# Search function? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 9, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349 "2008-06-09T19:01:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Done1G2H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@Done1G2H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Done1G2H)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/1 "2008-06-09T19:01:27Z")
Hi there, I just signed up here and if I made this topic in the wrong forum I apologize. I was just wondering if there was any search function to look up threads/topics on this forum. It would be usually be on the top next to UserCP, Rules, Members etc. but I can’t seem to find it here. Any help is appreciated. Again, sorry if this is in the wrong forum. Thanks! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/2 "2008-06-09T19:13:08Z")
Costs ¢. To use search you have to become a paying member. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/3 "2008-06-09T19:29:26Z")
Sorry, didn’t mean to be culturally insensitive. When I said “Costs ¢.” I meant “Costs $ or ¢ or £ or ¤ or ¥ or ৲ or ৳ or ฿ or ៛ or ﷼ or ₠ or ₡ or ₢ or ₣ or ₤ or ₥ or ₦ or ₧ or ₱ or ₨ or R or s or ₩ or ₪ or ₫ or € or ₭ or ₮ or ₯ or ₰.” ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/4 "2008-06-10T12:42:35Z")
For the time being the Straight Dope Message Board is still a subscription based board and the search function is a privilege of subscription. We hope you enjoy your time here. ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/5 "2008-06-11T08:35:35Z")
So long as you don’t have a shopping list, I’ll merrily do a search for you. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/6 "2008-06-11T14:29:05Z")
[QUOTE=essell] So long as you don’t have a shopping list, I’ll merrily do a search for you. [/QUOTE] I can believe you’d do a search for a guest, but, really, “merrily”? Seriously? I mean, how do you propose to us that you’re actually “merry” as you’re going about it? Would you be willing to have someone videotape you searching and then post it on YouTube and link it so we can be _sure_ you’re doing it merrily, and not just desultorily? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/7 "2008-06-11T14:50:30Z")
Who says he has to be merry? Maybe he’ll do the search in the style of somebody named Merrill. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/8 "2008-06-11T15:13:45Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Who says he has to be merry? Maybe he’ll do the search in the style of somebody named Merrill. [/QUOTE] Hmmm. Possible. I’d just like some clarification, here. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/9 "2008-06-11T15:36:18Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Who says he has to be merry? Maybe he’ll do the search in the style of somebody named Merrill. [/QUOTE] Then he would do it “Merrill-ly”. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/10 "2008-06-11T15:42:49Z")
I know that if I had to do a search for someone else, I would resent every second of it. In all of my posting days, I can’t remember ever doing anything merrily. Is it true that evolution selects for grumpiness? As a species, are we becoming more ill-tempered? ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/11 "2008-06-11T16:26:18Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] I know that if I had to do a search for someone else, I would resent every second of it. In all of my posting days, I can’t remember ever doing anything merrily. Is it true that evolution selects for grumpiness? As a species, are we becoming more ill-tempered? [/QUOTE] I don’t think you’re right about that. It’s just that no one around here gets to be an administrator/moderator unless they have a _very_ high irritability score. So, no, it’s not the species of homo sapiens. It’s Dope mods/admins. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/12 "2008-06-11T18:07:19Z")
[QUOTE=norinew] I don’t think you’re right about that. It’s just that no one around here gets to be an administrator/moderator unless they have a _very_ high irritability score. So, no, it’s not the species of homo sapiens. It’s Dope mods/admins. [/QUOTE] And just what the hell do you mean by that? 😃 I kid, I kid. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/13 "2008-06-11T18:27:19Z")
[QUOTE=norinew] I don’t think you’re right about that. It’s just that no one around here gets to be an administrator/moderator unless they have a _very_ high irritability score. So, no, it’s not the species of homo sapiens. It’s Dope mods/admins. [/QUOTE] But **Arnold Winkelried** is not a mod – though he has a name which suggests that he ought to be! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/14 "2008-06-11T19:00:13Z")
[QUOTE=Giles] But **Arnold Winkelried** is not a mod – though he has a name which suggests that he ought to be! [/QUOTE] But he was, right? Right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/15 "2008-06-11T19:43:14Z")
Yes, Arnold is a former moderator. And a fine one, I should add. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/16 "2008-06-11T19:45:11Z")
Yes, but in my moderator days, I disguised my peevishness with a beaming and carefree countenance. In those days, people used to remark on the uncanny resemblance between me and this smiley 🙂 I was often referred to as Slappy (short for slap-happy). ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/17 "2008-06-11T19:46:16Z")
A fine _former_ moderator? Hmmm… Like what people sometimes say about Jimmy Carter - he’s a much better ex-president than he ever was a president? Off to the Pit! ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/18 "2008-06-11T21:08:08Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] A fine _former_ moderator? Hmmm… Like what people sometimes say about Jimmy Carter - he’s a much better ex-president than he ever was a president? Off to the Pit! [/QUOTE] Pitting yourself, **Arnold**? Is that just to beat the Xmas rush?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/452349/19 "2008-06-12T18:20:33Z")
Hahaha! ha. Now you too are on my list, DSYoungEsq - my hit list!