# I want to see the next page, dammit! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 6, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-the-next-page-dammit/166889 "2003-04-06T17:59:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-the-next-page-dammit/166889/1 "2003-04-06T17:59:12Z")
What the fuck is with the hampster? I’ve read several threads today, and each time I try to get to the second page, I get the error message. What the hell, do I need to utilize my secret clique code to get there, or did they change it again? Run faster, you little fucker! ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-the-next-page-dammit/166889/2 "2003-04-06T18:01:23Z")
The hampster is tried. Wait till the hamster takes over - things will speed up then. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-the-next-page-dammit/166889/3 "2003-04-06T18:10:34Z")
He must be tired from carrying the extra P. However, when I have extra P, I tend to move a lot faster. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-the-next-page-dammit/166889/4 "2003-04-06T18:12:28Z")
“hampster” is the accepted SDMB method of spelling the name of that lazy, rotten little creature that takes too many smoke breaks. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-the-next-page-dammit/166889/5 "2003-04-06T18:12:36Z")
I shoulda fucking knew it. I made a typo in my post making fun of your typo. Fuck the hamsters - let’s get a pack of dogs in there. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-the-next-page-dammit/166889/6 "2003-04-06T18:16:41Z")
Why is it called a hampster? If the Reader didn’t give you bathroom breaks, you’d be holding your p too! ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-the-next-page-dammit/166889/7 "2003-04-06T18:20:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > \*\*I shoulda fucking knew it. I made a typo in my post making fun of your typo. \*\* It’s not a typo! It’s a “cow-worker, gotcha-ya” thing! ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-the-next-page-dammit/166889/8 "2003-04-06T18:26:57Z")
I thought it was a hamster whose name was Hampster. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-the-next-page-dammit/166889/9 "2003-04-06T20:22:06Z")
It’s a reference to the Hampster Dance, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![snac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@snac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snac)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-the-next-page-dammit/166889/10 "2003-04-07T12:42:26Z")
I hear they hail from Concord, New Hampster. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-the-next-page-dammit/166889/11 "2003-04-07T14:23:49Z")
You know, we should start a grass-roots campaign to get the alternative spelling into the dictionary. That would make a funny story. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-the-next-page-dammit/166889/12 "2003-04-07T14:44:14Z")
I have a funny story. oh wait, no I don’t ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-the-next-page-dammit/166889/13 "2003-04-07T18:34:07Z")
Not only do I spell it “hampster,” I pronounce it that way, too. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-the-next-page-dammit/166889/14 "2003-04-08T05:27:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > \*\*I shoulda fucking knew it. I made a typo in my post making fun of your typo. \*\* That’s known as Gaudere’s Law, or at least a corollary of it.