# SDMB shutting down: what are you going to do with your five minutes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 24, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383 "2010-06-24T17:37:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/1 "2010-06-24T17:37:11Z")
[The Board will be shut down tomorrow for about five minutes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/announcement.php?f=4). Five. Long. Minutes. What are you going to do? I’m thinking it’s a great time to do something productive. Learning Mandarin Chinese may be a bit much, so I think I’ll use the time to finally learn how to make an origami swan. You? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/2 "2010-06-24T17:43:51Z")
Count to 300. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_a\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/3 "2010-06-24T17:54:04Z")
Well, it’ll be in the middle of the night here, so I’ll be sleeping. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/4 "2010-06-24T17:54:59Z")
Hop over the JREF message board to see the _professional_ woos they have to deal with. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/5 "2010-06-24T17:55:34Z")
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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/6 "2010-06-24T18:01:31Z")
Masturbate like a motherf\*ck… ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/7 "2010-06-24T18:07:47Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Masturbate like a motherf\*ck… This, but sullenly. Gonna make things awkward at the office, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/8 "2010-06-24T18:09:27Z")
Curl up in the fetal position and whimper. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/9 "2010-06-24T18:15:03Z")
Get some work done? ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/10 "2010-06-24T18:17:04Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Masturbate like a motherf\*ck… In the lobby of a hotel while yelling Wooooo!? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/11 "2010-06-24T18:19:51Z")
Think about all the spammers who are trying to sign up but can’t do it, and laugh, and laugh, and laugh… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/12 "2010-06-24T18:19:54Z")
Just remember it will be 5 minutes of your life you’ll never get back…so make the most of it. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/13 "2010-06-24T18:23:03Z")
I Don’t believe in a SDMB-Less world. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/14 "2010-06-24T18:33:16Z")
Compose my next post in MS Word. If I time it properly it will be like the Dope never left. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/15 "2010-06-24T18:51:37Z")
[Mr. Burns] Excellent. [/mr. burns] ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/16 "2010-06-24T19:03:57Z")
Well, I’ve been meaning to feed the kids, so that’s as good a time as any. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/17 "2010-06-24T19:05:15Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Well, I’ve been meaning to feed the kids, so that’s as good a time as any. Kids need to be fed? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/18 "2010-06-24T19:09:12Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Kids need to be fed? That’s what _I_ said! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/19 "2010-06-24T19:10:39Z")
There’s an old Argentinian saying “My dog died, and I had \*\*\*just \*\*\*finished teaching it not to eat!” ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383/20 "2010-06-24T19:23:40Z")
Run spybot and a disk defrag so that I’ll be able to catch up again quickly . . . [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-shutting-down-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-five-minutes/544383.md?page=2)