# Do YOU ICQ ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 2, 2000, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726 "2000-02-02T12:47:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/1 "2000-02-02T12:47:00Z")

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Inspired by kellibellis Yahoo Quest… who used ICQ? I have the numbers of some already. Let’s make it complete. Here goes:

“Hello, my name is Coldfire”

All: “Hi, Coldfire!”

“My ICQ Number is 13459848”

## All: “Oh, OK!”

**Coldfire**

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_ **"You know how complex women are"** _

- Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993)

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**Author:** ![fuzzy-wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b38774/32.png) [@fuzzy-wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzy-wuzzy)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/2 "2000-02-02T13:17:00Z")

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Yes I do…but you can get the icq numbers for most people off of their profile.  
My number is 62150887

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“Do or do not, there is no try” - Yoda

- Intern to El Presidente  
Self-Righteous Clique \*

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**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/3 "2000-02-02T15:44:00Z")

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I sure do…in fact I had been suffering major message withdrawals so I added it to my puter at my new job.

the number is 33471194.

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I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature!

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**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/4 "2000-02-02T15:47:00Z")

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Mine appears to be 666…did I do that? What the hell is it anyway?

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**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/5 "2000-02-02T16:44:00Z")

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33993878

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“…being normal is not necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage.”

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**Author:** ![Frankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankie)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/6 "2000-02-02T16:48:00Z")

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29066955

And I am BORED most of the time!

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-Frankie

“Mother Mercy, can your loins bear fruit forever?/Is your fecundity a trammel or a treasure?”  
-Bad Religion

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/7 "2000-02-02T16:53:00Z")

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I can, but I don’t. Around 60M people downloaded it from [download.com](http://download.com).

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**Author:** ![Studi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Studi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Studi)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/8 "2000-02-02T17:47:00Z")

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22930973

$3.00 per minute, must be over 19

Studi

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Don’t _speak_ ill of your enemies; plot it.

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**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/9 "2000-02-03T06:16:00Z")

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You know this is just going to turn into a pissing contest. Who’s got the lowest ICQ#?

Well, in that spirit, i submit:  
330019

**Six** digits baby.

Please don’t abuse it. Sending messages is fine, giving others my number is not.

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**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/10 "2000-02-03T06:17:00Z")

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9622091

open all night

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Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.  
-William Blake

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/11 "2000-02-03T06:19:00Z")

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12740101 but I Don’t have it installed at work. Maybe I should though.

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**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/12 "2000-02-03T06:30:00Z")

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Hiya Coldy!

My name’s Demo, very pleased to meetcha!

ICQ UIN: 608529

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"Every one is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example. "  
-Phædrus

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**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/13 "2000-02-02T19:03:00Z")

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14271735

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We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another

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**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/14 "2000-02-02T19:06:00Z")

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45757661 Don’t have it here at work though…

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“You are sweet, kind, and considerate… Like a grown up boy scout with tits!”

- Brian, aka SDMB’s one and only Satan.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/15 "2000-02-02T19:27:00Z")

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please take pity on a techno-peasant - what in the world are you guys talking about??

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and the stars o’erhead were dancing heel to toe

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/16 "2000-02-02T20:14:00Z")

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[TM ICQ List](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/icq.adp)

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**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/17 "2000-02-02T20:21:00Z")

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Ope! How ya doin’, kiddo?

I have no ICQ, nor to I want one.

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Current board events prohibit me from posting my sig line.

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**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/18 "2000-02-02T21:45:00Z")

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Having read the link, I guess I invented mine during some drunken stupour.

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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/19 "2000-02-02T21:50:00Z")

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Check my profile.

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\>\< DARWIN \>  
\_\_ **L\_\_\_L**

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**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-icq/15726/20 "2000-02-02T21:56:00Z")

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16889382

is me.

And its a good thing I don’t have it at work, how would I ever be able to do any work? Geez. I have trouble enough by the fact that I can stare at the sky. (I am easily distracted)  
Oooo, that cloud looks like Abe Lincoln, gotta go.

pat

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