# A public apology to the SDMB community

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-apology-to-the-sdmb-community/119264>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 16, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-apology-to-the-sdmb-community/119264 "2002-07-16T18:02:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-apology-to-the-sdmb-community/119264/21 "2002-07-19T04:21:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Dragonblink \*  
> \*\*This is way too funny, man. Could I use it on my website?  
> \*\*

Thanks! Feel free to use it.

And I should have said before that **Esprix’s** apology was very classy. And instructive.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-apology-to-the-sdmb-community/119264/22 "2002-07-19T22:54:25Z")

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Wow, nice, interesting show Esprix

I must say though, the only apology I was ever asked to give was asked to  
be sent in email.

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-apology-to-the-sdmb-community/119264/23 "2002-07-20T02:03:43Z")

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Well, that’s the difference, **handy. Esprix** wasn’t _asked_ to apologise. He just did.

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-apology-to-the-sdmb-community/119264/24 "2002-07-20T23:19:40Z")

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_Originally posted by heresiarch_

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> Don’t buy gum from vending machines in public restrooms. It tastes like rubber.  
> You can blow really big bubbles with it though.

I’ll take your word on that. Except for chewing up pencil erasers I have never eaten rubber. 😃  
(I knew a girl in high school who told me sake tastes like dishwater. How she knew is beyond me. :D)  
I live in Southern California and I never see any kind of vending machines in public restrooms–or non-public restrooms, for that matter. 😃

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**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-public-apology-to-the-sdmb-community/119264/25 "2002-07-25T14:54:46Z")

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Once Uncle Cecil has “shuffled off this mortal coil”, I plan to freeze his body and sell his DNA on Ebay.

I’m posting my plans now to proclude Little Ed from using Cecil’s body for “tastes like chicken?” experiments.

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