Hi, I’m the new guy (girl)! I’ve been reading The Straight Dope since the AOL days, having stumbled upon it looking for homework help. After being soundly thrashed and berated for not doing my own research, I settled in and became a regular poster. (To be fair, it was an extra credit assignment on trepanation, there wasn’t a whole lot of info available.) My screen name was Monarch29, if anyone’s memory goes back that far.
Anyhow, I’ve been lurking here forever, enjoying posts and learning alot. Hope to get to know you all! (Well, most of you, that ladle guy spooks me a bit )
PS. Don’t bother dragging out the goat or octopus, I’m a vegan and if I do anything but pat them nicely or find them good homes, PETA will revoke my membership and I don’t want to give back the tote bag. Pie, however, is welcome.
No…no goat? No…there…there’s no octopus?
Who’s the newbie here? Yeesh! Listen, Miss Newbie, you’ve got a harsh squidding to live through, promptly followed by the lime jello mold (with fruit in it, natch) and the goat.
I think we should get the newest member to kidnap you in the burlap sack and drag you to one of our Recreational Rooms.
We need a new, extra fun ceremony for this one. Who’s keeping the rubber chickens these days?
Hi, Nikki Tikki Tavi. Unfortunately, you seem to have inadvertently broken one of the board rules by signing up as a guest after having already been a member (as Monarch29, unless I misunderstood your post). This is definitely an understandable mistake to make, at least in my book.
If that is, indeed, the situation, odds are pretty good that a Mod will be along shortly to advise you as to the errors of your ways. Here’s hoping that you decide to sign up as a paying member and stay and play with us awhile, if only so that you can have your pie.
Hmm, I hadn’t thought about that. This was like 7, 8 years ago, when paying to post wasn’t even on the horizon. I’m afraid I’m already a PITA for the mods, however (I had to ask for a name change, not related to previous posting) so if I need to do penance, I accept.
Hello, Nikki Tikki Tavi. Re-welcome and I hope you enjoy your stay.
But the goat is crying because he thinks you don’t like him. What would PeTA say about that?
Something I’ll never understand about Vegans- they won’t eat meat or wear leather but…
actually I guess that’s what I don’t understand about Vegans.
I may be giving TMI, but how do you mate without pork chop grease? And why is it that Vegans believe killing animals is wrong, and yet they’ll kill a homeless person to get his Ipod or Crocs and keep his body parts in the refrigerator? (Admittedly that may just be the ones I’ve known so it’s a small sample, but I can’t believe if one does it then all the others wouldn’t.)
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