# Post here if you have been lurking for the duration of the paid memberships **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753 "2008-09-02T21:37:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/101 "2008-09-03T23:53:09Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > So it’s like hearing punha and pundit to me, hah. … dit:) ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/102 "2008-09-03T23:56:31Z")
I was here for one year of the paid subscription, then lurked the rest of the time. ---
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/103 "2008-09-04T00:06:56Z")
Yes, I am back! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/104 "2008-09-04T00:13:18Z")
Dayum! Lookit all the Lurkers! Welcome back, people. We’ve missed you sorely. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/105 "2008-09-04T01:15:57Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > SQUEE! **iampunha** ’s back! 😃 (Okay, now I feel bad I didn’t squee for anyone else, but seeing you literally made me squee out loud.) Gotta agree with **WhyNot** here… this was one absence I noticed, even if only lurking myself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FyreFiend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@FyreFiend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FyreFiend)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/106 "2008-09-04T01:25:31Z")
I used to be somewhat active here and even paid for a year when it way pay to post but have been lurking since. It’s good to be back ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/107 "2008-09-04T01:25:51Z")
> [@Kaio](#): > > Gotta agree with **WhyNot** here… this was one absence I noticed, even if only lurking myself. 🙂 I feel all, like, popular and stuff:) Isn’t even my birthday. (Y’all **do** realize anyone can run nekkid through a thread, right? Just checking.) ---
**Author:** ![lynxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e99b99/32.png) [@lynxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynxie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/108 "2008-09-04T01:47:45Z")
I’m another one. One year of PTP (thanks to a generous member) but found I didn’t post enough to make it worthwhile. So I’ve been waiting and lurking and lurking and have finally reached the moment that I … can …Submit … Reply . . . ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/109 "2008-09-04T02:05:22Z")
Hey everybody! ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/110 "2008-09-04T02:06:47Z")
While I’m here, something I’ve been meaning to post for a while. Does the Shrooms/There’s a man in pittsburgh who is breathing for me/purple monkey dishwasher post still exist anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/111 "2008-09-04T02:27:06Z")
> [@Flymaster](#): > > While I’m here, something I’ve been meaning to post for a while. > > Does the Shrooms/There’s a man in pittsburgh who is breathing for me/purple monkey dishwasher post still exist anywhere? Archived, if anywhere. The archives aren’t searchable – at least, not by me – and I don’t know if shrooms or anything similar was in the title. I do remember that Homer started it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/112 "2008-09-04T02:29:21Z")
Welcome and welcome back, everyone! 🙂 🙂 :: readies _vat_ of orange-pineapple-ginger ice cream, and _many_ dishes and spoons :: ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/113 "2008-09-04T04:34:06Z")
I started lurking pretty much exactly when the SDMB announced collecting money, which was discussed at some other board back then. It’s good to finally join forces. I don’t think I will be posting much though. ---
**Author:** ![lynxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e99b99/32.png) [@lynxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynxie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/114 "2008-09-04T04:45:54Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Welcome and welcome back, everyone! 🙂 🙂 > > :: readies _vat_ of orange-pineapple-ginger ice cream, and _many_ dishes and spoons :: Please, Not the pineapple - unless it’s fresh? ---
**Author:** ![Cernunnos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Cernunnos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cernunnos)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/115 "2008-09-04T04:48:47Z")
I have lurked off and on for I don’t know how long but I never bothered registering. If the server stays up long enough to submit this post I might even stick around a little. I don’t know if that would be a threat or a promise 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/116 "2008-09-04T05:18:39Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > I feel all, like, popular and stuff:) Isn’t even my birthday. > > (Y’all **do** realize anyone can run nekkid through a thread, right? Just checking.) Sure, but you once offered to grope me on your run-by. That’s not something you just forget. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/117 "2008-09-04T05:38:36Z")
Wow! This is like those times when someone revives a zombie thread, and I read along until I realize that some of those people don’t post here anymore, and then that the thread is from four years ago, except that this _isn’t_ a zombie, and some pleasantly familiar posters from ‘yore’ are actually still here. How marvelous! Good to see you all alive and kicking, so to speak. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/118 "2008-09-04T05:48:54Z")
O frabjous day! I feel like Navin R. Johnson seeing his name in the phone book: Things are going to start happening to me now! Well, I can post, at least. I think I first stumbled upon the board just before it went pay-to-post. I drifted away for awhile, but have been around quite a bit the past few years. Hello to all my friends that don’t know me yet! I’ll try to tone down the exclamation marks in the future, but today seems like a day to exclaim! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lynxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e99b99/32.png) [@lynxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynxie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/119 "2008-09-04T05:56:47Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Wow! > > This is like those times when someone revives a zombie thread, and I read along until I realize that some of those people don’t post here anymore, and then that the thread is from four years ago, except that this _isn’t_ a zombie, and some pleasantly familiar posters from ‘yore’ are actually still here. I just noticed this little tid bit… Welcome, lynxie. You last visited: 03-20-2005 at 07:00 PM Yep - Zombies all around. ---
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/120 "2008-09-04T06:28:42Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > Archived, if anywhere. The archives aren’t searchable – at least, not by me – and I don’t know if shrooms or anything similar was in the title. I do remember that Homer started it. Hey **P**! I was looking at all your posts in this thread just searching for some spelling or grammar error I could nitpick you about\*… But your writing is immaculate like always. 😃 So this isn’t a total waste of a post, and add something worthwhile to this thread, and help out a fellow lurker, is[this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=38764) the thread y’all are talking about? Which of course means that you’ll find something wrong in this post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753.md?page=7)