# I was thinking . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028 "2008-12-13T18:14:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/1 "2008-12-13T18:14:17Z")
Wouldn’t it be fun if all the cool kids could have a secret conversation, right in the middle of the crowded MPSIMS cafeteria? ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/2 "2008-12-13T18:30:55Z")
Yay, you. I’m NOT trying to think. It’s Saturday. I’m trying to be lazy. Lazy + thinking do not a great Saturday make. At least for me, anyway! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/3 "2008-12-13T18:33:53Z")
A heads-up **lissener**. The Mods hate it when people do that. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/4 "2008-12-13T18:41:15Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Wouldn’t it be fun if all the cool kids could have a secret conversation, right in the middle of the crowded MPSIMS cafeteria? So are you saying you are one of the cool kids? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/5 "2008-12-13T18:42:12Z")
Well, this is going to be amusing. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/6 "2008-12-13T18:45:29Z")
Since when do cool kids hang out in a cafeteria? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/7 "2008-12-13T18:51:31Z")
You were? Did it hurt? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/8 "2008-12-13T18:54:09Z")
I thought once. It tired me out. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/9 "2008-12-13T18:57:06Z")
I don’t even know how to post “blankeness” ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/10 "2008-12-13T18:58:27Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I don’t even know how to post “blankeness” I’ll give you a hint. It’s not by using white font. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/11 "2008-12-13T18:59:13Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I thought once. It tired me out. Me, too. The results were not pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/12 "2008-12-13T19:01:31Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I’ll give you a hint. It’s not by using white font. The obvious answer is to quote the op and see how they did it ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/13 "2008-12-13T19:02:15Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Wouldn’t it be fun if all the cool kids could have a secret conversation, right in the middle of the crowded MPSIMS cafeteria? Title mouseover for the win. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/14 "2008-12-13T19:02:34Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Me, too. The results were not pretty. I get by by just knowing. No thought required. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/15 "2008-12-13T19:06:13Z")
You could also hide little messages in other ways. [RIGHT][sup]For instance, I wonder if anyone finds this without quoting it for reply.[/sup][/RIGHT] ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/16 "2008-12-13T19:10:44Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > [noparse]You could also hide little messages in other ways. > [RIGHT][sup]For instance, I wonder if anyone finds this without quoting it for reply.[/sup][/RIGHT] [/noparse] .. No. I didn’t even bother to find out. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/17 "2008-12-13T19:57:27Z")
Dude, you just opened up the cool kids’ table to the speds! Cootie shot! > [@Lobsang](#): > > [color=“#f8f8f8”].. No. I didn’t even bother to find out. [/COLOR] ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/18 "2008-12-13T20:01:19Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > You could also hide little messages in other ways. > [RIGHT][sup]For instance, I wonder if anyone finds this without quoting it for reply.[/sup][/RIGHT] [RIGHT]N u h U h. [/RIGHT] ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/19 "2008-12-13T21:24:15Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > You could also hide little messages in other ways. > [RIGHT][sup]For instance, I wonder if anyone finds this without quoting it for reply.[/sup][/RIGHT] Dunno about the rest of you, but I hit ctrl-a as soon as I read the OP. Highlights the whole page for me. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thinking/477028/20 "2008-12-14T07:53:45Z")
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