# Best. Damn. Post. Ever.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damn-post-ever/403261>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 8, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damn-post-ever/403261 "2007-05-08T16:04:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damn-post-ever/403261/12 "2007-05-09T05:20:12Z")

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A week after I joined the SDMB four years ago, I read [this GQ thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=170706), which asked

> [@Love Rhombus](#):
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> Would Godzilla be an “Act of God?”
> 
> I was watching an old Godzilla movie when the thought occurred to me: how would the insurance people pay for a giant monsters’ rampage, if at all? Would it be a natural disaster? What exactly is an “act of God” to them?

I was particularly amused by [post #14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3151928&postcount=14) by **pravnik** , who, after writing a couple of authoritative paragraphs about the legal status of Gozilla, concluded:

> [@](#):
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> Originally Posted by **pravnik**
> 
> **Disclaimer: I am a lawyer, but I am neither your lawyer nor Godzilla’s lawyer. I do not practice in a Godzilla related field, and am not competent to offer advice in the event of Godzilla attacks beyond _Run!!! It’s Godzilla!!!_**

Four years later, it’s still my favorite SDMB line.

As **SNenc** said a few posts earlier:

> [@SNenc](#):
>
> It’s questions like this that make me love this place. A completely legitimate question about a completely absurd scenario that generates completely legitimate, informed and factual responses.
> 
> Only on the SDMB, folks.

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