# Stranger in a Strange Land **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 30, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901 "2004-09-30T18:55:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dog\_Lady\_of\_OKC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@Dog\_Lady\_of\_OKC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog_Lady_of_OKC)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901/1 "2004-09-30T18:55:24Z")
I just stumbled onto SDMB. Would appreciate the inside “dope” you think I need to know. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901/2 "2004-09-30T19:03:42Z")
Just reading over some posts would be a good first start. You would also be well advised to look at the “sticky” threads at the top of each forum; that will give you some guidelines for each area. While the rules are fairly consistent across the board, each forum has little individual wrinkles in it, because the content in each is different and is handled differently. Just look things over. Don’t be afraid to ask questions; the only stupid question is the one not asked. Hope your time here at the Straight Dope is enjoyable. Let me know what we can do to make it so. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901/3 "2004-09-30T19:11:24Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Just look things over. Don’t be afraid to ask questions; the only stupid question is the one not asked. What’s that dangly thing between my legs? ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901/4 "2004-09-30T19:21:29Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > What’s that dangly thing between my legs? _::Rushes off to find magnifying glass::_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901/5 "2004-09-30T19:35:05Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > What’s that dangly thing between my legs? It’s probably a mole. You should see a doctor about having it removed. your humble TubaDiva Especially if it gets bigger, changes colors, turns black, or becomes assymetrical. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901/6 "2004-09-30T19:43:31Z")
> [@Dog Lady of OKC](#): > > I just stumbled onto SDMB. Would appreciate the inside “dope” you think I need to know. Don’t use **Lobsang** as a role model here, unless you like ridicule? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901/7 "2004-09-30T21:04:20Z")
I am the birthday queen. That’s all you need to know. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901/8 "2004-09-30T21:09:46Z")
We don’t have the inside dope. We search for truth (the straight dope). Our Perfect Master is Cecil Adams. In your search for wisdom, you might start with his column on the question of whether or not a [duck’s quack echoes.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_071.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901/9 "2004-09-30T21:39:13Z")
There should be somebody running nekkid through the thread any minute now. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901/10 "2004-09-30T22:14:46Z")
No running naked in this forum! Running naked belongs in…ah… um… er … in Mundane Pointless Stuff You Must Share. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901/11 "2004-09-30T22:24:20Z")
If this wasn’t ATMB, I’m sure **iampunha** would take **Ethilrist** up on that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901/12 "2004-10-01T00:08:00Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > No running naked in this forum! Running naked belongs in…ah… um… er … in Mundane Pointless Stuff You Must Share. I’m pretty sure that **iampunha** ’s stuff is neither mundane nor pointless. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901/13 "2004-10-01T17:08:30Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > No running naked in this forum! Running naked belongs in…ah… um… er … in Mundane Pointless Stuff You Must Share. **Cite!?** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901/14 "2004-10-01T18:59:44Z")
Cite for sore eyes … ? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901/15 "2004-10-01T20:28:35Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > It’s probably a mole. You should see a doctor about having it removed. > > your humble TubaDiva > Especially if it gets bigger, changes colors, turns black, or becomes assymetrical. TubaDiva! Never knew you this kind of sense of humor. This is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-a-strange-land/266901/16 "2004-10-01T20:29:46Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > Cite for sore eyes … ? Ouch. This is bad. Bad, bad, bad. Hang your head in shame…