# \<request\>

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 27, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263 "2006-07-27T14:32:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/1 "2006-07-27T14:32:17Z")

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\<salutations to all users who opened this thread\>

\<expressing dissatisfaction about one’s own ability to use the forum’s ‘search’ function\>

\<vague description of thread of entertaining value\>

\<polite request for link to said thread\>

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**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/2 "2006-07-27T14:50:59Z")

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\<cordial greetings\>

\<expression that yes, one would be happy to link to thread\>

\<ponderance of moral quandaries\>

\<link to Tubgirl in place of link to thread\>

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**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/3 "2006-07-27T14:55:13Z")

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\<nonsensical statement involving plankton\>

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/4 "2006-07-27T14:56:36Z")

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\<vitriolic rant against **FRM** for the link\>

\<request for brain bleach\>

\<purported link to requested thread that actually links to “thread”\>

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**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/5 "2006-07-27T14:57:42Z")

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\<3\>  
\<2\>  
\<…\>

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/6 "2006-07-27T14:59:35Z")

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\<145,679th reference to **Hal** ’s propensity for sheep\>

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**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:** [July 27, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/7 "2006-07-27T15:01:16Z")

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[QUOTE=Spatial Rift 47]  
\<nonsensical statement involving plankton\>  
[/QUOTE]

\<SMACKS **Spatial Rift 47** with WET TROUT for nonsensical statement involving plankton\>

**\<remark attributed to Grapist\>**

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/8 "2006-07-27T15:08:36Z")

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\<streaks through thread\>

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/9 "2006-07-27T15:17:32Z")

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\<expression of wonderment that a thread like this hasn’t happened for at least 6 months\>

\<statement of satisfaction that the poster got a post in on the first page of this one\>

\<prediction that the thread will be closed in very short order\>

\<smilie\>

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/10 "2006-07-27T15:22:13Z")

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\<reminder about 2-click rule regarding images not safe for work or minors\>

\<announcement that **FRM** has been ratted out to moderators\>

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**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/11 "2006-07-27T15:27:28Z")

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\<attempted link to requested thread that actually links back to post above this one\>

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**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/12 "2006-07-27T15:30:10Z")

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\<Hi Opal\>

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/13 "2006-07-27T15:48:39Z")

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\<upon return request fruit based baked goods\>

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**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/14 "2006-07-27T15:57:12Z")

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\<hijack\>

\<screwed up coding\>

\<end hijack\>

\<apologies to other posters for hijack, use of 😛 smiley\>

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**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/15 "2006-07-27T15:58:43Z")

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\<re-post with correct coding\>

\<curses laid upon hamsters, Og, self, the Republican party; use of :smack: smiley\>

\<apologies for double post\>

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/16 "2006-07-27T16:58:08Z")

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\<assertion that I’ve seen this being done on some political blog this week\>

\<strong assertion that it has been done here better before: Behold, the mighty Ouborousishness that is  
[“thread”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=26280).\>

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/17 "2006-07-27T17:09:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Mindfield]  
\<streaks through thread\>  
[/QUOTE]

\<remark about how it looked like a penis, only smaller\>

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/18 "2006-07-27T17:09:56Z")

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\<wonders why there are effectively two threads like this currently raking in the post-counts\>

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/19 "2006-07-27T17:11:44Z")

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\<nudging post pointing **hawthorne** up to post #4\>

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**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request/366263/20 "2006-07-27T17:14:45Z")

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\<expression of thanks to **hawthorne** \>

\<request to mods to close thread, unless more entertainment can be derived from it\>

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