# \<\\> is a \<\\> **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 23, 2000, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-name-is-a-column-a/46942 "2000-12-23T01:21:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-name-is-a-column-a/46942/21 "2001-01-06T03:55:20Z")
ummmmmmmm…vicodin. Take three and maybe you still have the headache, but do you care? ---
**Author:** ![March\_to\_a\_different\_drum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@March\_to\_a\_different\_drum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/March_to_a_different_drum)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-name-is-a-column-a/46942/22 "2001-01-07T07:34:48Z")
I believe you are a demon! You have created an invisible thread. I tried to find it by searching on the word “Column” in the header, and the search couldn’t find it. Then I tried searching for “Column” in the message and still it didn’t appear. So I tried “Naziesque” and it only found another thread of YOURS. So, what do I get as a reward? Ruplestiltskin gave out golden thread for unmasking his secret. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![March\_to\_a\_different\_drum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@March\_to\_a\_different\_drum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/March_to_a_different_drum)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-name-is-a-column-a/46942/23 "2001-01-07T07:40:52Z")
And, when I looked in my profile, it said this: \*\*Last Post: 01-06-2001 11:34 PM     \<\> is a \<\> \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-name-is-a-column-a/46942/24 "2001-01-07T17:45:13Z")
Welcome to the wonderful world of the Straight Dope Search Engine! You must not have performed the chicken sacrifice properly–you have to sprinkle the cayenne pepper BEFORE you say the magic words. Search won’t find a keyword AND a user name at the same time. It has some mysterious criterion that it uses, whereby it will Search for EITHER a keyword OR a user name, but not both at the same time, and no peeking. I put in “naziesque” just now, with the Pit specified, “entire message” and “last 5 days” and up it came. But that’s just because I knew about the pepper thing… [Rumpelstiltskin who screamed and vanished in a puff of smoke when the young queen guessed his name? Hey, she traded her ring, shoes, and firstborn child for that golden thread.] ---
**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-name-is-a-column-a/46942/25 "2001-01-08T00:51:43Z")
I think the reason the search works now is that you have added “Column” and “Naziesque” to this thread by posting them without \<\< marks \>\> As you’ll notice in the Profile you describe, the system has removed everything inside the outer \< marks \>. This is done to prevent the search from picking up all the HTML created everytime someone posts a url or subscript. Of course, in fairness, only a demon would title a thread with \<\< marks \>\> 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fatwater\_Fewl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-name-is-a-column-a/46942/26 "2001-02-28T19:05:12Z")
_Bump_ Because the OP and the lists are so damnned apt – thanks, **Scylla** , I’m still laughing. jm ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-name-is-a-column-a/46942/27 "2001-06-19T07:08:15Z")
_Another bump_ This may be useful. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-name-is-a-column-a/46942/28 "2001-06-20T01:18:46Z")
So, let’s see, in **Col A** we’ve got 21, **B** : 12, **C** : 14, **D** : 16 and in **E** : 18. So, for the further refinement and ease of use, if you consider that we have a total of 1,016,064 variations, it’s a simple matter to, rather than go through all that laborious typing of words, just post your number! Fer instance: > [@](#): > > _UncleGuadFireHavenCazm_ can go **jump in a lake.** _UncleGuadFireHavenCazm_ \<\\>. > > It happened [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=65668). > > This whole message board is so hypocritical. Moderator favorites like \* RnGy9\* and _JohnJohn_ receive special treatment and are able to get away with things, while a sock puppet like myself is constantly discriminated against for no good reason. > > Laugh now you **Rat bastard**! I’ll have you know that in real life I’m\*\* Very Important\*\*. Trembling now arent you? You’re lucky I don’t **eat your children**. Or maybe I will. Ha ha ha. I gues you’ll find out, wont you you **Rat Bastard**. > > Oh, and by the way \* Courier2\* is a **Rat Bastard** > > All of you can go (sic) **go to hell**. would be #1. From here, I’m sure you’ll have no problems working out the rest. I like this thread, since I’ve been meaning to say _ **1,549** _, _ **769,002** _ and _ **42,042** _ for a while, anyway, so now you know. ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-name-is-a-column-a/46942/29 "2001-06-20T01:37:02Z")
ROTFLMAO! That was hysterical! I missed it the first time around, so thanks for bumping it. Too funny… ::off to save and print this one:: ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-name-is-a-column-a/46942/30 "2001-06-20T01:44:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > > \*\* > > Lying piece of sack of shit slut trashbag scummist dirtbag bitch/bastard! > > > > \*\* > > WOO HOO! Fishbone! One of my favorite songs of all time, Lying Ass Bitch! > > jarbaby \*\* Damn…I thought I would be the first to catch that. Dont forget the one about the godzilla farts ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2001, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-name-is-a-column-a/46942/31 "2001-06-20T06:26:11Z")
For column C, add: “a trained statistician” (who remembers _that_ one?) ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2001, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-name-is-a-column-a/46942/32 "2001-06-20T07:56:03Z")
I do, Jill. Thanks to statistics, we can finally prove that AIDS research isn’t financially useful. Hurrah, Wilson! This reminds me of something Opal set up ages ago: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/flamegenerator.html](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/flamegenerator.html) ---
**Author:** ![AuGratin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AuGratin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuGratin)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-name-is-a-column-a/46942/33 "2001-06-20T19:56:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Ooh!! I love Mad Libs! I’m pretty sure you meant to say Mod Libs. ::d&r:: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-name-is-a-column-a/46942.md?page=1)