# a

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850>\
**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:** 192

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**Author:** ![bong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@bong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bong)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3821 "2003-03-06T03:19:49Z")

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Y  
Y-R-U-asking?  
What band?

Z  
I like saying Zooboomaffoo

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**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 6, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3822 "2003-03-06T03:24:38Z")

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**A** stronomy is difficult where I live. Watcher of the Skies would have to change his name to **Watcher of the clouds**.

Insert your own Mr. Spock joke here…"

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**Author:** ![bong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@bong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bong)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3823 "2003-03-06T03:26:56Z")

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B  
Highly illogical, Captain. Ba-ding!

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**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3824 "2003-03-06T03:28:39Z")

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**B** ut maybe I misunderstood. I though you were telling us the name of a band that actually exists.

**C** an you believe I used to know the guys in a band (not that long ago) named ‘Fighting Cock’? Their logo was a rooster.

**D** orks.

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**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 6, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3825 "2003-03-06T03:35:46Z")

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**E** xcuse me for pointing this out, but when posting to the a-thread, bolding the first letter is de rigueur, whether you are high or not. Welcome aboard **bong** , next stop 100 pages!

He’s dead, Jim

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**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3826 "2003-03-06T03:39:18Z")

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**F** OR CRYING OUT LOUD… Does anyone else think this has gone on too long?

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**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3827 "2003-03-06T03:43:55Z")

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**G** et outta here!

:: **H** ooks thumb toward the door::

**I** said GO!

**J** eez, durn thread murderers.

**K** ill 'em all.

**L** ousy attitudes, I tell ya!

:: **M** utters as she wanders away::

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**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 6, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3828 "2003-03-06T03:52:18Z")

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**N** o thread-killers or naysayers allowed!

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**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3829 "2003-03-06T03:52:58Z")

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**O** ut! Out we say!

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**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3830 "2003-03-06T03:54:05Z")

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**P** ox upon you, thread murder!

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**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 6, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3831 "2003-03-06T03:59:50Z")

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**Q** uarkXPress just crashed on me. Again. ☹

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**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 6, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3832 "2003-03-06T04:00:47Z")

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**Q** uality was my mathmatics. This page is at 77 pages. You have your posts per page set to a non-standard amount in your user c.p.

**R** unning through the alphabet quickly we are right now.

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**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 6, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3833 "2003-03-06T04:02:30Z")

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**S** ana Sanie, Sara Sang. (two jokes in one since koeeoaddi stole my letter. Or rather I was just too darned slow.)

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**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3834 "2003-03-06T04:02:40Z")

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**S** ure, **Osiris**.

**T** hat’s what they _all_ say. :dubious:

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**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 6, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3835 "2003-03-06T04:07:57Z")

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**U** nderstanding are you sperfur for not pointing out that I completely flubbed the names. Sois Sanie and Sana Sang, sigh.

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**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3836 "2003-03-06T04:10:27Z")

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**V** olly back to you, **Osiris**. BTW, I was teasing about the 77 vs. 96 page thing, not your song names.

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**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 6, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3837 "2003-03-06T04:13:55Z")

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**W** ell in that case I’ll see his/her 96 pages and counter with my

> [@](#):
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> Pages (768): « First … « 766 767 [768]

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**X** -V=V posts per page. It’s fantastic.

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**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3838 "2003-03-06T04:50:55Z")

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**Y** eah…you’re getting into math now, so I’ll just step aside…

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3839 "2003-03-06T05:14:06Z")

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**Z** oonosis. The word of the day.

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**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 6, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3840 "2003-03-06T05:17:36Z")

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**A** ren’t you going to tell us what it means?

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