# d&r

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-r/372102>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 9, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-r/372102 "2006-09-09T22:51:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-r/372102/1 "2006-09-09T22:51:08Z")

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Various people seem to use this at the end of their post. What does it mean?

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-r/372102/2 "2006-09-09T22:53:35Z")

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Ducks and Runs.

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-r/372102/3 "2006-09-09T22:56:30Z")

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Might want to check your diet there…

d&r

(Thank you 🙂 )

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-r/372102/4 "2006-09-09T23:30:43Z")

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Usualy said after making some very bad joke, indicating the expectation of having rotten tomatoes (or worse) hurled in one’s direction.

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-r/372102/5 "2006-09-10T02:08:30Z")

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Moved to ATMB.

- **xash**  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-r/372102/6 "2006-09-10T02:38:55Z")

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A minor variation…I always thought of it as “ducking and running,” i.e., symbolizing leaving the scene of the “crime” in a sheepish manner.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-r/372102/7 "2006-09-10T12:27:42Z")

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Sigh. So I’ve added this to the [Glossary stickie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320298).

I dunno why the language has to change so fast, why can’t we just keep 'er frozen when I’ve got the Glossary up to date?

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-r/372102/8 "2006-09-10T16:11:56Z")

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It’s a variation on GD&R (grinning, ducking and running)