# How to purchase a membership? Just give me a hint.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-purchase-a-membership-just-give-me-a-hint/730454>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 9, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-purchase-a-membership-just-give-me-a-hint/730454 "2015-09-09T18:35:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-purchase-a-membership-just-give-me-a-hint/730454/21 "2015-09-13T13:54:53Z")

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**Mr Shine** , I would suggest not doing that again. Tampering with text in quote boxes - even for humor - is verboten here.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-purchase-a-membership-just-give-me-a-hint/730454/22 "2015-09-13T15:45:57Z")

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But since the quote box says **not actually posted by cochrane** , does the rule remain valid?

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-purchase-a-membership-just-give-me-a-hint/730454/23 "2015-09-13T17:18:23Z")

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Oy.

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