# I Messed Up...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-messed-up/430514
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [December 18, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-messed-up/430514 "2007-12-18T22:35:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@SpunkyMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpunkyMonkey)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-messed-up/430514/1 "2007-12-18T22:35:25Z")
Somehow my thread got submitted 3 times in General Questions! I can’t remove it! Now what? :smack: :smack:
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### Author:  [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-messed-up/430514/2 "2007-12-18T22:43:32Z")
Stop submitting them?
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-messed-up/430514/3 "2007-12-18T22:43:53Z")
I have reported the duplicates to the mods for you. They will close two of them, I’m sure. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-messed-up/430514/4 "2007-12-18T22:50:08Z")
In general, even tho the boards may appear to be frustratingly slow and even timeout, once you hit “submit”, it has passed into the inevitable and will eventually get posted. I’ve found it’s a good idea to check before trying again.
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### Author:  [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-messed-up/430514/5 "2007-12-18T22:58:23Z")
I locked the two threads that had no replies and left the third open. Next case.
**Gfactor**
General Questions Moderator