# I'm on the board!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-on-the-board/165324>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 31, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-on-the-board/165324 "2003-03-31T00:31:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-on-the-board/165324/1 "2003-03-31T00:31:50Z")

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It finally let me back on the board folks. Yeah!!! So is anyone else out there or has everyone left?

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**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-on-the-board/165324/2 "2003-03-31T00:48:12Z")

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😕

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**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-on-the-board/165324/3 "2003-03-31T02:12:16Z")

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It had slowed to a complete halt earlier. Anyway when it finally let me come back on it didn’t show but a couple of post as if no one had been able to get on. I don’t know maybe the hamsters got gas or maybe it was just my computer doing weird things.😃

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**Author:** ![Canadagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Canadagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadagirl)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-on-the-board/165324/4 "2003-03-31T02:12:24Z")

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“It”??

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**Author:** ![j\_kat\_251](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@j\_kat\_251](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_kat_251)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-on-the-board/165324/5 "2003-03-31T02:21:01Z")

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It, a pronoun. Commonly used to refer to objects previously mentioned, for the sake of brevity and whatever the opposite of tedium is. I mean: The dog ran around the house. The dog decided to dig a hole, then the dog buried a bone in the hole. NO. You say. The dog ran around the house. It decided to dig a hole, then it buried a bone in the hole. You could even eliminate the last “the hole”, but it may be a little unclear, I suggest leaving it in.

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-on-the-board/165324/6 "2003-03-31T03:24:25Z")

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Because saying all those nouns over and over again really wears you down.

(If I were a guy, I’d change my name to Rufus Xavier Sarsparilla.)