hahah. 
On a note that isn’t poking fun, there has been a rash of this in GD recently. I can’t remember the thread, but Gaudere stepped in and asked the posters to refrain. They pleaded ignorance, and promptly started using the correct method. Pick and post. I think that if you do notice someone doing that, if you nicely point out to them that it’s considered rude, they will stop doing so.
Hey Demo, Scratch, come over here.
< techchick slaps them both with rubber chickens covered in KY Jelly >
Although seriousness is starting to look waaaay out of place in this thread.
If you hit the “quote” button at the bottom of the post instead of hitting “post reply” on the top/bottom bar, you automatically get the whole post quoted and bolded. I guess if you aren’t good with vB or just lazy you end up with the whole thing.
I note also that this gives the poster an opportunity to respond to a particular post without considering all the posts that follow, and so I consider it evil. I’m pretty used to using “post reply” and then manually cutting and pasting sections that I want to address. Even got into the habit of using Notepad after all the board slowdowns/misposts/reposts.
Yes, it’s an annoying trend. It makes it real hard for me, with the attention span of a four-year-old, to follow a thread.
But how do you do the “SoAndSo said:” part of it? It doesn’t look like it’s spelled out on the “vB code” page.
Ren: OH! Thanks! I’ve been cutting and pasting with quote in brackets. Shows that I should take the time to try all the buttons. Nah.
K-Y is a good choice, TC. It is easier to clean up than Vasaline and won’t attack the rubber chicken.
Tip for all: Don’t use Vasaline to lubricate latex condoms. They’ll dissolve in action.
Oh yeah, sure. THEY get the kinky jelly stuff! Dammit, newbies have no fun.
Like this Techie? 
Neither did I.
What about this one?
All right, joke’s over. We’ve had too many quotes and quotes within quotes in this thread already. Don’t make me come over there and remove the “e” key from your keyboard. :mad:
Ukulele Ike, you had a post with brilliant musings in it? I must have missed that one. Maybe it was before I joined the SDMB. Could you find it for me and post a link so I could read it?
::on knees::
No, Arnold, please, I’m begging you. Don’t take my “e” away. 
::crossing fingers behind back hoping Arnold won’t notice::
I’ll be good. I’ll never quote again.
Okay you comedians < yeah right > you now must clean the barracks with a toothbrush.
hehe
I trim, but leave it in bold to differentiate.
the following original quote edited - original meaning my be altered
[quote]
**Okay, I have noticed…m…y…n…d…e…p…h…u…qu…e…r. damn…hunk, you…That said,…Does that make sense? It’s late and I am sooo tired but thought I would see what…h…e…thought of this.
…don’t include my entire post in a solid chunk – I know…asses out there…It makes no sense.
{restatement (CYOA): per OP request, entire post was (heavily) edited.}
(
&
#
I hate when people leave off the closing ‘[/QU0TE]’ and/or [/ B] and the syntax gets mucked or they leave out so much of the OP or take stuff out of context. And where do those extra punctuation marks come from? And when there are hardly any breaks and everything runs together and they use run-on sentences.
See? By quoting in bold, then posting in regular type, there’s no chance that my work can be confused with time-wasting, worthless garbage!
Thanks for assisting, Arn. For my next trick, I’ll snip your necktie in two and completely restore it!
Alright, that’s enough. Didn’t you guys hear Techchick?
She wants this garbage knocked off and that should be reason enough for all of you.
Minx, that was beautiful…ROFL!
Thank you. Thank you. I’ll be here all week.
I hear you, Techchick. While the obvious joke has been made, thus eliminating my sole purpose here, I’d still like to bump this thread up to the top, just because she is so incredibly right it boggles the mind, as usual for her.
Uh…do I want to know WHERE you slapped 'em?