# Boy, this board sure does scream when we're all reading the Onion **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-this-board-sure-does-scream-when-were-all-reading-the-onion/131446 "2002-10-08T23:19:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-this-board-sure-does-scream-when-were-all-reading-the-onion/131446/1 "2002-10-08T23:19:05Z")
It’s that time again - Tuesdays between 2pm and 5pm PST, when all the Dopers are reading the next installment of The Onion and the SDMB cruises along. 😃 If you’ll excuse me, I’ll be back later… ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-this-board-sure-does-scream-when-were-all-reading-the-onion/131446/2 "2002-10-09T01:00:34Z")
I just wanna know…Where the frack is Jean Teasdale? Have they discontinued her column? If they have, I’ll just have to curl up with my stuffed animals, a Patrick Swayze movie, and a candy bar the size of Montana! And is anyone else getting that uncloseable ad at the bottom of the page? What’s up with that! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-this-board-sure-does-scream-when-were-all-reading-the-onion/131446/3 "2002-10-09T06:07:49Z")
Every week the Onion finds a new way to squeeze more ads onto the screen that we can’t get rid of. I’m beginning to be impressed. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-this-board-sure-does-scream-when-were-all-reading-the-onion/131446/4 "2002-10-09T06:56:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*I just wanna know…Where the frack is Jean Teasdale? Have they discontinued her column? If they have, I’ll just have to curl up with my stuffed animals, a Patrick Swayze movie, and a candy bar the size of Montana! > > And is anyone else getting that uncloseable ad at the bottom of the page? What’s up with that! \*\* Try [http://www.theonion.com/index\_noframes.html](http://www.theonion.com/index_noframes.html) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-this-board-sure-does-scream-when-were-all-reading-the-onion/131446/5 "2002-10-09T07:24:45Z")
**Reilly** , I know where to find the _old_ columns. What I don’t know is if there will ever be another _new_ column. Didn’t they ax T. Herman Zweibel? Now, I wasn’t sorry to see him go, but Jean… ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-this-board-sure-does-scream-when-were-all-reading-the-onion/131446/6 "2002-10-09T07:27:38Z")
D’oh! It’s “candy bar the size of **Delaware**!” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-this-board-sure-does-scream-when-were-all-reading-the-onion/131446/7 "2002-10-09T07:34:11Z")
I usually pick up the paper edition. I pass by about a hundred The Onion newstands every day. Aren’t you jealous? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-this-board-sure-does-scream-when-were-all-reading-the-onion/131446/8 "2002-10-09T12:25:10Z")
Nope, because I can do the same thing. And they turn up on the floors of lecture halls all over. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-this-board-sure-does-scream-when-were-all-reading-the-onion/131446/9 "2002-10-10T09:49:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\ ***Reilly** , I know where to find the _old_ columns. What I don’t know is if there will ever be another _new_ column. Didn’t they ax T. Herman Zweibel? Now, I wasn’t sorry to see him go, but Jean… \*\* I was showing you how you can view the Onion without “that uncloseable ad at the bottom of the page”. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-this-board-sure-does-scream-when-were-all-reading-the-onion/131446/10 "2002-10-10T09:55:17Z")
Sorry… sorry… terribly sorry… ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-this-board-sure-does-scream-when-were-all-reading-the-onion/131446/11 "2002-10-10T13:44:01Z")
It’s OK, I wasn’t too specific in my reply.–DHR