# 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:** 227
**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 12, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4521 "2003-03-12T02:12:18Z")
**N** ostradamus predicted this thread! See: In the year after the giants die And the second eagle falls from the sky The world is torn with terror and strife But idiots only babble for a century. ---
**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 12, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4522 "2003-03-12T02:37:09Z")
**O** h, do you think “a century” could possibly refer to the a-thread reaching 100 pages? Like, duh. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4523 "2003-03-12T02:54:44Z")
**P** ossibly, and possibly not. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4524 "2003-03-12T02:56:44Z")
**Q** uasi-rigourous logical explication for amusement purposes often proves itself of appropriate taugacity here. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4525 "2003-03-12T02:57:47Z")
[sub] **R** eally, could I be more pompous here?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4526 "2003-03-12T02:59:12Z")
**S** adly, yes. [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4527 "2003-03-12T03:00:34Z")
**T** arnation! I screwed up the coding!! That’s still no excuse for pomposity!!! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4528 "2003-03-12T03:01:37Z")
**U** nder no circumstances should we sacrifice clarity! (Getting back to the original topic…) ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4529 "2003-03-12T03:03:54Z")
**V** ictory is at hand…nearly 100 pages! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4530 "2003-03-12T03:19:06Z")
**W** ow!!! ---
**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 12, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4531 "2003-03-12T03:19:46Z")
**W** hales may beach themselves in mourning when this thread is gone. ☹ ---
**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 12, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4532 "2003-03-12T03:30:05Z")
**X** marks the spot where my imagination died. ---
**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 12, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4533 "2003-03-12T03:36:46Z")
**Y** ammering at the door, Daisy-Diesel Dog dog insists on being attended. **A** t the same time I am resisting, as the music is good inside and the rain is relentless outside. ---
**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 12, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4534 "2003-03-12T03:41:23Z")
**Z** enlike calm is required, or chaos reigns and letters are forgotten. **B** last it all! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4535 "2003-03-12T03:41:24Z")
**Y**? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4536 "2003-03-12T03:44:21Z")
**C** rap. ---
**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 12, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4537 "2003-03-12T04:15:15Z")
**D** oes this bus stop at 82nd street? [/Bruce] ---
**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 12, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4538 "2003-03-12T04:34:54Z")
**E** very little breeze seems to whisper Louise. ---
**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 12, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4539 "2003-03-12T04:53:25Z")
**F** antastically slow the board is tonight. ☹ **G** uess I’ll give up and go to bed. **H** appy dreams, one and all! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tom\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_P)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4540 "2003-03-12T04:59:15Z")
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