# New to the board **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230 "2001-07-04T18:35:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@marble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marble)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/1 "2001-07-04T18:35:45Z")
Hi all! Just joined at the urging of my friend concrete. This looks like a pretty cool board! Think I’ll hang around a bit. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/2 "2001-07-04T18:37:59Z")
Hi there! Welcome! Help yourself to some snacks, wipe your feet, and smoking is outside. The bar is self-serve, too. ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/3 "2001-07-04T18:38:59Z")
WOO HOO!! A virgin!! Pretend like I am a bottle of fine champagne smashing against your bow. Do you have a bow? ---
**Author:** ![marble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@marble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marble)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/4 "2001-07-04T18:40:43Z")
Self serve bar?? this is my kinda place! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/5 "2001-07-04T18:53:28Z")
I think I just smashed the last of it. DAMN! Liquor stores are closed! I’ll make a run…Strawberry flavored Boone’s for Everyone! ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/6 "2001-07-04T18:58:58Z")
::Walks in with a case of Cristal:: Welcome aboard 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![marble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@marble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marble)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/7 "2001-07-04T18:59:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wishbone \* > \*\*WOO HOO!! A virgin!! Pretend like I am a bottle of fine champagne smashing against your bow. Do you have a bow? > \*\* _checks features_ yes, it appears I have a bow and a stern 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/8 "2001-07-04T19:00:02Z")
Welcome, **marble**! As the single most beloved poster on this message board, I want to offer my personal welcome. Sure, you’ll notice the other posters pretend like they “don’t know who I am”, but that’s just an act. Much like the friends of superstars make a big show of not gushing and being impressed by their celebrity status, the other posters of the SDMB try very hard not to fawn all over me. Sometimes, they try so hard that threads I post in immediately die an ignoble death, and hilarious remarks I make go uncommented upon. The price of fame, I guess. Stick with me, kid. You’ll go places. ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/9 "2001-07-04T19:05:05Z")
(glides quietly but quickly up to **marble** ) Hello (revealing fangs, continues to follow marble down the street) You will join usss, yessssss? (effortlessly keeping pace as **marble** gains speed) Yesss… yessssss, join ussssss… join usss… usssss… yesssss… (stops, blinks) Oh, shit. Did I do it again? Sorry **marble** dude. (wanders off sheepishly) ---
**Author:** ![marble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@marble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marble)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/10 "2001-07-04T19:22:16Z")
Oh Ross, don’t be silly…marble would _never_ run away like that! marble has no fear…marble is strong, yet beautiful. 😃 Giraffe, I hate it when one goes to all the trouble of coming up with a snappy extremely entertaining reply and it gets overlooked. I shall keep a sharp eye in your direction for witticisms. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morrison\_s\_Lament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Morrison\_s\_Lament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrison_s_Lament)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/11 "2001-07-04T19:26:04Z")
Heya dude, welcome! It would probably help this thread quite a bit if you could tell us a little something about yourself and your general outlook on life. We’re not only voyeurs, but we like to speculate on what to expect 😃 — G. Raven ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/12 "2001-07-04T19:28:05Z")
Why, hello! I know you will have fun here. In the (almost) four months that I have been here, I have met all sorts of new friends. You could be my friend, too, if ya wanna. Anyway, I just wanted to say hello and give you a nice little welcome. You will love this place.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![marble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@marble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marble)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/13 "2001-07-04T19:53:10Z")
Thank you all for the nice welcomes! Trying to weasel information outta me already, huh? OK. I work in the construction field, marble and granite flooring mostly, hence the name. 🙂 I live in Florida Married 3 dogs oh, and I have a terrible tendency to be a smartass 😃 I don’t really try to do that, it just sort of…happens 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/14 "2001-07-04T23:36:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by marble \* > \*\*oh, and I have a terrible tendency to be a smartass 😃 I don’t really try to do that, it just sort of…happens 🙂 \*\* Better a smartass than a dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![marble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@marble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marble)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/15 "2001-07-04T23:40:40Z")
That’s what I alawys thought! ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/16 "2001-07-04T23:44:30Z")
Your friend **Concrete**? Hmmm, **Marble** you say. Ok then, uh, welcome to the boards, I hope you enjoy your stay. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/17 "2001-07-05T00:46:36Z")
My, but you are an attractive young thing. Come to my study, sit on my knee and we can talk it over. I have some boiled sweets… ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/18 "2001-07-05T04:40:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by marble \* > oh, and I have a terrible tendency to be a smartass 😃 I don’t really try to do that, it just sort of…happens 🙂 \*\* From one newbie to another, welcome to the World of Smartasses 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/19 "2001-07-05T04:42:38Z")
Ruby! Put that .sig back on RIGHT NOW! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-board/71230/20 "2001-07-05T06:20:10Z")
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