# Back to Normal?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normal/429776>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 12, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normal/429776 "2007-12-12T21:43:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normal/429776/1 "2007-12-12T21:43:26Z")

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Am I the first post since the board came back online?

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normal/429776/2 "2007-12-12T22:02:27Z")

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I am here. I am Nanny McPhee.

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**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normal/429776/3 "2007-12-12T22:05:19Z")

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Normal? This place?

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**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normal/429776/4 "2007-12-12T22:26:58Z")

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Man, I was starting to get that junkie itch.

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normal/429776/5 "2007-12-12T22:47:20Z")

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So, which hamster died? Please tell me it wasn’t Guthrie! I love that little guy. The way he spins that wheel, so determined, like he actually thinks he’ll get somewhere.

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**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normal/429776/6 "2007-12-12T23:15:15Z")

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[QUOTE=photopat]  
So, which hamster died? Please tell me it wasn’t Guthrie! I love that little guy. The way he spins that wheel, so determined, like he actually thinks he’ll get somewhere.  
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Aaaah. The **Great Debates** Hamster.

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**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normal/429776/7 "2007-12-12T23:20:10Z")

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The board was offline? What a surprise.

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normal/429776/8 "2007-12-12T23:40:02Z")

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[QUOTE=essell]  
Aaaah. The **Great Debates** Hamster.  
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True, you should see the way he whimpers whenever **Lekatt** appears in a thread.

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**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normal/429776/9 "2007-12-13T02:16:50Z")

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[QUOTE=photopat]  
So, which hamster died?  
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Maybe now would be a good time to sneak a capybara or two in…

But yeah, Guthrie was cool.