# New to SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 26, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/664549 "2013-07-26T02:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/664549/21 "2013-07-26T23:31:32Z")
There’s an Initiation Ceremony. It involves a Squid and a Goat. You’re gonna be good friends with that Goat. The Squid will not exactly be a stranger, either. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/664549/22 "2013-07-27T00:47:20Z")
**NotDeadYet** … Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/664549/23 "2013-07-27T05:54:18Z")
**NotDeadYet** – Every thread he starts will be a Zombie right from the OP. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/664549/24 "2013-07-27T09:40:50Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > There’s an Initiation Ceremony. > It involves a Squid and a Goat. > You’re gonna be good friends with that Goat. > The Squid will not exactly be a stranger, either. Damn! I completely forgot about the squid. :smack: And IMHO, the squid was the fun part! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/664549/25 "2013-07-27T10:00:27Z")
While we are at it, it’s also “mea culpa”, not “mia culpa”. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/664549/26 "2013-07-27T23:19:55Z")
> [@JBDivmstr](#): > > Damn! I completely forgot about the squid. :smack: > > And IMHO, the squid was the fun part! 😃 I won’t tell the squid you did not find the encounter memorable, but that probably explains why you never called afterwards. Not even a text. Bastard. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/664549/27 "2013-07-28T01:10:14Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > While we are at it, it’s also “mea culpa”, not “mia culpa”. Not only that, but \*mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. \* Welcome. ---
**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 28, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/664549/28 "2013-07-28T01:37:00Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Welcome to the Dope. It’s easy to get in, difficult to get out. Kind of like a roach motel. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/664549/29 "2013-07-28T01:52:08Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > While we are at it, it’s also “mea culpa”, not “mia culpa”. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Not only that, but \*mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. \* > > Welcome. _N00b culpa, n00b culpa, n00b maxima culpa._ ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/664549/30 "2013-07-28T03:25:47Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > You’re missing an apostrophe there as well. 😛 > > Howdy. Wade on in - the water ain’t deep. And it’s “mea culpa”. :o ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/664549/31 "2013-07-28T10:56:31Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > And it’s “mea culpa”. :o I italicized mine to indicate that it was a foreign language. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/664549/32 "2013-07-28T18:03:52Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > **NotDeadYet**.. > Cite? I’d guess it’s the placard reading “I Aten’t Dead” in her hands. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-sdmb/664549.md?page=1)