# Hi-Jack this thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414 "2003-04-17T21:31:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/182 "2003-04-25T07:15:47Z")
**NoClueBoy** , I did ask **Spoz** … and since I’m not sure I can distill what we talked about in prose… this is the text of our MSN conversation: > [@](#): > > GlowingDragonFlame says: > by the way… do you happen to have a font with an interrobang in it that you can use in Internet Explorer? > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > interrobang??? > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > wuh? > GlowingDragonFlame says: > something like -----\> ?! > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > 😑 > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > wuh? > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > in wot way like —\> !? > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > it’s not one of these is it ----\> ~ > GlowingDragonFlame says: > hah… nah, that’s a tilde > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > yeah… > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > so… wot da fuck is an interrobang? > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > (sheesh… makes me wanna defenestrate meself… 😛 ) > GlowingDragonFlame says: > HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… erm… no… please don’t do that… 😛 > GlowingDragonFlame says: > an interrobang is a question mark and an exclamation point together. like ----\> ?! > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > well… ok… > GlowingDragonFlame says: > (I think) > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > dont 90% of all fonts do that anywaze? > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > I mean… I’m doing it now… right —\> !? > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > and why ya need an internet explorer specific font? > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > is it for a website? > GlowingDragonFlame says: > well, they have to be one character… I think… > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > (cuz… that’s kinda defeatest… you gotta make sure everyone has that font to view it properly… and for wot? just to show off this → !? ) > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > weird problem ya got there… > GlowingDragonFlame says: > ask this dude… [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3329557#post3329557](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3329557#post3329557) > GlowingDragonFlame says: > (go up a few posts, since that one’s actually mine…) > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > nah… couldn’t be arsed… 😉 > Spoz (live freakazoid tweakmeister 5000) says: > too weird question to ask someone I don’t know 😛 > GlowingDragonFlame says: > now I think about it… could very well be 😛 So yeah… why the need for it? F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/183 "2003-04-25T07:47:23Z")
Did this ‘interrobang’ [concept] appear on April 1st by any chance **Flamsterette\_X** and **NoClueBoy**? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/184 "2003-04-25T08:16:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > **jr8** , they _often_ do this? Where the hell do you live?! \*\* South London, near a former council estate (i.e. public housing). And this is a _nice_ neighborhood for south-of-the-river. Never a dull moment. **KCSuze** : Yarr! Shiver me shurikens! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/185 "2003-04-25T08:29:00Z")
Perhaps everyone will jump on my when I say this - But I assumed that **jr8** lived in America because of the car explosion story. My subconcious brain telling my conscious brain (which wasn’t paying attention) “that type of thing happens in some parts of America” and my conscious brain saying back (automaticaly- like when a person not paying attention says ‘yes dear’) “ **jr8** must be in America then”. But now that my conscious brain _is_ paying attention - It makes sense. That type of thing probably happens all the time in the likes of London, Manchester, Liverpool (now I am offending the brits as well! talk about alienation). ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/186 "2003-04-25T13:30:47Z")
I thought \*_jr8_ might live in Philly. They don’t like cars there. **Flammie Baby** , now that I think about it, if I did start using that character, relatively few people on the boards would actually see it (they would have to have it, too)… And if I wanted to make a web page or send an e-mail (as an attatched document), I could just convert it to curves and it wouldn’t matter. But, thanks for your little trip down weird lane, GlowingDragonFlame. **Lobsang** , did you like _Alien Nation_? ---
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/187 "2003-04-25T13:35:14Z")
Hi, Jack! Pleased to make your acquaintance 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/188 "2003-04-25T14:26:16Z")
A man walks into a bar with a giraffe and they proceed to get blitzed. The giraffe drinks so much it passes out on the floor. The man gets up and heads for the door to leave when the bartender yells, “Hey! You can’t leave that lyin’ there!” The drunk replies, “That’s not a lion! It’s a giraffe.” Heheheeh… :o Well I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Phax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Phax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phax)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/189 "2003-04-25T16:47:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by green\_bladder \* > \*\*A man walks into a bar with a giraffe and they proceed to get blitzed. The giraffe drinks so much it passes out on the floor. The man gets up and heads for the door to leave when the bartender yells, “Hey! You can’t leave that lyin’ there!” > > The drunk replies, “That’s not a lion! It’s a giraffe.” > > Heheheeh… :o > > Well I liked it. \*\* Then a horse walks in. The bartender looks up and says “Hey, why the long face”? ---
**Author:** ![Phax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Phax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phax)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/190 "2003-04-25T16:49:05Z")
I just realized that since I’m over 6 foot tall, I’ll never be the first midget in outer space. ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/191 "2003-04-25T17:43:05Z")
