# new-ness!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 27, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123 "2002-10-27T17:00:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/1 "2002-10-27T17:00:48Z")
hi! i have no idea where else to post this and i thought i should introduce myself before i just join some threads blindly.
so hi!
_waves_
x
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### Author:  [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/2 "2002-10-27T18:39:51Z")
Hi, **oh** , and welcome!
:::waving back:::
Join on in!
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### Author:  [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/3 "2002-10-27T18:51:09Z")
_waves_ HI!
Welcome to the boards!
Just a few quick words of advice so that you don’t jump in too blindly : pay attention to what forum you’re in, because they all have slightly different rules about what you can and cannot post. This was a good pick for a welcome thread, because well, there really isn’t a factual answer to it (General Questions), there isn’t much to Debate (Great Debates), there isn’t a poll (IMHO), etc etc.
Also, proper spelling and capitalization is very much approved of here, while l33t really isn’t. Of course, this is somewhat stricter in GQ and GD than in MPSIMS and IMHO, but it is still prefered across the boards.
This isn’t too cheerful a welcome, is it? 🙂
Look around, find your “niche” and don’t get too upset at the hamsters…they;re doing the best they can to keep this place running 🙂
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### Author:  [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2002, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/4 "2002-10-28T08:38:32Z")
Um. Well that’s stuff I need to know, I guess.
Ok thanks.
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### Author:  [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/5 "2005-04-18T16:52:57Z")
I am now posting under this username (having developed something of an aversion to the former one). I haven’t been here in a while, but I hope to come back now etc.
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### Author:  [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/6 "2005-04-18T16:54:11Z")
Erm, I mean this one. This is getting all very complicated, and I can’t seem to edit the last post.
My apologies.
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### Author:  [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/7 "2005-04-18T16:57:18Z")
Mmmmmm… **ohgratuitous** still has that new poster smell.
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### Author:  [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/8 "2005-04-18T17:02:26Z")
AHAHAHAH! Whatever that is. Is that a good thing? 🙂
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/9 "2005-04-18T17:04:59Z")
_comes in with latex gloves and scrubbing brush ready_
**Improbability** , a pleasure to meet you! _kisses on both cheeks_ I’m part of the Official Greeting Committee of the SDMB, and if you’d just like to sign here… yes, right on the dotted line…
OK, now follow me please, and we’ll just get you all set up…
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### Author:  [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/10 "2005-04-18T17:05:52Z")
Ok, I’m coming. This isn’t going to be too gruesome, now is it? :dubious:
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/11 "2005-04-18T17:09:49Z")
Of course not, sweetheart! 😉
Just… breathe deeply and think happy thoughts, okay?
Hey guys! Is Mariah back out of her tank yet?
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### Author:  [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/12 "2005-04-18T17:12:09Z")
Oh my. Is it too late to run in terror?
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/13 "2005-04-18T17:20:16Z")
Terror is completely optional. Running, however, is not.
:: _clink_ go the leg irons ::
There we go…you just sit tight, and the rest of the Welcoming Committee will be along shortly. In the meantime, please list any allergies, phobias or fetishes you may have so we can custom-design an appropriate initiation ceremony for you.
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### Author:  [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/14 "2005-04-18T17:24:22Z")
Hey all! Welcome, but mind where you’re stepping; I’ve just finished mopping up from the last time, and the floors might be a little bit slippery still. Or sticky. Or oily. Or bread-y.
Aw, heck, walk where you want!
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/15 "2005-04-18T17:39:16Z")
Er… **Daithi** , did we ever get rid of the Squck? _worried_
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### Author:  [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/16 "2005-04-18T17:41:57Z")
This place smells funny! What goes on in here? I think I should call the police! Yes, I’m calling the police!
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### Author:  [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/17 "2005-04-18T17:49:33Z")
> [@Kythereia](#):
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> Er… **Daithi** , did we ever get rid of the Squck? _worried_
I won’t mention it if YOU won’t mention it… and if **Sunspace** won’t mention it, and…
Someone hand me the duct tape… we’ve got a _shouter_…
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/18 "2005-04-18T18:09:55Z")
_tosses **Daithi** a roll of duct tape, heads out_
I’ll go get the cherry-flavoured lube and the lollipops… shall I? 😉
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/19 "2005-04-18T18:14:33Z")
I’m afraid that Mariah still hasn’t gotten over the …events… of last week. I was going to use an inflatable replica, but that just wouldn’t have been the same. Sorry.
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### Author:  [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123/20 "2005-04-18T18:15:11Z")
Oh, _mais oui_ - and don’t forget the needle-nose pliers - - and the fuzzy-bunny slippers!
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