# Ode to the SDMB

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-sdmb/62274>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 17, 2001, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-sdmb/62274 "2001-04-17T12:06:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-sdmb/62274/1 "2001-04-17T12:06:30Z")

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You want MPSIMS? You got it. Pieces of this have been rattling around my tiny brain for some time, but I was prompted to flesh it out by [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=67533) recent thread. Except I can’t post it there; it got locked for blowing up on the launchpad.

**Straight Dope MBs**  
to “Summer Nights” from _Grease_ (like that ain’t obvious!)

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   *Guy and girl posters:*

```

Straight Dope postin’, CRT glow  
Straight Dope postin’, why was it so slow?  
Guess they were working on the T line  
Just stayed patient and we made out fine  
Straight Dope site, faster access at night  
But, oh, those Straight Dope MBs

```
   *Teeming millions:*

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Well-a, well-a, well-a, uh!  
Tell me more, tell me more  
Did you search ere your post?  
Tell me more, tell me more  
Or were you newbie roast?

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   *Guy and girl posters:*

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We registered, picked cool usernames  
Sneaked on at work, it was kind of a game  
Learned how to **bold** , bullet and such  
How to add smilies for just the right touch 🙂  
Straight Dope thread, the things that we said  
But, oh, those Straight Dope MBs

```
   *Teeming millions:*

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Well-a, well-a, well-a, uh!  
Tell me more, tell me more  
Did you mock Little Ed?  
Tell me more, tell me more  
Did they lock up your thread?

```
   *Guy and girl posters:*

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We hijacked threads whenever we could  
Linked to porn sites that we thought were good  
Broke copyrights, flamed like it was hell  
Said things we never would IRL  
Straight Dope mods wield the power of gods  
But, oh, those Straight Dope MBs

```
   *Teeming millions:*

```

Well-a, well-a, well-a, uh!  
Tell me more, tell me more  
Did you troll and pick fights?  
Tell me more, tell me more  
Did you hack into the site?

```
   *Guy and girl posters, now slow and melancholy:*

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No more warnings, that’s where it ends  
That’s when they banned us, with our sock friends  
Guess we deserved it, we’ve made our peace  
Just wish we could have met Uncle Cece  
Straight Dope rule: admins won’t suffer fools  
But, OH! Those Straight Dope eMMMMM-BEEEEEEZZZ!

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   *Teeming millions, big finish:*

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Tell me more, tell me more, oh ohh, oh ohhhhhh!

::Can’t believe anyone’s read this far; runs away while dodging overripe fruit::

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**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-the-sdmb/62274/2 "2001-04-17T12:10:50Z")

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Please.

No _Zanadu_.
