# Successful something reassignment operation

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-something-reassignment-operation/89585>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 25, 2001, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-something-reassignment-operation/89585 "2001-10-25T17:25:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-something-reassignment-operation/89585/1 "2001-10-25T17:25:20Z")

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I think I just did it for the sig…

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-something-reassignment-operation/89585/2 "2001-10-25T17:26:32Z")

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Which, of course, failed to appear.

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**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-something-reassignment-operation/89585/3 "2001-10-25T17:30:23Z")

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_sigh_

Why must you people keep changing your damn names? It makes you take on a whole new identity in my mind!

Grr! 😉

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-something-reassignment-operation/89585/4 "2001-10-25T17:35:24Z")

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It _is_ sorta scary. Having that capital ‘R’ right up front there seems…, well, brash.