# End-of-H'ween announcement **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 14, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-hween-announcement/673916 "2013-11-14T16:54:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-hween-announcement/673916/1 "2013-11-14T16:54:11Z")
Jeebus, TubaDiva, I read your announcement closing up\*\* Boo!\*\* without any context, and for a horrified moment thought you meant the whole Board. Context.\* Context…\* ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-hween-announcement/673916/2 "2013-11-14T16:57:52Z")
scared ya didn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-hween-announcement/673916/3 "2013-11-14T20:07:11Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Jeebus, TubaDiva, I read your announcement closing up\*\* Boo!\*\* without any context, and for a horrified moment thought you meant the whole Board. > > Context.\* Context…\* Seconded! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-hween-announcement/673916/4 "2013-11-14T20:29:16Z")
You weren’t reading between the line. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-hween-announcement/673916/5 "2013-11-14T21:22:04Z")
Thirded ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-hween-announcement/673916/6 "2013-11-15T03:24:43Z")
I took it to be a suicide note. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-hween-announcement/673916/7 "2013-11-15T03:31:34Z")
This has been a test of the Emergency Board Closure System. If this had been a real Board Closure, you would not be reading this right now. Thank you for participating in this test of the Emergency Board Closure System. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-hween-announcement/673916/8 "2013-11-15T04:57:29Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Jeebus, TubaDiva, I read your announcement closing up\*\* Boo!\*\* without any context, and for a horrified moment thought you meant the whole Board. > > Context.\* Context…\* It’s only in Boo! It mentions The Great Pumpkin. How much more context is needed? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-hween-announcement/673916/9 "2013-11-25T05:58:07Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > It’s only in Boo! There are quite a lot of posters who view the board through the “New Posts” link rather than through the separate forums. They often do not notice what forum a post is in until after reading it.