# What's this message board thingy, anyway? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 28, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651 "2006-04-28T20:34:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/1 "2006-04-28T20:34:33Z")
How does it work? Can I ask any question I want? Okay: What are the three words that end in “gry”? 😉 I doubt anyone noticed I was gone but – now I’m not. This place is like deep-fried chocolate-covered crack and I can’t stay away. What’s the latest Board news? How the heck have all y’all been? Fill a returning Doper in. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/2 "2006-04-28T20:38:01Z")
Jo_deee_. Girlfriend! Welcome back. (Yes, I realize you probably don’t know me. ;)) Where were you? Bottom of the Marianas trench? No–that was once. In 1960. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/3 "2006-04-28T20:46:27Z")
I’d say you were one of the most-noticed missing posters. It’s great to see you back! ---
**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:** [April 28, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/4 "2006-04-28T20:48:25Z")
I’ll be damned. Welcome back, **Jodi**. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/5 "2006-04-28T20:49:53Z")
Hi Jodi! Ready for some more debates about Christmas? 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/6 "2006-04-28T20:50:59Z")
Welcome back. We have far too few lawyers around here 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/7 "2006-04-28T22:23:11Z")
I noticed. Nice to see you back. Hope you had a nice “vacation.” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/8 "2006-04-28T22:27:55Z")
_rubs eyes_ **Jodi**? Is that you? How have you been! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/9 "2006-04-28T22:47:58Z")
I remember you, and I enjoyed your posts. Welcome back to the crack house! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/10 "2006-04-28T23:10:41Z")
> [@Jodi](#): > > I doubt anyone noticed I was gone but I noticed. Good to see you back :). - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/11 "2006-04-28T23:12:46Z")
“Vacation” was great. Three hots and a cot, an hour a day in the yard, and lots of quality time with a mustachioed woman called “Big Marge.” I’m looking forward to taking a long walk outside, as soon as I find the bolt-cutters to get this ankle bracelet off. In the meantime, I’ll just stroll around here . . . People giving legal or medical advice based on being fans of _Law & Order_ or _Grey’s Anatomy_? Check. People posting what appear to be Wiggum-esque\* random neural firings? Check. People jacking each other off with steel-wool gloves in the Pit? Check. _Aaand . . ._ People giving cogent and complete answers to questions I’ve always wondered about? Check. People updating others on personal issues of interest or concern? Check. People being witty, sharp, or laugh-out-loud hilarious on a number of topics? Check. _:: Sniff ::_ I love this dysfunctional place. - “My cat’s breath smells like cat food.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/12 "2006-04-28T23:38:04Z")
Welcome home, 99er. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/13 "2006-04-28T23:44:24Z")
I remember you. It was the election, wasn’t it? Wow, a year-and-a-half bender. Give 'em hell, and welcome back. ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/14 "2006-04-28T23:50:29Z")
I remember you too. Didn’t you write a post about you and some deer in Montana? Seems like you did 🙂 I also always enjoyed your spirited responses to the Lawyer questions welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/15 "2006-04-29T00:27:45Z")
Holy shit, **Jodi** ’s back! That rules! Just the other day, I was reading some old thread and realized you hadn’t posted in a long-ass time. I poured some malt liquor on my keyboard in honor of your unnoticed departure. Also, I was drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/16 "2006-04-29T00:44:47Z")
D00d! Yer back! I don’t think you know me–I was mostly lurking when you were mostly posting. I missed you, though. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/17 "2006-04-29T02:18:00Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > Welcome back. We have far too few lawyers around here 😉 Yeah! And far too few May '99ers. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/18 "2006-04-29T02:51:24Z")
Welcome back! You probably don’t know me, but welcome back anyways. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/19 "2006-04-29T09:35:32Z")
I can’t believe no one’s answered the questions in the OP. > [@Jodi](#): > > Can I ask any question I want? Okay: What are the three words that end in “gry”? 😉 Angry, Hungry and… um… “Gry”, apparently. Welcome back, even though you have no idea who I am. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-message-board-thingy-anyway/354651/20 "2006-04-29T12:46:28Z")
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