# Somewhat new member **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594 "2017-09-29T15:19:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/61 "2017-10-11T18:11:13Z")
> [@laurieb](#): > > My middle name is actually Brenda. 🙂 You’ll always be Laurie Beth to me.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![laurieb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51bf81/32.png) [@laurieb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laurieb)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/62 "2017-10-11T18:21:22Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > You’ll always be Laurie Beth to me.🙂 Aww, thanks. 😉 ---
**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:** [October 12, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/63 "2017-10-12T03:22:32Z")
Okay, Beth is one of my favourite names. Now I’ll have a tiny but hopeless Internet crush on **laurieb**. > [@Yllaria](#): > > Were you keeping it in the Cooler of Death? What have we told you about that. We cleaned that out! Honest! (Or bought a new one. I’ve blanked out the memory.) ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/64 "2017-10-12T15:28:47Z")
I thought we renamed it the Icebox of Darkness… Hi **laurieb** , welcome back! Would you mind showing us how you got out, and back in, exactly? It’s strictly for curiousity’s sake, of course. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/65 "2017-10-12T20:13:27Z")
I’m obviously going to have to check our archives. I could have sworn it stayed Cooler . . . and something about the dog eating part of 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:** [October 12, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/66 "2017-10-12T20:47:11Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I’m obviously going to have to check our archives. I could have sworn it stayed Cooler . . . and something about the dog eating part of it. [The Cooler of Death](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=177712&highlight=cooler). And a [followup thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=322105). We in the Initiation Complex had nothing to do with this. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/67 "2017-10-12T22:00:08Z")
Hi laurieb. 🙂 Most of this board is American, but I’m from England. Would you like to know about the rules of cricket or what a Yorkshire Pudding is? ---
**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:** [October 12, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/68 "2017-10-12T22:02:51Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Hi laurieb. 🙂 > > Most of this board is American, but I’m from England. > Would you like to know about the rules of cricket or what a Yorkshire Pudding is? Yorkshire pudding is good! I still don’t understand cricket, though, even though my great-grandfather was a well-known player. I was hoping the expertise would be passed down, but no such luck. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/69 "2017-10-12T23:01:38Z")
Welcome! If we ever have another Chicago Dopefest, you can join us. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/70 "2017-10-13T01:32:00Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > (emphasis added) > > Harassers, you mean. > > Yeah, welcome to the dope! Probably meant hardasses. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/71 "2017-10-13T03:01:23Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > If we ever have another Chicago Dopefest, you can join us. Have they again become allowed? I thought I was part of how they got banned. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594/72 "2017-10-13T03:12:57Z")
laurieb, you seem nice. Maybe too nice for these here parts… Oh, hell. I’m bored, single, and undesireable: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20535877#post20535877](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20535877#post20535877) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhat-new-member/797594.md?page=3)