# This is only a test. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 3, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/333877 "2005-12-03T05:46:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Agnostic\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/333877/1 "2005-12-03T05:46:30Z")
This has been a test of the non-emergency posting system. If this was an actual non-emergency, this clarification would not be here. 🆒🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/333877/2 "2005-12-03T08:57:10Z")
Welcome. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/333877/3 "2005-12-03T10:06:14Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Welcome. 🙂 Ditto. Cool username. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Agnostic\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/333877/4 "2005-12-03T21:40:03Z")
Thank you. I’ve been lurking for a few years. I finally decided to become more active in a lot of areas of life - and the SDMB was definitely near the top of the list. Trying to decide on a user name I could live with was the hardest part. Then it just came to me about a week ago. Its a good play on my initials, so it became the keeper. AP ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/333877/5 "2005-12-03T21:48:06Z")
> [@Agnostic Pagan](#): > > Thank you. I’ve been lurking for a few years. I finally decided to become more active in a lot of areas of life - and the SDMB was definitely near the top of the list. > > Trying to decide on a user name I could live with was the hardest part. Then it just came to me about a week ago. Its a good play on my initials, so it became the keeper. > AP your middle names are Associated Press? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/333877/6 "2005-12-04T09:33:03Z")
Or is it Advanced Placement? ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/333877/7 "2005-12-04T13:07:19Z")
Assistant Principal? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/333877/8 "2005-12-04T18:42:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Or is it Advanced Placement? That would explain the test, then. ---
**Author:** ![Agnostic\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/333877/9 "2005-12-04T19:58:14Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > your middle names are Associated Press? 😃 Well, not my middles name. 🙂 That would correspond with Lurker. Which ain’t true anymore. Agnostic Pagan The Assistant Principal for the Advanced Placement of the Associated Press. (Or is it Alternative Press? The ink is smudged …) ---
**Author:** ![VegaBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ee7513/32.png) [@VegaBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VegaBean)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/333877/10 "2005-12-04T20:00:34Z")
> [@Agnostic Pagan](#): > > Well, not my middles name. 🙂 That would correspond with Lurker. Which ain’t true anymore. > > Agnostic Pagan > The Assistant Principal for the Advanced Placement of the Associated Press. (Or is it Alternative Press? The ink is smudged …) Yes. That’s it. The AP’s vaguer brother. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/333877/11 "2005-12-05T06:33:03Z")
Either way, glad to have you aboard and participating. Don’t mind the sheep, they’re with Hal (but you already knewe that). ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/333877/12 "2005-12-05T12:54:54Z")
> [@Agnostic Pagan](#): > > Well, not my middles name. 🙂 That would correspond with Lurker. Which ain’t true anymore. > > Agnostic Pagan > The Assistant Principal for the Advanced Placement of the Associated Press. (Or is it Alternative Press? The ink is smudged …) Actually, **Agnostic Lurker Pagan** has a ring to it, don’t you think? Welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Agnostic\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/333877/13 "2005-12-06T05:43:43Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > Either way, glad to have you aboard and participating. Don’t mind the sheep, they’re with Hal (but you already **knewe** that). I’ll let this thread go on its merry way after this, but just wanted to say thank you to all the hellos. And I feel so honored that my very first thread received its own horrible pun. Don’t worry, I leave out that part when I tell my friends how great this site is. 😉 AP ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/333877/14 "2005-12-06T06:39:29Z")
> [@Agnostic Pagan](#): > > I’ll let this thread go on its merry way after this, but just wanted to say thank you to all the hellos. And I feel so honored that my very first thread received its own horrible pun. > > Don’t worry, I leave out that part when I tell my friends how great this site is. 😉 > AP oh no - you must include that detail - it may be what draws them in 😃