# A note about colours (to Lobelia Overhill). **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 9, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235 "2004-04-09T21:38:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/1 "2004-04-09T21:38:29Z")
Yo, Lobelia. You seem like a nice enough poster - this isn’t anything personal. Stop colouring your posts. It’s Annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/2 "2004-04-09T21:43:11Z")
No, keep doing it. It’s unique. It’s not as if she goes mad. just colours them indigo or something. one colour. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/3 "2004-04-09T21:47:09Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > No, keep doing it. It’s unique. I respectfully disagree. Just because it’s unique, doesn’t mean it’s palatable. Every time I see one of her posts, I go “Nuhrrr. Colours.” This is followed by a momentary grimace. ---
**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 9, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/4 "2004-04-09T21:49:26Z")
I think **Lobelia** is an interesting and valuable poster, but I have to agree with the OP – her posts are incredibly hard to read. I find the font choice worse than the color (it shows up really small on my machine), but both are distracting and hard to read. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/5 "2004-04-09T21:52:10Z")
Aaaaaa, get a life, hombre. The colors and _different fonts_ are available. I think they’re cool. Don’t use 'em much because I don’t have the patience for a well-crafted artsypost. But I lllllllllllike 'em! (_) o (_) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/6 "2004-04-09T23:45:48Z")
Whatever happened to **raisinbread** , anyway? (Is that the right name? The one who used to post in purple all the time? IIRC, people got narked about that, too … ) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/7 "2004-04-09T23:48:38Z")
At least it isn’t a certain (fruit)ist who liked to (fruit) various posts, but it’s close. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/8 "2004-04-10T00:15:43Z")
I’m with the OP. Looks childish, and is unnecessarily hard to read. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/9 "2004-04-10T01:20:40Z")
First it’s “unique”, then somebody else wants to be “unique”, then we turn this place into some clowns-in-a-blender font-fest. It irks me too. She seems like a valuable contributor, and may be used to other places that welcome such variety. Addressing the issue like this is probably the best way to resolve it. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/10 "2004-04-10T01:23:27Z")
Has anyone spoken with her about this, or is she just supposed to find it? I doubt she spends much time in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/11 "2004-04-10T02:53:48Z")
Geez, it doesn’t skeeve me enough to open a pit thread. I once politely pointed her in the direction of [a website that precisely expresses the angst that I feel regarding her preferred abominable font](http://bancomicsans.com/home.html), which is about as far as I’m prepared to take things, usually. What with the colours and the squinty fonts, I just let my eye skip over her posts, and don’t open any that she starts. I figure if she says anything interesting someone will likely quote it in a reply and strip the formatting. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/12 "2004-04-10T08:19:53Z")
\*\* > [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > [COLOR=MediumTurquoise] **At least it isn’t a certain (fruit)ist who liked to (fruit) various posts, but it’s close.** This post has been bolded and medium-turquoised by the Bold Medium Turquoiseist![/COLOR]\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/13 "2004-04-10T10:02:53Z")
But it’s _not_ unique. Raisinbread did the “colouring all posts some (constant) colour for no particular reason.” And occasionally it was funny, (someone replied in purple once…). But I always said - it’s fine for a one-poster-off, but no-one else. I say everyone has the right to do it. But IMHO they should find their own ‘thing’. Maybe, say, cecil, should colour his posts so they’re easily spotted, though… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/14 "2004-04-10T14:01:52Z")
I like the fact that the colors, sizes, and fonts are available–to make a joke, to make a point, or to super-emphasize something. I like even more that that these features are NOT normally used on this board. I’m with the OP–knock it off. Sincerely, ) ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/15 "2004-04-10T14:08:21Z")
> [@Shade](#): > > But it’s _not_ unique. Raisinbread did the “colouring all posts some (constant) colour for no particular reason.” And occasionally it was funny, (someone replied in purple once…). But I always said - it’s fine for a one-poster-off, but no-one else. > > I say everyone has the right to do it. But IMHO they should find their own ‘thing’. > > Maybe, say, cecil, should colour his posts so they’re easily spotted, though… Red, like Jesus in the Bible. Yes, I’d like that. And only Cecil would have the privilege. ---
**Author:** ![Bernard\_Marx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Bernard\_Marx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bernard_Marx)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/16 "2004-04-11T11:57:23Z")
Well I’ve only ever seen her post in that nice navy blue and actually I like it. I think it suits the decor of the SDMB and looks quite classy! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/17 "2004-04-11T17:01:10Z")
Seriously, **Lobelia** , you _must_ stop doing that. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/18 "2004-04-11T17:12:10Z")
> [@Bernard Marx](#): > > Well I’ve only ever seen her post in that nice navy blue and actually I like it. I think it suits the decor of the SDMB and looks quite classy! Me too. Unless she’s gone crazy with the fonts and colours in threads I haven’t seen I can’t see what the problem is. ---
**Author:** ![Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercury)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/19 "2004-04-11T18:08:22Z")
I don’t see how navy is any harder to read than black. (I’m colour-blind, and contrast is sometimes an issue for me.) ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/20 "2004-04-11T18:23:10Z")
A question about etiquette here: if someone has been pitted and they are absolutely unaware as to its existence, does someone go and tell them? Or do we let the rant go unanswered? I noticed some people don’t realize, sometimes, when someone has a gripe with them. On topic (sorry): the colors and fonts allow for some abuse but I don’t think she is an offender in the worst way. It could be worse !!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235.md?page=2)