# It's my SDMB Birthday! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2001, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-sdmb-birthday/86926 "2001-10-11T23:47:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-sdmb-birthday/86926/1 "2001-10-11T23:47:46Z")
Yup, it was just one year today that I became so upset at the defamation of noble slothdom - the allegation being that they couldn’t swim - that I unwisely made my first post to the thread, [Can camels swim?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=41778) And the rest, as they say, is history. It’s been a lot of fun. And I’d like to take the opportunity to thank some of the folks on the board in the front line trenches in the Fight Against Ignorance - the ones who answer the questions in GQ (as well as CCC, CSR, and the more factual threads in GD). Just a few of those whose posts I’ve particularly admired on one subject or another: **bibliophage** (etymology and lots of other stuff), **BobT** (baseball and sports in general), **The Bad Astronomer** and **Podkayne** (astronomy), **brachyrhynchos** (biology), \*\* Chronos\*\* (physics), **Collounsbury** (Hammer of Racism), **Duck Duck Goose** (Googlemeister - maybe I should say Googlemistress - _extraordinare_), **edwino** (biology and medicine), **Fenris** (comics), **Gaspode** (biology), **Jomo Mojo** (linguistics), **MEBuckner** (on a host of topics from slavery to the Sultan of Swat), **Qadgop the Mercotan** and **KarlGauss** (medicine), **samclem** (slang and numismatics), **screech-owl** (biology), **Tamerlane** (on biology [sub]curse him[/sub]), **tomndebb** (seemingly on just about everything), **tsunamisurfer** (mountaineering), **minty green** and **Sua Sponte** (law), and **zev\_steinhardt** (Judaism). I’m sure I’ve forgotten a lot of deserving folks, and overlooked a lot of people who answer questions on topics I don’t usually click on - so your nominations of others are most welcome. And I’d also like to thank **Fenris** (for posts to numerous to mention), **jarbabyj** (for a shining example in the creative use of obscenity), **Ukelele Ike** (a humorous remark for every occasion), and **Cervaise** (for the most artistic pit flame I have ever seen), for making me laugh. And I’m leaving a lot of deserving folks out here too. And of course thanks too to all the moderators and admins for all they do to keep this place running. And finally, a very special thanks to **JillGat** [sub]though sometimes methinks it should be a curse[/sub], for getting me so damn _enredado_ in this place that it’s been impossible to leave. _Un abrazo, compa_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-sdmb-birthday/86926/2 "2001-10-12T09:43:42Z")
Awww, geez–happy (belated) SDMB birthday. Thanks for all the Straight Dope on the birds and the bees, as it were. [sub]Man, stuff sinks fast in MPSIMS, doesn’t it?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-sdmb-birthday/86926/3 "2001-10-12T11:15:43Z")
Three cheers to you, **Colibri** – here’s to many more. ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-sdmb-birthday/86926/4 "2001-10-12T12:10:08Z")
I think my SDMB birthday just passed. I’ll have to check somehow. Happy to you, **Colibri**! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-sdmb-birthday/86926/5 "2001-10-13T00:24:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MEBuckner \* > **Man, stuff sinks fast in MPSIMS, doesn’t it?** Boy, you can say that again. Anyway, thanks guys. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-sdmb-birthday/86926/6 "2001-10-13T00:52:41Z")
Another belated, Colibri. You are one of my favorite posters here. I always learn from your vast hovering buzz of knowledge. Looking forward to many more! ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-sdmb-birthday/86926/7 "2001-10-13T01:06:53Z")
It’s my SDMB birthday, today - just one day after our dear friend **Colibri**. I’m in no condition to be eloquent tonight (other than to admire this fine, fine bottle of Bombay Sapphire) so I’ll just pretend that I said everything that he did in the OP, and we’ll go on to another year of quiet rage. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-sdmb-birthday/86926/8 "2001-10-13T01:53:51Z")
[[And finally, a very special thanks to JillGat though sometimes methinks it should be a curse, for getting me so damn enredado in this place that it’s been impossible to leave. Un abrazo, compa.]] Aw! Un abrazo para ti tambien, compadre. Y muchas gracias por las molas y las ranas. Feliz cumpleanos!