# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**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 10, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/41 "2003-06-10T06:02:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\ ***Deva** , I hate to break it to you, but it’s not my real name-I made it up. My real name is Kathleen and I go by Kathi or Kat. \*\* Regardless, I still think **Guinastasia** is a cool name. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/42 "2003-06-10T06:03:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by techchick68 \* > \*\*What a lame rant. \*\* :rolleyes: 😉 But you know what smiley lifts the hairs off of my back? This one! :dubious: ---
**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 10, 2003, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/43 "2003-06-10T10:11:55Z")
Since a board is powered by the posts made on it, I posit that one form of power for the SDMB is Guiastatic electricity. ---
**Author:** ![chattywine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@chattywine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chattywine)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/44 "2003-06-10T21:56:21Z")
:smack: All this time I’ve been reading **Guinastasia** as gee-an-east-ah always thought it was something political Sandanista-like. Uffa. Lovely name btw. I have a smiley problem too. I can’t help it, they’re just there! 😃 ---
**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 10, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/45 "2003-06-10T21:59:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Since a board is powered by the posts made on it, I posit that one form of power for the SDMB is Guiastatic electricity. \*\* That’s **Guinastatic** , you putz! ---
**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:** [June 10, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/46 "2003-06-10T23:45:57Z")
So your name isn’t derived from the temporal stasis brought about by drinking too much Gin. How long can we keep this going to get Guin up to 15000 ? ---
**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 14, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565/47 "2003-06-14T01:24:05Z")
When I went into the dentist this morning for a root canal, I asked him for General Guinastasia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polite-notice-to-guinastasia/180565.md?page=2)