# Newbie here **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670 "2002-10-31T06:37:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5daacb/32.png) [@Leg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leg)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/1 "2002-10-31T06:37:35Z")
Hey everyone! I just found this great site… The forums seem semi-intellectual at times, so I thought I should join… Just saying “hey”…i don’t see any other posts saying “hey” but in some other bboards I’m on, people say “hey”… mm yea… hey Anything a newbie should know? –Leg (the name is from an Arzachel song, which has one of my fav guitar “solos” in it) ---
**Author:** ![Siegfried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Siegfried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siegfried)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/2 "2002-10-31T07:30:22Z")
Welcome, Leg (from one newbie to another). I might as jump on the bandwagon as well. Discovered this place about two years ago and registered about three months after that. I’m just now starting to post. I guess I’ve lurked enough to get the hang of this place. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/3 "2002-10-31T07:32:59Z")
“ **Is that a _leg?!_** ”\* OK, that was an inside joke on these here boards. Long story short: IMHO- “Most embarrassing sexual situation” or something like that, one poster saw a wooden leg fall out of the sheets when a couple was making whoopee. Hilarity ensued. Welcome to the boards, and be sure to ready the things labeled “Sticky” at the top of the forums lists. Go you Huskies. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/4 "2002-10-31T07:34:21Z")
Hi, Newbie! I mean, Leg. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/5 "2002-10-31T07:50:12Z")
G’Day, **Leg** and **Siegfried**. Always nice to see new names around here. Welcome! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/6 "2002-10-31T08:29:04Z")
Howdy, y’all! And **Siegfried** , your registration date says February 2001. I wouldn’t designate you a newbie if you’re going on two years here. But…welcome, anyway! ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/7 "2002-10-31T13:47:35Z")
“Semi-intellectual?” I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Welcome, at any rate. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/8 "2002-10-31T13:54:19Z")
Another newbie chiming in to say Hey. Welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/9 "2002-10-31T14:07:58Z")
Hé, j’aussi (un peu semi intellectualism) ---
**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:** [October 31, 2002, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/10 "2002-10-31T14:11:02Z")
Welcome to the boards, **Leg**. Look around and have some fun. Everybody needs some good leg every now and then. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/11 "2002-10-31T14:13:37Z")
As a long time lurker but relatively new poster, nice to meet you. Don’t be put off by the bloody awful jokes here 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/12 "2002-10-31T14:33:35Z")
**Tupug** , Le nouveau peron doit regarder la Straight Dope bannière, peut-être. “Fighting ignorance”, and all. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/13 "2002-10-31T14:45:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > \*\*Don’t be put off by the bloody awful jokes here 🙂 \*\* And for heavens sakes, don’t let anybody pull you. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/14 "2002-10-31T14:49:41Z")
Sigfried and Leg… hmmmm… has a ring to it, yeah… ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/15 "2002-10-31T17:39:29Z")
Welcome to the SDMB **Leg**. Check out the “About the message board” forum, it should answer all your questions. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/16 "2002-11-01T00:18:22Z")
Not bad on the grammar, a few points off for capitalization, style shows the timid nature of such a new poster. Overall I’d give it a 9.2, but I got paid off by the Russians, so here is a 6.8. Welcome. And **Siegfried** , 0.02 posts per day? That’s gotta be some sort of record. ---
**Author:** ![Siegfried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Siegfried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siegfried)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/17 "2002-11-01T02:21:24Z")
I don’t know why, but I’ve always been more content to just sit back and watch everything going on rather than join in the fun. It finally occurred to me a couple days ago that if I’m going to be registered here that I might as well post. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/18 "2002-11-01T02:44:05Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24960](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24960) Welcome **Leg**. Here’s the “Is that a _leg_?” thread that **jjtm** was referring to. [sub]Sorry, I don’t remember how to make those blasted links. Just cut and paste it into ypur browser.[/sub] If we had a Hall of Fame, this thread would be at the top. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/19 "2002-11-01T02:45:52Z")
Woohoo! I automatically parsed my URL’s! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670/20 "2002-11-01T03:37:49Z")
_sneaks in, tacks an ‘O’ onto the end of **Leg** ’s name_ Hello! 😃 (And a hello to the other newbies saying hello also!) * * * \<\< If you don’t change your direction, you may end up where you were headed. \>\> [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here/134670.md?page=2)