# New girl on the block. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 15, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184 "2014-07-15T17:31:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![missyevelyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@missyevelyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missyevelyn)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/1 "2014-07-15T17:31:37Z")
Hi everybody. My name is Michelle (but my friends call me Missy). I’m a 2008 graduate of Northwestern University, and now working in Chicago at a non-profit. Been a reader of the Chicago Reader for years (I love it), and one of my friends suggested this very forum to me. Looks very progressive from just browsing it a bit; love it. Hope to get to know a lot of you, it’s been a while since I’ve been on a good message board. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/2 "2014-07-15T17:37:18Z")
Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board! It’s a great place. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/3 "2014-07-15T17:43:11Z")
Welcome aboard. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/4 "2014-07-15T17:48:28Z")
I’ll fetch the goat. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/5 "2014-07-15T18:37:06Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I’ll fetch the goat. I think the last goat got a leeeeetle too close to Mariah. But we should be receiving a new shipment soon. Another welcome, **missyevelyn**. Pay no mind to what’s going on down the hall; just remember, never fnord take the second left corridor. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/6 "2014-07-15T19:14:26Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I’ll fetch the goat. Have you seen how tall she is? We’re going to need a bigger goat. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/7 "2014-07-15T19:13:17Z")
> [@missyevelyn](#): > > Looks very progressive from just browsing it a bit; Sad, but true. Don’t worry, there are still a few good solid conservatives to provide appropriate guidance. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/8 "2014-07-15T19:24:09Z")
> [@missyevelyn](#): > > Hi everybody. My name is Michelle (but my friends call me Missy). > > I’m a 2008 graduate of Northwestern University, and now working in Chicago at a non-profit. Been a reader of the Chicago Reader for years (I love it), and one of my friends suggested this very forum to me. Looks very progressive from just browsing it a bit; love it. > > Hope to get to know a lot of you, it’s been a while since I’ve been on a good message board. 🆒 The forum is, as you intuit, very progressive. However, it is not universally populated by progressives. Also, hello. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/9 "2014-07-15T19:37:16Z")
Greetings and Salutations! Welcome to the board! The squid says it’ll come out for the initiation if you don’t bring Big Billie, as the larger goats are intimidating. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/10 "2014-07-15T22:50:37Z")
folks here have been gressive for so long we’re pros at it. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/11 "2014-07-15T23:02:52Z")
missyevelyn, Welcome in! Since you’re in, this question is now academic… but your application seems to have gotten smudged, and I can’t make out the answer to the following question: 17a) Toilet paper properly unrolls: A: From the top B: From the bottom As I mentioned, it’s not a dealbreaker at this point, I’m just curious… ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/12 "2014-07-15T23:54:20Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Sad, but true. Don’t worry, there are still a few good solid conservatives to provide appropriate guidance. Yeah, we trot them out whenever we want to feel egalitarian… ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/13 "2014-07-16T02:19:57Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Have you seen how tall she is? > We’re going to need a bigger goat. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/14 "2014-07-16T02:41:21Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I’ll fetch the goat. Hang on, isn’t it supposed to be a goat and a squid in the initiation rit… I mean, welcome party? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/15 "2014-07-16T02:44:54Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > Hang on, isn’t it supposed to be a goat and a squid in the initiation rit… I mean, welcome party? 😕 The squid was borrowed for a bridal shower and never returned. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/16 "2014-07-16T02:50:17Z")
Welcome aboard. I personally managed to dodge the official welcome but I have done my share of lurking in corridors so if someone approaches you with a goat and a snorkel, RUN. As far as the board itself goes it’s a bit of an eclectic mix of people and views from all over the place, so it’s definitely not boring. Ok, sometimes it is but then someone starts a poll. Or puts up a pic of their cat. Anyway, Enjoy the ride. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/17 "2014-07-16T02:57:49Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Sad, but true. Don’t worry, there are still a few good solid conservatives to provide appropriate guidance. And some major nut cases on both sides for “balance.” > [@running\_coach](#): > > The squid was borrowed for a bridal shower and never returned. :smack: Somebody better find it fast before Lord Cthulhu wakes! Welcome, **missyevelyn**. You seem nice, so stay out of the BBQ Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/18 "2014-07-16T03:48:04Z")
> [@stui\_magpie](#): > > I personally managed to dodge the official welcome but I have done my share of lurking in corridors so if someone approaches you with a goat and a snorkel, RUN. And if someone approaches you with a goat, a snorkel and [an armadillo purse](http://boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/armadillo.jpg)…well, its best to not look in the purse. > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **running coach** > The squid was borrowed for a bridal shower and never returned. It’s my personal belief that the squid took a liking to the bride and tried to follow the couple on their honeymoon. Unfortunately, it failed to take a left at Albuquerque. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/19 "2014-07-16T05:16:16Z")
Welcome, welcome! Pay no attention to the goats and squid in the corner. Would you like some ice cream? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/20 "2014-07-16T05:57:55Z")
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