# 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:** 181
**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:** [March 4, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3601 "2003-03-04T21:08:34Z")
**Y** ou guys should all pony up as to who’s read this entire monster. I have (1) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3602 "2003-03-04T21:16:18Z")
**Z** ealotry is encouraged on “a” thread. I have too! (2) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3603 "2003-03-04T21:17:16Z")
**Z** ero isn’t the answer, then. I have – but as an ongoing thing, every time I check in, I read what’s been posted since my last visit. **A** nyone actually sat down and read all 73 pages in one sitting? **B** oy, that gives me a headache just to think about it. **C** affeine! that’ll do it! \*\ ***D\*\*rinks the diet Dr Pepper thoughtfully provided by the ever-vigilant Watcher** **E** gad, that was refreshing! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3604 "2003-03-04T21:18:34Z")
**F** orgot to count myself as having read the whole thing – (3) ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3605 "2003-03-04T21:23:45Z")
**G** ee, I have actually read all of it. ---
**Author:** ![Quonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ed655f/32.png) [@Quonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quonk)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3606 "2003-03-04T21:28:19Z")
**H** a, like I’d waste my time… **I** ’m drinking Dr Pepper right now, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3607 "2003-03-04T21:28:53Z")
**H** ave to admit, I have too (5). And please - no more discussion about closing this thread or locking it - don’t want to give anyone any ideas. We didn’t even have this conversation… ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3608 "2003-03-04T21:55:58Z")
**J** ackass is a male donkey ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3609 "2003-03-04T22:00:11Z")
**K** inda had to read it all, as I was following it since the very beginning, he says braggingly. (6) ---
**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:** [March 4, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3610 "2003-03-04T22:13:16Z")
**L** et me say I’ve also followed from the beginning but back around 35 when I’d go to sleep and 3 pages would pop up over night I almost decided not to read them. But I did and can honestly say I remember next to nothing of them, not even my own. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3611 "2003-03-04T22:45:49Z")
**M** y goodness gracious! **N** ot a mind reader? Have I made a mistake in appointing Watcher to such a demanding post? **O** h, what am I saying? I could _never_ make a mistake. **P** utting in my order for tomorrow, then: **Q** uince jelly, **R** ye toast, **S** crambled eggs **T** ea **U** nder a cozy, please, so it stays warm. (If all is satisfactory tomorrow, I will grant this edict you asked for, ok? Would SBS, kind and benevolent ruler of the universe, kindly consider banning any more Jar-Jar speak?) ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3612 "2003-03-04T22:53:11Z")
**V** ery **W** eary lokking and **X** tremly haggard, BioHazard Crawls back into the thread **Y** OUCH! I can’t belive I read the WHOLE thing (7) ---
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3613 "2003-03-04T23:05:28Z")
**Z** e wish of ze supreme universal ruler-ness is my command. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3614 "2003-03-04T23:12:44Z")
**A** spirin probably won’t help **BioHazard**. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3615 "2003-03-04T23:16:55Z")
**B** ut a **c** old compress might. ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3616 "2003-03-04T23:21:34Z")
**D** on’t ya think a good night sleep might help? ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3617 "2003-03-04T23:25:37Z")
**E** egads yah! Ive gotten like 10 hrs of sleep since friday. **F** udge! Just my luck that I feel like s\*\*\* and today is the day a really hot girl asks me out. **G** od must really hate me. ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3618 "2003-03-04T23:28:40Z")
**H** ot girls have a way of making you feel better thou… ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3619 "2003-03-04T23:30:09Z")
**I** know. Thats true. **J** ust a couple a shots of Vodka will wake me right up. **L** egend tells that Vodka in moderation is good for you. ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3620 "2003-03-04T23:38:46Z")
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