# Long time lurker comes to life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458 "2007-05-17T15:35:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gundam\_Cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@Gundam\_Cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundam_Cricket)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/21 "2007-05-17T17:19:45Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] The squid is hungry and you’ll be feeding him. [/quote] Is that what the pie is for, 'cause I left it in my other pan— ARGGH! IT’S EATING MY HEAD! GETITOFF GETITOFF GETITOFF!!! > [@](#): > > Don’t worry, your girlfriends won’t think they’re hickeys. They look nothing like sucker marks, I promise. Well I don’t have a g/f at the moment so that’s no problem, but I’m not so sure I want to be marked as a sucker… get it… sucker marks? Well I thought it was funny… ---
**Author:** ![Like\_Fry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@Like\_Fry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Like_Fry)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/22 "2007-05-17T17:35:46Z")
[QUOTE= The squid is hungry and you’ll be feeding him. Don’t worry, your girlfriends won’t think they’re hickeys. They look nothing like sucker marks, I promise.[/QUOTE] Ooohh, that tickles… Damn, I liked that hand :smack: Fry ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/23 "2007-05-17T17:36:39Z")
[QUOTE=Gundam\_Cricket] Is that what the pie is for, 'cause I left it in my other pan— ARGGH! IT’S EATING MY HEAD! GETITOFF GETITOFF GETITOFF!!! [/QUOTE] Aw man! The initiation has already started! I’m late! _frantically yanks the lead-rope on the goat_ Oops… that was a bad idea. Get the backup goat! Anyway, welcome to **Gundam\_Cricket** and **Like Fry**. Enjoy your stay. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/24 "2007-05-17T17:37:30Z")
[QUOTE=Gundam\_Cricket] Is that what the pie is for, 'cause I left it in my other pan— ARGGH! IT’S EATING MY HEAD! GETITOFF GETITOFF GETITOFF!!! Well I don’t have a g/f at the moment so that’s no problem, but I’m not so sure I want to be marked as a sucker… get it… sucker marks? Well I thought it was funny… [/QUOTE] Stop whining! Back when I was initiated, I’d have KILLED to get a good squidding! You kids these days! Oh, single at the moment? That’s fine..the squid’s not the jealous type anyways. It’s okay. We’ll still keep you. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/25 "2007-05-17T17:38:32Z")
[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] Aw man! The initiation has already started! I’m late! _frantically yanks the lead-rope on the goat_ Oops… that was a bad idea. Get the backup goat! Anyway, welcome to **Gundam\_Cricket** and **Like Fry**. Enjoy your stay. [/QUOTE] It’s okay, there’s two of them (newbies, at least). You can exact your pain..er…initiation as well. ---
**Author:** ![Cowboy8467](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Cowboy8467](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy8467)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/26 "2007-05-17T17:45:23Z")
🙂 Can I just say that I absolutely love this place? Oh and welcome **Like Fry** and **Gundam\_Cricket**!! ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/27 "2007-05-17T17:45:23Z")
[QUOTE=RedSwinglineOne] Welcome **Like Fry**. I’m not sure if this is where it started, but I believe this is where the running pie joke comes from. [when come back bring pie](http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/pie.htm) [/QUOTE] It’s better [in French](http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/tarte.htm). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/28 "2007-05-17T17:46:11Z")
[QUOTE=Like Fry] Its actually not all that witty, but I was happy it was available. Have you ever watch Futurama? I think it might be required television for nerds. There was a great scene where the professor was describing how parots were intelligent and could be trained to talk, and Bender says" Like Fry", which Fry dutifully responds “Like Fry, Like Fry”. Anyway, doesnt seem that funny here, definately not witty, but I find it humorous when watching it. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Me] —Please let it be a Futurama Reference— [/QUOTE] Good not to be disappointed. Welcome **Gundam\_Cricket** , are you a team, a weird mech or an insect? Jim ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/29 "2007-05-17T17:52:50Z")
Glad to see you’ve been activated! Welcome to the Himalayas!! I mean, the Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Like\_Fry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@Like\_Fry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Like_Fry)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/30 "2007-05-17T17:57:09Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Good not to be disappointed. Welcome **Gundam\_Cricket** , are you a team, a weird mech or an insect? Jim [/QUOTE] Will the lack of disapointment cover my lack of pie? Is it a white gundam\_cricket robot? Fry ---
**Author:** ![Gundam\_Cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@Gundam\_Cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundam_Cricket)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/31 "2007-05-17T17:58:54Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Good not to be disappointed. Welcome **Gundam\_Cricket** , are you a team, a weird mech or an insect? Jim [/QUOTE] Perhaps a team of weird insect-styled mechs? Since **Fry** explained his name, I might as well explain mine! Many moons ago at the ripe age of 17 I worked at a LAN gaming cafe, and several of us went to one of those websites that would supposedly take your real name and assign you a secret spy name. On a whim I input mine and out came Gundam Cricket. Being a fan of the [Gundams](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam) of anime fame, and not (at the time\*) being adverse to crickets I went with it and it’s just sort of stuck through the years. Does this make me a dork? Absolutely, but in all honesty it’s just the icing on the cake of my other dork-defining hobbies. \*I have since come to loathe crickets, as they somehow always manage to find their way into my room and decide to serenade me while I’m trying to sleep. They’re like a hydra; as soon as I remove one, two more replace it. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Like\_Fry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@Like\_Fry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Like_Fry)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/32 "2007-05-17T18:04:53Z")
Ahh, dork defining hobbies, my favorite. Fry ---
