# Psst... Hey, lurkers... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 14, 1999, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psst-hey-lurkers/8087 "1999-09-14T06:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psst-hey-lurkers/8087/41 "1999-09-18T23:23:00Z")
Quote: "Note to newbies/lurkers: Never give byzantine an opening. She will chew you up and spit you out. You’re welcome." Is this a threat, or a promise? Ahh…what a way to go. * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a BAD thing. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psst-hey-lurkers/8087/42 "1999-09-19T00:20:00Z")
I never understood the lurkers of the world. Oh, I don’t judge them, I just don’t relate to them. Even though I’m marrying one. I don’t get the appeal of ONLY reading what others have to say. Aren’t you just bursting to share sometimes? Well, probably a good thing so many aren’t, or these threads would be five times longer than they already are. Oh, and as for those who find that others have said what they were going to: this is the first board I’ve ever been on where I found that to be consistently true. If I let any good topic get 15 posts deep, it’s usually too late. * * * * * * I am #1. Everyone else is #2 or lower. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psst-hey-lurkers/8087/43 "1999-09-19T00:39:00Z")
> [@](#): > > She will chew you up and spit you out. I was under the impresssion she swallowed, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psst-hey-lurkers/8087/44 "1999-09-19T01:10:00Z")
Lurker count… 420 as of Sept 19 at 8:06pm Why are you reading this? Go and post away! ---
**Author:** ![RICO\_Act](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RICO\_Act](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RICO_Act)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psst-hey-lurkers/8087/45 "1999-09-19T01:46:00Z")
TA-DA!!! But I still got some lurkin’ ta do. ---
**Author:** ![AzureByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@AzureByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzureByte)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psst-hey-lurkers/8087/46 "1999-09-19T04:45:00Z")
So, Byz will chew you up and spit you out? Then she’ll love you and hug you and love you and call you George… enghhhhhhhhh :Þ * * * There is no right and wrong… only fun and boring. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psst-hey-lurkers/8087/47 "1999-09-19T15:28:00Z")
So if I post this, will the lurker counter go down by one? ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psst-hey-lurkers/8087/48 "1999-09-19T15:29:00Z")
No, it went up by one. How weird. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psst-hey-lurkers/8087.md?page=2)