# Sock??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock/317119>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 15, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock/317119 "2005-08-15T18:11:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![gommsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@gommsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gommsn)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock/317119/1 "2005-08-15T18:11:03Z")

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I just have to ask!

Was **Ava Gina** a Sock? Maybe I missed something. She just disappeared.

If so, its a great waste of a great username. 😃

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock/317119/2 "2005-08-15T18:14:26Z")

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Those who just disappear are typically socks or spammers.

By the way, TPTB prefer getting sock questions via email because this sort of topic tends to attract even more socks.

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**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:** [August 15, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock/317119/3 "2005-08-15T18:47:16Z")

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Double what he said.

If you have a question, send me an email, dammit. [TubaDiva@aol.com](mailto:TubaDiva@aol.com)

your humble TubaDiva

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**Author:** ![gommsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@gommsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gommsn)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock/317119/4 "2005-08-15T20:28:00Z")

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Thanks **Lute** , asked and answered.

Doesn’t seem like that big a deal.

Sorry **Tuba** , didn’t know it was all that mysterious. :smack:

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**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:** [August 16, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock/317119/5 "2005-08-16T02:33:02Z")

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Not mysterious, but we really don’t want to give house room to people who come here looking to be jackasses. They’re jonesin for attention – even negative attention – and threads that ask just feed into it.

Also, not every time someone makes the same sort of assumption you did, it’s not always the correct one.

your humble TubaDiva