# Welcome the newbies! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 18, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794 "2003-06-18T21:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/21 "2003-06-19T02:49:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Watch out for that **avabeth**. They calculated grades weirdly in her school, so she might not be as smart as she looks. Or maybe smarter. Or maybe it’s me. Maybe I’m not as smart as she looks. \*\* No, I think you’re as smart as I think I am, but only on a Tuesday in June near San Francisco. I’m so confused. > [@](#): > > I’m sooooo going to kill you avabeth. I really am. The moment I see you again. LOL. Heehee. You love me. I have 20 packets of Swiss Chalet dipping sauce to prove it;). Welcome to **Zeldar** and **secret squirrel**! **jweb** , do you _want_ to be a newbie? That’s a question only _you_ can answer. Look inside yourself, my son. :::shaking head:::: Sorry, I think I just channeled Obi Wan Kenobi for a minute. Ava ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/22 "2003-06-19T02:51:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster \* > \*\*Did we ever figure out what a collection of Dopers should be called? Yup, we’re a fun crew. Welcome, **Zeldar**. \*\* Did anyone suggest a ‘curiosity’ of Dopers? (Another, semi-quasi-newbie heard from.) ---
**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/23 "2003-06-19T03:23:36Z")
Well, **avbeth** , since you didn’t give me, a welcome, I guess I’m not a newbie anymore… 😉 And maybe that’s a good thing. **Samarm** , I’m not sure if I’m completely zen yet or not. I figure if I have to ask, I’m not. I’m just waiting for someone to mention me in one of those ‘Dopers you’d like to meet in real life’ threads. ---
**Author:** ![Quantum\_Butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e79b87/32.png) [@Quantum\_Butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quantum_Butterfly)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/24 "2003-06-19T03:25:24Z")
::pokes head in:: Do I count as a newb? I’ve been lurking for quite awhile, but just recently started posting more frequently than, oh, once a month. And I still refuse to enter the Pit. I actually posted in GQ the other day… I was rather proud of myself for that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/25 "2003-06-19T03:32:36Z")
Note to self: learn how to spell someone’s name before posting a reply to their comment. Sorry, **avabeth** :smack: ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/26 "2003-06-19T03:43:06Z")
(choking back a sentimental tear) Such a fine crop of newbies! Welcome, all. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/27 "2003-06-19T03:51:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Just out of curiousity, when do you lose newbie status? I’m not sure. I keep petitioning **Tuba Diva** to let me out of the newbie cage, but apparently I haven’t posted enough, yet. > [@](#): > > Did we ever figure out what a collection of Dopers should be called? A Mayhem of Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/28 "2003-06-19T04:04:31Z")
Welcome, newbies! Did you bring me anything to eat? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/29 "2003-06-19T04:06:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster \* > \*\*Did we ever figure out what a collection of Dopers should be called? \*\* I dunno. A Dopefest? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/30 "2003-06-19T04:36:00Z")
Aw hell, I’ve been undecided as to whether or not I should start this again, but now the damn newbies are just [asking for it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=68583)! And just when I thought I had the monster caged. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/31 "2003-06-19T04:39:07Z")
Welcome newbies! …do I get my basket of muffins for showing up to this thread now? KC [snix@apci.net](mailto:snix@apci.net) ---
**Author:** ![wakimika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@wakimika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wakimika)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/32 "2003-06-19T04:44:21Z")
Hi Everyone! This place is scarily addictive. I fear for my future. 🙂 Some of the mysteries are making me nuts. I need to find out how the [Co-worker](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=191723) saga ends. And if they don’t find the answer to the [80’s Song](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=191196) soon I may freak out entirely. Yah, I’m hooked. ---
**Author:** ![Special\_Agent\_Jazz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@Special\_Agent\_Jazz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Special_Agent_Jazz)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/33 "2003-06-19T11:40:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by avabeth \* > \*\*Heehee. You love me. I have 20 packets of Swiss Chalet dipping sauce to prove it;). \*\* Please…those Swiss Chalet dipping sauce packets will never compare to the real thing. 😃 Really, when do you not become a newbie? If it’s “zen” thing, what do we call the in between peopel who aren’t newbies and not quite Dopers? Hmm…I think I’m thinking too much. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/34 "2003-06-19T12:06:22Z")
I hate newbies. Really. Check my record. I love to kick them in the head and make fun of them and yell “n00b!!1!” at the top of my lungs. And I never, ever offer them any encouragement at all. Ever. So watch out newbies. Because I’ll be watching you. ---
**Author:** ![Jamlad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@Jamlad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamlad)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/35 "2003-06-19T12:11:17Z")
Hello, My work is suffering because of this site. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/36 "2003-06-19T12:25:09Z")
I think newbies are great! They remind me of the days long past when I was a timid, insecure noob myself, wanting to belong but fearing rejection. Then I realized that I had so much to offer, such wit, such insight, so many bon mots and profound thoughts, well, that’s when I knew I had arrived! Well, OK, maybe I exaggerate. But I have my small cadre of deeply loyal and disturbed stalkers, so that’s something. Anyway, welcome newbies all! I’d name you one by one, but at my advanced age, I’m apt to miss someone and then there’d be hurt feelings and that would completely kill my rep as being nice and sweet and all that crap. So know that I’m talking just to **you** when I say, c’mon in and stay a while! And where are the obligatory snacks you’re suppose to bring for the rest of us?? ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/37 "2003-06-19T12:32:57Z")
Notice: To All Newbies Re: Disposition of funds Be sure to send your $19.95 per month to **welby** so that you can continue using the board. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/38 "2003-06-19T12:35:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, avbeth, since you didn’t give me, a welcome, I guess I’m not a newbie anymore… Oops, sorry, **jweb**. I make it a rule never to welcome anyone who still questions their status:D. But welcome! (and don’t worry, even my own grandmother can’t get my name right - I’m the only granddaughter without a ‘J’ name, so I always get: “Julie? Jamie? Janelle? Avabeth! That’s your name!” > [@](#): > > :okes head in:: Do I count as a newb? I’ve been lurking for quite awhile, but just recently started posting more frequently than, oh, once a month. Welcome, **Quantum Butterfly**! Get your ass into the Pit - hell, that was the first place I started posting:). Of course, it could explain why I sleep in the fetal position every night, but… Welcome, **Wakimika** and **jamlad**! If you brought anything to share with **Zoe** , you _must_ bring enough to share with the thread. Okay? Just one simple rule. You can do that, right?😃 And **Jazz** , don’t ruin my happiness! Be nice, or I’ll put you on a flight down here next to screaming children and people who smell:p. ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/39 "2003-06-19T12:51:14Z")
Welcome to the newbies. Wow, this is my first post in a while. I’m another person who’s not entirely sure when to discard “newbie” status, as my post count will tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Special\_Agent\_Jazz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@Special\_Agent\_Jazz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Special_Agent_Jazz)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794/40 "2003-06-19T13:01:33Z")
**avabeth** - I thought that was given…that you were going to put me on a flight with smelly people and screaming children because you are **just THAT nice** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-newbies/182794.md?page=3)