# Is there a search function here? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 26, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-search-function-here/439186 "2008-02-26T03:32:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-search-function-here/439186/1 "2008-02-26T03:32:22Z")
This might be a dumb question, but is there a search function here? I searched the FAQ for a search function, which it says it’s at the top of each page. Where the heck is it? Is it hiding somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-search-function-here/439186/2 "2008-02-26T03:34:24Z")
Yes. As soon as you [del]sell your soul[/del] pay the subsciption fee you, too, can search. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-search-function-here/439186/3 "2008-02-26T13:23:03Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Yes. As soon as you [del]sell your soul[/del] pay the subsciption fee you, too, [del]can search[/del] can wait endlessly for the capybaras to spit out some answer you didn’t want, then wait another 120 seconds before resubmitting the search properly phrased (you hope!). [/QUOTE] Edited for clarity. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-search-function-here/439186/4 "2008-02-26T18:06:13Z")
All comedy aside, the search function is a privilege extended to subscribing members. During your 30 day trial period you may make posts to the board but you are not given the full benefits offered subscribers. It’s a whopping $14.95 a year – less than four cents a day – to have the full package. We hope you become a subscribing member. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-search-function-here/439186/5 "2008-02-26T18:17:45Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] Edited for clarity. 😃 [/QUOTE] Yes, I know you’re trying to be funny but do not do this – ever. We take a very dim view of anyone “editing” someone else’s quote, even if meant in jest, it opens the door to all kinds of other stuff that is not so humorous and not at all funny. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-search-function-here/439186/6 "2008-02-26T18:21:43Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] .. It’s a whopping $14.95 a year – less than four cents a day – to have the full package. [/QUOTE] Major nit pick alert! By my calculations (14.95/ 365.25) it’s MORE than four cents a day. Of course it’s better for those of us who already paid for this year, because of leap year. (Still more than four cents a day though.) I would say that it is worth it, more or less. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-search-function-here/439186/7 "2008-02-26T18:38:25Z")
If you’re looking for a certain thing, i’m sure a friendly subscriber would be willing to look it up and post a link. Of course, that just brings in a whole new problem. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-search-function-here/439186/8 "2008-02-26T18:51:47Z")
[QUOTE=SiXSwordS] Major nit pick alert! By my calculations (14.95/ 365.25) it’s MORE than four cents a day. Of course it’s better for those of us who already paid for this year, because of leap year. (Still more than four cents a day though.) I would say that it is worth it, more or less. [/QUOTE] 0.0409589, but who’s counting? ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-search-function-here/439186/9 "2008-02-26T19:02:13Z")
The difference is more than thirty-five cents a year! Multiplied by the number of paid memberships that’s thousands of dollars. But I guess a couple of thousand dollars is just pocket change to you? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-search-function-here/439186/10 "2008-02-26T21:16:31Z")
Kudos to the OP for at least attempting to search!