# test mouseover with brackets

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**Created:** [October 9, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-mouseover-with-brackets/637163 "2012-10-09T02:12:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-mouseover-with-brackets/637163/1 "2012-10-09T02:12:32Z")

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R[obert]O[scar]S[am]E[dward]B[enjamin]U[lysses]D[avid] is Richard Petrie’s middle name.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-mouseover-with-brackets/637163/2 "2012-10-09T02:45:21Z")

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Just HAD to try it for yourself, didn’t you? 😃

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-mouseover-with-brackets/637163/3 "2012-10-09T03:27:34Z")

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[JC]I did not know that.[/JC]

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**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-mouseover-with-brackets/637163/4 "2012-10-09T08:56:53Z")

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Do I get paid royalties on this one?

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-mouseover-with-brackets/637163/5 "2012-10-09T15:25:49Z")

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_[n][t][e][r][e][s][t]_[n][g].  
\*Apparantly [the][above][word][is][too][short][for][a][post].

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-mouseover-with-brackets/637163/6 "2012-10-09T18:07:24Z")

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I think that’s a quirk where vB thinks thinks in brackets are code, so it doesn’t count them for the purposes of determining if you actually put text on the field. Ergo, you could fill the edit window with text in brackets and it would be too short.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-mouseover-with-brackets/637163/7 "2012-10-10T13:41:55Z")

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That is certainly the case if you try to answer one quote with another quote. You have to at least put a smilie or something in there to have 2 characters.