# GAME 2 of the week. Don't open this thread if you don't plan on responding.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 7, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493 "2000-12-07T16:44:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/61 "2000-12-07T19:20:22Z")

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PS. I will be doing lunch tomorrow back at McPherson’s Square. Perhaps we can also recruit Blue Monchichi to come along since that poster once said he/she was interested in coming along.

HUGS!  
Sqrl

PS. Keep it going. All of us working together can overcome the likes of Athena and her evil crew working for our downfall!

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**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/62 "2000-12-07T19:22:36Z")

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One bag of nasty stupid left-over trail mix to go in the vending machine at work, then those yummy little pink and white animal crackers will be in front, and they will be mine, all mine bwahahahaaaahaha.

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**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/63 "2000-12-07T19:37:48Z")

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Well, **Sqrl** , since you’re only one of my all time favorite people and there’s very little I wouldn’t do for you pal, here’s my post.

And Hugs to you too! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/64 "2000-12-07T19:40:51Z")

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[pad]I was just lurking, but clicked on your thread anyway. I don’t have much to say today, but here I am.[/pad]🙂

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**Author:** ![Serendipity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Serendipity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serendipity)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/65 "2000-12-07T19:47:28Z")

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:sigh: I shouldn’t have opened this thread. Not only did I feel obligated to post, I felt obligated to read everyone elses posts. Now I’m going to be late for history class. Crap.

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**Author:** ![GeneralRipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@GeneralRipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GeneralRipper)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/66 "2000-12-07T19:48:40Z")

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This is a test of the emergency lurker posting system.

This is only a test.  
Beep! Beep! Beep!  
This has been a test of the emergency lurker posting system.

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/67 "2000-12-07T19:53:20Z")

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posting to the board  
nothing really to say here  
should preview reply

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**Author:** ![GolfWidow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GolfWidow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GolfWidow)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/68 "2000-12-07T19:54:13Z")

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Thank God I’m not a cat because curiousity finally got the best of me.

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**Author:** ![LazarusLong42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@LazarusLong42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LazarusLong42)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/69 "2000-12-07T20:04:04Z")

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I’m happy to pad my post count. 🙂

LL

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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/70 "2000-12-07T20:11:35Z")

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just had to check in for replies…

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/71 "2000-12-07T20:15:07Z")

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It’s already diverged by about 1/4.

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**Author:** ![dave99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@dave99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dave99)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/72 "2000-12-07T20:16:21Z")

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Looks like I’m wasting bandwidth again.

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/73 "2000-12-07T20:19:36Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Sassy \*  
> \*\*Has anyone seen Jack Batty? \*\*

No fair!  
I was tricked!!  
Sassy, you imp, you knew I’d see my named mentioned and I’d have to come check it out. It ain’t easy being an attentio-whore, especially in this economic climate.

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**Author:** ![nadin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@nadin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nadin)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/74 "2000-12-07T20:26:33Z")

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BUMP

post count up.

views to reply ratio up.

good deed done.

now help me choose a musical in my thread.

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/75 "2000-12-07T20:27:34Z")

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[Shameless plug]

We have a bunch of brand-spankin’ Newbies over in the [Initiation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=49741) thread just looking to be corrupted by you high-post-count Regulars!

[/shameless plug]

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**Author:** ![2cense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/3d9bf3/32.png) [@2cense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2cense)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/76 "2000-12-07T20:29:05Z")

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Ok this time, but don’t try this again.

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**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/77 "2000-12-07T20:42:58Z")

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We can feel the love. 🙂 (Listens to some disco porn in the background, hey is that Shaft?)

I keep having to check back in here for some compulsive reason. I wonder if one of the mods will come in and explain how the post count, submit, preview thing works?

HUGS!  
sqrl

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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/78 "2000-12-07T20:46:21Z")

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Hey! Look, everybody, it’s the poster with the highest ppd ratio!

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**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/79 "2000-12-07T20:55:43Z")

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Okay, ya got me.

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**Author:** ![bashere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bashere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bashere)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493/80 "2000-12-07T20:57:48Z")

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I am now, officially, spending way too much time reading these boards.

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