# Mysterious Benefactor

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-benefactor/550437>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 16, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-benefactor/550437 "2010-08-16T18:56:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-benefactor/550437/21 "2010-08-18T16:29:31Z")

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You need to relax. Maybe with a cuppa.

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**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-benefactor/550437/22 "2010-08-18T16:40:13Z")

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Pip pip cheerio crisps lorry?

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-benefactor/550437/23 "2010-08-18T16:58:53Z")

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Cheeky one! Well, I’m off to get petrol and a packet of fags. Knock you up later.

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-benefactor/550437/24 "2010-08-18T19:46:07Z")

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Someone is out there watching you. Following you. Thinking about you. From the shadows.

Zoey Deschanel is **Shot From Guns** , in  
**Private Message**  
In theaters October 13th

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**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-benefactor/550437/25 "2010-08-20T11:08:13Z")

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Awww you noticed! Now out with the Clown Transporter moniker!

Yes, it really was me. Really.

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**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-benefactor/550437/26 "2010-08-20T22:32:24Z")

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Suuuuuuuuure it was.

If it really was, go ahead and tell me what day my sponsorship started.

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**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-benefactor/550437/27 "2010-08-23T16:01:24Z")

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> [@EvilTOJ](#):
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> Awww you noticed! Now out with the Clown Transporter moniker!

Having verified that it was indeed you, please note my new title. 😃 Also, I should direct you [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574789).

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**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-benefactor/550437/28 "2010-08-23T16:13:54Z")

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He doesn’t seem so evil.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-benefactor/550437/29 "2010-08-23T16:43:09Z")

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> [@MeanOldLady](#):
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> He doesn’t seem so evil.

The truly evil ones invariably don’t.

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**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-benefactor/550437/30 "2010-08-23T17:57:50Z")

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> [@MeanOldLady](#):
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> He doesn’t seem so evil.

I guess that depends on your opinion of giving me a reason to stick around here for another year.

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**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-benefactor/550437/31 "2010-08-25T07:51:24Z")

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Yesssss! Now that you’re a clown transporter, my dreams have been fulfilled. I can die happy.  
\*\*  
MeanOldLady\*\*, I could say the same about you. You don’t seem particularly mean. Or old. Or a lady. 😃

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**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-benefactor/550437/32 "2010-08-25T17:30:41Z")

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> [@EvilTOJ](#):
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> **MeanOldLady** , I could say the same about you. You don’t seem particularly mean. Or old. Or a lady. 😃

It’s actually an anagram for **Anally Domed**.

Wait, or was it **Damned Loyal** …

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**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-benefactor/550437/33 "2010-08-25T23:52:21Z")

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> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#):
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> If my brother is really a sister, I should probably mention that to his wife.

Mind ya bizness.

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