# Return of the Wombat

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-wombat/647076>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 13, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-wombat/647076 "2013-01-13T17:53:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-wombat/647076/41 "2013-01-27T08:29:07Z")

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> [@Clothahump](#):
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> [http://www.ibphoenix.com/resources/documents/history/doc\_295](http://www.ibphoenix.com/resources/documents/history/doc_295)
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> The good old days of Datatrieve.
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> And welcome back!!

Bah. useless. Any wombat help file that doesn’t include the fact they have poop shaped like cubes misses their most interesting (and currently appropriate) feature.  
Plus, I’m tired of you people changing your names. I had no idea Invisible and Gary were the same person. Is there a scorecard somewhere that I can follow?

Oh, and wecome back. Don’t ban me.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-wombat/647076/42 "2013-01-27T15:47:37Z")

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> [@scabpicker](#):
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> Don’t ban me.

For future reference, it’s best to put this part of the post at the beginning, lest you tick the mods off and they react before they finish reading. 😃

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**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-wombat/647076/43 "2013-01-27T17:49:00Z")

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Lead with the cowering, gotchya.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-wombat/647076/44 "2013-01-31T20:57:33Z")

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> [@scabpicker](#):
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> Bah. useless. Any wombat help file that doesn’t include the fact they have poop shaped like cubes misses their most interesting (and currently appropriate) feature.

That’s only the _southern_ hairy-nosed wombats. _Northern_ hairy-nosed wombats have icosacahedral poop, which was used as the original D20 for Dungeons & Dragons (originally called Billabongs & Wombats).

> [@scabpicker](#):
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> Plus, I’m tired of you people changing your names. I had no idea Invisible and Gary were the same person. Is there a scorecard somewhere that I can follow?

There’s always the “[Invisible Wombat is Gary Robson](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=541369)” thread from 2009…

> [@Musicat](#):
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> The wombat is a mythical beast. I don’t believe you exist.

Moderatum ergo sum.

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