# Okay, so now that we're up...

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**Created:** [July 28, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-now-that-were-up/457923 "2008-07-28T16:31:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-now-that-were-up/457923/1 "2008-07-28T16:31:46Z")

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… what happened?

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-now-that-were-up/457923/2 "2008-07-28T16:45:37Z")

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Well, there was a wad of gum and some baling wire, and the gum had kinda lost its sticky…

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**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-now-that-were-up/457923/3 "2008-07-28T16:52:56Z")

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The usual.

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-now-that-were-up/457923/4 "2008-07-28T16:57:35Z")

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The truth is revealed in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=477257) – if you are prepared to face it.