# Coldfire has a new fan, it seems... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 10, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633 "2002-10-10T04:46:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/1 "2002-10-10T04:46:42Z")
[Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=25925) ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/2 "2002-10-10T04:51:09Z")
Boy, is that lame. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/3 "2002-10-10T04:57:03Z")
Yeah, he could at least have spelled “sleaze” correctly. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/4 "2002-10-10T05:19:30Z")
Do you get the feeling he/she put spaces between the letters to avoid detection by search? How did you find out? Was this person one of those “Welcome to our newest member” things? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/5 "2002-10-10T05:21:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LindyHopper \* > \*\*Was this person one of those “Welcome to our newest member” things? \*\* Yes, that’s the trick in this case. Sign up with an invalid e-mail address, only to see your new name on the front page for 30 minutes, until the next person signs on. Highly amusing, as you will no doubt agree. ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/6 "2002-10-10T05:26:29Z")
If I ever find out who said this about my fella, I’ll flay him alive and pour boiling water over his naked flesh! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/7 "2002-10-10T05:27:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LindyHopper \* > \*\*How did you find out? Was this person one of those “Welcome to our newest member” things? \*\* Yep, that’s where I saw it ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/8 "2002-10-10T05:30:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Highly amusing, as you will no doubt agree. \*\* Hyuk. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/9 "2002-10-10T05:40:51Z")
You can taste my amusement… ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/10 "2002-10-10T05:43:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Yes, that’s the trick in this case. Sign up with an invalid e-mail address, only to see your new name on the front page for 30 minutes, until the next person signs on. > > Highly amusing, as you will no doubt agree. \*\* Why bother punishing them with boiling oil and the like. If this is their idea of a good time being them is punishment enough. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/11 "2002-10-10T06:41:54Z")
Dumb ass. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/12 "2002-10-10T07:22:45Z")
Right up there with the brilliance of “themodssuck”, which IIRC lasted roughly 3 hours before it got canned. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/13 "2002-10-10T07:45:59Z")
So, what did you do to incur this dude’s wrath Coldy? D’ya wanna share something with us here? 😃 :p… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/14 "2002-10-10T07:48:01Z")
Some insecure dickweeds are apparently deeply uncomfortable with the existence of worthwhile people. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/15 "2002-10-10T08:05:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\*You can taste my amusement… \*\* Tastes like chicken? ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/16 "2002-10-10T13:50:41Z")
I love the smell of amusement in the morning. It smells . . . kinda funny. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/17 "2002-10-10T13:54:47Z")
Nope, tastes like [stupid](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?&threadid=138859) to me. ---
**Author:** ![ralphthemuppet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@ralphthemuppet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralphthemuppet)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/18 "2002-10-10T14:07:22Z")
sounds like Mod’s are in favour with him - have a [look](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=138898) ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/19 "2002-10-10T14:52:21Z")
Hmmm…there was a thread there a minute ago… ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-has-a-new-fan-it-seems/131633/20 "2002-10-10T14:54:36Z")
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