# New to The Straight Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2000, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-straight-dope/15962 "2000-04-14T07:29:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-straight-dope/15962/1 "2000-04-14T07:29:00Z")
Heylo all! I’m TopazAntares and I’m new here. I learned about these boards on Chickclick and I’ve been lurking the past couple weeks and I found it interesting so I signed up. It also helps to fill the place that is now empty because Chickclick is having a board barf. But this place is neat as well and I just wanted to say hi. I was also wondering one thing. Who is this Wally whom so many have quotes from? I’m curious about this. I haven’t noticed a Wally (or maybe I’m just blind) but lots of people have quotes from him. I’ve dug up a few quotes I found interesting and stuck them in my Signature. (actually I had to watch it because I wanted to put more in but I didn’t want to take up too much room so my quote may change weekly or just whenever I feel the need for a change) * * * Life is an exotic and sonorous nightmare, in which reason does not always play a role… - Exerpted from V:tM ```auto Dreams die hard and we hold them in our hands long after they have turned to dust. - Bowen in Dragonheart ``` Human beings can always be relied upon to assert, with vigor, their god-given right to be stupid. - Seize the Night by Dean Koontz ```auto You know why people call something impossible? Because it hasn't happened yet. - Robin Williams in What Dreams May Come ``` ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-straight-dope/15962/2 "2000-04-14T08:03:00Z")
Pay no attention to Wally. The guy is a megalomaniac and people use his sigs as a way of mocking him. ---
**Author:** ![pipefitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@pipefitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipefitter)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-straight-dope/15962/3 "2000-04-14T08:20:00Z")
Good morning Topaz, and welcome to the board. If you were lurking, you already know what kind of nutcases we are. ---
**Author:** ![pipefitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@pipefitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipefitter)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-straight-dope/15962/4 "2000-04-14T08:23:00Z")
Wally is our local sig expert. He will come up with a sig for anyone. Usually based on either your name or profile. And thank you again Wally for mine * * * Hand me that wrench. No, the one that looks like a hammer. Sig Courtesy of Walley ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-straight-dope/15962/5 "2000-04-14T08:30:00Z")
_Hmmmph._ Well not **everyone**. Welcome Topaz ! Good to see another “after hours” poster. Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-straight-dope/15962/6 "2000-04-14T10:29:00Z")
Welcome to the board. Wally is our current ‘teddy bear’ so to speak. He is excellent with one-liners and usually has a great outlook. * * * \*\* _Sigh_. So many men, so few who can afford me \*\* _Original by Wally_ _I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it._ ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-straight-dope/15962/7 "2000-04-14T13:16:00Z")
Howdy! * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-straight-dope/15962/8 "2000-04-14T13:28:00Z")
Just remember, people that have over 1000 posts are revered as gods in this place. We pretty much get our way. Now mail me some cookies. * * * Looking for love in all the wrong places, no fine girls just ugly faces. From frustration, first inclination,is to become a monk and leave the situation. But every dark tunnel has a lighter hope, so don’t hang yourself with a celibate rope. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-straight-dope/15962/9 "2000-04-14T13:29:00Z")
Chickclick??? You came here from CHICK click !?!?!? Chick cluck, that I could understand, a hen house. But Chick Click?? What, some sort of sexist dating service? and it brought you here?? Ed? ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-straight-dope/15962/10 "2000-04-14T13:47:00Z")
_grins at CKDextHavn_ Yep I came from Chickclick there is another poster around here that goes there sometimes and she mentioned it leaving the url so I came here to check things out. I like it so much I’m gonna stick around. You’ll never get rid of me! Never! Never I say! _maniacal laughter fills the air_ * * * Life is an exotic and sonorous nightmare, in which reason does not always play a role… - Exerpted from V:tM ```auto Dreams die hard and we hold them in our hands long after they have turned to dust. - Bowen in Dragonheart ``` Human beings can always be relied upon to assert, with vigor, their god-given right to be stupid. - Seize the Night by Dean Koontz ```auto You know why people call something impossible? Because it hasn't happened yet. - Robin Williams in What Dreams May Come ``` ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-straight-dope/15962/11 "2000-04-14T15:00:00Z")
Welcome! Please allow me to introduce myself… * * * Yer pal, Satan [http://www.raleighmusic.com/board/Images/devil.gif](http://www.raleighmusic.com/board/Images/devil.gif) _I HAVE BEEN SMOKE-FREE FOR: Five days, 13 hours, 0 minutes and 34 seconds. 221 cigarettes not smoked, saving $27.71. Life saved: 18 hours, 25 minutes._ ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-straight-dope/15962/12 "2000-04-14T15:06:00Z")
Welcome, and please don’t ask Ed Zotti to respond to a post personally Mmm’k? * * * Fame, ain’t it a bitch. AJ Benza ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-straight-dope/15962/13 "2000-04-15T02:16:00Z")
There’s a Wally that posts here? * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. _I just washed my cat. It’ll take me hours to get the hairs off my tongue._                                         --100% certified genuine **WallyM7™** sig ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-straight-dope/15962/14 "2000-04-15T04:48:00Z")
Howdy TopazAntares! Welcome to the loonie bin! Hope you have a great time here. Watch out for the occasional troll or 2(or 3 or 4 oh,wait, he’s gone). As the resident hugger, here’s one for you: {{{{{{{{{{{Topaz}}}}}}}}}}}}}} * * * You are more than a human being, you are a human becoming. Og Mandino That’s my name, not a description. I am neither purple nor a bear. Okay, so I’m purple.\ ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-straight-dope/15962/15 "2000-04-15T04:54:00Z")
Just started posting myself. Fasten your seat belt, these folks really get things rockin’. And check your sanity and most of your good taste at the door…you won’t be needing them around here.