My glowing reviews of this messageboard have made a good friend of mine curious enough to find this place on her own and make a test post here. She is not yet very familiar with the concept of messageboards, and like me, English is not her first language. But as she is a writer (educated as a journalist ) I think she should fit right in.
Give her a warm welcome and…bring on the squid!
Welcome Miss Einighausen! You should fit right in. 
Greetings, Ms. Einighausen!! I think the squid is sleeping - is it all right if we bring out the goat?
Welcome, Miss Einighausen. I’m going to move this over to our Mundane and Pointless Stuff I Must Share* forum, which is our usual one for introducing new members instead of ATMB.
Colibri
Moderator
*This is not to indicate that we feel you are either Mundane or Pointless; it’s just the name of the forum.
Welcome! We need new people, keeps us fresh.
Welcome to the best forum on the internetz !!!
Not that there’s anything wrong with being Mundane or Pointless. I’m often both. The only reason these people put up with me is I have an emergency backup squid in the bathtub.
Welcome aboard, Miss Einighausen.
-D/a
psst…someone tell Miss Einighausen it’s her cue to enter now…
Ahem…so, allow me to present the wonderful, fabulous, amazing, Dutch goddess, Miss Einighausen!!!
(applause light on)
She’ll be here any minute now!
(continued applause that slowly begins to wan)
In her defence, it is currently the middle of the night, on a Saturday where she lives. Surely she has better things to do than to post on a message board.
I, of course, don’t.
Curling’s on. And later hockey. I’m drowning in Canadian clichés.
Welcome, welcome!
Would you like some ice cream? I just made it; it hasn’t escaped yet.
The late Miss Einighausen is *never *on time: Marilyn Monroe Happy Birthday to JFK (best edit w/ intro & outro) - YouTube
I’ll pass on the squid, but offer a warm fellow Doper welcome to Miss Einighausen, who, like myself, seems to be a traditionalist (using “Miss” instead of “Ms.”). As has been stated, being a journalist, you’ve decided to join the most intelligent and articulate message board on the planet, and you are most welcome.
Quasi
From the Lone Star State, “Howdy ma’am, glad to make your aquaintance. Hope y’all enjoy the ride!” 
Um, is Miss Einighausen… mute?
[sub]I think Maastricht has an imaginary friend. Play along. We don’t want to hurt any feelings, here.[/sub]
My imaginary friend is a tall woman in a black uniform with red lipstick carrying a riding crop.
She won’t even talk to me let alone anyone else.
:: is seen in the sidewings trying to drag a struggling and shy **Miss Einighausen **on the stage ::
How about a rholl in ze hay?
My imaginary friend is blonde, plump, braided, European, and sundered from me by marriage, fate and thousands of kilometres of unfriendly ocean. No, wait, that’s someone else.
