# Best Poster to Answer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 27, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316 "2004-09-27T16:07:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/321 "2004-10-22T14:59:18Z")

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> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#):
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> Gonna lob out a softball while we puzzle… (It popped into my head on the train)
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> “Can someone explain this riddle to me: How can 6-5=4?”

**mathematical imprecision**?

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/322 "2004-10-22T15:47:23Z")

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> [@Wile E](#):
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> **mathematical imprecision**?

Nope.

(SDMB posters have the coolest usernames, though!)

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**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/323 "2004-10-22T18:58:11Z")

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:smack: , Indeed.  
Didn’t even think of the Jaycees. But I don’t quite get the “leadership” part of it.

And **TellMeI’mNotCrazy** , would you be asking **Mathochist**?

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/324 "2004-10-22T18:59:25Z")

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> [@DogMom](#):
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> :smack: , Indeed.  
> Didn’t even think of the Jaycees. But I don’t quite get the “leadership” part of it.
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> And **TellMeI’mNotCrazy** , would you be asking **Mathochist**?

Still nope, although I did have a feeling that would be one of the early guesses 🙂

(Hint, the numbers are part of the clue)

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**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/325 "2004-10-22T19:37:37Z")

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> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#):
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> “Can someone explain this riddle to me: How can 6-5=4?”

**if6was9**

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/326 "2004-10-22T19:49:38Z")

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> [@AwSnappity](#):
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> **if6was9**

And the prize (which is a mummified cat) goes to **AwSnappity**!

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/327 "2004-10-27T11:46:30Z")

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> [@FilmGeek](#):
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> Jay-C for Ethilrist’s.

Bingo.

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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/328 "2004-11-04T15:34:18Z")

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We never had confirmation on the Tyger Tyger answer for Duke’s, and the only other outstanding one (as far as I can see) is:

> [@](#):
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> She was a street criminal before initiating reform amid zealotry (both identities needed) (Sternvogel)

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**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/329 "2004-11-04T16:33:57Z")

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I think I’ve got half of that one but I don’t know the poster’s previous handle or even if I have the right person. But I’m still working on it.

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/330 "2004-11-04T22:47:45Z")

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I’ve been out of this thread too long, and don’t have any guesses, but a beautiful definition just came to me:

**He would be the promotional material for the first Discworld movie.**

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