Maybe this belongs here, or maybe in GQ, but one thing I’ve wondered is why there is a time limit to searches. I get that a posting delay helps deal with spammers, but why not let people do a 2nd search without waiting 120 seconds? This happens on other message boards too.
It’s not for spammers, it’s because out precious little server will crash and burn if too many people do too many searches at the same time. Basically, it’s just there to slow us down.
But, fear not, the board is Googled indexed. Go to Google and type:
site:boards.straightdope.com followed by your search string, it’s fast and you can do it as many times as you want.