# How did this happen?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-happen/29809>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 18, 2000, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-happen/29809 "2000-08-18T01:03:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook_of_the_North_Shore)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-happen/29809/1 "2000-08-18T01:03:18Z")

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In this thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=1252) something odd happens. **Smcdonald** has two posts, but his post count says 1. Huh??? 😕

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-happen/29809/2 "2000-08-18T02:17:31Z")

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Hmm, that is weird. I dunno why it did that. That goes back to the UBB days, it did all manner of strangeness.

your humble TubaDiva  
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