# Open apology to all posters who had read my posts from 5PM yesterday to 6 PM today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-apology-to-all-posters-who-had-read-my-posts-from-5pm-yesterday-to-6-pm-today/170793 "2003-04-24T05:24:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-apology-to-all-posters-who-had-read-my-posts-from-5pm-yesterday-to-6-pm-today/170793/1 "2003-04-24T05:24:21Z")
My younger brother, who had been visiting, had gotten on my computer and wrecked utter havoc with my message board accounts. This apology goes out to everyone who was unfortunate enough to read the effluent that my brother had been uttering in my name. Enormous apologies go out to **Biggirl, Guinastasia, Lynn Bodoni, \*\* and \*\* Anthracite**. Huge thanks to **Ice Wolf** who replied to my first query about this situation and was kind enough to explain to other dopers in the pit what happened 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-apology-to-all-posters-who-had-read-my-posts-from-5pm-yesterday-to-6-pm-today/170793/2 "2003-04-24T07:57:38Z")
Wow, that really bites. Glad to hear everything’s cleared up, though. I was trying to figure out what caused such a sudden behavior shift and starting to worry that you were suffering from depression. About this younger brother, just how old is he? I recommend locking the keyboard away next time he comes for a visit. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-apology-to-all-posters-who-had-read-my-posts-from-5pm-yesterday-to-6-pm-today/170793/3 "2003-04-24T10:13:33Z")
You are most welcome, **Incubus**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-apology-to-all-posters-who-had-read-my-posts-from-5pm-yesterday-to-6-pm-today/170793/4 "2003-04-24T13:16:41Z")
Hey-it’s okay **Incubus**! That REALLY sucks. If you want suggestions on how to pay back your brother, we’re here to help. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-apology-to-all-posters-who-had-read-my-posts-from-5pm-yesterday-to-6-pm-today/170793/5 "2003-04-24T14:58:03Z")
Why, that little… Tell 'im we said he’s a little jag. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-apology-to-all-posters-who-had-read-my-posts-from-5pm-yesterday-to-6-pm-today/170793/6 "2003-04-24T15:15:22Z")
Now I’m glad I didn’t call you all kinds of nasty names. No problem **Incubus**. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-apology-to-all-posters-who-had-read-my-posts-from-5pm-yesterday-to-6-pm-today/170793/7 "2003-04-24T15:21:48Z")
Bad luck **Incubus** , but I have to say on behalf of younger brothers everywhere you probably deserved it 😉 Cheers, Bippy ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-apology-to-all-posters-who-had-read-my-posts-from-5pm-yesterday-to-6-pm-today/170793/8 "2003-04-24T15:28:25Z")
That happened to me once, years ago. I’d not logged out and someone ( in the library) got on the Straight DOpe ("I thought I was the only one!) and posted something by me. I now know to LOG OUT! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-apology-to-all-posters-who-had-read-my-posts-from-5pm-yesterday-to-6-pm-today/170793/9 "2003-04-24T15:34:44Z")
Heh, I remember this happening before when out of the blue “F\*ck” started showing up for all of a well-regarded poster’s replies. BTW, every time I said something stupid it really was my little brother posting, not me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-apology-to-all-posters-who-had-read-my-posts-from-5pm-yesterday-to-6-pm-today/170793/10 "2003-04-25T00:43:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*BTW, every time I said something stupid it really was my little brother posting, not me. 🙂 \*\* Me too. [sub]And don’t let the fact that I am the youngest of four children stop you from believing that, okay? PLEASE? 🙂 )[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-apology-to-all-posters-who-had-read-my-posts-from-5pm-yesterday-to-6-pm-today/170793/11 "2003-04-26T05:39:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Incubus \* > **Enormous apologies go out to Biggirl, Guinastasia, Lynn Bodoni, \*\* and \*\* Anthracite.** Whoa. I must have said something bad to mirror-world Incubus, or he said something bad to me. 😉 Either way, good to have you back. 🙂