# Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question/89970>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 27, 2001, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question/89970 "2001-10-27T16:05:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question/89970/1 "2001-10-27T16:05:58Z")

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What does:

::: d & r :::  
mean?

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question/89970/2 "2001-10-27T16:15:07Z")

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Ducks and runs.

(i.e. says something humourously controversial and scarpers)

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question/89970/3 "2001-10-27T17:11:03Z")

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Since we can’t make anonymous posts, I do not understand _duck & run_. I have made such posts myself, but always with the knowledge that **I can run, but I can’t hide**.

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**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question/89970/4 "2001-10-27T17:17:20Z")

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See [this](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/injokes.html) thread for more.

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question/89970/5 "2001-10-27T17:17:43Z")

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I don’t think it’s about hiding. It’s about saying something that might be considered rude or trollish but with some indication that it’s a joke.

Doesn’t usually add a lot to a thread, but then again this’d be a boring place without humour.