# long-time doper chique has passed away

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-doper-chique-has-passed-away/543500>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 17, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-doper-chique-has-passed-away/543500 "2010-06-17T02:57:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-doper-chique-has-passed-away/543500/101 "2013-01-13T07:07:56Z")

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> [@Brynda](#):
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> Sort of spooky to see that autolycus and norinew both post in this thread.

Adds all kinds of shades of meaning to the term “zombie thread”, doesn’t it?

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-doper-chique-has-passed-away/543500/102 "2013-01-13T13:52:20Z")

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> [@Brynda](#):
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> Sort of spooky to see that autolycus and norinew both post in this thread.

And some while back someone bumped an old thread and some of the first responses were from Q.E.D. and David Simmons.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-doper-chique-has-passed-away/543500/103 "2013-01-13T14:47:52Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> …people who didn’t know **chique** don’t care. I see no problem here.

> [@buddha\_david](#):
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> Don’t be so certain. I never heard of **chique** until now, and this thread kinda ruined my day. ☹

Well, then, you should probably think twice about opening a thread with “long-time doper…has passed away” in the thread title.

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