Do you remember your FIRST post on DU?

[Zomby Woof]

For no particular reason, nearly 3 years ago I first posted in a thread asking us to come up with what the initials "G.O.P." really stand for.

My answer included: "Gargantuan Orangutaun Pricks".

Then I got serious for a while, with 9-11 discussions, and it was a LONG time before I even invented the yak and got into humorous threads again.

[matcom]

1. i THINK it was.......

"I'm Starting A Sexy Thong Thread And Covet My ASS! ..... ASK ME ANYTHING!!!"

[Zomby Woof]

5. You invented the thong!

Just like I invented the yak, and CatWoman invented the TRIAD!!

[short bus driver]

35. You invented the yak?

Well I'll be damned, that's where I came from!

[Zomby Woof]

36. Welcome to DU!

And the yak story is a long one, but then, you live it!

[short bus driver]

40. Thanks for the welcome, Zomby, but

This is a "stealth" moniker, I've been a regular for a while. I wanted to post once in a while without family members knowing it's me. Believe me, I was mighty surprised to find "yak" available. I'm not even from Oregon, I just really like it there. Sorry about deceiving you, I'm so ashamed.

yak ----> <---- Zomby

[Zomby Woof]

47. No problem

We could always use more yaks on DU.

[carpe_vinum]

2. Hmmmm....I'm not as sharp as you

I just started posting in the last few weeks and can't remember what the first post was. Um, what does that say about me? LOL!

Edited to add: Thank you, thank you, thank you to you know who you are for telling me about this place. I'm one of those lonesome souls lost in the midst of a deep red zone.

[Zomby Woof]

6. A belated welcome to DU!

Don't feel bad... I have an abnormal memory to go with my behavior.

[carpe_vinum]

23. Well I can match you on the abnormal behavior....

I just forget what I did so I guess I can pretend I'm normal.

[WindRavenX]

3. No memory

It was three years ago.
I can barely remember yesterday.

[Zomby Woof]

7. mine was 3 years ago

And I am old.

So you must drink too much vodka.

[WindRavenX]

13. or work too much

Working with cholesterol melting points now..wee..

[JitterbugPerfume]

8. yes I do

Bush had just been "appointed and annointed" and I was really scared I got reassurance from Will Pitt and Kef


I was hooked


Hi Zomby sweetie

[Zomby Woof]

15. Hi Jitterbug!

It is always nice to see the earliest DUers around... I remember you being very nice to this one-time newbie.

[dolo amber]

4. Oh god yes

It was on what became an over 500 post flame orgy in GD about rape. I must say however I did feel instantly popular when my meager wee post generated about 15 flaming replies.

[Zomby Woof]

10. just like you to do that ;-)

I think I recall that thread, but I stayed clean I believe...

Now those abortion threads, wow, did I flame some serious shit in those, lol.

[Gothic Sponge]

9. I could be wrong, but i think i broke out in song!

"Oh sweet mystery of life at last I have found you!"

[nini]

18. Is that you Madeline?

that's one of my favorite lines from my favorite movie!

[Gothic Sponge]

25. Yes! Great film!

[miss_kitty]

11. no I have no memory of it

and my first post was on 15 August, 2004. but THIS is my 1900th post!

on edit: correct month

[BlackVelvetElvis]

12. Yes, it was a little over a year ago.

It was a dig at Pat Robertson. I even got a PM from it!
However, my favorite was #666. It was surreal-about finding a chewed up, hot pink dildo in my front yard.

[Zomby Woof]

14. LOL

Sorry I missed that one!

[nini]

16. All I remember is that I had donated before posting

and got a lot of comments on having a star on my first post.

I'm sure it was some rocket science intellectual Lounge post.

[Zomby Woof]

17. were you called a freeper?

Or a sock puppet? The Star Police always pick on newbies with stars.

Of course, you ARE a star, so there!

(and LOL on the rocket science comment... )

[nini]

20. If was called a freeper I didn't know what the hell they meant

oh I was so green... a DU virgin so to speak. You guys have sure turned that around let me tell ya!

thanks.. you're a star too forever the Yak king

[Zomby Woof]

22. yes, I am forever yakking

I will not apologize for taking anyone's DU cherry.

[nini]

26. HAHAHA.. I'm laughing out loud here

so YOU'RE the one that took that cherry!!!! was it as good for you...... ????


*snarf*


good thing I'm not at work right now - everyone would want to know what I'm laughing at!


ahahahhahahaha thanks for the laugh..

[Zomby Woof]

30. any time!

I'll even forgo the expected whipped cream comment to go with the cherry.

(and yes, it was good for me too)

[carpe_vinum]

24. Hey, I donated my first day and nobody said a word.

Does that mean I can post a "why is everyone ignoring me thread?"

[nini]

28. sure.. go ahead. :-)

belated welcome to DU to ya!

