# Have you ever read the board manual?

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**Created:** [June 24, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-read-the-board-manual/544375 "2010-06-24T17:10:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-read-the-board-manual/544375/3 "2010-06-24T17:27:34Z")

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Damn right I’ve read all the rules. I belong to five other boards, and not one of _them_ would allow the excuse of either “I ain’t got time to read the instructions that are in front of my face.” or “They don’t do it that way on the other boards!”

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