# If you registered Wed., 4/12, you're hosed **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 13, 2000, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400 "2000-04-13T18:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/1 "2000-04-13T18:27:00Z")
Jerry, computer genius #1 at SD World HQ, made a booboo. The following users, who posted between 1 p.m. Wed., 4/12 and 11 a.m. Thurs., 4/13, are now toast and must re-register. First three letters only so as not to tempt comedians: Not\* Ran\* Mon\* iru\* tel\* buf\* nev\* Pha\* sty\* Gia\* chi\* yuz\* Mil\* Don\* Jen\* Joh\* NYP\* ash\* kai\* Bel\* Rif\* Win\* edd\* Ann\* Jon\* GPF\* Smi\* Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![billehunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@billehunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billehunt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/2 "2000-04-13T18:32:00Z")
**Ed Zotti** wrote > [@](#): > > The following users, who posted between… I assume you mean “who **registered** ”. If it is **posted** , I must be toast; what does that mean? Hey guys, look at me! I think I caught Ed Zotti in a misprint! ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/3 "2000-04-13T18:59:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey guys, look at me! I think I caught Ed Zotti in a misprint! Oh, eat shit. **Registered.** If you **registered** yesterday, you’re hosed. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/4 "2000-04-13T20:25:00Z")
Ed - you crack me up! ROFLMAO ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/5 "2000-04-13T20:59:00Z")
You know what? I posted the OP, then I went out to pick up the kids at school. And halfway there I start thinking, cheezit, what if billiehunt thinks I **honestly, truly** want him/her to eat shit? So when I got home I ran upstairs to post something saying I was just kidding! It was an affectionate vulgarity, no offense intended! So when I saw Missy’s post, I thought, whew. I swear to God, I am not making this up. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/6 "2000-04-13T21:05:00Z")
So has Cecil written a column on coprophilia? If not, I’ll start typing up my question right now! ---
**Author:** ![billehunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@billehunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billehunt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/7 "2000-04-13T21:39:00Z")
**Ed** , it’s not billie, dammit. Don’t you read your own MPSIMS? That’s it; I’m calling my lawyer. Where’s Bricker? Hmmmm, in the interest of absolute clarity (I think there’s a real need for that recently), I’m not calling my lawyer, I really don’t care how you spell my name, I took the initial comment in the spirit it was intended, and I have no official affiliation with Bricker. And I do feel for you in these trying times, Ed. Well, not literally, but you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/8 "2000-04-13T23:34:00Z")
Bill E., that thread was in the Pit, not MPSIMS. And I think whenever Ed heads over to the Pit, he gets distracted by other matters. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/9 "2000-04-13T23:47:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Ed Zotti: > I swear to God, I am not making this up. Quick, one of you unregistered lurkers register under the name “Dave Barry” and bother Ed about “stealing intellectual property”! 😉 _ **Note:** Kat does not truly advocate impersonating Mr. Barry on this message board._ * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. _I just washed my cat. It’ll take me hours to get the hairs off my tongue._                                         --100% certified genuine **WallyM7™** sig ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/10 "2000-04-14T04:27:00Z")
\*\* And I do feel for you in these trying times, Ed. Well, not literally, but you know what I mean. \*\* 😃 I had \* just taken \* a drink of coke and doggone it, the picture of you ‘feeling for’ Mr. Zotti, made me spew at my computer monitor!! Now, I gotta clean it off! yuckorama! * * * “Please Disregard the Following.” ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/11 "2000-04-14T15:09:00Z")
Look Ed…you’re so charming that even **Billie** has a crush on you. 🙂 trisha ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/12 "2000-04-15T00:43:00Z")
Uh oh, trisha, hope Bill E. doesn’t see your post!! hehehehe, he was just posting about this being his pet peeve, people calling him either ‘Billy’ or ‘Billie’. Head for the hills cutie!! 😉 * * * “Please Disregard the Following.” ---
**Author:** ![billehunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@billehunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billehunt)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/13 "2000-04-15T01:26:00Z")
FWIW, I don’t really care that much about the mis-pronounciation. It’s my own fault for picking the username. Now that I’m up to what a half-billion posts, I can’t bring myself to change it. ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/14 "2000-04-15T14:11:00Z")
Aw, Bill. I knew what you wanted to be called. But since you devoted a thread to it, I had to tease you 🙂 trisha ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/15 "2000-04-17T04:04:00Z")
Regarding > [@](#): > > So has Cecil written a column on coprophilia? I think the word you want is _coprophagia_. No charge. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/16 "2000-04-17T15:01:00Z")
Nice to see I’m not the only deeply dedicated and involved Dad out there who takes his kids to school, cuts off the GODDAMNED crusts, cooks em a freaking hot meal now and again, bakes Home Made Banana Bread for them ( !!! ) , and nurtures with grace and elan too. \<------- wiping shit off of nose. :)~ Cartooniverse * * * If you want to kiss the sky, you’d better learn how to kneel. ---
**Author:** ![lamerino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f9b8f/32.png) [@lamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lamerino)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/17 "2000-04-17T15:18:00Z")
What is it with kids and toilet humor? Does every thread of Ed’s have to dissolve this way? Can’t you get your fun at the BBQ Pit and let the growedups have some forums with class? * * * Soccer Mom, Pizza, Bridge, and not in that order. Detroiter. No handicap bowler. Former teamster. You got a problem with that? Favorite site: [http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/gregspizza/index.html](http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/gregspizza/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2000, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/18 "2000-04-18T05:55:00Z")
Thank you for the correction, kaylasdad99. However, we might both have been wrong! According to [Merriam-Webster®’s Collegiate® Dictionary](http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm), the word is coprophagy. Main Entry: **co·proph·a·gous** Pronunciation: k&-'prä-f&-g&s ([guide to pronunciation](http://www.m-w.com/pronguid.htm)) Function: _adjective_ Etymology: Greek _koprophagos_, from _kopr-_ + _-phagos_ -phagous Date: 1826 : feeding on dung - **co·proph·a·gy** /-f&-jE/ _noun_ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/19 "2000-04-18T02:27:00Z")
I’d guess that most coprophages must also be coprophiles. Or masochists, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2000, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400/20 "2000-04-18T06:26:00Z")
I was just going to kick-up a mild protest over having to re-register my new sock puppet, but now that I think about it, I suppose it can wait . . . Dr. Watson “You have the right to remain silent.”