# Is this the right forum... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290 "2006-09-11T14:42:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JHR1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@JHR1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JHR1)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/1 "2006-09-11T14:42:08Z")
…to say hi? ---
**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:** [September 11, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/2 "2006-09-11T14:44:45Z")
[QUOTE=JHR1] …to say hi? [/QUOTE] Certainly! Welcome! To thew SDMB! We hope you survive the experience! 🙂 Now, how do you feel about…goats? Or squid? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/3 "2006-09-11T14:46:40Z")
Welcome! I hope you make the leap to membershiphood (yeah, it could be a word). Keep your head low and watch for felchers. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/4 "2006-09-11T14:51:51Z")
Hello **JHR1**. Be welcome. Enjoy your stay. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/5 "2006-09-11T14:53:11Z")
But if he keeps his head low, we won’t know what he thinks like! Oh wait… Well, keep your head low but only for typing 🆒 and be careful with the animals. (Anybody seen the goat? Last time I saw it, it was trying to climb the squid) ---
**Author:** ![timothyg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@timothyg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timothyg)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/6 "2006-09-11T14:56:29Z")
Do the felchers have anything to do with the goats and squid? :nervous smiley: ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/7 "2006-09-11T14:59:05Z")
Welcome! Enjoy your stay? Would you care for a margarita? Take it, you’re gonna need it…oh yeah - try not to step on the cats. They do get underfoot! ---
**Author:** ![JHR1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@JHR1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JHR1)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/8 "2006-09-11T15:00:21Z")
Uh oh… I feel myself in a thicket of in-jokes. Is there a clique I could join? ---
**Author:** ![JHR1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@JHR1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JHR1)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/9 "2006-09-11T15:01:29Z")
Thanks for the welcome though. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/10 "2006-09-11T15:03:59Z")
[QUOTE=JHR1] Uh oh… I feel myself in a thicket of in-jokes. Is there a clique I could join? [/QUOTE] You already joined. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/11 "2006-09-11T15:05:14Z")
Welcome, **JHR1**! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/12 "2006-09-11T15:30:40Z")
The good news is – the jokes aren’t that funny. Or is that the bad news – I’m so confused… Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/13 "2006-09-11T17:58:43Z")
[QUOTE=JHR1] Uh oh… I feel myself in a thicket of in-jokes. Is there a clique I could join? [/QUOTE] In the “About This Message Board” forum, one of the Sticky threads at the top contains a quick guide to many of the inside jokes, as well as some actually useful information. The squid & goat thing is fairly recent. Maybe I can find a link for you. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/14 "2006-09-11T18:06:34Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] In the “About This Message Board” forum, one of the Sticky threads at the top contains a quick guide to many of the inside jokes, as well as some actually useful information. [/QUOTE] Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Don’t tell him about that until he \* pays!\* **All Hail Mighty Lonk!** ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/15 "2006-09-11T18:20:09Z")
[QUOTE=JHR1] Uh oh… I feel myself in a thicket of in-jokes. Is there a clique I could join? [/QUOTE] Depends - do you prefer goats or squid, and would you prefer Jell-O or pudding? Your answers will tell us which clique you belong in. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/16 "2006-09-11T18:21:38Z")
Sorry, I can’t link to **squid & goat**. Apparently, the thread was started by a “sock puppet,” that is, a banned poster who came back under a new name. When that happens, all traces of the sock are incinerated, and the ashes scattered at the lowest tide mark, where the sea covers it twice in twenty-four hours. Then the name of the sock is solemnly spoken for the last time by **TubaDiva** into a cryogenic chamber. The frozen name is moved, with tongs, to the bottom of a carboy of liquid nitrogen, where it stays until the letters crumble into dust. It’s a serious matter. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/17 "2006-09-11T18:22:09Z")
[QUOTE=BiblioCat] Depends - do you prefer goats or squid, and would you prefer Jell-O or pudding? Your answers will tell us which clique you belong in. [/QUOTE] You forgot the Miracle Whip. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/18 "2006-09-11T18:28:41Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] You forgot the Miracle Whip. [/QUOTE] Shhh! We’re trying to keep those freaks a secret for now! No sense scaring him off before he pays up. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/19 "2006-09-11T18:30:50Z")
Why is it, **JHR1** , that the google ads are for ending porn addiction? Is there something you want to tell us? Really, it’s ok…you’re safe here…you’re among friends…nothing to worry about…really…tell us everything… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290/20 "2006-09-11T18:48:17Z")
[QUOTE=velvetjones] Why is it, **JHR1** , that the google ads are for ending porn addiction? [/QUOTE] Sweetie – _yours_ are for porn addiction – mine are for brain-boosting and IQ-goosing. Make of _that_ what you will. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-right-forum/372290.md?page=2)