# Am I here? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 1, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-here/545211 "2010-07-01T17:12:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-here/545211/21 "2010-07-02T15:20:33Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Wow, a horde of pens? Scary! Is that the new collective description for pens? You know, a flock of sheep, a murder of crows, or an obnoxiousness of children? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-here/545211/22 "2010-07-02T15:42:36Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > What you need is a window into your fridge. And by “fridge”, in this context I mean “sternum”. Remind me to never ask you to grab a beer out of my fridge for me. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-here/545211/23 "2010-07-02T15:45:36Z")
Your indicator is blue at this time. It’s a lot like looking in a mirror, isn’t it? Somehow it reminds me of a thing I heard in grammar school last century: “Your back is always behind you, no matter how fast you turn around.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-here/545211/24 "2010-07-02T15:47:21Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Remind me to never ask you to grab a beer out of my fridge for me. And by “beer”, you mean…? ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-here/545211/25 "2010-07-02T15:50:11Z")
The word ‘horde’ can be applied to misers and gnats. I see no reason why it can’t be applied to pens as well. Perhaps someone should change the appropriate [Wiki article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_collective_nouns_by_collective_term_A-K). ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-here/545211/26 "2010-07-02T17:02:18Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Tom Hanks]Ninjas don’t smile![/Tom Hanks] Love, love, love Tom Hanks, but also love, love, love the _Barenaked Ladies_, who contradict Tom on this point: [quote Barenaked Ladies, The Ninjas] The ninjas are deadly and silent They’re also unspeakably violent They speak Japanese, they do whatever they please And if you tear off their masks they’ll be smiling [/BL, TN] Gotta go with BL on this one. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-here/545211/27 "2010-07-02T18:59:38Z")
I’m not here right now. I went out to find myself. If you see me, please keep me here until I return. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-here/545211/28 "2010-07-02T19:02:59Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Wow, a horde of pens? Scary! _cough_ I may have been playing too much Warcraft lately… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-here/545211/29 "2010-07-03T04:12:03Z")
What? We’ve had mods in here, and still no one’s going to give the full answer? Fortunately I remember this question being asked before. Each “visit” consists of a minimum of 20 minutes unless you explicitly log out. Every time you click on a link, you restart the clock. IF you do not click on a link in 20 minutes, the “visit” is over. The board has no way of knowing whether or not you have closed your browser in that time period. You appear online for the duration of the visit, unless you choose to be invisible. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-here/545211/30 "2010-07-03T11:20:19Z")
I tried being invisible once. I went into my doctor’s office and he told me he couldn’t see me right now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-here/545211.md?page=1)