# help me please **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 1999, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-please/7960 "1999-09-15T20:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tipiwoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@tipiwoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tipiwoo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-please/7960/1 "1999-09-15T20:28:00Z")
okay, about a week or two ago I posted a question asking for ideas for a government paper i’m supposed to be writing. I cannot find it in the archives, but I actually liked the ideas. So maybe yall could give me a few more ideas? Any topic having to do with government past 1980? Please, I know this is sort of a homework-ish plea, but this is my first major paper in college, and I really want to do something interesting. Thanks you guys. 🙂 * * * tipi 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-please/7960/2 "1999-09-15T20:39:00Z")
Let me get this straight. You asked for help. Got good answers. Didn’t use them, or print them out, or copy them to your hard drive. You can’t even think of the name of the thread topic. Now you want help again. I suggest, for your paper, the title “Destined for Public Assistance: What’s a Government To Do”. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-please/7960/3 "1999-09-15T21:42:00Z")
Can’t we all just get along?? 🙂 🙂 Tipi, here’s a link to your original thread. Good luck on your paper [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001021.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001021.html) * * * Run for the hills, folks! Or you’ll be up to your armpits in martians! ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-please/7960/4 "1999-09-15T21:55:00Z")
Try using the _Reader’s Guide to Periodic Literature._ ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-please/7960/5 "1999-09-15T22:06:00Z")
Boy, Zette, am I a floating turd in the cesspool of higher education assistance or what? I’ve just not been myself lately. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-please/7960/6 "1999-09-16T15:14:00Z")
Chief- I noticed you’ve been a bit tense lately…maybe try a little decaf??? 😉 And, Tipiwoo- your welcome!!! :::is this thing on??::: * * * Run for the hills, folks! Or you’ll be up to your armpits in martians! ---
**Author:** ![tipiwoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@tipiwoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tipiwoo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-please/7960/7 "1999-09-16T20:18:00Z")
thanks so much zette. and I did try to find the original thread, but every time I did the search it came up with nothing…and I remembered the topic title exactly. oh well. thanks again zette. 🙂 * * * tipi 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-please/7960/8 "1999-09-16T20:22:00Z")
Tipi- no problem- for future reference, I guess the search doesn’t work well on this page…I knew I’d seen your post in the last two weeks, so I just went to the main page of MPSIMS, and at the bottom of the topic list there is a series of numbers, indicating that there are more messages. I just clicked on either 2 or 3 and there it was 🙂 * * * Run for the hills, folks! Or you’ll be up to your armpits in martians! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-please/7960/9 "1999-09-16T20:58:00Z")
Chief - I have always enjoyed reading Tipi’s posts. I had no clue what thread she was talking about or I would have helped her find it. She seems to be a fine, uptanding (why is that better than “downsitting”?) young lady who will have no problem providing for herself. All that said, your reply was damn funny! * * * The overwhelming majority of people have more than the average (mean) number of legs. – E. Grebenik ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-please/7960/10 "1999-09-16T20:59:00Z")
“uptanding”? Try “upstanding”. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-please/7960/11 "1999-09-16T21:06:00Z")
Dat’s oh-tay, Doc. I undertand. ---
**Author:** ![tipiwoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@tipiwoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tipiwoo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-please/7960/12 "1999-09-17T04:48:00Z")
Awww… You guys (and gals) are fabulous. I love this mb (even though I kind of miss the old one). I read it every day 🙂 even though I don’t seem to post much. Well, just wanted to say thanks. 🙂 ttfn.