# Are my posts too boring?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 6, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493 "2003-03-06T14:56:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/1 "2003-03-06T14:56:58Z")

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Are my posts too boring? Am I simply not interesting? Am I being too reasonable, too washy, too… well, not anything else?

Do I even show up on your radar screen?

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### Author: ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/2 "2003-03-06T14:57:49Z")

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[zzzzzzzzzzz …]

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### Author: ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/3 "2003-03-06T15:07:25Z")

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¢¾

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### Author: ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/4 "2003-03-06T15:07:31Z")

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Did you used to have a different name?

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### Author: ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/5 "2003-03-06T15:15:27Z")

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:: yawn ::

Did somebody say something?

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### Author: ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/6 "2003-03-06T15:22:14Z")

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I think it was Richard Ashcroft of The Verve who said it best when he sung,

“like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown, this thread is going down”

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### Author: ![Cyrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Cyrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyrin)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/7 "2003-03-06T15:32:01Z")

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If half a chicken can lay half an egg in half an hour. How long will it take a frog with a wooden leg to kick the seeds from a dill pickle?

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### Author: ![S.Mussberger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@S.Mussberger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/S.Mussberger)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/8 "2003-03-06T15:39:19Z")

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So, by then I was stepping out the door holding my chainsaw in my left hand and…

Oh, sorry wrong thread.

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### Author: ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/9 "2003-03-06T16:14:34Z")

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I love all your posts **smiling bandit**. The one on how the superstring theory is just a pomo deconstruction of our perceived reality was fascinating and easy enough for a layman like me to understand.

And that flame in the pit that ended “you’ll be eating your breakfast with a long-handled, backwards-reaching spoon if you _ever_ try to serve me homefries with green peppers in it again.” was simply priceless.

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### Author: ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/10 "2003-03-06T16:40:50Z")

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Who are you, again? 😛

I know, I know, pot, kettle, black.

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### Author: ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/11 "2003-03-06T17:47:15Z")

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Nope, just boring enough, thanks.

Like mine, frankly.

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### Author: ![thi6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@thi6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thi6)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/12 "2003-03-06T17:50:28Z")

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Hey, you stole my thread title!

That’s it, now I’m mad.

Of course, you realize, this means war.

Well, maybe not war, exactly. Maybe I’ll just do a few of these: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Now that I think about it, I’m really not that angry. In fact, I don’t care at all. I think I’ll take a nap.

Who are you again?

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### Author: ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/13 "2003-03-06T18:16:19Z")

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Hey, I’ll have you people know that **smiling bandit** is going to bear my child!

Just kidding. Do I know you? 😃

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### Author: ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/14 "2003-03-06T18:27:25Z")

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I recognise you - I believe you have quite right-wing (to me, at least) views about US foreign policy, but in non-political threads I find you mildly diverting. 😉

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### Author: ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/15 "2003-03-06T18:47:31Z")

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Too boring for what?

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### Author: ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/16 "2003-03-06T20:08:16Z")

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Rohypnol after Thanksgiving dinner

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### Author: ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/17 "2003-03-06T23:52:26Z")

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no

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### Author: ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/18 "2003-03-06T23:55:06Z")

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As long as you dont use the Ben Stein tags around your post, you’ll be fine.

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### Author: ![mrsface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mrsface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsface)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/19 "2003-03-07T00:10:20Z")

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Have you thought of changing your name to “ **Snarling Bandit** ”? See you in the Pit!

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### Author: ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-posts-too-boring/159493/20 "2003-03-07T13:42:36Z")

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Personally, I’d like to see him change his name to “Skipping Bandit.” It’s so much…cuter.

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