# Banner ads I never want to see again **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 19, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-i-never-want-to-see-again/503549 "2009-07-19T20:51:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-i-never-want-to-see-again/503549/1 "2009-07-19T20:51:30Z")
1. Teeth whitening. a.k.a. “Dr Sardonicus Lives” 2. The God Who Wasn’t There. Thoroughly discussed and debunked on this board. About as welcome as a Dianetics ad. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-i-never-want-to-see-again/503549/2 "2009-07-19T21:35:41Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > 1. The God Who Wasn’t There. Thoroughly discussed and debunked on this board. About as welcome as a Dianetics ad. Can you point to me to the thread? My searching has failed to find it. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-i-never-want-to-see-again/503549/3 "2009-07-19T22:10:48Z")
A bit of Googling fetched me [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=498997), from last year. Don’t know if the that’s the thread **Lumpy** was referring to, but it’s a start. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-i-never-want-to-see-again/503549/4 "2009-07-22T22:40:09Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > 1. Teeth whitening. a.k.a. “Dr Sardonicus Lives” > > 2. The God Who Wasn’t There. Thoroughly discussed and debunked on this board. About as welcome as a Dianetics ad. Nitpick- It’s _Mister_ Sardonicus. He bought the title of baron, but never got a doctorate.