# please welcome our newest member
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 27, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123 "2009-11-27T14:23:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/1 "2009-11-27T14:23:39Z")
Ladies and Gentlemen of these boards, please give a warm SDMB welcome to Hilary.
Hi. My name is Hilary and I am a lurker.
I have lurked your boards for many a year.
Why did I join today?
I don’t rightly know.
I would love to play real nice in your sandbox as long as no one kicks sand in my face.
Not anticipating posting prolifically here, but _quien sabe_?
Thank you for letting me join.
(deep curtesy)
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### Author:  [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/2 "2009-11-27T14:37:04Z")
Welcome, Hilary. I’m pretty new around here, too, and I don’t post prolifically, either. It’s fun to hang around and read what others write, though.
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### Author:  [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/3 "2009-11-27T14:54:39Z")
Lurk More.
Kidding, I’m kidding! 😃 I also browsed many a year before finally registering. At first I didn’t post a lot. Now they can’t even begin to shut me up!
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### Author:  [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/4 "2009-11-27T15:27:56Z")
Welcome. Glad you decided to come join the fun.
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/5 "2009-11-27T15:31:06Z")
Welcome, welcome! Would you like a turkey sandwich? Don’t be alarmed by its appearance. It’s quite good.
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### Author:  [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/6 "2009-11-27T15:35:30Z")
sounds like a plan
thanks
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### Author:  [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/7 "2009-11-27T15:37:06Z")
Sunspace:
I love turkey sandwiches!
A little mayonaise and … oh nevermind. All turkey sandwiches are fine with me.
thank you
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/8 "2009-11-27T15:56:56Z")
My guess: you took a look at all that leftover pie from yesterday, and though, “hm, where could I bring that?”
Welcome!
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### Author:  [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/9 "2009-11-27T16:06:16Z")
As as fellow lurker-who-recently-got-roped-in-and-is-now-hopelessly-addicted, welcome! If anyone tries to tell you they have a bizarre initiation ritual around here, though, they’re just funning ya!
Psst, guys! I think she bought it! Bring in the goat, quietly!
> [@Hilary\_Algar](#):
>
> I would love to play real nice in your sandbox as long as no one kicks sand in my face.
I’d stay away from the Pit (at least for a while) if I were you …
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/10 "2009-11-27T16:32:50Z")
Welome!
Hope to bump into you from time to time 😉
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/11 "2009-11-27T16:39:29Z")
If anyone kicks sand in your face, I recommend taking a Charles Atlas course.
Welcome!
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/12 "2009-11-27T16:44:19Z")
> [@Hilary\_Algar](#):
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> Sunspace:
>
> I love turkey sandwiches!
>
> A little mayonaise and … oh nevermind. All turkey sandwiches are fine with me.
>
> thank you
No problem! I think I managed to catch them all. Would you like some ice cream for dessert? The wasabi mint is a little off today, so I recommend the butterscotch.
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### Author:  [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/13 "2009-11-27T17:36:57Z")
> [@Sunspace](#):
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> No problem! I think I managed to catch them all. Would you like some ice cream for dessert? The wasabi mint is a little off today, so I recommend the butterscotch.
Butterscotch it is, then.
🙂
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### Author:  [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/14 "2009-11-27T17:38:24Z")
> [@blondebear](#):
>
> If anyone kicks sand in your face, I recommend taking a Charles Atlas course.
>
> Welcome!
Thank you!
I’ve never taken a Charles Atlas course, but I am a Jiu Jitsu expert with a modified Uzi.
not!
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### Author:  [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/15 "2009-11-27T17:39:54Z")
> [@twickster](#):
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> My guess: you took a look at all that leftover pie from yesterday, and though, “hm, where could I bring that?”
>
> Welcome!
I am so transparent. You guessed it!
Have some pie.
🙂
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### Author:  [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/16 "2009-11-27T17:41:54Z")
> [@dhkendall](#):
>
> As as fellow lurker-who-recently-got-roped-in-and-is-now-hopelessly-addicted, welcome! If anyone tries to tell you they have a bizarre initiation ritual around here, though, they’re just funning ya!
>
> Psst, guys! I think she bought it! Bring in the goat, quietly!
>
> I’d stay away from the Pit (at least for a while) if I were you …
You are so right. The concept of The Pit scares the bejeebers out of mine. Mehthinks never to have visited that board in all these years.
Thanks for the good advice.
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### Author:  [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/17 "2009-11-27T17:43:17Z")
> [@zoid](#):
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> Welome!
>
> Hope to bump into you from time to time 😉
You bet!
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### Author:  [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/18 "2009-11-28T11:33:54Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#):
>
> Lurk More.
> Kidding, I’m kidding! 😃 I also browsed many a year before finally registering. At first I didn’t post a lot. Now they can’t even begin to shut me up!
EvilTOJ:
You are quite the prescient.
nine posts within the first 24 hours–the onset of addiction appears imminent
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2009, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/19 "2009-11-28T11:49:17Z")
Hello **Hilary Algar** , be welcome, enjoy your stay. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-newest-member/519123/20 "2009-11-28T12:16:49Z")
> [@Khadaji](#):
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> Hello **Hilary Algar** , be welcome, enjoy your stay. 🙂
Khadaji:
Thank you for your kindness.
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