The SDMB Newbie Rites of Initiation (or

Hey! Kat!

Gimme my list of chores any day now… I’m ready and willing!

Yes. I will officially adopt you, as being under the protection of Anthracite, the Great and Terrible, GQ Gal, MPSIMS Maiden, Pit Princess, and Dark Queen of the Unholy Lesbian Vampire Army of the Night. Let all who harass or flame you, either without cause or gratuitously with cause, beware!!!

We will arrange your piercings and tattoos later.

And Britt? I will adopt you too, on a Probationary Basis. The upcoming months will see if I upgrade your status. IF at all… :wink:

YES!! Thank you Great One! I will endeavor to live up to the honor! Can I gloat? :slight_smile:

woooo… piercings AND tattoos…

Shhhh…

I still havn’t finished my tasks yet!

:slight_smile:

Gloating is allowed. You may also reference your adopted status in your sig.

Now go forth and be excellent. I will be watching out for your safety.

(Una glares at a warning at the entire SDMB…)

Anthracite? Can I use that in my Sig? :slight_smile: It’s just too great not to immortalize.

Simulpost. We think alike.

Great One posted while I was typing. <sigh>

And to the rest ya, :stuck_out_tongue:

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…under the protection of Anthracite, the Great and Terrible, GQ Gal, MPSIMS Maiden, Pit Princess, and Dark Queen of the Unholy Lesbian Vampire Army of the Night

<verge of tears>I’m…I’m…I’m never going to be adopted! I’m going to end up working at the orphanage forever. WAH! :frowning:

Please, please someone pick me! I’m smart and I can do tricks and I have a rather freakish affinity for humiliating myself in public.

Sniff…</verge of tears>

Awwwww…

::hands HannibalV some Kleenex::

I’m willing to adopt another newbie. :slight_smile: What do you say?

I’ve been holding off posting here because I wasn’t sure if I’m still a newbie, since I registered like 8 months ago, but then I realized I have less than 150 posts and I doubt anyone but brocolli or kitti would recognize me. I am indeed a newbie.
So… someone adopt me. Now. Dammit. I don’t care if this is the 7th page and I’m almost a month late.

:eek: brocolli? Oh dear. I meant broccoli, obviously. Um… has oldscratch adopted anybody yet? Or is he too busy defending Nym and unable to or something?

Reeeeally? Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you Mistress Audrey! <bows down, kisses feet> What do I do? What do I do?

Tell ya what Totoro, as your fellow adoptee, I’ll give you a task and take some pressure off of Kat

Here is what you have to do…

I have two tasks left to accomplish.
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[li]Find out what they are (easy part)[/li]
[li]Complete them (hard part)[/li]
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Of course , just so I’m not accused of passing the buck, I’ll do them too.

Of course you don’t have to do this, but it would be good practice!

“Mistress Audrey”, huh? I like the sound of that… :smiley:

A belated welcome to the board to you, by the way. It’s nice to have you here.

Your task is to find my sig, from a previous post of mine. (I haven’t used my sig in months, so this should be a challenge [and a hint!].) Once you find it, name for me the two posters whose names appear in it. Also, post their current post counts. You can post all of your answers in this thread, or start a new one for it. I’ll leave that up to you.

Any questions? Just ask. :slight_smile:

From the thread “Happy Birthday Freak”, posted on 7/24/00:

Myrr21: 1565 posts.
silent_rob: 694 posts.

Thanks, Mistress Audrey!

Right on, HannibalV! Damn, you work fast. :slight_smile:

Goodness, Hann! You work fast!

Handled like a regular poster. Great job. :slight_smile:

Okay, Totoro, here are your tasks. Sorry it took so long. I kept a couple the same as Corvus’s but most are different.

  1. Answer a question/assist a poster in ATMB.

  2. Find a Column or Mailbag Answer/Staff Report that interests you and start a thread or participate in a current thread dicussing it. (The point of discussion you post about could be a problem, overlooked/incorrect information, clarification, etc. related to the Column or Answer/Report, but should be something you sincerely think should be addressed.)

  3. Post a question in GQ that you’ve wondered about for a while.

  4. Find the origin of my signature.

  5. Name 4 places, excluding Chicago, that have had DopeFests.

  6. List 3 of my favorite animals.

  7. Carry your Calvinball Game out to completion.

  8. Calculate my post-per-day average.

  9. Name 5 posters that prefer Pepsi to Coke.

  10. Link to the most recent thread discussing pizza toppings.

Ahoy there…

Do i still count as a Newbie or am i in some kind of middle ground inbetween “made” and “in the makes”?

I gotta warn you, i’m piss poor at buffing shoes…
Upham