outside the country of Australia. It is the provincial capital of the state of South Australia, in which is located the world famous Australian wine industry. Despite its population of more than one million citizens, it lives in the shadows of Australia’s two dominant ports and commercial centers, Sydney and Melbourne. Those two thriving cities are so busy competing with each other that they pay little attention to Adelaide or any other part of this nation… > > Australia’s only other major city is Adelaide, which suffers from the fact that it is too close to the major Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra axis to attract much attention to itself. Lost in the shadows cast by these cities, those who notice Adelaide, I suspect, will be fewer and fewer. > > That is and will be a pity, I believe, because this city is one of the great places that I have visited in all the world. I regard Adelaide as the intellectual capital of the nation of Australia. It is a city of openness, of new ideas, of a generous spirit. If I were ever to become a citizen of Australia, Adelaide would, I believe, be the place where I would choose to make my home… > > It is a city of ideas, of intellectual curiosity, of open minds and broad spirits where the patterns of the past meet the ideas of tomorrow in gentle dialogue and in mutual appreciation. All of that plus some of the best wines in the world, which should be enjoyed in conjunction with Tasmania’s exquisite cheeses, make this city something special, something not to be missed.\*\*[/sup] * * * I’m sure that **Zoe** has found out the score for the Auburn/Alabama game by now, but I just wanted to say: [ul] **WAR** EAGLE!\*\*[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/54 "2003-11-25T20:47:07Z")
Welcome to the SDMB. Remember to wear your seatbelt at all times. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wendyrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@wendyrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendyrules)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/55 "2003-11-25T23:00:16Z")
ccwaterback, thanks for the warning regarding the BBQ Pit. Me, not being one to flame, I’ll probably just read in there. I’m a peaceloving soul deep down! radar ralf, what do you mean by the rule “No burning of Mr Blair in effigy?” Goddam! I thought that’s what every forum member was required to do! Oh well _sigh_ I guess I’ll put my matches away just for now. spogga, I apologise humbly for mentioning the word BREAST. I didn’t realise the word BREAST was distracting for you. Hence I will refrain from using the word BREAST from hereon in. My tatoo will be on my right feminine mammary protruberance. 😉 Atrael thanks for the tips. I certainly hope I don’t go off topic and get abused…If I do tend to ramble at times, please give me a gentle nudge to get me back on track! kniz, thanks for sharing the article about my home city. Everything that was said is so true. (Particularly about our beautiful wines, intellectual curiosity, open minds and broad spirits!) It truly is a gorgeous place to live. Idle Thoughts, thanks for reminding me to wear my seat belt. By the sounds of it, I could be in for one helluva ride! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/56 "2003-11-25T23:45:36Z")
Welcome to the SDMB! ---
**Author:** ![shannablu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@shannablu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannablu)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/57 "2003-11-26T01:27:33Z")
Well, hello there. I am rather new myself, so I just wanted to tell you that you will have a great time. ---
**Author:** ![wendyrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@wendyrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendyrules)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/58 "2003-11-26T04:31:40Z")
Thanks World Eater! … shannablu, I see you’re about as new as I am. I agree, it does seem like a fun place! ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/59 "2003-11-26T07:12:22Z")
\*\* wendyrules \*\* there you go again, I’ll have one of my tablets and lie down for a while (_)(_) ---
**Author:** ![wendyrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@wendyrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendyrules)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672/60 "2003-11-26T07:20:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\*\*\* wendyrules \*\* there you go again, I’ll have one of my tablets and lie down for a while > > (_)(_) \*\* Hehe spogga… there, there _pats spogga’s forehead comfortingly_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-here-but-i-just-wanna-say-hi/214672.md?page=4)