# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**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, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/61 "2012-12-29T04:56:11Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Wow…52 welcomes already, yet no reply in a week, and no visit for four days. Think we scared her away? Well this explains why no banning. ---
**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, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/62 "2012-12-29T05:00:26Z")
Wait for it… ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/63 "2012-12-29T09:32:19Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > Yeah! > There’s really no place for intro threads here. People jump in and then either sink or swim. > So far, you’re swimming. 🙂 Lurk until you think you have something to say that no one can disagree with. When twelve self-important douches then fall upon one another to disagree with you, Welcome to the Board! ---
**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, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/64 "2012-12-29T13:20:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Hey, she’s at Princeton. Probably just studying. Wonder if Princeton includes punctuation and capitalization in their curriculum. When come back, bring caps. ---
**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, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/65 "2012-12-29T17:49:09Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > 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] Thanks! I’m taking note acclimation will take time theres no place like home ---
**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, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/66 "2012-12-29T17:53:30Z")
[quote=“nachtmusick, post:63, topic:645018”] Lurk until you think you have something to say that no one can disagree with. When twelve self-important douches then fall upon one another to disagree with you, Welcome to the Board![/QUOTE Sounds like a great time! ---
**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:** [January 24, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/67 "2013-01-24T01:51:19Z")
Maybe it was just a Christmas Eve prank…? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/68 "2013-01-24T02:25:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Maybe it was just a Christmas Eve prank…? But look at it this way! It’s added [del]Vogon poetry[/del] haiku to our [del]arsenal[/del] cornucopia of welcoming [del]tricks[/del] favours! ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/69 "2013-01-24T02:52:59Z")
> [@Mr.Accident](#): > > Just make sure to avoid things like shoes on or off inside, **how to properly hang toilet paper** , or declawing cats, and you’ll be fine. Just so I’m clear, we’re all “over the toppers” here. Right? And welcome, danii! ---
**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:** [January 24, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/70 "2013-01-24T03:27:43Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Just so I’m clear, we’re all “over the toppers” here. Right? Over the top is the default, yes. Unless there are small children or cats or other creatures in the house who/which may tend to paw at the roll and unload it. In this case, from the back is acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/71 "2013-01-25T19:14:31Z")
Hi **SpaceRace**. IRL my name is Cecil Adams. But you can call me God. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018/72 "2013-01-25T23:53:30Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Over the top is the default, yes. Unless there are small children or cats or other creatures in the house who/which may tend to paw at the roll and unload it. In this case, from the back is acceptable. There’s a default? Hell, the roll just goes on which ever way it is in my house. Sometimes it’s over, sometimes it’s under. Doesn’t matter to me, and since I live alone, it doesn’t matter to anyone else, either. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-joined-the-board/645018.md?page=3)