Choosing a Welcome Snack at PF: Triffles or No?

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The discussion revolves around the selection of welcome snacks for new members at Physics Forums, with a focus on humorous and unconventional options. Participants share their experiences and suggest various food items, including triffles, fish, and other snacks, while reflecting on past practices.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants recall their welcome snacks, with mentions of fish and lasagna, while others express confusion about what was offered.
  • There are suggestions to include triffles, jars of cockles, tins of spam, and even freeze-dried jellyfish as welcome snacks.
  • A participant humorously recalls sharing a mammoth haunch during their early days at PF.
  • Concerns are raised about the quality of fish snacks, with some participants joking about the fish being spoiled or sourced from questionable places.
  • There are discussions about the potential impact of snack choices on new member retention, with references to a "kill rate" of new members who did not return after their first post.
  • One participant proposes seasonal giveaways, such as chili in the fall, while others suggest that the frozen salmon might be better received in warmer weather.
  • Some participants express a desire to expand snack offerings, while others reflect on past experiences with low-carb cereal and its lack of popularity.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the best snack options, with multiple competing views and humorous suggestions remaining throughout the discussion.

Contextual Notes

Participants reference various snack experiences and preferences, but there is no resolution on the best approach to welcome snacks. The discussion includes playful banter and speculative ideas about the effects of different snacks on member retention.

Who May Find This Useful

Members interested in community engagement, snack ideas for events, or humorous discussions about food choices may find this thread entertaining.

Which did you choose when you joined PF?

  • Fish

    Votes: 3 23.1%

  • Cereal

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Neither

    Votes: 10 76.9%
  • Total voters
    13
  • #61
Danger said:
You tell me; you're the one with 'Astro' in his name. I can barely read a normal map, never mind star charts.
I'm sure I know the answer, but I was looking for independent confirmation. I was reflecting upon Wolram's comment - "We are dealing with an alternate reality here Astro . . . ". Maybe it's just the vapors from the Garum someone put in the visitor's tent.
 
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  • #62
yomamma said:
here is your fish cereal:

http://www.delicioustv.com/uploads/mockfish300.jpg

Finally! Excuse me while I eat.:smile:

You guys should offer chocolate: the universal food currency, you can have white, dark or milk. It's very multicutlural, God bless the South Americans :smile:

I'll have milk obviously, and Cadburys if you've got it, minus the salmonella of course:wink:
 
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  • #63
turbo-1 said:
Don't complain. They got the ones with the optional rear-window defroster, so you can keep your hands warm while you push it around all winter.
You are hilarious, turbo. :smile:
 
  • #64
PF welcoming ceremony footage:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2002541459944162494
 
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  • #65
Schrödinger's Dog said:
You guys should offer chocolate: the universal food currency, you can have white, dark or milk. It's very multicutlural, God bless the South Americans :smile:
We're not giving away the chocolate! It's taken us months of threatening bans to extort that much...erm...I mean, the membership has been so generous in sending us chocolate gifts that we wouldn't want to insult them by re-gifting it. :biggrin:
 
  • #66
The new official song of PF. I've loved this song since it came out. Yes, it will stick in your mind and you will all hate me.

(warning - the video is weird) but the tune and lyrics are great. :biggrin:

The video "[MEDIA=youtube[/URL]

(you can fast forward to 02:06 to where it really starts)

Fish Heads
**********

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm

In the morning
Laughing, happy
Fish Heads
In the evening
Floating in the soup

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm

Ask a Fish head
Anything you want to
They won't answer
They can't talk

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm

I took a Fish head
Out to see a movie
Didn't have to pay
To get it in

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm

They can't play baseball
They don't wear sweaters
They're not good dancers
They don't play drums

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm

Rolly polly Fish heads
Are never seen drinking
Cappacino in Italian restaurants
With Oriental women...Yeah

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm...
(Yummm)

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm
YEAH!

by Barnes and Barnes
From the album:

Voohbaha!
 
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  • #67
NO! NO FISH HEADS :
 
  • #68
My Fish Heads video killed the thread?

You wimps too afraid to watch it?

Make the music stop, I've been singing it for two weeks. :cry:
 
  • #69
Moonbear said:
We're not giving away the chocolate! It's taken us months of threatening bans to extort that much...erm...I mean, the membership has been so generous in sending us chocolate gifts that we wouldn't want to insult them by re-gifting it. :biggrin:

Fair enough.

You mean you ate them already :-p:smile:
 
  • #70
Evo said:
The new official song of PF. I've loved this song since it came out. Yes, it will stick in your mind and you will all hate me.

(warning - the video is weird) but the tune and lyrics are great. :biggrin:

The video "[MEDIA=youtube[/URL]

(you can fast forward to 02:06 to where it really starts)

Fish Heads
**********

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm

In the morning
Laughing, happy
Fish Heads
In the evening
Floating in the soup

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm

Ask a Fish head
Anything you want to
They won't answer
They can't talk

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm

I took a Fish head
Out to see a movie
Didn't have to pay
To get it in

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm
They can't play baseball
They don't wear sweaters
They're not good dancers
They don't play drums

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm

Rolly polly Fish heads
Are never seen drinking
Cappacino in Italian restaurants
With Oriental women...Yeah

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm...
(Yummm)

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm

Fish heads, Fish heads
Rolly polly Fish heads
Fish heads, Fish heads
Eat them up, Yummm
YEAH!

by Barnes and Barnes
From the album:

Voohbaha![/QUOTE]:bugeye: :smile: :smile:

How did I miss that 1?
 
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  • #71
Math Is Hard said:
PF welcoming ceremony footage:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2002541459944162494
I take it the new member did not choose the cereal. :smile:
 
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  • #72
yomomma said:
Do members get free food?
Evo said:
Yes, we have a PF BBQ every Wednesday night. Haven't you been getting your invitations?
Oh, I thought they were for my mom.
 

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