# Polite Notice to Guinastasia **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 9, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565 "2003-06-09T01:36:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ben\_Hicks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Ben\_Hicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ben_Hicks)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/1 "2003-06-09T01:36:52Z")
```auto :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: ``` ```auto :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: ``` ```auto :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: ``` ```auto :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes::rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes::rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ``` Can you please stop abusing the rolleyes smiley? It’s a very aggravating habit and while you’re not the only one who does it you do do it the most. IMO it detracts from your posts which is a shame because you make more sense than nearly anyone on these boards and I find myself agreeing with you about 90% of the time. Thing is once I’ve agreed with you I usually end up slapping my forehead and exclaiming “Ugh, the rolleyes smiley _again_” and then I have to go put some lotion on my head which makes it look all greasy. That’s pretty much it. And I bet no-one believed this would actually be a polite notice, did they? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/2 "2003-06-09T01:40:58Z")
Yes. Please stop using it so much, even when it would warrant it, you don’t have to use it. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/3 "2003-06-09T01:42:17Z")
I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/4 "2003-06-09T01:58:06Z")
Unrelated, but I wonder if anyone else has this problem: I usually read her name as “GUY-na-STAY-zha” although I’m reasonably sure it’s supposed to be “GWIN-uh-STAY-zha.” ---
**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:** [June 9, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/5 "2003-06-09T01:58:24Z")
_blush_ I’m sorry-I appologize-I’ll try not to use it as much. ---
**Author:** ![Ben\_Hicks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Ben\_Hicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ben_Hicks)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/6 "2003-06-09T01:59:10Z")
I read it as Gwin-ah-stah-cia. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/7 "2003-06-09T02:02:41Z")
Gwen-a-stay-zea. It’s a combination of Guinevere and Anastasia. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/8 "2003-06-09T02:08:08Z")
What a combination. WOOF! ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/9 "2003-06-09T02:22:29Z")
Wow, **Guinastasia** , I would have never thought of that. Good show. I could almost see it as a middle name for a future daughter of mine. …And then Kelsey Guinastasia smote Trodgor and all was well in Jersey. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/10 "2003-06-09T03:26:03Z")
Oh, come now. **Guin** has only used a rolleyes in a meager [3.4 percent of her posts.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=671990&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending) But then she’s got almost 15,000 posts. :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/11 "2003-06-09T03:33:11Z")
Although I now notice that of total of 506 **Guinastasia rolleyes posts** , there were 132 in just 2003 alone. We seem to be witnessing a progressively deepening emoticon fixation. Perhaps you should think about switching to {{{hug}}}'s, dear. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/12 "2003-06-09T04:04:40Z")
Hey, what’s with all the lovey-dovey crap around here? This is the goddamned Pit, goddamnit! Those wretched smileys are just plain stupid. If you can’t get your point across without stooping to infantile mimicry, you’re definitely singin’ to the wrong crowd. Quit while you’re ahead. Take your swan song. Gimme a sayonara and go log the fuck onto Oprah’s Hard-Luck Forum. \ ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/13 "2003-06-09T04:11:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*Gwen-a-stay-zea. > > It’s a combination of Guinevere and Anastasia. \*\* I’ve always read it **Ginn** astasia. You know. Like Guiness beer. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/14 "2003-06-09T05:27:19Z")
Hey, she’s not nearly as bad as **Payton’s Servant** was: he’d use at least three in every post. And Yay me! for correctly guessing how to pronounce her name. ---
**Author:** ![And\_that\_s\_the\_bottom\_line](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@And\_that\_s\_the\_bottom\_line](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/And_that_s_the_bottom_line)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/15 "2003-06-09T06:07:42Z")
There’s also \*\*DrDeth \*\* who uses :rolleyes: :dubious: way too much in his posts. Now that’s annoying. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/16 "2003-06-09T12:05:38Z")
And thos of you who us th l tt r " ". You guys piss s m off, damnit! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/17 "2003-06-09T12:20:03Z")
Wouldn’t this have been better served in a quick e-mail, Ben? I’m not trying to junior mod or anything, but these type of threads sometimes generate into a pile on, especially if the target of the op has any detractors. Some people just like to lie in wait for their oppertunity. Lets not give them any easy chances. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/18 "2003-06-09T12:26:07Z")
Cmon, if we’re going to pile on Guin… um… Count me in! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/19 "2003-06-09T12:32:40Z")
All smileys are fascist instruments. Just my $0.02. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/20 "2003-06-09T12:35:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Great Unwashed \* > \*\*All smileys are fascist instruments. > > Just my $0.02. \*\* Except this one: ;j Also, :o is actually communist. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565.md?page=2)