# Making Sure this works

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-sure-this-works/240948>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 20, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-sure-this-works/240948 "2004-04-20T02:30:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Kschikan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f19dbf/32.png) [@Kschikan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kschikan)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-sure-this-works/240948/1 "2004-04-20T02:30:09Z")

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Just making sure I can make a normal post before I annoy the rest of the boards

**bold**

_italic_ other

yay

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-sure-this-works/240948/2 "2004-04-20T02:57:07Z")

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> [@Kschikan](#):
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> Just making sure I can make a normal post before I annoy the rest of the boards
> 
> **bold**
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> _italic_ other
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> yay

Egads! That is _so_ annoying!

😛

Welcome to The Dope™

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**Author:** ![GreyWanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@GreyWanderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreyWanderer)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-sure-this-works/240948/3 "2004-04-20T03:54:04Z")

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One, two, three…

And awayyyyy we go!