# What if I don't want to be a "Charter Member" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 23, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-want-to-be-a-charter-member/235798 "2004-03-23T00:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rainbowthief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4bbf92/32.png) [@Rainbowthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rainbowthief)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-want-to-be-a-charter-member/235798/61 "2004-03-29T01:06:36Z")
[fake english accent] How about lunch at the SDMB tomorrow, noonish? I _am_ a charter member, you know, and I just brought some Montecristo No. 2’s back from Paris that you _must_ try! [/fake english accent] ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-want-to-be-a-charter-member/235798/62 "2004-03-29T04:09:51Z")
\*ivylass glides in, resplendent in her red silk gown with the daring neckline, rubies and diamonds glittering at her throat and ears. She throws her mink fur stole over the nearest leather arm chair and pulls out her sterling silver cigarette holder.\* What must one do around here to get a glass of Cristal? _ivylass sinks down on the velvet divan, crosses one stockinged leg over the other, and bats her eyes._ ---
**Author:** ![htns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@htns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/htns)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-want-to-be-a-charter-member/235798/63 "2004-03-29T04:16:41Z")
> [@Rainbowthief](#): > > [fake english accent] How about lunch at the SDMB tomorrow, noonish? I _am_ a charter member, you know, and I just brought some Montecristo No. 2’s back from Paris that you _must_ try! [/fake english accent] Righto, then the Charter Members like me who also use Dvorak keyboards look down our noses at the unenlightened QWERTY masses whilst we sip ambrosia and listen to the sweet music of Wagner and Beethoven. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-want-to-be-a-charter-member/235798/64 "2004-03-29T19:22:02Z")
‘Ey, I ain’t got nuffink against bein’ a Charter Member. Bit of a larf, innit? An’ you lot need us proper posh types around, give the place a touch of clarss … Now, where’s that cigar? An’ I’ll ‘ave some port, too. In a straight glass. An’ with a cherry in it. ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-want-to-be-a-charter-member/235798/65 "2004-03-30T06:21:18Z")
If 'e can 'ave a cherry in 'is port, I want one in me creme de menthe. That ivylass is done up a bit, ain’t she? Bless. Nice 'ere, innit? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-want-to-be-a-charter-member/235798/66 "2004-03-31T08:08:25Z")
Ah, the servants finally finished laying the tracks so the 1866-style locomotive could pull up to deliver my membership. At last, I can sneer at all you mere “charter members”. _takes a long puff on cigar wrapped in hundred-dollar bills_ ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-want-to-be-a-charter-member/235798/67 "2004-03-31T08:11:50Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Ah, the servants finally finished laying the tracks so the 1866-style locomotive could pull up to deliver my membership. At last, I can sneer at all you mere “charter members”. > > _takes a long puff on cigar wrapped in hundred-dollar bills_ Oh, _do_ shut up. You’re not the only one, you know. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-want-to-be-a-charter-member/235798/68 "2004-03-31T08:58:50Z")
I preffered it in all its glory: _Straight Dope Science Advisory Board_ So much better than _SDSAB_, I mean, that could stand for anything. _Sappy Doofus’ Saving Adultress Broads_? ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-want-to-be-a-charter-member/235798/69 "2004-04-01T13:08:58Z")
> [@Una Persson](#): > > Ed Zotti would take our money and load up his Mercedes with Canadian Sex Slaves Oh! Oh! Pamela Anderson! Please say Pamela Anderson! Although Shania Twain is also pretty hot. And in a pinch, I guess Celine Dion would do… ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-want-to-be-a-charter-member/235798/70 "2004-04-01T14:15:17Z")
I still say SDSAB is a misspelling of SDSOB. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-want-to-be-a-charter-member/235798.md?page=3)