# Um.... Hi **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181 "2004-11-22T22:39:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181/21 "2004-11-23T12:20:14Z")
_Waves_ Welcome! Now pay up the $15. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181/22 "2004-11-23T12:36:30Z")
> [@iggy popov](#): > > . . . And if that answer doesnā€™t cut I guess Iā€™ll have to fall back on good old 42 Oh, yeah . . . youā€™ll do. Welcome, Prof! ---
**Author:** ![iggy\_popov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@iggy\_popov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iggy_popov)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181/23 "2004-11-23T14:48:45Z")
> [@AngelicGemma](#): > > _Waves_ Welcome! > > Now pay up the $15. šŸ˜‰ NEVER!! ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181/24 "2004-11-23T15:07:14Z")
> [@iggy popov](#): > > NEVER!! They always say that at the beginningā€¦ until the addictive effects of the board take hold šŸ˜ƒ Ohā€¦ and welcome aboard. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181/25 "2004-11-23T16:38:45Z")
**iampunha**! Why arenā€™t you running nekkid yet? Do I have to use my Glare of Death? Welcome, Professor! _a big kiss_ šŸ˜‰ ---
**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:** [November 23, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181/26 "2004-11-23T17:53:57Z")
**Kythereia** , you have a Glare of Death? Are you sure you want to let the Prof know so soon? At least letā€™s wait until **iggy** ā€™s paid his 14.95ā€¦ then we can haul out the chains and whipā€“[sub]oops[/sub]. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181/27 "2004-11-23T23:28:27Z")
Shhhhh! Hehehehā€¦ he doesnā€™t really mean anything by thatā€¦ :o ( **Sunspace** , dashing off an e-mail to you now!) ---
**Author:** ![iggy\_popov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@iggy\_popov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iggy_popov)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181/28 "2004-11-24T01:27:19Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Shhhhh! > > Hehehehā€¦ he doesnā€™t really mean anything by thatā€¦ :o > > ( **Sunspace** , dashing off an e-mail to you now!) Mean by what? Whats going on here? You people are beginning to freak me out. Goats, chains and initiation ritualsā€¦ I should of signed on for this years ago ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181/29 "2004-11-24T01:29:25Z")
ā€œOne of us, one of us, one of usā€¦ā€ ---
**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:** [November 24, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181/30 "2004-11-24T02:00:41Z")
> [@iggy popov](#): > > Whats going on here? You people are beginning to freak me out. Goats, chains and initiation ritualsā€¦ Itā€™s just a little injoke. Nothing to worry about. Youā€™ll understand soon enough, and then youā€™ll laugh about it. See? All happy. šŸ™‚ šŸ™‚ [sub]paging **twickster**! paging **twickster**! ā€œcalamari alert in aisle fourā€! I repeat, ā€œcalamari alert in aisle fourā€![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181/31 "2004-11-24T02:41:50Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > **iampunha**! Why arenā€™t you running nekkid yet? Do I have to use my Glare of Death? These days Iā€™d settle for accidentally firing up your Glare of AIM;) (I figured the OP for a straight male, so running nekkid wouldnā€™t quite be his cup of tea) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181/32 "2004-11-24T02:45:14Z")
**skids in with a big _swoosh_ of water from a brimming calamari vat** Hi, **iggy**! Welcome! Iā€™ll just sit over here with the goat and the salad tongs until the $14.95 hits the hampstersā€™ cageā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181/33 "2004-11-24T03:04:45Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Iā€™ll just sit over here with the goat and the salad tongs until the $14.95 hits the hampstersā€™ cageā€¦ I thought you lined those things with newspaperā€¦ Someone should really tell **jdavis** and Little Ed. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181/34 "2004-11-24T03:27:20Z")
Hi **iggy**. Valkommen~! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181/35 "2004-11-24T04:12:37Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > These days Iā€™d settle for accidentally firing up your Glare of AIM;) > > (I figured the OP for a straight male, so running nekkid wouldnā€™t quite be his cup of tea) Nuts. _woe, no running nekkid_ See you on tomorrow? Iā€™ve been busy with term papersā€¦ ---
**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:** [November 24, 2004, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181/36 "2004-11-24T08:48:58Z")
_pop_ _pop pop_ Thanks, **twickster**. [sub]Salad tongs? At _this_ stage???[/sub] baaaaaa _squeak_ **Kythereia** , so sorry youā€™ve been bogged down. TronnaDope is comingā€¦ šŸ™‚ klink [sub]splipple[/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hi/276181.md?page=1)