# Welcome me with open arms -- I demand it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2004, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043 "2004-11-16T12:23:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/21 "2004-11-16T20:00:44Z")
We have plenty of goats on hand. A new herd was delivered last week. The old ones were getting kinda…skittish. And manky. ---
**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 16, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/22 "2004-11-16T20:27:20Z")
We’re getting goats by the herd now? What happened to all those ‘shortages’? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/23 "2004-11-16T20:40:25Z")
We got these goats from an overstock place. They were ordered for a massive sacrifice, scheduled to take place to thank the Elder Gods for Kerry’s victory. 😃 ---
**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 16, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/24 "2004-11-16T20:49:42Z")
Ah. An unexpected victory, and we benefit. Who says theological competition doesn’t have its good points? On the other hand, I don’t want to be around when Cthulhu finds out what happened… [sub]Tentacles! Why is it always _tentacles_…?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/25 "2004-11-16T21:15:21Z")
> [@June](#): > > What was I afraid of? Several things, I suppose. Making grammatical and spelling errors. Not sounding smart enough. Being ignored or worse – ridiculed. Saying something embarrassing that I’d regret later. Considering They[sup]TM[/sup] still let me post here, I don’t think you have much to worry about. Welcome and nice entrance! > [@June](#): > > Welcome me with open arms – I demand it! Just remember, if there is any attention whoring to be done, please leave it up to the professional. I’d hate for someone to get hurt. 😉 j/k **Hal** , did you remember to at least hose the goat down after the last time? Nobody wants **Hal** cooties during a goat felching. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/26 "2004-11-16T22:54:31Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > **Hal** , did you remember to at least hose the goat down after the last time? Don’t worry 'bout it…after every…errr…initiation, we load 'em all up in a back hoe and drive 'em through a car wash. Freshly washed and waxed goats for all! ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/27 "2004-11-16T22:57:33Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Don’t worry 'bout it…after every…errr…initiation, we load 'em all up in a back hoe and drive 'em through a car wash. Freshly washed and waxed goats for all! Truly tasteless to follow: But did you do the interiors? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Phantom\_Dennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Phantom\_Dennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phantom_Dennis)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/28 "2004-11-16T23:04:42Z")
> [@Nordic](#): > > June, > > I don’t feel it’s my place to welcome you, since I’m pretty new here myself. So may I piggy back on your thread and throw myself upon the mercy of the Dopers? (Is that a mixed metaphor?) Fellow insecure poster here. And I’d also like to welcome you, **Nordic**. I don’t think there’s a rule against newcomers welcoming other newcomers. Thanks for the response, folks. I thought I’d throw out at least one big, attention-whoring post simply because it’s the absolute antithesis of my style. I’m normally a reserved, quiet person (in real life as well as on the boards), and I figured my rebirth on the Straight Dope is a big enough occasion to bend the rules a little… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/29 "2004-11-16T23:15:43Z")
Well, **december** has been banned, but another month has now joined the **SDMB** ranks. Welcome, **June!** Of course, you may find vanity searches a bit difficult… ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/30 "2004-11-16T23:15:56Z")
And it is! **June** , if you’ve been lurking long enough you know by now not to listen to a damn thing that comes out of my …keyboard. 😃 Truly, no offense was intended. 🙂 Welcome also, **Nordic**! Sorry I missed you that first time. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/31 "2004-11-16T23:35:22Z")
Welcome, June! I had Baphomet for my… er… initiation, but you can borrow him. He’s all cleaned up now, right, Hal? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/32 "2004-11-16T23:46:32Z")
Hi **June** , and **Nordic**. I’m kinda new here too… and I don’t post much for the same reasons… geez, I’m already feeling stupid. I have the same problem June, it takes me so long to edit my posts, and by the time I’m done, it doesn’t make any sense. :sigh: I used to be so good with words. This place intimidates me. But I _am_ well and truly hooked! I spend most of my spare time lurking on these boards. And during the day I’m constantly thinking of ideas for new threads - good ones too! I just don’t have the patience to make my posts perfect. And if they’re not perfect, people will pick on me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/33 "2004-11-17T00:12:57Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > We’re getting goats by the herd now? Sure, I’ve heard of goats! I wouldn’t be qualified for my post as goat minister, otherwise! what? ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/34 "2004-11-17T00:14:28Z")
> [@LoganDear](#): > > And if they’re not perfect, people will pick on me. ☹ You shouldn’t start a sentence with the word ‘and’. just sayin’, is all. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/35 "2004-11-17T00:19:59Z")
You can’t (technically) start a sentence with “just”, Mr. Goat Minister. Gaudere’s Law strikes back. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/36 "2004-11-17T00:38:19Z")
Actually, you **shouldn’t** start a sentence with “just.” Obviously you **can**. **Rufus** just **did**. But you **shouldn’t**. I piss on Gaudere from a considerable height! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/37 "2004-11-17T01:04:44Z")
**June** , Be afeared not: 1. Some us of make mistakes grammatical nothing of which is to afraid be. Some oftren more than others. Speling mistakes too. Hell, some of us post drunk. . . 😃 2. I echo **Bippy**. . . 'Lo **June** Bring pie? 3. Hi Opal! 4. Welcome _back!_\* Tripler [Kotter]Welcome back, welcome back, welcome baaaaack . . . [/Kotter] ---
**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:** [November 17, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/38 "2004-11-17T01:06:16Z")
silenius, this is the second time you’ve said something that I have found offensive, both times concerning moderators. Just what is your problem here? your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/39 "2004-11-17T01:07:01Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > 1. Welcome _back!_\* And some of us also consistently post coding errors. . . Tripler :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043/40 "2004-11-17T01:34:58Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I piss on Gaudere from a considerable height! 😃 Pissing on mods is bad–see **Tuba** below. I walk a mile in **Gaudere** ’s shoes instead; that way when I criticise her, I’m a mile away and I have her shoes. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-me-with-open-arms-i-demand-it/275043.md?page=3)