# New here, hi all **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308 "2000-03-28T00:30:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/21 "2000-03-28T22:25:00Z")
Welcome newbies. Grab a chair. Have some fun. ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/22 "2000-03-28T22:28:00Z")
juju, for your edification, Coldfire is universally dispised, and only two people have any use for Demo. They’re prison pen pals of his. And stay away from Veb. She’s a ball breaker. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/23 "2000-03-28T22:31:00Z")
pipefitter, crisantemi, jujubee, to answer jujubee’s question: Everyone is your enemy. Never turn your back on a thread. I urge you to form a tripartite alliance and go everywhere in threes. ---
**Author:** ![jujubeee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@jujubeee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jujubeee)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/24 "2000-03-28T22:31:00Z")
_picking up a distinct troll vibe__won’t say who from_🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jujubeee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@jujubeee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jujubeee)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/25 "2000-03-28T22:33:00Z")
Sorry, Man. I work alone. dun dun dun dunda dun dun dun dun bweedlebummmmm bweedlebummmmm (mission impossible theme music) ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/26 "2000-03-28T22:37:00Z")
All right, dammit. You regs have cornered 3 newbies and still haven’t gotten any beer from them yet? What gives? You people are really slippin’ Am I gonna have extract the honoraria encomia from the tyros? ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/27 "2000-03-28T23:02:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Vestal Blue: > \*\* Hmph! Like I don’t! I feel so…_bereft!_ > I didn’t mean YOU, my dear! 😉 > > C’mere Falcon honey, and help me drown my sorrows… > > Hah! Thrown over already! _sniff_☹ > > Welcome aboard, Pipefitter! maybe later we can swap lies and war stories about Purplebear! > Hey!! Just cause you two have known me for so long,doesn’t mean that you have to swap stories about me, now! Lies, neither! > > \*\* ## Again, welcome pipefitter, and pay no attention to VB. 😉 You sing in my consciousness like a counterpoint to my life. L.L. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/28 "2000-03-28T23:12:00Z")
You newbies **DO** know about the _initiation ceremony_ … right? ---
**Author:** ![pipefitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@pipefitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipefitter)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/29 "2000-03-28T23:32:00Z")
What initiation??? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/30 "2000-03-29T00:01:00Z")
Listen up. You have to take your shoes and socks off and type your next post with your toes. We expect a few mistakes, but keep it reasonable. And no cheating. We can tell. * * * Dubbed _The Skunk of Holes_ by some putz who’s name I have fortunately forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/31 "2000-03-29T00:16:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by WallyM7: > \*\*juju, for your edification, Coldfire is universally **dispised** , and only two people have any use for Demo. They’re prison pen pals of his. > > And stay away from Veb. She’s a ball breaker. > > \*\* (My bolding) Well, Coldfire **is** quite the little shit, and Veb **is** a ball breaker(Ball Breaker would be a definite euphemism in this case), but the _worst_ thing you can do is spell poorly here. We’ve given Wally dispensation for a single misspelling per post due to his heart condition, but please, don’t follow his example. BTW Wally, don’t talk shit about Bubba and Crazy Earl. They’re **very** protective of me… * * * Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking when I said I’d like to smash every tooth in your head. ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/32 "2000-03-29T00:23:00Z")
I misspelled **despise.** I feel so… so… cheap. Is there anyway I can redeem myself in the eyes of the Dopers? I’ll do the dishes, I’ll scrub the floors… * * * Dubbed _The Skunk of Holes_ by some putz who’s name I have fortunately forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/33 "2000-03-29T01:24:00Z")
Hi Pipefitter. Welcome to the SDMB. Okay, I’m completely freaking out here. I just took a look at your bio and you are living in my hometown! My parents still live there. I’m only about 20 minutes from your house! Okay, get that scared look off of your face. I’m really harmless, just ask Unclebeer… ## Okay, so don’t ask Unclebeer. Don’t believe any of those nasty things he may have to say about me, especially anything to do with (mumble) Shadowfox “The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson ---
**Author:** ![crisantemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@crisantemi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crisantemi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/34 "2000-03-29T01:36:00Z")
Thanks, Billdo. 🙂 I really appreciate the explanation. I usually post on the Xena Warrior Princess board–I’m a big fan of the show–and its trolls tend to be racist homophobes. I had never heard the term sock puppet, though. I asked one of my buddies from the Xena board and she started talking about kindergarten and shoebox theaters. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/35 "2000-03-29T08:19:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by pipefitter: > **What initiation??? > :eek:** Honey, don’t listen to those two, you never know what they might say or do next. 😉 Calm down, it’s ok, it’s ok. There, there. \ * * * You sing in my consciousness like a counterpoint to my life. L.L. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/36 "2000-03-29T08:23:00Z")
Darn it! I forgot again! _sigh_ Hi! to all the newbies here! howdy, howdy! crisantemi,jujubee, welcome aboard!! * * * You sing in my consciousness like a counterpoint to my life. L.L. ---
**Author:** ![pipefitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@pipefitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipefitter)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/37 "2000-03-30T09:09:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Shadowfox: > \*\*Hi Pipefitter. Welcome to the SDMB. > > Okay, I’m completely freaking out here. I just took a look at your bio and you are living in my hometown! My parents still live there. I’m only about 20 minutes from your house! > > Okay, get that scared look off of your face. I’m really harmless, just ask Unclebeer… > > \*\* OK so where are you from, and I will take your word for it that you are harmless. ---
**Author:** ![pipefitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@pipefitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipefitter)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/38 "2000-03-30T09:13:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by purplebear: > \*\* Honey, don’t listen to those two, you never know what they might say or do next. 😉 > Calm down, it’s ok, it’s ok. There, there. > \ > Thank you for the hug, I feel less scared now, who knows what they might have made me do(Probably read the most boring post on this sight 30 times) > \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/39 "2000-03-30T14:20:00Z")
Pipefitter, according to your bio, you live in Roseville, Mi. Is this correct? Because I spent ten years of my life there, went to Eastland Junior High and Carl Brablec High School (now known as Roseville High School). Most of my friends still live there. My parents and brother still live there. I was just surprised to actually see somebody on the MB who is from my area of the state. There are a few Dopers who live in Michigan, but none of them really live anywhere around here (the closest ones I know of live in Royal Oak and Troy). * * * Shadowfox “The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308/40 "2000-03-30T14:26:00Z")
Hi to all you newbies! I welcome ya’ll from the exalted heights of my–hmm, gotta check–well, call it between 30 and 40–posts. I think all of our trolls tend to be racist homophobes, too, although it’s important to remember here at the SDMB that not all racist homophobes are trolls. I’m not naming any names… 🙂 I noticed that Crisantemi never really got an answer to the question, “What’s a frood?” A reply that merely includes a reference to Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters isn’t necessarily going to help. I know the feeling of sitting through a discussion and not “getting” a key term (I just found out yesterday what MST3K means, and yes, thank you, I do live at the bottom of a mine shaft.) So–here’s the magic words: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Better now? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-hi-all/15308.md?page=3)