# In which I delurk **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210 "2006-06-10T16:17:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/61 "2006-06-11T20:50:11Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] In the Straight Dope, bait eats… Nah, I just can’t do it. [/QUOTE] Oh, if only that were _all_ the bait did . . . I can say no more. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/62 "2006-06-11T20:52:50Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] Hail, Dopers. I’ve been lurking here on and off for a year or longer. Please allow me to introduce myself. I am a man of wealth and taste. Ahem. Sorry. That will probably happen again. [/QUOTE] If you’re posting _here_, bub, you’ll _never_ be accused of being a man of _taste_ again. 😛 Seriously, welcome to the monkey academy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/63 "2006-06-11T20:54:13Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] Such is the beauty of a free nation. You are entitled to that opinion, and I once wore a uniform to defend that very right. [/QUOTE] Really? I didn’t know you were in Starfleet. Is it true what they say about Vulcans with Athlete’s Foot? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/64 "2006-06-11T21:00:27Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] You do realize that _eating_ bait ain’t exactly the issue here, right? [/QUOTE] Well, eating the bait is 'bout the only possibility I wanna consider. After reading that thread all about how y’all were fixin to launch a goat into orbit, I’ve decided that perhaps there are some questions I just won’t ask here… ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/65 "2006-06-11T21:02:26Z")
Welcome, Oak! One thing, you forgot chocolate for the mods. The initiation will start after your 20th post. Please disrobe, the goats will be here soon. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/66 "2006-06-11T21:11:34Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Really? I didn’t know you were in Starfleet. Is it true what they say about Vulcans with Athlete’s Foot? [/QUOTE] I get around. Didn’t spend much time with Vulcans though. Once I learned about how they only get laid once every 7 years, I figured my time would be better spent elsewhere. Well, that, and the Admiral was not pleased to learn that I was running an off campus bordello featuring Klingon Dominatrixes… ---
**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:** [June 11, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/67 "2006-06-11T22:41:43Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] I do appreciate the welcome, just can’t bring myself to eat **bait**. I’ll be in the bar and/or smoking area… [/QUOTE] Oh dear. You Have. Insulted. The Squid. I cannot be held responsible for whatever mayhem will now erupt, but I will warn _everyone_ that, ever since that [octopus video](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=374827) made the rounds, Maria and the other cephalopods have been most …inventive. :: shudder :: ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/68 "2006-06-11T23:03:09Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Oh dear. You Have. Insulted. The Squid. I cannot be held responsible for whatever mayhem will now erupt, but I will warn _everyone_ that, ever since that [octopus video](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=374827) made the rounds, Maria and the other cephalopods have been most …inventive. :: shudder :: [/QUOTE] Cephalopodic fury is really not much of a problem for us raid level druids. I have multiple options available, from a simple fear aura, moving up through advanced pyrotechnic devastation, and including an ability to charm the bait and have it obey my commands. It’s pretty cool to be a druid. Elf chicks dig us. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/69 "2006-06-11T23:37:44Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] Cephalopodic fury is really not much of a problem for us raid level druids. I have multiple options available, from a simple fear aura, moving up through advanced pyrotechnic devastation, and including an ability to charm the bait and have it obey my commands. It’s pretty cool to be a druid. Elf chicks dig us. [/QUOTE] We’re talking about species with _independently-evolved eyes_ here. And some of them have skin with instantly-changeable chromophores. Patterns flit across their skin like polychromic clouds. And they can open jars with their tentacles, too. Are you really going to go up against something that can draw pentacles and warding signs on their very skin faster than you can break out the brushes? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/70 "2006-06-12T00:02:14Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Are you really going to go up against something that can draw pentacles and warding signs on their very skin faster than you can break out the brushes? [/QUOTE] With the magical powers common in my realm, it’s a cinch. If I’m limited to only the options available in your non-magical realm, it ain’t so bad either. That whole walking on land, breathing air thing is a significant advantage. I’ll meet your bait anywhere at least 500 yards from water… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/71 "2006-06-12T00:04:03Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] Elf chicks dig us. [/QUOTE] Is it true what they say about elf chicks? You know, that their…ummmm…has “powers?” My friend wants to know. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/72 "2006-06-12T00:17:08Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Is it true what they say about elf chicks? You know, that their…ummmm…has “powers?” My friend wants to know. [/QUOTE] Hell, that’s true about human gals, too. Think about all the things you’ve done in hopes of gaining privileged access… ---
**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:** [June 12, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/73 "2006-06-12T00:52:58Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] With the magical powers common in my realm, it’s a cinch. If I’m limited to only the options available in your non-magical realm, it ain’t so bad either. That whole walking on land, breathing air thing is a significant advantage. I’ll meet your bait anywhere at least 500 yards from water… [/QUOTE] Ah, but in the Initiation Complex, er, I mean, “Reception Area”, you do not get that option. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/74 "2006-06-12T01:02:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Ah, but in the Initiation Complex, er, I mean, “Reception Area”, you do not get that option. [/QUOTE] Bah…initiations are for lesser beings than myself. In less than 30 hours, I have delurked, made a pit thread that has been remarkably civil considering the subject matter, engaged in discourse with at least 2 Mods with no unpleasantries whatsoever, and spread a little Oakie magic among various threads in multiple forums. All of that while coming to you live from a fictional realm. Damned impressive if I do say so myself. 😃 ---
**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:** [June 12, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/75 "2006-06-12T01:23:29Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] Bah…initiations are for lesser beings than myself. In less than 30 hours, I have delurked, made a pit thread that has been remarkably civil considering the subject matter, engaged in discourse with at least 2 Mods with no unpleasantries whatsoever, and spread a little Oakie magic among various threads in multiple forums. All of that while coming to you live from a fictional realm. Damned impressive if I do say so myself. 😃 [/QUOTE] Sounds like you’re about ready to meet [Mariah](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309165&page=1&pp=50), then. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/76 "2006-06-12T01:25:37Z")
Welcome and hooray for another flavor of nerdytalk, maybe a Bertie Bott’s flavor, but it’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/77 "2006-06-12T01:32:34Z")
Sounds like quite a party. I was expecting something somewhat darker. Like the time the Minbari captured my Starfury. Lights, Grey Council, yadda yadda yadda…until they brought out the Vorlon to look inside my mind. Poor thing screamed in pain, collapsed into a shivering mass of glowing calamari-like good, and later flew his ship into a nearby star. I told him he didn;t want to look in there, but would he listen? Noooooooo… ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/78 "2006-06-12T01:34:23Z")
AAAAARRRRG…while “glowing calamari-like good” says something, what I meant was “glowing calamari-like goo”, which says something entirely different, and is a more accurate account of the events described… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210.md?page=3)