# What brought you to the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679 "2007-09-18T23:56:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/41 "2007-09-19T07:04:03Z")
Was glancing through the library stacks in my hometown (which I think at the time was Spokane). I was a big fan of the “Imponderables” series and was looking for similar books. I picked up “Return of the Straight Dope” and found out it answered questions nobody else would even think of and did so with a wildly distinctive style. I ended up buying and enjoying all the early books. When doing a Yahoo search for “Straight Dope”, I found out about the website and thus the message board. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/42 "2007-09-19T07:13:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Yeah, there are a lot of really smart people that post here. Basically we kick ass in that regard. Let us know when your B-day is so that we can wish you a happy “Sweet Sixteen”. How precious.Will you get one of those HUGE parties that all the big celebrities show up at? That would be sweet to see Larry The Cable Guy, and Reba Mac and Tire. > > Soon you’ll be old enough to drive, then nothing can stop you. Well, the barrels full of water are supposed to stop you, but if you hit them just right, it’s like bumper cars. I hear they make a pretty good splash, I’ll let you know. This would almost be funny, if it wasn’t so stupid. Hint - try subtracting 2000 from 2007 and add the result to 17, and see what you get. ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/43 "2007-09-19T07:35:59Z")
498? I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/44 "2007-09-19T08:07:23Z")
[QUOTE=Birdmonster] Millions, For some unconscionable reason, the Straight Dope is not carried in any papers in the greater Bay Area (at least not any I know of; there are plenty, of course) so my Straight Dope introduction came via the world wide web. I remember coming home from a particularly cheap Chinese dinner and feeling my toes tingling. Then my fingers. As the sleepy, vague uncomfortable feeling crept through all my limbs (and elsewhere, unfortunately), I wondered, “could MSG _really_ make me feel like this?” While [Unca Cece’s response](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_086.html) left a little to be desired, I nevertheless perused the rest of the site, spent a majority of my next week reading classic columns, and finally signed up for the SDMB when I had a burning question that had yet to be answered: [“Why pop-off beer caps vs. twist-off?”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=305993) So I’m curious: How did you find your way here? (And Mods: if this should be in ATMB, apologies.) [/QUOTE] I have plenty of spare time ( I am my own boss) in my office and hence surf the net. I had taken two online IQ Tests, and wanted to search for Marylin Vos Savant . The wikipedia article on her had reference to " Monty Hall " problem, where unca Cecil had goofed initially. Since then I am hooked. But I signed up only now, though I have been visiting for 3 years or so.. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/45 "2007-09-19T08:35:32Z")
[QUOTE=indian] I have plenty of spare time ( I am my own boss) in my office and hence surf the net. I had taken two online IQ Tests, and wanted to search for Marylin Vos Savant . The wikipedia article on her had reference to " Monty Hall " problem, where unca Cecil had goofed initially. Since then I am hooked. But I signed up only now, though I have been visiting for 3 years or so.. [/QUOTE] This post has been indigoed, by the indian. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/46 "2007-09-19T08:49:05Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] This post has been indigoed, by the indian. [/QUOTE] ``` :D ``` ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/47 "2007-09-19T14:21:00Z")
I was bored and was googling “humor” I think. That lead me to the column, which led me to the boards. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/48 "2007-09-19T17:33:35Z")
> [@](#): > > 498? > > I don’t get it. It’s very basic math, how in the world did you wind up with 498? Anyways, the whole point was that his inane rambling, aside from being nearly nonsensical and almost insulting in nature, was also wholly ignorant. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/49 "2007-09-19T18:16:51Z")
Started with the books in the early nineties. Found it on AOL in the late nineties. Chatted on AOL occasionally. Then when it left AOL I lurked for a few months before joining. I’ve gone through phases where I lurk alot. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/50 "2007-09-19T18:40:37Z")
It was linked to the [JokeaDay.com](http://JokeaDay.com) site a while ago. I joined a looong while ago, but my username got eaten by hamsters, and I re-joined in 2001. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/51 "2007-09-19T19:13:13Z")
Read it regularly in the local alternative in the '80-'90’s, looked up Cecil Adams while playing one day in the mid-late '90’s (maybe '97?), lurked, read columns, stopped reading, started again, then eventually gave in and signed up. Still don’t have much to add other than hey man, love the column. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/52 "2007-09-19T19:17:06Z")
I absolutely can not remember. I had never heard of Cecil Adams or The Straight Dope. I guess I just found it by accident. I remember where I was when I signed up though. I had been loaned out to our sister company to do a proposal (engineering stuff.) I was in a trailer freezing my ass off in the winter of whatever year - 2000? I’ll have to look after I post this. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/53 "2007-09-19T19:28:21Z")
Heh. It was the summer. So much for my freakin’ memory. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/54 "2007-09-19T19:30:38Z")
I found it in the humour category of Yahoo!, started reading the columns, found the messageboards, and here I am. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/55 "2007-09-19T19:35:48Z")
I looked up the word “colitas” from The Eagles’ “Hotel California”, and the first link in Google was to Cecil’s article on it. Then I read the rest of the archives, and then I discovered the message board. I’d never seen a message board before. I might have passed it over, but **Auntie Em** had a thread going about her missing co-worker. That’s what got me hooked. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/56 "2007-09-19T19:44:20Z")
Back in the day I watched \*The Straight Dope \* TV show and decided to check out its website once. ---
**Author:** ![Smith8762](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Smith8762](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smith8762)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/57 "2007-09-19T19:57:49Z")
A 1 year subscription bought and paid for by MsWhatsIt ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/58 "2007-09-19T20:04:46Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] What brought me here was weekend-evening-shift-boredom and a mention of The Dope over at Snopes. [/QUOTE] Same here. I lurked for a while, read the archives, used it as reference, but only recently joined. I’ve been a member at another ‘literate’ board for about 5 years now, and SD is becoming my go-to when that one’s slow. ---
**Author:** ![tirial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@tirial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tirial)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/59 "2007-09-19T20:17:42Z")
Started a really awful job and while surfing for information on werewolves and mummies (don’t ask - it kept me sane) I found one of the columns. Spent a few months reading the rest and then ventured onto the boards in (I think) early 2000 and have been lurking ever since, eventually registering somewhere along the way. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679/60 "2007-09-19T20:30:06Z")
I came here via a cross-post on the [snopes.com](http://snopes.com) board (during the whole Wally thing). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brought-you-to-the-sdmb/419679.md?page=4)