Hey, Fellas… ever get that “not so fresh” feeling? Nah… me neither. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/192 "2003-04-25T17:43:50Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by NoClueBoy_ > **Flammie Baby, now that I think about it, if I did start using that character, relatively few people on the boards would actually see it (they would have to have it, too)… And if I wanted to make a web page or send an e-mail (as an attatched document), I could just convert it to curves and it wouldn’t matter. But, thanks for your little trip down weird lane, GlowingDragonFlame.** Yup, we kinda figured that other people would have to have that character. As for converting it to curves, that I know nothing about… eh well. But hey… conversations with **Spoz** are usually weird, and cheer me up besides. That’s why I like them. 😃 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/193 "2003-04-25T17:50:00Z")
Houston, we have a midget. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/194 "2003-04-25T18:03:27Z")
**Phax** , your post about being over 6 feet tall reminds me of an unsuccessful pickup line that one of **Spoz** ’s friends used once in a pub: > [@](#): > > “Hey, do you want to go back to my place and see my 6-foot-tall space monkey named George?” Don’t know if that one would have any effect on me! F\_X ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/195 "2003-04-25T18:46:46Z")
I’m in wont of a nap - and a Krispy Kreme Doughnut. (not necessarily in that order.) ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/196 "2003-04-25T19:21:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*I am wont of my sandwich back. \*\* It’s Friday afternoon, I am trying hard to achieve as little as is humanly possible before I can sneak out early, and **Lobsang** had to post that. Damn, **Lobsang** , you nearly blew my spot, here! How am I going to explain my need for a new monitor to my boss? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/197 "2003-04-25T20:33:45Z")
Here’s more stuff from [SPOZ’s RANT](http://spoz.blogspot.com): > [@](#): > > ok… here’s a question for all ya out there… > y’know, if any of ya are bored enough to research this and come up with an answer… > > with all these peeps fillin’ up my MSN messenger list, my ICQ list… and my Yahoo list… > all these website forums… all these chat rooms… > all these e-mail accounts out there… > makes me wonder… > wot IS the current population of the internet? > I’m not talkin’ #‘s of websites here… coz, that’d be up into the squillion’s by now… > I’m wonderin’ about actual population… > how many people… on at least a weekly basis flit in and out of this cyberspacial realm? > coz… it makes ya wonder… all these people… all this data flying back n forth… > lookin’ at the big picture… the global network interconnectivity… > the conversations firing back n forth like neurons… > wot then IS the combined intellect… the combined consciousness… the global “brain” of the internet? > when will the “brain” of the internet… reach critical mass to become self aware? > we as single celled organisms… forming this organ of thought… > ok… I’m rambling… > but… ya get where I’m comin’ from? > am I freakin’ ya out now? > huh? > HUH? > hehehehehee… my brain at 5:42AM is a funny thing 🙂 > here’s another thing I find odd… > > you go to Hungry Jacks / Burger King… and they serve COKE and no PEPSI… > you go to KFC… and they serve PEPSI but no COKE… > sure, it’s a trivial thing… > but, wot the hell is going on here? > wot kinda weird secretive deal is going on behind the scenes here? > is it like the softdrink mafia? > are these fast food outlets buying protection? brand allegience? > wot happens if KFC all of a sudden serve COKE instead… is the offendin’ place torched to the ground? > it’s funny they still do ads for COKE and PEPSI tho’… > considerin’… the stuff is EVERYWHERE… > a few years back, COKE wuz actually considering buying a piece of the sky… > so they could legally float a perpetual “coke” sign in the sky 24/7… > I mean… shit, why bother? > apparently… a few years ago… they did a comprehensive study of the most consumed liquids worldwide… > water was 1st… > coke came in 2nd… > milk actually came in 3rd… > more people globally drink COKE, than milk… > damn weird when ya think about it… > weird to think they’d still consider advertising it… > I mean, take cigarette’s for example… it’s been illegal here to really advertise ‘em… for the last decade or so… > yet, still… in petrol stations, falafel houses… etc… etc… they advertise ‘em… > and wot kinda campaign’s do they run? well… they know everyone who smokes it… is helplessly addicted… > so, all they do now for advertising is to show a big honkin’ image of a cigarette, with the message - “ENOUGH SAID”… > yup… “enough said”… > when you’re drinkin’ COKE 2nd only to tap water… > why do they still fight over fast food allegience. > why do they still advertise it… > why do I rant about it? > dunno… just find it curious is all… 😉 Discuss amongst yourselves… F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/198 "2003-04-25T20:47:49Z")
By the way… all the people who are using wont"" to mean “want” are using it wrongly. According to my dictionary (and my own knowledge of the word): > [@](#): > > **wont** : _adj._ [pred] wont to do something (_dated_or _rhetorical_) in the habit of doing something; accustomed to doing something: _He was wont to give lengthy speeches._ > > **wont** _adj._ [sing] (_formal_ or _rhetorical_) custom; habit: _She went for a walk after breakfast, as was her wont._ I’m sure [Dictionary.com](http://www.dictionary.com) would say the same. And no… it is NOT a substitute for the contraction “won’t” (meaning “will not”)… they’re pronounced differently, besides. Notice the apostrophe. No… I’m not the Grammar / Word Usage Police… just trying to help eradicate a bit of wrong word usage. I’m not perfect, either… but I had to point this out. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/199 "2003-04-25T20:53:21Z")
I knew that. Honest. ---
**Author:** ![Phax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Phax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phax)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/200 "2003-04-25T21:07:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > \*\*By the way… all the people who are using wont"" to mean “want” are using it wrongly. According to my dictionary (and my own knowledge of the word): > > I’m sure [Dictionary.com](http://www.dictionary.com) would say the same. And no… it is NOT a substitute for the contraction “won’t” (meaning “will not”)… they’re pronounced differently, besides. Notice the apostrophe. > > No… I’m not the Grammar / Word Usage Police… just trying to help eradicate a bit of wrong word usage. I’m not perfect, either… but I had to point this out. > > F\_X \*\* So the moral of the story is stop using the words wong! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414/201 "2003-04-25T21:12:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phax \* > \*\*So the moral of the story is stop using the words wong! \*\* I want to. But I won’t. As is my wont. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-jack-this-thread/169414.md?page=11)