# \*lurks\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 20, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurks/30020 "2000-08-20T03:33:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Musajiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@Musajiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musajiro)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurks/30020/1 "2000-08-20T03:33:05Z")
Alright, I’ve been lurking around here for a good long time. Not a one of you probably even recoginzes the name, as I’ve posted merely once. I just want to thank y’all for something… more then once, y’all have put a smile on my face, and laughter in my vocal chords, and pull me out of a depression with your zany bizarreness. Domo arigatou! -the lurker ---
**Author:** ![Tisme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Tisme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tisme)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurks/30020/2 "2000-08-20T03:40:49Z")
Your’e welcome. \ What the hell does this mean? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurks/30020/3 "2000-08-20T03:41:02Z")
From all of us here: Hey, thanks. We’re just a bunch of ordinary people and we all hope you can contribute to this message board in a positive way. Go fight some ignorance in GQ, go debate your side in GD, and have a general good time all over. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurks/30020/4 "2000-08-20T03:45:36Z")
Hi **Musajiro**. Welcome and I’m glad your enjoying yourself 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Musajiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@Musajiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musajiro)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurks/30020/5 "2000-08-20T03:47:58Z")
I keep forgetting that most people won’t know any Japanese. Domo arigatou is a polite thank you in japanese. I would dearly love to learn proper Japanese, but I’ll live with what I can glean out of my anime subs for now. 🙂 As for ordinary people… I wouldn’t say THAT… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mamapotomus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mamapotomus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mamapotomus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurks/30020/6 "2000-08-20T03:51:32Z")
Welcome to the boards, **Musajiro**! ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurks/30020/7 "2000-08-20T07:08:31Z")
K, a few questions coming up: \*Male or female? \*What does Musajiro mean? \*How you doin’? [Note: spankings can/will be administered as needed. ;)] ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurks/30020/8 "2000-08-20T07:28:32Z")
Ohaiyoo gozaimasu! Watashi wa Audrey desu. Okay, that’s about the extent of my Japanese. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurks/30020/9 "2000-08-20T07:28:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tisme \* > \*\*Your’e welcome. > > \ What the hell does this mean? > \*\* Much thanks. or Thank you very much. BTW, you’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurks/30020/10 "2000-08-20T08:19:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tisme \* > **\ What the hell does this mean?** Don’t you know your **Styx**? From _Mr. Roboto_: “Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto. Domo arigatou, Mr. Roboto.” Oh, and Musajiro, you’re very welcome. Or rather: Hajimemashite. Boku no namae wa silent\_rob desu. Dozo Yoroshiku. Doitashimashite. Though I know more French than Japanese, I know enough to get by. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurks/30020/11 "2000-08-20T08:31:59Z")
The bulk of my Japanese was learned in Shorinjuryu Karate class. It consisted mostly of “Ich! Ni! San!” ::sigh:: I really wanna take up Shorinjuryu again. That would be sweet. ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurks/30020/12 "2000-08-20T11:48:15Z")
Welcome to the board, or rather welcome to posting on the board since you’ve been a ‘lurker’. It’s always good to have another poster join in the fun.