# Welcome my friend :D **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670 "2005-05-20T01:25:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Atheist\_Princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Atheist\_Princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atheist_Princess)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/1 "2005-05-20T01:25:38Z")
After seeing [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317334) thread and my sad little reply…I knew I had to convince at least one of my stup…uh…awesome friends to come and join us here… Welcome Duff\_Man 😃 needs a little help on his P.H.A.T though 😃 Hey…looks like we may have someone for the initiation…wheres the Initiation Gang when I need them :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [May 20, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/2 "2005-05-20T02:15:23Z")
Welcome **Duff\_Man**! You will find this place warm and friendly. We will be happy to explain our customs. We have a buffet laid on in your honour. :: Wanders off to check on the ‘seafood’. :: ---
**Author:** ![Atheist\_Princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Atheist\_Princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atheist_Princess)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/3 "2005-05-20T02:55:57Z")
Yummy…seafood. Hey Sunspace… **Initiation** Complex perhaps? ---
**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:** [May 20, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/4 "2005-05-20T02:57:09Z")
Exactly! 😃 Here in the Other Rooms, we shouldn’t have any problems! ---
**Author:** ![Atheist\_Princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Atheist\_Princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atheist_Princess)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/5 "2005-05-20T03:08:43Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Exactly! 😃 > > Here in the Other Rooms, we shouldn’t have any problems! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/6 "2005-05-20T03:32:46Z")
Welcome. Don’t mind the goat. He’s just friendly. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/7 "2005-05-20T04:37:23Z")
Um, by the by, where is this **Duff\_Man** that we’re already giddily initiating? More importantly, does he have cases of Duff beer? Oh well. :: runs off to get the spatula and 55 gallons of canola oil :: ---
**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:** [May 20, 2005, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/8 "2005-05-20T10:21:21Z")
Oh, and **Duff\_Man**? Don’t mind the horde of barbarian warriors. They’re okay, as long as they [stay away from the controls](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6153714&postcount=665). ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/9 "2005-05-20T11:16:47Z")
Welcome **Duff\_man**! And a belated hi and welcome to \*\*Atheist Princess \*\* as well. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/10 "2005-05-20T11:49:25Z")
**Duff\_man**? Oh yeah! ---
**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:** [May 20, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/11 "2005-05-20T14:07:07Z")
Wait, wait, wait. **Atheist Princess** wasn’t initiated? And she now has the Keys to the Evil Overlord Control Room Of Evil while **Hal Briston** is on vacation? Uh oh. :: glances uneasily around :: ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/12 "2005-05-20T15:17:08Z")
**Duff\_Man** , be welcome. Enjoy your stay. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Unkempt\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/13 "2005-05-20T15:58:30Z")
**Duff\_Man** , no matter how nicely they ask, do not give them your puppy. You will _not_ get it back. At least not a puppy full of innocence and cuddly playfulness like you gave them. Damn you SDMB! **DAMN YOU!** ---
**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:** [May 20, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/14 "2005-05-20T16:01:00Z")
Puppy? What puppy? :: looks around to see whether there’s any trace of the Little Timmy cultuists :: ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/15 "2005-05-20T16:14:57Z")
> [@Lissla Lissar](#): > > Welcome. Don’t mind the goat. He’s just friendly. Is that the goat used in the brewing of Duff Beer? (See quote #8 on [this page](http://members.tripod.com/skrappy60/id44.htm)) :: checks to see if trebuchet is ready to go :: ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/16 "2005-05-20T18:35:13Z")
Look at all those feminists. Are you thinking what I’m thinking? **Duff\_Man** to the rescue! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/17 "2005-05-20T18:41:32Z")
I’ve got the lollipops and cherry lube! Are we all set? Welcome to the boards, **Duff\_Man**! _smooch_ ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/18 "2005-05-20T18:43:40Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Welcome **Duff\_Man**! We have a buffet laid on in your honour. . . . because we couldn’t very well lay \*\*Athiest Princess \*\* in your honor. ‘Twouldn’t be fittin’. 😃 Anyway, welcome to the loony bin. You, too, **AP**! ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/19 "2005-05-20T19:02:33Z")
Last time I looked, the squid still had **Clothahump** stuck in a [room.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6132444#post6143444) I am not sure if he ate him or not. I don’t think the squid is going to like any attempt to have calamari being made out of it, so I would advise you, Mr. Man, to drink heavily before you meet it. Relaxed muscles is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670/20 "2005-05-20T19:18:56Z")
Come out, come out wherever you are, **Duff-man**. **Duff-man**? Oh, **Duff-man**! Where are you, **Duff-man**? _checks under couch, behind squid tank, holds open the goat’s mouth and peers in_ Are you in there, **Duff-man**? Say, he hasn’t been [swimming in Russia](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317489) lately, has he? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-my-friend-d/304670.md?page=2)