# test message

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-message/37751>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 21, 2000, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-message/37751 "2000-10-21T03:32:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-message/37751/1 "2000-10-21T03:32:03Z")

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blah blah blah

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**Author:** ![el\_mono](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea666f/32.png) [@el\_mono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/el_mono)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-message/37751/2 "2000-10-21T21:55:05Z")

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This is only a test.

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**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-message/37751/3 "2000-10-22T05:06:27Z")

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Can I test something too?

Idle curiosity: [What happens to a 🙂 Smiley 😃 in a link?](http://www.3weasel.20m.com)

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**Author:** ![Wandering\_Pilgrim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@Wandering\_Pilgrim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wandering_Pilgrim)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-message/37751/4 "2000-10-22T15:26:07Z")

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😃 .j :eek :smile …just checking out the smilie faces

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**Author:** ![Pyrex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@Pyrex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyrex)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-message/37751/5 "2000-10-22T17:16:18Z")

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Look closer. Some have semicolons, and some have front and back colons.

The board programmer isn’t much of a grammarian.

\*\*;j is ; j  
:eek: is : eek :  
🙂 is : )

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**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-message/37751/6 "2000-10-23T01:34:23Z")

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Just checking out my new sig. Nothing to see here!