# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**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, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/41 "2007-02-02T04:01:42Z")
Oh man, I can see this is going to be an addiction for me. I have already started two threads. Guess I picked a bad time to stop sniffing glue! Dang I love this place! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/42 "2007-02-02T05:33:38Z")
As a fellow lurker-turn-member, welcome aboard the SS Knowledge! ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/43 "2007-02-03T13:41:33Z")
[QUOTE=Buckwheat] I feel like I have joined the “cool click” at school. [/QUOTE] More like the geeky nerd squad, for the most part, but thanks! [QUOTE=Buckwheat] It’s just not right for a man my age to feel as giddy as a little girl about being here! [/QUOTE] Well, just as long as you don’t make those obnoxious girl-shrieks like Bobby on “King of the Hill”… [Texan accent on]_ **THAT BOY AIN’T RIGHT!** _[/accent off] …we won’t hafta’ cyber-zap you out of existence. In other words, welcome aboard, guy! * * * True Blue Jack +++ The one! The only! The Original! Accept no substitutes! +++ ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/44 "2007-02-03T13:59:18Z")
[QUOTE=Buckwheat] I feel like I have joined the “cool click” at school. It’s just not right for a man my age to feel as giddy as a little girl about being here! [/QUOTE] You might be interested to know it’s “Clique”, and is properly pronounced as something approximating “Cleeck”, not “Click”. 🙂 However, seeing as you’re new here, and (presumably) from the US, we’ll let it go. This time. 😃 Seriously though, welcome aboard! You’ve probably gathered we’re a fairly eclectic bunch here. The bar’s in the corner, the loos are third door on the right down the hallway, and you’ll find tea and coffee in the kitchen. Make yourself at home! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/45 "2007-02-03T15:17:19Z")
[QUOTE=Martini Enfield] You might be interested to know it’s “Clique”, and is properly pronounced as something approximating “Cleeck”, not “Click”. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Both are acceptable, see [Merriam-Webster Online](http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/clique). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/46 "2007-02-04T03:58:52Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] How long have you lurked and you think **Q.E.D.** is cool? :eek: Man, have YOU not been paying attention. [/QUOTE] Dude! You stole my joke! Dammit. ---
**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 4, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/47 "2007-02-04T04:08:55Z")
_Et tu_, **Green Bean**? You’re on the list too… Dammit, I lost my crayon again! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/48 "2007-02-04T04:28:16Z")
It might be easier if you just printed out a list of members of the Dope. Might save you some writing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/49 "2007-02-05T17:43:28Z")
OK, I am a dummy. I was trying to “bold” a part of anothers post and it showed up written twice, once in bold and once not in my post. I have read the coding rules which are provided in this forum, but somehow I blew it. See Cafe Society, “Do you read books…” and my last post. What did I do wrong? Anyone? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/50 "2007-02-05T20:51:29Z")
:smack: [QUOTE=Buckwheat] OK, **I am a dummy**. I was trying to “bold” a part of anothers post and it showed up written twice, once in bold and once not in my post. I have read the coding rules which are provided in this forum, but somehow I blew it. See Cafe Society, “Do you read books…” and my last post. What did I do wrong? Anyone? Anyone? [/QUOTE] This is a test. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/51 "2007-02-06T03:41:35Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] To quote the inimitable and irrepressible Zaphod Beeblebrox, “I’m so cool, you can keep a side of meat in me for month.” [/QUOTE] Piffle. Cool is nuthin’ – you got to be hip. Now, me, I’m so hip I can’t see over my pelvis. Welcome, **Buckwheat**! Have you been studying up on obscure references to the Hitchhiker’s Guide, Monty Python, the Princess Bride, etc.? ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/52 "2007-02-06T04:00:20Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] Piffle. Cool is nuthin’ – you got to be hip. Now, me, I’m so hip I can’t see over my pelvis. Welcome, **Buckwheat**! Have you been studying up on obscure references to the Hitchhiker’s Guide, Monty Python, the Princess Bride, etc.? [/QUOTE] The much more important question is: Do you prefer the movies or the books of _The Lord of the Rings_? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/53 "2007-02-06T04:07:47Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] The much more important question is: Do you prefer the movies or the books of _The Lord of the Rings_? 😃 [/QUOTE] No, no, we can’t unleash _THAT_ in ATMB! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/54 "2007-02-06T15:12:13Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] Piffle. Cool is nuthin’ – you got to be hip. Now, me, I’m so hip I can’t see over my pelvis. Welcome, **Buckwheat**! Have you been studying up on obscure references to the Hitchhiker’s Guide, Monty Python, the Princess Bride, etc.? [/QUOTE] I know of HH Guide of the Galaxy and Monty Python of course, but I am afraid I have never even heard of the Princess Bride. Sorry! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/55 "2007-02-06T15:58:47Z")
[QUOTE=Buckwheat] I know of HH Guide of the Galaxy and Monty Python of course, but I am afraid I have never even heard of the Princess Bride. Sorry! :smack: [/QUOTE] Oh-oh. Brace yourself for a mysteriously popular phrase: “I do not think that word means what you think it means.” Or you could rent the movie of that name. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/56 "2007-02-06T16:11:47Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] Oh-oh. Brace yourself for a mysteriously popular phrase: “I do not think that word means what you think it means.” [/QUOTE] ah-HAH!! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never quote a cult film unless you can get the quote right: > [@](#): > > "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. " ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/57 "2007-02-06T20:06:47Z")
Man, I think I am going to be in a heap of trouble, trying to understand all these things! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/58 "2007-02-06T20:30:05Z")
Hello, welcome. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354/59 "2007-02-06T21:03:39Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] No, no, we can’t unleash _THAT_ in ATMB! :eek: [/QUOTE] True, unless we want the thread banished to Cafe Society or worse, Great Debates!!! :eek: 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post/390354.md?page=2)