# Is there some kind of 'initiation' for new posters? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626 "2005-08-25T21:08:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/41 "2005-08-26T14:10:13Z")
No $14.95 till s/he coughs up the calamari. In the time, may I offer you a mean little goat? Welcome! šŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [August 26, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/42 "2005-08-26T14:11:47Z")
No goats till s/he coughs up the $14.95. In the meantime, may I offer you a little calamari? Welcome! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/43 "2005-08-26T19:54:23Z")
[Chico Marx] Anā€™ a-two hard-boiled eggs. [/Chico Marx] ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/44 "2005-08-26T21:15:30Z")
Hello \*\*Big Willie Shakes \*\*be welcome. Enjoy your stay. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/45 "2005-08-26T21:28:50Z")
This is quite a welcome for someone who hasnā€™t even paid the $14.95 yet. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/46 "2005-08-26T22:14:08Z")
No $14.95 until the calamari coughs up \ā€¦ In the mean time, though, may I offer you to our goat? Here, take a straw. Weā€™ll explain shortly ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/47 "2005-08-26T22:21:30Z")
!emocleW ?iramalac elttil a uoy reffo I yam ,emitnaem eht nI .59.41$ eht pu shguoc eh/s llit staog oN ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/48 "2005-08-27T21:29:40Z")
Do you recommend the calamari or the goat?..The combo?..Okay, hereā€™s $14.95. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/49 "2005-08-27T23:43:02Z")
The calamari has a mind of its own these days. Please, try the kimchee. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/50 "2005-08-28T00:29:56Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > No goats till s/he coughs up the $14.95. > > In the meantime, may I offer you a little calamari? > > Welcome! Screw the calimari- might we offer this person an Echolalia over shaved ice? šŸ˜ƒ \<ā€”flees rapidly ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/51 "2005-08-28T02:18:15Z")
I have only one word to add to this goofyfestā€” squck ---
**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:** [August 28, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/52 "2005-08-28T03:29:16Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Screw the calimari Hey! No initation till s/he coughs up the $14.95! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/53 "2005-08-28T04:04:56Z")
We could offer some refreshments while we wait, though. Who has the lively Italian cheese? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/54 "2005-08-28T11:27:02Z")
I canā€™t help but notice it still says ā€œguestā€ under the OPā€™s name. Meaning $14.95 has not been coughed up. OTOH, my cat coughed up a hell of a hairball this morning. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/55 "2005-08-28T14:58:11Z")
No welcome until the calimari coughs up a goat! Hell with it. Hereā€™s $14.95 šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/56 "2005-08-28T15:03:23Z")
Hey! That would be a new dish-on the concept of turducken! Goat stuffed with calimari would be: GOCART! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/57 "2005-08-28T16:26:15Z")
Did I hear a SQUCK? ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/58 "2005-08-28T18:15:33Z")
Nah. That was only the echo of a duckā€™s quack. **Big Willie Shakes** , Iā€™d say you got your initiation in the Pit earlier. By the way, the goatā€™s gotten into the calamari again! Oh, and there are some guys from Homeland Security asking about the kim chee. Someone hide **Triskademus**. It seems the bail fundā€™s $14.95 short. šŸ˜‰ ā€œTrebuchet? Why no, thatā€™s just our own, homegrown anti-terrorist device.ā€ Welcome and enjoy. Itā€™s a great place to waste too much time! CJ ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/59 "2005-08-28T23:20:20Z")
> [@Siege](#): > > **Big Willie Shakes** , Iā€™d say you got your initiation in the Pit earlier. Link, please? I couldnā€™t find anything obviously relevant. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626/60 "2005-08-28T23:22:32Z")
> [@sneezy5660](#): > > I have only one word to add to this goofyfestā€” > squck Gah! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-kind-of-initiation-for-new-posters/318626.md?page=4)