# I've been struck mute.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-struck-mute/335927>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 16, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-struck-mute/335927 "2005-12-16T16:04:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-struck-mute/335927/1 "2005-12-16T16:04:02Z")

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Okay… emailed 3 different people on 3 different email services over the past 2 hours. Not ONE single reply.

Hardly an hour goes by where at least one of them doesn’t send me something. Today, nothing!

How am I supposed to avoid work when I don’t have anything to occupy my time. I’m actually going to have to do something constructive here in a minute. :eek:

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**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-struck-mute/335927/2 "2005-12-16T16:09:21Z")

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Nah. Just waste - I mean constructively spend - your time here like the rest of us do!

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-struck-mute/335927/3 "2005-12-16T17:18:29Z")

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…well that goes without saying.

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**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-struck-mute/335927/4 "2005-12-16T17:34:37Z")

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> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> Okay… emailed 3 different people on 3 different email services over the past 2 hours. Not ONE single reply.
> 
> Hardly an hour goes by where at least one of them doesn’t send me something. Today, nothing!
> 
> How am I supposed to avoid work when I don’t have anything to occupy my time. I’m actually going to have to do something constructive here in a minute. :eek:

I’m sorry. You said something?

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-struck-mute/335927/5 "2005-12-16T17:37:47Z")

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I might have known…

Bastard.

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**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-struck-mute/335927/6 "2005-12-16T18:15:09Z")

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You can do like one guy we know and make long-distance calls to Australia.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-struck-mute/335927/7 "2005-12-16T18:18:33Z")

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But I don’t know anybody in Australia…

Eh… May as well call and introduce myself.

Thanks!