[TwilightZone]

19. Yes, actually.

It was earlier today, though this would have been the perfect place for it. Guess I was a tad early.

[Zomby Woof]

21. Welcome to DU!

Cool name, too. Makes me wonder if I can ever read your posts without Rod Serling and the theme music popping into my head.

[TwilightZone]

27. Thanks.

It's actually a reference to the Golden Earring song from the 80's, but I'm quite fond of the TV show, as well.

Thanks for the welcome.

[BrotherBuzz]

29. Yep, and I corrected Will Pitt

I was out in the wilderness chasing down the damn ENRON story (as a mad California resident) which led me to DU. Will was almost up to speed on the story and I posted to correct him on a minor point. Will became famous, I stayed at DU. No regrets!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

31. Yes

Pharaoh was requiring the Israelites to make bricks without straw. It was an outrage.

[nightperson]

32. I showed up with a Kerry avatar and this is what I had to face:

How can I ever get depressed about polls etc. ever again? Forget about my first post there, just look at that situation! Think about the Kerry supporters who were here long before me! In politics one day is a lifetime, a week is an eternity, right?

[Zomby Woof]

34. Those were rough times!

But it has been worth it, I think.

[rucky]

33. I remember it being thoughtful and intelligent.

all downhill from there.

[jpgray]

37. My first thread was a disaster

I said (and I still believe this for *public* political conversation) that calling Republicans in general silly names wasn't very helpful because their blue collar voters, in a spin-less world devoid of 'moral' wedge issues, would normally be on our side.

I didn't express myself very clearly and was accused of being a freeper trying to get DU to lighten up on Republican leadership as opposed to just the average voter who is unwittingly voting against his/her best interests.



Every time I see a new DUer post a similar 'after thirteen posts here I feel I have a weighty judgment to impart' thread, I giggle a little bit in remembrance.

[Zomby Woof]

39. oh damn

Well, I guess my GOP joke alienated a voter... hope my charm (ha!) won them back.

[jpgray]

41. Note I wasn't taking into account that this is a *private* board

And there isn't anyone here to convince one way or the other except from the liberal or the moderate part of the spectrum. And I also didn't realize that 'freeper' stood for a very specific and particularly nasty subsect of the Republican genus. Hence my dunce smiley above, and the predictably unfavorable reaction to my thread.

[ironflange]

38. This one, in a "corny jokes" thread

I used to have a job circumcizing whales.

I was part of a team of four skin divers.

(budabum - ching)

The pay wasn't much, but the tips were enormous.

(budabum - ching)

We'd tan the 'skins and make them into wallets that became briefcases when you rubbed them.

(budabum - ching)

[The Magistrate]

42. Yes, Mr. Woof

It was very long.

Some who read it took me for a rightist, if you can believe that....

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

45. My first one was about you...

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmagistrate!

[The Magistrate]

48. Indeed, Love

Hospital is such a good excuse for lying in all day....

[Gore1FL]

43. My first one was a rant about the election

in response to someone openiong a thread asking "does anyone seriously think that Bush stole the election?" or some such, and I signed up and went balistic on his ass.

Geniph welcomed me, and I've had a crush on her ever since.

[Awsi Dooger]

44. In Politics and Campaigns; I titled it "Ignore those ridiculous odds"

Spetember 2002. I lurked for a few days and was amazed at a few threads with jackass election odds on midterm races, quoted from media sources. Governors who were sure to win by 20+ points were listed at only 1/5 or 1/10 when it literally should have been 1/100,000. Then there were some senate races with odds that made no sense given the partisan tilt of the state.

I posted late at night; "Ignore those ridiculous odds" with a lengthy explanation that I lived in Las Vegas, worked as a statistical analyst and wagered on sports and politics. Within minutes I received several positive replies welcoming me to DU, first from Frances then some guy who wrote, "Dude, I didn't even understand half of what you wrote, but post more often!"

[Albertan]

46. Let me think way back...

I think it was about 10 minutes ago.

[VelmaD]

49. Mine was on a thread about the Tim McVeigh execution...

started by Will Pitt. I got into a little spat with Crewleader about the death penalty but we kept talking and eventually came to some common ground.

[skypilot]

50. My first post was about...

...Bush claiming to have thought to himself, "There's one terrible pilot" after the first WTC attack on 9/11. It is an issue that I have run right in to the ground since then. That post also led to my first argument on DU. Some guy was actually making some lame excuses for Bush.

[VOX]

51. Not the content, but I do remember the emotion...

My mom was dying, and I was up all hours. I'd been lurking on DU for some time then. Having mortality on my mind, I figured, what the hell, and started posting.

DU was a gift back then during a very dark and difficult time.

[underpants]

52. Congrats that is great

No I don't but I do remember that I was scared to death that someone was going to jump my s**t and call me an idiot........I got over that real soon.

[Phillycat]

53. It wasn't too long ago, but I still don't remember.

I think it was about music.