# Quote failures

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-failures/711438>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 31, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-failures/711438 "2015-01-31T16:49:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-failures/711438/25 "2015-02-09T23:32:53Z")

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> [@Bon Mots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mots/712210/3):
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> Wow, same thing happens to me. When I clicked on quote all I got was:
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> \*\*
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> > [@Bon Mots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mots/712210/3):
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> > — Gaudere’s Law
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> followed by two blank lines\*\*

“— Gaudere’s Law” was the extent of my post.

I fixed the quote-code typo so the quote boxes would display.

But when I first tried to quote your post, the box came up entirely blank again, so I fired up Safari and posted again.

The box doesn’t hate Safari, which is ironic because I do.

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