**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:** [May 17, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/33 "2007-05-17T18:09:01Z")
[QUOTE=Like Fry] Its actually not all that witty, but I was happy it was available. Have you ever watch Futurama? I think it might be required television for nerds. There was a great scene where the professor was describing how parots were intelligent and could be trained to talk, and Bender says" Like Fry", which Fry dutifully responds “Like Fry, Like Fry”. Anyway, doesnt seem that funny here, definately not witty, but I find it humorous when watching it. [/QUOTE] \ I was nervous there for a second. I have a coworker whose real name is just one letter off from “Like Fry”. For some strange reason, I’d rather not have coworkers here. But, I don’t work at motorcycle dealer, so welcome! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/34 "2007-05-17T18:12:20Z")
[QUOTE=Like Fry] Will the lack of disapointment cover my lack of pie? … Fry [/QUOTE] For me yes, but I cannot speak for the Charter Members or 99’ers. 😃 [QUOTE=Gundam\_Cricket] Perhaps a team of weird insect-styled mechs? Since **Fry** explained his name, I might as well explain mine! Many moons ago at the ripe age of 17 I worked at a LAN gaming cafe, and several of us went to one of those websites that would supposedly take your real name and assign you a secret spy name. On a whim I input mine and out came Gundam Cricket. Being a fan of the [Gundams](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam) of anime fame, and not (at the time\*) being adverse to crickets I went with it and it’s just sort of stuck through the years. Does this make me a dork? Absolutely, but in all honesty it’s just the icing on the cake of my other dork-defining hobbies. [/QUOTE] So mech was a decent guess, I use to play battle-tech ages ago and I thought they were refered to as Gundams by the hard-core players. At first I thought it was a Cricket team however. [QUOTE=Hal Briston] \ I was nervous there for a second. I have a coworker whose real name is just one letter off from “Like Fry”. For some strange reason, I’d rather not have coworkers here. But, I don’t work at motorcycle dealer, so welcome! [/QUOTE] Why, what have cow-orkers ever done to you on the dope? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/35 "2007-05-17T18:19:13Z")
Okay, **LOUNE** has the squid, **Scuba Ben’s** working on the backup goat. I’ve got the lime jello. I think we’re ready to start. Welcome, initiates. May your ceremony be. . .interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Like\_Fry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@Like\_Fry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Like_Fry)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/36 "2007-05-17T18:19:19Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] \ I was nervous there for a second. I have a coworker whose real name is just one letter off from “Like Fry”. For some strange reason, I’d rather not have coworkers here. But, I don’t work at motorcycle dealer, so welcome! [/QUOTE] No worries Hal, Im a bit far away from you, being in the PDX area. Anyone spot my grammar/typo error way back up top, should have been watched, not watch :smack: How can I fix it? ---
**Author:** ![Like\_Fry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@Like\_Fry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Like_Fry)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/37 "2007-05-17T18:23:03Z")
[QUOTE=norinew] Okay, **LOUNE** has the squid, **Scuba Ben’s** working on the backup goat. I’ve got the lime jello. I think we’re ready to start. Welcome, initiates. May your ceremony be. . .interesting. [/QUOTE] I remember hearing about a con that had a bunch of fandom fill a bathtub with lime jello for none other than Asimov, though I have no way to corraborate this story. Thanks for the warm welcome, umm, let me rephrase that, Thanks for the sticky, sucky, bleety, welcome, with desert included… :dubious: At this rate, im never going to get these warranties filed, too many recalls… Alex ---
**Author:** ![Gundam\_Cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@Gundam\_Cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundam_Cricket)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/38 "2007-05-17T18:28:24Z")
[QUOTE=Like Fry] Thanks for the warm welcome, umm, let me rephrase that, Thanks for the sticky, sucky, bleety, welcome, with desert included… :dubious: [/quote] Somehow I doubt that the jello is for desert… but all the same I as well appreciate the warm welcome! One of the main reasons I personally won’t mind shelling out the fifteen bucks next payday is due to the warm, laid back attitudes of the dopers! > [@](#): > > At this rate, im never going to get these warranties filed, too many recalls… Just do what I do: put them in a filing box under someone else’s desk and claim they were trying to hide the files from you so you’d get fired! On an unrelated note, I’m looking for a new job… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Like\_Fry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@Like\_Fry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Like_Fry)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/39 "2007-05-17T18:33:37Z")
[QUOTE=Gundam\_Cricket] Somehow I doubt that the jello is for desert… but all the same I as well appreciate the warm welcome! One of the main reasons I personally won’t mind shelling out the fifteen bucks next payday is due to the warm, laid back attitudes of the dopers! [/QUOTE] Well, maybe im just hoping its jello shots to prepare us for the initiation, or at least jello so we can eat while in casts. [QUOTE=Just do what I do: put them in a filing box under someone else’s desk and claim they were trying to hide the files from you so you’d get fired! On an unrelated note, I’m looking for a new job… :p[/QUOTE] Yea, good idea, except, while my title is warranty manager, I only manage myself, decrepit parts, and lots of paperwork. Plus, I have the only non-connected office here, so none of my paperwork can go anywhere else by accident ☹ Sorry about the job. Fry ---
**Author:** ![Gundam\_Cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@Gundam\_Cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundam_Cricket)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458/40 "2007-05-17T18:41:05Z")
[QUOTE=Like Fry] Sorry about the job. [/QUOTE] Oh I was joking about the job part! Well, I AM looking for a new job, but not because I’ve been sacked or am in any real danger of it… just sick of temping. Regarding editing posts: I don’t think guests can edit their posts, so your spelling and grammatical mistakes (as well as mine) will just have to hang out there as a testament to how poorly skilled we are at the english language. To all others: Should we be signing any sort of a waiver for this initiation…? Oh wait, didn’t see the injury stemming from initiation indemnification clause in the ToU when I first agreed to it, my bad! Carry on! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-comes-to-life/404458.md?page=3)