# NO, you can't do that! CAN'T!... CANNOT!...do you understand? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 24, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742 "2003-01-24T23:10:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742/21 "2003-01-27T15:42:49Z")
Just Gay_er_. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742/22 "2003-01-27T15:57:25Z")
Gay? Gayer? Gayest? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742/23 "2003-01-27T16:07:54Z")
Gayeriffic! ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742/24 "2003-01-27T18:23:21Z")
**Homebrew** , thereā€™s just no delicate way to say this. What you need there is a colon. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742/25 "2003-01-27T18:27:18Z")
Wait ā€“ actually a dash might be better. (Why do the same fundamentalists who think gays are unholy nevertheless support snake handling and speaking in tongues? Sounds like a conflict to me.) **Mangetout** , as soon as that line is free, could I use it to download about 300 pages of Bible prophecy pages, which I will then print in color for no reason? ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742/26 "2003-01-27T20:23:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > **Homebrew, not just for breakfast!** How on earth did you do that? Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742/27 "2003-01-27T20:34:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > \*\*How on earth did you do that? > > Esprix \*\* Either heā€™s a Savant, extremely patient or has some neat software. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742/28 "2003-01-27T23:32:40Z")
Iā€™m working on an offline message board formatting previewer (that also has some auto-formatting functions); thereā€™s a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?&threadid=156572) in ATMB about it (it works OK, but there are problems with the install at the mo). ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742/29 "2003-01-27T23:37:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baldwin \* > \*\ ***Mangetout** , as soon as that line is free, could I use it to download about 300 pages of Bible prophecy pages, which I will then print in color for no reason? \*\* Iā€™m afraid youā€™ll have to wait in line behind the three sales reps that are huddled around the ā€˜internet machineā€™, giggling, looking furtively about and entering their email and credit card details at porn sites. Oh and the typist has some funny screensavers to install on it, only about twelve or thirteen of them. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742/30 "2003-01-27T23:41:10Z")
Least I saw the thread where that eye catching sig was born. I was thinking about doing a color sig, but it would pale compared to that. Damn you! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Bongmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742/31 "2003-01-30T21:43:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Siegfried \* > \*\* ā€œIā€™m off to crash the server. Wish me luck!ā€ > \*\* Its really, really sad, but people have actually said those exact words to me before and I think they meant it. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742/32 "2003-01-31T21:47:17Z")
Oh, just one more thingā€¦ Yes, Iā€™ll be happy to read the entire user manual for you; would you like me to scour the online help too? No, thereā€™s no need to move out of your chair, Iā€™ll just lean uncomfortably over the desk. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742/33 "2003-02-04T15:37:43Z")
Oh and anotherā€¦ Yes, of _course_ I can print out a website for you; which page?.. oh, _all_ of it, fine, thatā€™s just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742/34 "2003-02-05T22:49:11Z")
And another; coming thick and fast now (but more thick than fast)ā€¦ Your email messages are all gone?..You deleted them you say?..But you want them backā€¦Well, look in your 'deleted items folā€¦You deleted them from there too?..Are they gone?..Yes, Iā€™m afraid they are goneā€¦Can I get them back?..no. No, youā€™re right, I suppose that isnā€™t good enough, but itā€™s a fact nevertheless. What is it you were trying to do?..Oh, you sent them to your other account, _then_ deleted themā€¦well, in that case, you might bā€¦But they never arrivedā€¦Well, have a look in your sent items foldā€¦you deleted them from there too?..AND you deleted them from the outbox too?..well, youā€™re nothing if not thorough, but you see, deleting them from the outbox _just might_ be why they never made it to your other accountā€¦ Can I get them back?..noā€¦Hmmmm, Iā€™m starting to see a pattern here ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742/35 "2003-02-05T23:17:09Z")
Jesus. _Thick_ is definitely an apt word. ---
**Author:** ![Sejal\_Traurig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Sejal\_Traurig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sejal_Traurig)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742/36 "2003-02-06T00:02:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baldwin \* > \*\ ***Homebrew** , thereā€™s just no delicate way to say this. What you need there is a colon. \*\* I choked when I read this. Damn youā€¦ Choking made me cough so hard that I now have a headache. I hope you get kickback from the folks at Aleve. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-do-that-cant-cannot-do-you-understand/150742.md?page=1)