# newbie **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2001, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie/86451 "2001-10-10T00:07:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![holiestgravy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f05b48/32.png) [@holiestgravy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/holiestgravy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie/86451/1 "2001-10-10T00:07:42Z")
Hey everyone! I’m a newbie! That’s all! ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie/86451/2 "2001-10-10T00:20:35Z")
…and a newbie with a bloody cool screen name. Welcome aboard. Have you received your duck yet? If not, please go and see Mavis in room 3A on the second floor, and she will arrange one for you. You’ll need to supply your own rubber bands. Hope you enjoy the Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![dobbinaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dobbinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dobbinaire)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie/86451/3 "2001-10-10T00:24:39Z")
Aw, man, here I thought I would be first on the welcome wagon, and dang ol’ **TheLoadedDog** ’s post popped up right as I clicked on the thread. Shoo, shoo. 🙂 Welcome there, **holiestgravy**. Pull up a sit-down and tell us about yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie/86451/4 "2001-10-10T00:25:53Z")
Hi, **holiestgravy!** I’m saying hello to all the newbies because none of the regs like me. They call me names and hide my lunch. I hope we can be friends. The medication is working, but sometimes I still hear the voices when I’m cleaning my dentures. I like to go to the gas station, jump on the hose and make the bell ring. I went to the zoo once, but all I saw was a bunch of animals. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie/86451/5 "2001-10-10T03:58:15Z")
Aw. _I_ likes ya, **Slip**. 🆒 Welcome to the Straight Dope, **holiestgravy**. Newbies have to provide the doughnuts. I like chocolate frosted. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie/86451/6 "2001-10-10T04:04:24Z")
C’mon, **Slip** ; we’re just not used to obnoxious Canadians! 😉 Welcome, **holiestgravy**. We really would like to know more about you. For some of us gender and sexual preference is enough to open a world of people hitting on you. Others are more cerebral. Me, I just want a donut. ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie/86451/7 "2001-10-10T04:45:33Z")
_walks in_ hmmm… **HoliestGravy** … _runs out_ \ _walks back in, carrying a HUGE plate of mashed potatoes_ here ya go 😃 _d&r_ ---
**Author:** ![Emilee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cab0a1/32.png) [@Emilee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilee)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie/86451/8 "2001-10-10T05:11:09Z")
Hi! I’m a newbie too, I guess. I have been lurking for a wicked long time, but I just registered recently. I guess I may as well use my new privilige. ---
**Author:** ![atypicalcarl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@atypicalcarl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atypicalcarl)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie/86451/9 "2001-10-10T05:22:05Z")
Welcome, to both of you! Wow, more folks newer than me. Good news if there’s a lay-off… ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie/86451/10 "2001-10-10T05:47:04Z")
Howdy, Gravy 🙂 Be prepared to lose anything resembling free time 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie/86451/11 "2001-10-10T06:04:00Z")
Hi, Holiestgravy! This is my 150th post since Sept 7–not that you should consirer that a CHALLENGE or anything! Welcome! I hear there are “Newbie Dues” You can just give your’s to me and I’ll see the money gets to the right place. Honest.😃 (Shut up, you guys. He’ll hear you snickering! I’ll give ya a cut! Honest!) ---
**Author:** ![Stiletto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Stiletto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stiletto)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie/86451/12 "2001-10-10T06:18:30Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by TheLoadedDog \* > \*\* Have you received your duck yet? If not, please go and see Mavis in room 3A on the second floor, and she will arrange one for you. You’ll need to supply your own rubber bands._\* Dammit! I DIDN’T GET MY DUCK! [sub]I think Mavis is avoiding me…[/sub] But hey, I brought donuts. 😃 And coffee. _Hands $20 to **Zoogirl** just to see if she puts it anywhere interesting._ I guess I still qualify as a newbie, too. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by dropzone \*\*\* > For some of us gender and sexual preference is enough to open a world of people hitting on you. Others are more cerebral. Me, I just want a donut._\* Hmmmm. Personal Stats: Male Straight Likes donuts Anything else I have to pony up here? 🙂 Oh, yeah, **dropzone** , have a donut, would ya? And of course, welcome to **holiestgravy** and **TheLorax**. Wave goodbye to your free time. 🙂 -Stil