# I am not The Stranger.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13051>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 24, 2000, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13051 "2000-01-24T23:39:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13051/1 "2000-01-24T23:39:00Z")

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Nope, I haven’t corrected the spelling of my user name, nor have I added a definite article in front of it either. The Stranger is a completely different poster who has just registered recently. Just thought I’d let y’all know (in the event that you care) in order to avoid confusion.

And while I’m at it, are AWB and AWB II the same person? Are they father and son? What’s going on there?

For the record, my user name will remain “Strainger” regardless of any outcries of anguish or befuddlement.

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**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13051/2 "2000-01-24T23:47:00Z")

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Don’t believe a word of it, folks! You can’t fool US The Stranger!!! What do we look like, IDIOTS?? Wait, don’t answer that… 😉

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**Author:** ![Mr.Zambezi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mr.Zambezi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Zambezi)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13051/3 "2000-01-25T00:01:00Z")

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When I showed up here, I took the name “Thor.”

Everyone confused me with “thorleiflur.” who was greatly disliked. It was a major pain in the ass.

I feel your pain…

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All typos are typos, all misspellings are typos and all grammatical errors be also typos.

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**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13051/4 "2000-01-25T00:06:00Z")

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Strainger, if you can persuade The Stranger to follow you around, writing “excellent point!” posts after all YOUR posts, then you can claim him as your Sock Puppet. 🙂

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Jodi

_Fiat Justitia_

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**Author:** ![special](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13051/5 "2000-01-25T00:32:00Z")

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yeah, jeff, we’ll just see whether the 2 of you ever show up in the same room together! the only way i’ll believe it . . .

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**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-stranger/13051/6 "2000-01-25T01:24:00Z")

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Are ya sure, you double topic like a new guy ?