# My first post! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 1, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354 "2007-02-01T01:13:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/21 "2007-02-01T14:50:47Z")
[QUOTE=Buckwheat] Somehow I just knew somebody would make that connection! That made me laugh, although that is not the connection my username comes from. I have a dog, a Black Lab, and his name is Buck. Sometimes I call him Buckwheat. I will always remember now, that Q.E.D. was the first person to respond to my first post! I will never wash this keyboard again! [/QUOTE] This is weird…my username is also my dog’s nickname, and **Q.E.D.** was the first person to respond to my first post a couple of days ago (thanks, **Q.E.D.**. You ARE so cool). Nice first post, **Buckwheat**. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/22 "2007-02-01T15:08:12Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Y’all are on my list, just as soon as I can find my crayon! [/QUOTE] [Did you](http://www.snpp.com/episodes/BABF22) [check your nostrils](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOMR#Synopsis)? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/23 "2007-02-01T15:27:49Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] [Did you](http://www.snpp.com/episodes/BABF22) [check your nostrils](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOMR#Synopsis)? 😉 [/QUOTE] Just exactly how stupid do you think I am? That was the _first_ place I checked, smarty pants! ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/24 "2007-02-01T16:02:00Z")
**Hal Briston** maybe I haven’t been paying enough attention while I was lurking for so long, but I must ask this question: Why would you alert **WOOKINPANUB**? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/25 "2007-02-01T16:03:58Z")
[QUOTE=Buckwheat] Why would you alert **WOOKINPANUB**? [/QUOTE] Recall your SNL namesake singing “Looking for Love.” ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/26 "2007-02-01T16:19:42Z")
Ahhhhh yes, I remember now, and now that name makes sense to me. Geeez **Q.E.D.** you ARE cool! Don’t let them others bad mouth you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/27 "2007-02-01T16:38:55Z")
Hello Buckwheat. Be welcome. Enjoy your stay. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RedSwinglineOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@RedSwinglineOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedSwinglineOne)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/28 "2007-02-01T17:10:50Z")
So nice to see that those news reports of your death were premature… 🙂 [SNL Transcripts: Bruce Dern: 03/12/83: Special Report - SNL Transcripts Tonight](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/82/82obuckwheat.phtml) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/29 "2007-02-01T17:43:19Z")
Welcome to the board, **Buckwheat**! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/30 "2007-02-01T19:03:25Z")
[QUOTE=Buckwheat] Wow, I never thought I’d see the day. I have lurked the SDMB for so long I was feeling like a member! I am going to try this 30 day free trial, and then I am sure to subscribe. I have spent so many hours in this web-site for the last, what, maybe 8 or 10 years that everyone here feels like family to me! [/QUOTE] Welcome to the SDMB. 🙂 I am not a lawyer, but it is highly likely that your declaration that you ‘are sure to subscribe’ constitutes a legal contract between you and the SDMB. 😕 I suggest you check you have sufficient funds in your account. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/31 "2007-02-01T19:54:36Z")
Thank you to all that have welcomed me to the board! I never expected such a nice reception. **glee** I have sufficient funds alright. In fact, I was thinking about buying the Chicago Reader! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/32 "2007-02-01T20:01:53Z")
OK, now I am getting stage fright. I am set free to make my way around the boards now? With all those intelligent people? They will laugh and point at me for sure! I will need to grow a thick skin, and not take things too seriously…I will train…I will take vitamins…I will do crunches and work out on the heavy bag at home…I may make it…we shall see. Hope I don’t make a fool of myself. Hope they don’t make me cry! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/33 "2007-02-01T20:26:53Z")
We all make fools of ourselves at some time or other; it’s not “whether,” it’s the frequency. “What fools these mortals be!” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/34 "2007-02-01T20:26:59Z")
[QUOTE=Buckwheat] Thank you to all that have welcomed me to the board! I never expected such a nice reception. **glee** I have sufficient funds alright. In fact, I was thinking about buying the Chicago Reader! 😃 [/QUOTE] We’re a pretty smooth crowd here. As long as you spell and punctuate correctly! :smack: If you do buy the Reader, can I be the chess correspondent? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/35 "2007-02-01T21:01:48Z")
[QUOTE=glee] We’re a pretty smooth crowd here. As long as you spell and punctuate correctly! :smack: If you do buy the Reader, can I be the chess correspondent? 🆒 [/QUOTE] 🆒 **glee, yes you can!** ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/36 "2007-02-01T21:04:26Z")
Ooops. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/37 "2007-02-01T21:18:03Z")
[QUOTE=Buckwheat] Ooops. [/QUOTE] Calm down. Don’t panic. It’s not making a fool of yourself that you need worry about, it is how you handle it afterwards. I mean look at **Hal** , if anything that enhanced his reputation. And it is SO not cool to quote H2G2. ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/38 "2007-02-01T21:30:31Z")
Gotcha’, will do. Serious question now: Can I actually start a new thread somewhere, or can I only respond to existing threads, until I am a real member? ---
**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:** [February 1, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/39 "2007-02-01T21:36:33Z")
[QUOTE=Buckwheat] Gotcha’, will do. Serious question now: Can I actually start a new thread somewhere, or can I only respond to existing threads, until I am a real member? [/QUOTE] You can start a new thread in any forum. Re-read the forum description and try to guess the correct one for your thread. Don’t fret if it gets moved, it happened to most of us at first. A thread being moved is almost never a negative, just an admin thing. Enjoy and except in the pit be fairly polite and you should do great. Good Luck, Jim ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/40 "2007-02-02T03:18:02Z")
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