# Excuse me, Madam..

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-madam/212299>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 9, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-madam/212299 "2003-11-09T22:51:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Yumanite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b487fb/32.png) [@Yumanite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumanite)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-madam/212299/21 "2003-11-11T07:01:47Z")

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> \*Originally posted by fushj00mang \*  
> \*\*(sorry, bad pun) \*\*

Yeah, that was kind of the point 😉

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**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-madam/212299/22 "2003-11-11T07:26:52Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \*  
> \*\*Take it easy with the size tag, will you?! \*\*

No kiddin, some of us post at work. My coworkers and boss know that I take “chat breaks” but HELL, that sort of thing is pretty damn obvious.

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**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-madam/212299/23 "2003-11-11T07:27:57Z")

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**Tortuga** , what happened is that **SanguineSpider** chose to have her username changed, to **Nine Times Nymph**. I’m sure she did it just to mess with your head. 😉 You can go yell at her in [this here thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=222562).

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-madam/212299/24 "2003-11-11T11:44:46Z")

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What we need to do is to show these people how inconsiderate they are.

Let’s get back at them. When they are on the street, using their mobiles, we should **read a book quietly near them**.  
That’ll show 'em! :smack:

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