# Who else is new here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595 "2008-05-25T20:32:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![meghan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@meghan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meghan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/1 "2008-05-25T20:32:45Z")
I just recently subscribed, after lurking for months/years/decades/whatever. Really, I was hoping one of the other newbies would open a “Hi, I’m a newbie” thread. Because, uh, I’m afraid of goats, and I’m allergic to squid. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/2 "2008-05-25T20:43:13Z")
Drat! I was going to invite you to a cabritos and calamari dinner. Oh well, I guess I’ll just eat alone. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/3 "2008-05-25T20:55:26Z")
Hello meghan. Be welcome. Enjoy your stay. ---
**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 25, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/4 "2008-05-25T21:07:25Z")
Welcome! Would you like some orange-pineapple-ginger ice cream? ---
**Author:** ![MiZoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@MiZoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MiZoom)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/5 "2008-05-25T21:19:08Z")
> [@meghan](#): > > …and I’m allergic to squid. Better not watch the sci-fi movie “Sphere” (Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson) which was on last night. Someone had a fear of squid and the fear caused giant squids to menace the scientists. That’s why I’m sticking to being afraid of teddy bears. Not so dangerous. Although, now that I think of it, in Ghostbusters, someone thought of the Stay Puff man and he returned to menace the scientists. Another option would be just don’t become a scientist. ---
**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 25, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/6 "2008-05-25T21:24:09Z")
Teddy bears will _rip your heart out_, man! Being afraid of them is only common sense. ---
**Author:** ![meghan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@meghan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meghan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/7 "2008-05-25T21:36:27Z")
The ice cream sounds nice, and I think I’ll stay away from squid, teddy bears and scientists. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/8 "2008-05-26T02:33:39Z")
Hello! I used to be new too, but it turns out they have a cream for that sort of thing! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/9 "2008-05-26T02:41:47Z")
A noob to the dope is a boon to the dope. I just made that up. ---
**Author:** ![taterbug3918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@taterbug3918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taterbug3918)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/10 "2008-05-26T03:32:54Z")
I’m a newbie too - sort of. I did have an account a few years ago…but I can’t remember what my username was let alone the password, so yeah. I didn’t post much anyway. Hello! ---
**Author:** ![Her\_Royal\_IMFness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f07891/32.png) [@Her\_Royal\_IMFness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Her_Royal_IMFness)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/11 "2008-05-26T03:36:08Z")
Welcome officially! I’m sort of a new-face around here myself, but let me tell you that the “initiation” is worth it… Or so I hear. Eh, those memory-erasing tactics/drugs do number on 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 26, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/12 "2008-05-26T03:48:59Z")
Welcome, **taterbug3918**! If you think you may have an old username here, best email the mods and get them to clear the situation up. They _really_ do not like users to have multiple accounts here. (And welcome, **Her Royal IMFness**! Although our records seem to indicate that you were indeed assimilated, so to speak. They’re a little hard to read sometimes, especially with the violet lighting in that room.) ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/13 "2008-05-26T05:25:07Z")
So . . . no goats, no squid, no teddy-bears . . . how about snails? Can you do snails? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/14 "2008-05-26T05:29:10Z")
_:: gives **meghan** a noogie ::_ ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/15 "2008-05-26T11:00:20Z")
[QUOTE=taterbug3918] I’m a newbie too - sort of. I did have an account a few years ago…but I can’t remember what my username was let alone the password, so yeah. I didn’t post much anyway. Hello! [/QUOTE] _Points at taterbug3918 and screams loudly_ Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooock! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![meghan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@meghan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meghan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/16 "2008-05-26T11:07:06Z")
Now, now. Please, no screaming in the thread. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/17 "2008-05-26T11:10:02Z")
Welcome, new persons!! The only way to avoid the squid and the goats and the other things is to send me chocolate love offerings. No, really, it’s true. This isn’t a pathetic attempt to get Godivas for free by extorting total strangers. It really isn’t. I wouldn’t do that. Because I’m nice, dammit. Anyway, welcome. Have fun. Send chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/18 "2008-05-26T12:07:34Z")
_lays down a large tarp and a red carpet going to room 203_ Ahem. Newbies? This way. Also, you guys did eat lots of fish last night like we asked, because Mariah does prefer a fishy taint to her amours. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/19 "2008-05-26T12:12:21Z")
New personnel is always welcome! Howdy everyone! ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595/20 "2008-05-26T15:21:01Z")
Welcome to the Dope! I’m still mostly new here, meself.\* Ignore what’s going on over there behind that curtain. It’s nothing to do with squid or goats. Trust me. It’s just, ah, you’re surprise welcoming party! Yeah, that’s the ticket. \*But not new enough to get a proper initiation. Dammit, how’d I miss out? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-new-here/450595.md?page=2)