# How much longer can the SDMB last? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 8, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339 "2006-12-08T14:26:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/41 "2006-12-09T07:49:58Z")
wasting away… ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/42 "2006-12-09T07:53:55Z")
> [@](#): > > even if every Doper got a new cat on the same day Need I say _squeeeee!_ ? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/43 "2006-12-09T12:14:56Z")
[QUOTE=Quasimodem] 1. Since Cecil is affiliated with _The Chicago Reader_, how would that impact him? Would he then become a _GOOGLE_ employee? [/QUOTE] I can’t imagine why. For all intents and purposes, \*\*Cecil \*\* has nothing to do with the SDMB, except as an occasional poster. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/44 "2006-12-09T12:57:51Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] except as an occasional poster. [/QUOTE] … generous much? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/45 "2006-12-09T12:59:11Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] I can’t imagine why. For all intents and purposes, \*\*Cecil \*\* has nothing to do with the SDMB, except as an occasional poster. [/QUOTE] It is an interesting question as to who owns what. Does [Ed Zotti](http://web.archive.org/web/20020317182714/http://geocities.com/sdpeoplepages/images/edzotti.jpg) own the board in that it’s originally an outgrowth of his articles or does the Reader? I suspect the Reader holds the whip hand in this scenario. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/46 "2006-12-09T15:14:40Z")
The Death of Knowledge Foretold _I met a poster from an antique land of heat Who said: 'A drunk and legless man of wit Lies in Chicago. See him, on the street, Half-cut, a shattered visage there, unfit Through hookers, blow and Scotch all neat To answer queries for the column now. His faculties of yore are missed, they’ve evanesced Into the mists of time (and how!). And on his nametag these words appear — “My name is Zotti, Wisest Sage of All: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” Nothing beside remains. The server broke On that colossal wreck. The threads now bare, The posts are gone, no searches will invoke._ Percy Bysshe Guevara (1817) ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/47 "2006-12-09T16:46:58Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] Meanwhile, a bulletin board “dedicated to horses (in dutch)” is at 16th place with 181675 posts in the last week. Compare SDMB’s approx. 950 posts in the last week. Is there really that much to say about horses? In dutch? -FrL- [/QUOTE] Depends… What’s the Dutch word for treadmill? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/48 "2006-12-09T18:01:42Z")
[QUOTE=nd\_n8] Depends… What’s the Dutch word for treadmill? 😛 [/QUOTE] Or glue? 😃😛😃😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/49 "2006-12-09T18:43:38Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] The Death of Knowledge Foretold _I met a poster from an antique land of heat Who said: 'A drunk and legless man of wit Lies in Chicago. See him, on the street, Half-cut, a shattered visage there, unfit Through hookers, blow and Scotch all neat To answer queries for the column now. His faculties of yore are missed, they’ve evanesced Into the mists of time (and how!). And on his nametag these words appear — “My name is Zotti, Wisest Sage of All: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” Nothing beside remains. The server broke On that colossal wreck. The threads now bare, The posts are gone, no searches will invoke._ Percy Bysshe Guevara (1817) [/QUOTE] {Dr. Hook voice on} That was beautiful. {/DHV} ::sniff:: ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/50 "2006-12-09T18:58:20Z")
Hmm… A bit tooo beautiful. Like Candle In The Wind, I wonder if it was tweaked 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339/51 "2006-12-10T05:31:26Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] The Death of Knowledge Foretold _I met a poster from an antique land of heat Who said: 'A drunk and legless man of wit Lies in Chicago. See him, on the street, Half-cut, a shattered visage there, unfit Through hookers, blow and Scotch all neat To answer queries for the column now. His faculties of yore are missed, they’ve evanesced Into the mists of time (and how!). And on his nametag these words appear — “My name is Zotti, Wisest Sage of All: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” Nothing beside remains. The server broke On that colossal wreck. The threads now bare, The posts are gone, no searches will invoke._ Percy Bysshe Guevara (1817) [/QUOTE] As someone who just finished her midterm Romantic Poetry and Prose exam, I think I love you. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-can-the-sdmb-last/383339.md?page=2)