# a **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850 "2003-01-25T12:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/201 "2003-01-30T03:55:48Z")
**D** amn, is this thing still going? The hamsters will go on strike again, you know… ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/202 "2003-01-30T04:13:00Z")
**E** rrrm… do we all have nothing better to do!!! This is turning out to be one of the longest threads I’ve seen yet!! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/203 "2003-01-30T04:13:16Z")
\*\*Every time I look at this thread, it’s grown! ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/204 "2003-01-30T04:21:36Z")
**F** or the love of all that is holy, STOP THE MADNESS… ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/205 "2003-01-30T05:50:42Z")
**G** ee golly, 5 pages of this? ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/206 "2003-01-30T06:35:29Z")
**H** ere is an example of too much time, and not enough challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Alexxandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Alexxandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alexxandra)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/207 "2003-01-30T06:38:09Z")
I agree ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/208 "2003-01-30T06:50:54Z")
**J** eepers! This thread survived the flood? ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/209 "2003-01-30T07:03:28Z")
' **K** ay, even though I accidently started this thread from hell, it’s really **Hamlet’s** fault for responding. Really. Blame **Hamlet**. Yeah. That’s my story and I’m stickin to it. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/210 "2003-01-30T07:12:35Z")
**L** et this be a lesson to you. Never overestimate the commitment of “thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks” to battle ignorance 24/7. ---
**Author:** ![Raini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@Raini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raini)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/211 "2003-01-30T07:17:13Z")
M…make the madness STOP! please!!! ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/212 "2003-01-30T07:21:19Z")
**M** ight this be a lesson to everyone. Never underestimate the power of the Submit Button, or the agony of Lack Of Preview. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_MacDairmuid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_MacDairmuid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_MacDairmuid)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/213 "2003-01-30T07:22:08Z")
**N** eed … to resist … perpetuating … this … monstrosity! ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/214 "2003-01-30T07:34:37Z")
**O** h please everyone. Grow up - you don’t _have_ to post in this thread. Well, I don’t. Well, maybe I do, but that’s not the point. ---
**Author:** ![JolieRhys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@JolieRhys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JolieRhys)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/215 "2003-01-30T07:41:19Z")
nightnight ---
**Author:** ![JolieRhys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@JolieRhys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JolieRhys)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/216 "2003-01-30T07:42:27Z")
poot…screwed up ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/217 "2003-01-30T07:56:55Z")
I think this is getting silly, lets keep going =) ---
**Author:** ![Coilean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Coilean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coilean)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/218 "2003-01-30T08:01:00Z")
::: **Q** uells the urge to snap at **Sock Munkey** for skipping a letter:::: ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/219 "2003-01-30T08:51:41Z")
**R** eally? **S** ock Munkey seems to have skipped half the alphabet, backwards. ---
**Author:** ![Dunmurry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/220 "2003-01-30T10:41:38Z")
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