I am annoyed that we can’t edit though. What was the logic behind taking that away?
Phax, that was so that people could not post offensive and provoking comments, and then claim innocence after being flamed by changing the comments to something harmless and benign.
Yeh, I figured that was the story. Sounds like some people need to grow up. I’ve been on message boards that wouldn’t let you sign up with a “free” email address such as those from Yahoo! Probably prevents a lot of muliple personalities and other crap that people can think up.
And if I had editing, I would have spelled multiple right!
You may already know this, but the ‘Preview’ Button under the reply field allows you to see your message as it would be posted, before you acutally submit it. (The quick-reply box at the bottom of the thread doesn’t have this feature. To use it, you have to click the ‘Post Reply’ button after the last post.) So you can check your speeling and
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and such. 
Phax, since Zoe hasn’t come back to administer the Big Test yet, I’ll go ahead and do it.
You must post a thread in General Questions asking one of these three things:
1)What are the three words in the English language that end in -gry?
2)Does a duck’s quack echo? (this seems right up your alley given this thread title)
3)The riddle about the hotel, the bell boy, the $30 and the missing dollar
You must then survive the ensuing onslaught with decorum and daft. Then my son, you will be a man.
PS Don’t do any of those things please.
USCDiver, that’s for the rescue! I was trying my best to come up with something diabolical. You would think that since I used to be a high school teacher I could come up with something worthy…
I had exactly the same experience. I came from a “spiritual” forum supposedly based on the books of a modern day guru (my word, not his). It was cut throat! SDMB has saved my sanity…almost. 
The diversity is terrific!
1). Hungry, Angry and some obsure word no one has ever heard of. Actually, I’ve since read that there are at least a half-dozen other equally obscure ones out there.
2) Nope.
3) The butler did it.
Bonus Question - Thanks to yet another mind-numbing experience at my mother-in-laws - reading her Enquirer - I know that one of the more recent Elvis spottings was at a Burger King in Detroit. He was working the counter.
Wrong on No. 2, Phax.
Personally, I have not actually tried to do this - just believed an email I got about that a few months ago. Next time, when I happen to be in the mountains with my duck …
Try not to believe email factoids, Phax. They’ll bite you on the bum almost evertime, truth-wise.
That’s why stuff like the Straight Dope Archive and snopes are around.
You mean … you CAN’T believe everything you find on the internet and in emails???:eek:
Shouldn’t this continue somewhere like, oh, MPSIMS, Phax? I think you’ve hijacked your own thread, here!
And in answer to your question – I’d keep a pinch of salt handy, if I were you. Just in case.
Phax, good God man! You got a welcome from Ice Wolf! 'tis a sign!
I am not worthy!
OK, where did we leave that goat? We can’t properly initiate a new member without the goat!
Did you check Greg Brady’s groovy bachelor pad?
While you have reneged on your offer of duck for everybody, we should also warn you not to mention Atomic Badger Racing lest Mangetout come charing into that thread knocking people left and right in his attempts to see if someone has registered that user name.
Actually I’d like to see how long it takes him to get here now that his favourite suggested username has been mentioned.
wow…if the rest of the threads here keep me smiling as much as this one did, I’ll be happy.
I gather that the sly wit and intelligence pervades the whole board…
Oh, and I’m new.
…and careful… I bite.
Time to clear up a couple of things. I apologize about the duck thing. I had the best intentions, but I discovered my plan had a minor flaw in it when I realized I would need in excess of 32,000 ducks. I do think, however, that there are enough geese in my neighborhood to make everyone happy. Therefore, everyone is invited to come by and pick your own. Just go to Chicago, turn left. I’m in the blue house on the right.
** Ice Wolf ** - Yes, I think the hijacking occured. My original plan was to let this thread die a natural death, but it seems to have taken on a life of it’s own. So I spent about an hour poring over this whole website to figure out how I do that. I came up with zilch. Is it as simple as a cut & paste; or is there some magic button to push; or is there some God I must sacrifice my kid’s hamsters to; or what?
** maia ** - Welcome aboard. I’ll save you a goose to “bite” into.
Hey, maia! Welcome to the boards.
And yes, that sly wit and intelligence is all over the place. Especially in threads where I post. Well, that’s what I think, but the general board opinion rarely seems to concur
You bite? That’s cool. There are wierder than that around here. I do thermodynamic analyses of turbines in my dreams…
Have fun, and ‘read twice, post once’.