# Thanks from a lurker **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670 "2018-07-10T19:00:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [July 11, 2018, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670/41 "2018-07-11T08:53:17Z")
Hot dogs? Peanut butter. Toilet roll? Place it so that the paper hangs down in front, for easy access, UNLESS you have pets or babies or other small creatures who might paw at the front of the roll and unwind it. In that case, hang it so the paper hangs down at the back. Pawing the front of the roll will then tend to wind it back up. It’s practicality in action. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670/42 "2018-07-11T11:02:40Z")
I’ve been posting on the tablet through Tapatalk almost exclusively for the past 18 months or so. Am I still a “Charter Member” because it doesn’t show easily on here. Oh, and Steve is an excellent name. It projects an air of competence and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670/43 "2018-07-11T11:46:10Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > I’ve been posting on the tablet through Tapatalk almost exclusively for the past 18 months or so. Am I still a “Charter Member” because it doesn’t show easily on here. > > Oh, and Steve is an excellent name. It projects an air of competence and stuff. Nope, you are a Guest. Which means you haven’t paid for a subscription since your subscription ran out ( if you had paid on time you would be a Charter Member, if you had paid late you would be a Member.) Welcome, Steve. I think you’ll fit right in with the rest of us… do you like cats or dogs? It’s a trick question that requires you to share a picture or 2 of your Master(s). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670/44 "2018-07-11T12:00:20Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > Hey, I’ve got an idea. Why don’t you sign some of your posts with my name. That way it looks like I’m actually contributing something and you won’t be accused of talking too much. You could just say, “It’s not me, it’s that Steve McQwark guy.” A win-win. That will never work. Regards, Steve ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670/45 "2018-07-11T12:13:59Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > Nope, you are a Guest. Which means you haven’t paid for a subscription since your subscription ran out ( if you had paid on time you would be a Charter Member, if you had paid late you would be a Member.) > Welcome, Steve. I think you’ll fit right in with the rest of us… do you like cats or dogs? It’s a trick question that requires you to share a picture or 2 of your Master(s). 🙂 Okay, I’ve had a lot going on over the past few years. At least they can’t take the 99er away. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670/46 "2018-07-11T13:05:41Z")
1. Both 2. Sitting on the back of the toilet 3. Across Oh, and welcome Steve! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670/47 "2018-07-11T13:39:09Z")
Steve is a good name, and I don’t just say that because I married one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670/48 "2018-07-11T14:16:32Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > [snip] > Welcome, Steve. I think you’ll fit right in with the rest of us… do you like cats or dogs? It’s a trick question that requires you to share a picture or 2 of your Master(s). 🙂 Okay, I hope I do this right. [Photo Storage](http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/CodeNameSteve/library/Cats) should be pictures or our two cats. The one on the couch is Gamera. She is the cranky old lady of the house. The one on the table is Buford. He is 70 per cent hair and 30 per cent ornery. His mission in life is to get Gamera to play with him just once. So far, he’s been unsuccessful. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670/49 "2018-07-11T14:55:48Z")
Welcome, sir! Lurk no more… come into the light! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670/50 "2018-07-11T16:08:35Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Well I am just the guest. Treat me like you would if I came to your house. I demand breakfast in bed and giant T.V. in the guest suite. Sorry love but I’m a fan of “here’s the keys, your room, the bathroom, extra linens and towels, kitchen; to find a supermarket just go down to the street and head down or to the right”. You can have breakfast in bed if you bring it yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670/51 "2018-07-11T16:51:13Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > 1. We just had hot dogs for supper and the answer is: neither. I ate them plain. > 2. I put it on over, but if someone else put it on under I wouldn’t complain. I’d just be so thrilled that someone besides me replaced the toilet paper. > 3. This is a trick question. The only appropriate way to eat corn on the cob is across whilst making typewriter noises. Snarky answers; you’ll fit in here just fine! > [@wolfpup](#): > > 1. With hot dogs – and only with hot dogs – basic yellow mustard. Period. No debate. That nasty, tasteless, yellow shit should not be used on anything. Ever! Spicy brown, honey, or possibly dijon on hot dogs, in that order. \ [/carry on] ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670/52 "2018-07-11T16:57:51Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > I’m a middle-aged, > middle-America, straight, white guy; a computer programmer; kind of liberal; > indifferent to religion. My point of view is already over-represented > on the internet. Except for the computer programming, that pretty much describes me, and I’ve never let it stop me.😃 Welcome, you’ll fit right in. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670/53 "2018-07-11T17:00:41Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > Okay, I hope I do this right. [Photo Storage](http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/CodeNameSteve/library/Cats) should be pictures or our two cats. The one on the couch is Gamera. She is the cranky old lady of the house. The one on the table is Buford. He is 70 per cent hair and 30 per cent ornery. His mission in life is to get Gamera to play with him just once. So far, he’s been unsuccessful. Ddamn, your world is just filled with excellent names! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-a-lurker/817670.md?page=2)