# Damn **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 17, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572 "2003-02-17T04:18:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Madkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Madkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madkins)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/1 "2003-02-17T04:18:16Z")
ive been here for a day and i notice something the same in every message board…someone is always bitchin about how the board was so much better way back when how people had intelligent convos…shit changes get over it haha just thought u like to no ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/2 "2003-02-17T04:21:04Z")
Pinheads rool! Yay! ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/3 "2003-02-17T04:23:09Z")
What are “convos?” Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/4 "2003-02-17T04:26:00Z")
Is a convo like a convoy? Rubber Duck this is Big Bear we got ourselves a couple of Smokies up ahead… ---
**Author:** ![Madkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Madkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madkins)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/5 "2003-02-17T04:27:31Z")
convo=conversation/posts ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/6 "2003-02-17T04:28:23Z")
Which thread are you talking about? If you can’t link it can you describe it? ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/7 "2003-02-17T04:30:00Z")
Well then, welcome aboard, dumb bastard. Guess we’ll get over it eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/8 "2003-02-17T04:31:57Z")
Goddamnit. Another bastard that seem to think that capital letters are for other people to use. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/9 "2003-02-17T04:33:58Z")
THEY’RE TAKING OVER!!! ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/10 "2003-02-17T04:34:33Z")
**Madkins** : Welcome to the boards. Spelling and grammer go a long way here, just so you know. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/11 "2003-02-17T04:39:39Z")
Well, yeah. Change is good. If we still insisted on intelligence, proper spelling, grammar and puctuation, and…you know, generally not being a clueless fucking moron…well, we wouldn’t have the pleasure of your company, maddy. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/12 "2003-02-17T04:43:02Z")
**Madkins** : Forgot to add: you are a flaming cockwad, and you can lick my huervos. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/13 "2003-02-17T04:45:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > \*\*Which thread are you talking about? If you can’t link it can you describe it? \*\* Or failing that, can you hum the first few bars, and the rest of the band here will try to pick up the thread beat? I think it’s 4/4 time sam 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/14 "2003-02-17T04:50:45Z")
If you can’t hum it, can you at least give a description? Any distinguishing marks? Tattoos? Scars? ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/15 "2003-02-17T06:06:33Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by AlbertRose_ > > What are “convos?” Thanks. > > _Answered by Madkins_ > > convo=conversation/posts And, **Madkins** , darlin’,–I suggest you learn about “the whoosh.” ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/16 "2003-02-17T06:12:22Z")
Whenever you join an organization, you find out that its heyday has just passed. Paraphrased from John Crowley. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/17 "2003-02-17T06:20:32Z")
I think a Groucho Marx quote might be more appropriate; “I wouldn’t be a member of any organization that would have me as a member.” Or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/18 "2003-02-17T06:21:59Z")
feather: You took the words out of my mouth, I was going to post that, damn you! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/19 "2003-02-17T06:35:17Z")
We got a great big convo… I can’t remember how the rest of that song goes. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572/20 "2003-02-17T06:41:37Z")
Like, u no, like, I cant beleeve it, like, OMG! Like, uve been here ALL day? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn/155572.md?page=2)