# So... \[just joined the board\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018 "2012-12-24T15:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/41 "2012-12-29T01:29:10Z")
Forgive me if your post sounded a bit “Spammish”. If my spam radar is set too sensitive, my apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/42 "2012-12-29T01:29:41Z")
This happens to me at parties all the time. I go up to someone, introduce myself, then stare at them and stay silent until they finally move away. Can’t wait for New Year’s Eve!!! ---
**Author:** ![SpaceRace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@SpaceRace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceRace)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/43 "2012-12-29T01:32:55Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Forgive me if your post sounded a bit “Spammish”. If my spam radar is set too sensitive, my apologies. Do you receive a considerable amount of spam on these boards? No, my fault, perhaps my first post should have been a bit more serious and less friendly. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/44 "2012-12-29T01:36:23Z")
I was just starting to really warm up to danii-with-two-i’s, but she bailed. Hi SpaceRace, from a fellow Michigander. Now, prove you’re not a bot. We like quirky poetry. And goat pie. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/45 "2012-12-29T01:36:30Z")
Yeah, we do get too much spam (well, any spam is too much, in my opinion). Welcome, **SpaceRace**! I hope you stick around and converse with us. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/46 "2012-12-29T01:38:53Z")
I like haiku too. It’s so spare and descriptive With few syllables. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/47 "2012-12-29T01:40:05Z")
> [@SpaceRace](#): > > Do you receive a considerable amount of spam on these boards? > No, my fault, perhaps my first post should have been a bit more serious and less friendly. Enough that we’re occasionally cautious, especially in a thread where the OP sounded a lot like your post and then she disappeared. So, like I said, nothing personal and sorry if your OP pinged my spam-o-meter. ---
**Author:** ![SpaceRace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@SpaceRace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceRace)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/48 "2012-12-29T01:50:34Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > I was just starting to really warm up to danii-with-two-i’s, but she bailed. > Hi SpaceRace, from a fellow Michigander. > Now, prove you’re not a bot. > We like quirky poetry. And goat pie. I’m all out of goats how about rabbit souffle she’s a meaty bunn ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/49 "2012-12-29T01:51:48Z")
> [@SpaceRace](#): > > Do you receive a considerable amount of spam on these boards? Yes. Cat Whisperer in winter With snowy feline paws Welcomes SpaceRace Seventeen syllables, three lines, seasonal reference. 🙂 ETA: SpaceRace, you win! ---
**Author:** ![SpaceRace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@SpaceRace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceRace)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/50 "2012-12-29T01:55:24Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > Yes. > > Cat Whisperer in winter > With snowy feline paws > Welcomes SpaceRace > > Seventeen syllables, three lines, seasonal reference. 🙂 > > ETA: SpaceRace, you win! leveled up! bing! yes! so excited to be here I cant stop Haiku ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/51 "2012-12-29T01:58:33Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > Yes. > > Cat Whisperer in winter > With snowy feline paws > Welcomes SpaceRace > > Seventeen syllables, three lines, seasonal reference. :)\ Nice! ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/52 "2012-12-29T02:04:17Z")
> [@SpaceRace](#): > > leveled up! bing! yes! > so excited to be here > I cant stop Haiku Yeah! There’s really no place for intro threads here. People jump in and then either sink or swim. So far, you’re swimming. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/53 "2012-12-29T02:09:30Z")
There was a girl from Nantucket… Oh, wait. Wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/54 "2012-12-29T03:06:06Z")
Wow…52 welcomes already, yet no reply in a week, and no visit for four days. Think we scared her away? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/55 "2012-12-29T03:56:14Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Wow…52 welcomes already, yet no reply in a week, and no visit for four days. Think we scared her away? Could be. Or perhaps she misread **Morgyn** ’s map and approached Mariah from the left — something one should _never_ do. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/56 "2012-12-29T04:09:49Z")
Hey, she’s at Princeton. Probably just studying. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/57 "2012-12-29T04:20:19Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Could be. Or perhaps she misread **Morgyn** ’s map and approached Mariah from the left — something one should _never_ do. \ **Elendil** , Princeton should be having winter break right now. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/58 "2012-12-29T04:28:44Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > **Elendil** , Princeton should be having winter break right now. But Mariah isn’t. :: shudder :: ---
**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:** [December 29, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/59 "2012-12-29T04:32:02Z")
Winter chill gives way To crazy in-joke greetings. Welcome to the boards. 🙂 [sub]Whattaya mean the smilie is another syllable! No, it isn’t! Do you _pronounce_ it?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/60 "2012-12-29T04:55:09Z")
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