# Test **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 31, 2001, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/79093 "2001-08-31T10:17:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/79093/1 "2001-08-31T10:17:12Z")
Apparently, it’s good form to bold a member’s name, so let’s see if I know how. [q]bold[/q] ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/79093/2 "2001-08-31T10:19:26Z")
What the hell was I thinking? Take two: **bold** ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/79093/3 "2001-08-31T10:20:39Z")
Got it. Once more time. _italic_ ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/79093/4 "2001-08-31T10:30:07Z")
Might be pushing my luck this time. [Toronto Sun](http://www.fyitoronto.com/torsun.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/79093/5 "2001-08-31T10:31:37Z")
Hot damn! Okay, I’m done. ---
**Author:** ![lather\_rinse\_repeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@lather\_rinse\_repeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lather_rinse_repeat)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/79093/6 "2001-08-31T19:59:15Z")
I’ve never quoted from a previous message before, so this is a test to see if I can. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slip Mahoney \* > \*\*Got it. > > Once more time. > > _italic_ \*\* ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2001, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/79093/7 "2001-09-01T08:05:04Z")
Just testing to make sure that my new sig is correct. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/79093/8 "2001-09-03T03:00:59Z")
Testing, **Bold** ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/79093/9 "2001-09-03T07:05:04Z")
testing, **one** , _two_, three… ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/79093/10 "2001-09-03T07:06:24Z")
[sup]aha![/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/79093/11 "2001-09-03T15:51:21Z")
> [@](#): > > ((12+144+20+(3_4^(1/2)))/7)+(5_11)=9^2+0 Lessee here… A dozen, a gross and a score plus three times the square root of four Divided by seven, plus five times eleven Is the square of nine, and no more (whips out calculator) Yup, it works.