# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/41 "2014-07-17T15:23:20Z")
Run for your ever-loving life! And don’t turn around to look, you’ll fall down. ---
**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 17, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/42 "2014-07-17T16:15:50Z")
(dreamily) Run. Yes. I think I should run. :: shakes head :: RUN!!! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/43 "2014-07-17T16:32:46Z")
…and all they ever found were the sprinkles and the jimmies… ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/44 "2014-07-17T16:55:57Z")
Was that Ice Cream for Crow? ---
**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 17, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/45 "2014-07-17T17:09:12Z")
I’m not sure. But I’m wondering whether we should wall off that room now. Why does this sort of thing always happen when we’re trying to impress a newbie? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/46 "2014-07-17T17:31:14Z")
^ Truth in advertising laws is my guess. ---
**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 17, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/47 "2014-07-17T18:35:36Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > ^ Truth in advertising laws is my guess. Since when have we ever advertised? There’s probably some quibbling thing about ‘survivability’ in the building code or something. ---
**Author:** ![Orionizer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orionizer/32/4442_2.png) [@Orionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orionizer)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/48 "2014-07-17T19:28:40Z")
Welcome aboard, missyevelyn! ---
**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 17, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/49 "2014-07-17T21:25:03Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I’m not sure. But I’m wondering whether we should wall off that room now. > > Why does this sort of thing always happen when we’re trying to impress a newbie? knock knock knockGuys, I think you left me in here…Guys…Ha Ha Ha, fun’s over let me out…No, stay back, Oh Crap, NONONONONO…_slurm_ ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/50 "2014-07-17T22:14:52Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > This is why we can’t have nice things. > > Has anyone, ever, in the course of SDMB history, ever bounced in with a chirpy introductory thread (and some other rather odd threads about nekkidness and such) and actually stayed? Or is this a clear predictor of “hi thx bye” and never seen again? Well. I made an introductory thread, a long-ass time ago, and it’s arguable that I stayed. I would be more worried if she’d said something like, ‘‘You all seem like really nice people!’’ Hello **missevelyn**. I’m always happy to see another non-profit person. I’m slightly jealous that you live in Chicago, which is a pretty happenin’ place for nonprofits as I understand it. My husband was rejected three times from Northwestern (undergrad, grad, and graduate internship) so, you know, profound connection there. ---
**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 17, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184/51 "2014-07-17T23:38:25Z")
Hi, **Spice Weasel**! Have you seen **swampspruce**? Or was it **swampbear**? Swamp-something, anyways. I had a question for em. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-girl-on-the-block/693184.md?page=2)