# Pay no attention to this post **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 16, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675 "2005-04-16T20:49:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/1 "2005-04-16T20:49:17Z")
smallest large ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/2 "2005-04-16T20:52:11Z")
Re my pay no attention post. If ‘1’ is the same as regular type, why is it there? And, how do I access the really tiny type I see in some posts? ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/3 "2005-04-16T21:13:50Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > And, how do I access the really tiny type I see in some posts? [John Cleese]I’m sorry, I’m not allowed to pay attention…[/John Cleese] ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/4 "2005-04-16T21:16:12Z")
Oh very well… 😃 bongo is size 1. Not sure why it’s size 1 is behaving differently for you. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/5 "2005-04-16T21:33:57Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > And, how do I access the really tiny type I see in some posts? [sub][sub][sub][sub][sub]It’s a secret![/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub] . ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/6 "2005-04-16T21:46:42Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > [sub][sub][sub][sub][sub]It’s a secret![/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub] [sub][sub][sub][sub][sub]Use the source, Luke…[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub] ---
**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 17, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/7 "2005-04-17T00:41:54Z")
> [@TheLoadedDog](#): > > [sub][sub][sub][sub][sub]Use the source, Luke…[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub] Bloody submariners _everywhere_ … ---
**Author:** ![Sarah\_Woodruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sarah\_Woodruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarah_Woodruff)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/8 "2005-04-17T01:34:24Z")
I didn’t even know this function existed. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/9 "2005-04-17T01:56:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Pay no attention to this post Around here, that is the surest guarentee that somebody **will** look at this post. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/10 "2005-04-17T05:44:44Z")
What post? ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/11 "2005-04-17T10:59:28Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > What post? Huh? _Post?_ who mentioned a post? I wasn’t paying attention. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/12 "2005-04-17T13:46:32Z")
[jedi mind trick]This is not the post you are looking for[/jmt] [sub][sub][sub][sub]I’ve fallen, and I can’t reach my beer![/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/13 "2005-04-17T14:11:56Z")
I did. Once. In 1960. What’s the question again? My memory is not what it used to be. Back in 1960, that is. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/14 "2005-04-17T15:53:19Z")
Hello! Am I on the right road for Amarillo? (I think I shoulda turned left at Albuquerque.) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/15 "2005-04-17T16:42:00Z")
> [@TheLoadedDog](#): > > Oh very well… 😃 > > bongo is size 1. Not sure why it’s size 1 is behaving differently for you. Apparently if you’re using IE and have the text size set to the largest (IIRC) setting, size=1 doesn’t work right. (This was determined, of all places, in the Pit a while back.) ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/16 "2005-04-18T20:40:46Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Apparently if you’re using IE and have the text size set to the largest (IIRC) setting, size=1 doesn’t work right. (This was determined, of all places, in the Pit a while back.) I just changed my text size, in IE, from 18 to 16. Let’s see what happens. Typing this after choosing ‘1’. ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-no-attention-to-this-post/299675/17 "2005-04-18T20:42:24Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > I just changed my text size, in IE, from 18 to 16. Let’s see what happens. > Typing this after choosing ‘1’. Well, there ya go. I feel so small…and I think I’m melting…