# E-mail Notification Test **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 5, 2001, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661 "2001-06-05T12:23:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661/1 "2001-06-05T12:23:59Z")
Testing … March 29, 1673 The **Test Act** is given the royal assent in England. All those who refuse to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, to subscribe to a declaration against transubstantiation, and to take the sacrament according to the rites of the Church of England are excluded from holding office. June 12, 1673 The Catholicism of James, Duke of York, brother of the English king Charles II, becomes public knowledge when he is forced by the **Test Act** to resign as Lord High Admiral. His closest ally, Lord Treasurer Thomas, Lord Clifford, also resigns, having also converted to Catholicism. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661/2 "2001-06-05T12:33:27Z")
dammit, nobody **told** me there were gonna be **tests** It’s not my fault, I didn’t study, the dog ate my homework, my alarm didn’t go off… ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661/3 "2001-06-05T14:24:12Z")
Ooooh, that felt _good_, baby. Who else wants to spank me? Seriously, could I get a few more replies here? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661/4 "2001-06-05T15:18:43Z")
You are aware that I could just reply here after having turned off the e-mail notification in all of your posts, right? ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661/5 "2001-06-05T15:19:53Z")
You want replies? Okay, I’ll reply, but I don’t have anything of substance to add. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661/6 "2001-06-05T15:29:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*Ooooh, that felt _good_, baby. Who else wants to spank me? Seriously, could I get a few more replies here? Thanks. \*\* \*_Spankings? SPANKINGS???_ \* I couldda done _ **SPANKINGS!??!!!?** _ Heh heh heh heh, and I’ll be within range in a few weeks, too, trust me, I have a good enough memory for this one… ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661/7 "2001-06-05T15:33:59Z")
More, more, **more**! To quote my old friend Skink, from the Carl Hiaasen novels. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661/8 "2001-06-05T15:42:42Z")
> [@](#): > > “Please, sir, I want some more.” > > The master was a fat, healthy man; but he turned very pale. He gazed in stupefied astonishment on the small rebel for some seconds; and then clung for support to the copper. The assistants were paralysed with wonder; the boys with fear. > > “What!” said the master at length, in a faint voice. > > “Please, sir,” replied **UncleBeer** , “I want some more.” > > The master aimed a blow at **UncleBeer** ’s head with the ladle; pinioned him in his arms; and shrieked aloud for the beadle. > > … > > “Mr. Limbkins, I beg your pardon, sir! **UncleBeer** has asked for more!” > > There was a general start. Horror was depicted on every countenance. > > “For more!” said Mr. Limbkins. “Compose yourself, Bumble, and answer me distinctly. Do I understand that he asked for more?” > > … > > “He did, sir,” replied Bumble. > > “That boy will be hung,” said the gentleman in the white waistcoat. “I know that boy will be hung.” ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661/9 "2001-06-05T16:02:01Z")
Hung? I’ll be _hung_? I asked for _spankings_; I do **not** do autoerotica. This concludes this test of the emergency e-mail notification system. If this had been a true emergency, you would have been instructed where to tune for the latest in official news and information. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661/10 "2001-06-05T16:08:38Z")
Actually, this _doesn’t_ conclude our test. Can I get another reply here? Pretty please? ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661/11 "2001-06-05T16:27:32Z")
Reply? Reply! REPLY, REPLY, REPLY. **REPLY!!!** Ahem. [sub]Also, sig test.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661/12 "2001-06-05T16:33:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*Hung? I’ll be _hung_? I asked for _spankings_; I do **not** do autoerotica. > \*\* :::grumble grumble **NOW** he tells me grumble grumble:: ya know, all this packing and unpacking for your ‘arrival’ is taking it’s toll… ---
**Author:** ![Mikahw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Mikahw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikahw)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661/13 "2001-06-06T00:15:29Z")
Huh? What does this button over here marked “submit” do? Oh well, Only one way to find out 😃 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661/14 "2001-06-06T00:28:56Z")
HUNG? I definitely think submissions about how Uncle Beer is hung belong in MPSIMS. Or maybe even a new category.