# Just checking this place out **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2000, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838 "2000-04-12T01:08:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/1 "2000-04-12T01:08:00Z")
Don’t mind me, I’m just looking around. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/2 "2000-04-12T01:11:00Z")
Welcome, Ghost. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/3 "2000-04-12T01:16:00Z")
Greetings, Ghost. Pull up a lawn chair and hang about for a while. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/4 "2000-04-12T01:22:00Z")
Howdy, Ghost! Welcome aboard!! Glad to have you here. Stay awhile, we promise to grow on you. \ 😉 * * * You are more than a human being, you are a human becoming. Og Mandino That’s my name, not a description. I am neither purple nor a bear. Okay, so I’m purple.\ ---
**Author:** ![saucy\_potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@saucy\_potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucy_potato)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/5 "2000-04-12T01:25:00Z")
Hi ghost. Welcome. I never thought to introduce myself when I first appeared. ::sigh:: Is it too late to do so? * * * _That was a well-plotted piece of non-claptrap that never made me want to retch._ ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/6 "2000-04-12T01:27:00Z")
Feel free to post ghost. * * * Mama Get The Hammer (There’s A Fly On Papa’s Head) _famous C&W song_ Yours truly, aha ---
**Author:** ![Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/7 "2000-04-12T01:27:00Z")
Thanks for the welcome. Is there a condensed version of this place that I could read? I would like to get the general gist of the place, instead of reading a thousand posts. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/8 "2000-04-12T01:47:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Ghost: > **Thanks for the welcome. Is there a condensed version of this place that I could read? I would like to get the general gist of the place, instead of reading a thousand posts.** Hell, sometimes there’s a thousand posts in _one thread!_ Sorry, there ain’t no easy way. 🙂 I would suggest reading the FAQ up there at the top right of the page, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/9 "2000-04-12T01:57:00Z")
Well, instead of READING the posts, you could sit on them. Can we get you anything? Some buttered toast? ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/10 "2000-04-12T02:00:00Z")
It’s a Ghost Post, from coast to coast. If Ghost were to post the most, Wouldn’t it be ironic. That is, to have the most posts from a Ghost. Ghost is a cool name, under which to post. Almost as cool as Chrome that makes toast. Wouldn’t be ironic. That is, if Ghost was the most frequent poster, And hooked up with Chrome Toaster. If Ghost continues his posts, And finds us agreeable hosts, Wouldn’t it be ironic. That is, if Ghost made us all gracious hosts. So, Ghost. Continue to post. And we shall continue to host. Welcome ghost. Nice post. * * * Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@Carl\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Berry)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/11 "2000-04-12T02:11:00Z")
## Please give us more about yourself, here or in your profile! Welcome, Carl ---
**Author:** ![Nanno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nanno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanno)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/12 "2000-04-12T02:27:00Z")
Hi, I am Nanno, nobody welcomed me!! ## oh I am babbling again. whatever ---
**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/13 "2000-04-12T02:32:00Z")
Hi, nanno! * * * I sold my soul to Satan for a dollar. I got it in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/14 "2000-04-12T03:14:00Z")
I’m no one special. I just noticed this site yesterday while I was cruising around the net and the name Straight Dope caught my eye…sounded cool. I’m your average Canadian just looking to shoot the shit once in awhile and read some of these wacky topics Thats about it, I’m sure I’ll come up with some funny stuff in the future, but for now I’ll just look around and get the feel for the place…thanks for the warm reception 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/15 "2000-04-12T03:16:00Z")
just one more question… Does every new member get a poem written for them?..I feel kind of special now 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/16 "2000-04-12T04:03:00Z")
ghost: I hope not, because then I got ripped off. Where’s **my** poem!? ò.ó (j/k) ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/17 "2000-04-12T04:05:00Z")
Uhhh…damn, I guess you can’t underline. Ò.Ó ---
**Author:** ![SingleDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SingleDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleDad)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/18 "2000-04-12T04:20:00Z")
I didn’t get one either ☹ Oh well… Welcome to the board, Ghost 🙂 * * * Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/19 "2000-04-12T04:54:00Z")
Hiya Ghost, you’re one of the speshul see through people that gets a poem. All the rest of us that can be \* seen \* no point in making a poem for us!! 😃 Pull up an invisible chair and surf awhile. ## We \*\* do \*\* have an ‘Undead Dude’ that might be up your alley! 😉 Judy * * * “Muck should replace ‘suck’. For ‘muck’ is yucky, while ‘suck’ feels very lucky. So, don’t stay stuck on suck, switch to MUCK, today.” ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838/20 "2000-04-12T11:36:00Z")
Welcome Ghost. No not everyone got a poem, just when the mood hits Lex I guess. Although I do have a nifty Wally sig line. * * * \*\* _Sigh_. So many men, so few who can afford me \*\* _Original by Wally_ _I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it._ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-this-place-out/15838.md?page=2)