# test **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 24, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489 "2018-02-24T19:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489/21 "2018-02-26T07:33:40Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > It’s all part of the test. I wrote the tests based on About this Message Board. Those who have studied here must show proficiency in order to achieve a degree. **SNF** , do you really believe that your daily life precludes the test, the surprise pop quiz, the final exsm? I’m not entirely sure what an exsm is. But a final exsm frightens me. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489/22 "2018-02-26T12:13:50Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > 1. **History** : In the summer and fall of 1877, the mayor of Pittsburgh and the mayor of Philadelphia sent several letters to each other. Why? Oh, I know this one! The mayor of Pittsburgh had received notice by mail of a parking ticket from the Philadelphia police even though he’d never been in Philadelphia; indeed cars were not invented yet, and the first parking meter wouldn’t appear for 50 years. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489/23 "2018-02-26T12:41:34Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Oh, I know this one! > > The mayor of Pittsburgh had received notice by mail of a parking ticket from the Philadelphia police even though he’d never been in Philadelphia; indeed cars were not invented yet, and the first parking meter wouldn’t appear for 50 years. :mad: NO POINTS. Not even the whiff of a point. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489/24 "2018-02-26T13:29:12Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > :mad: > > NO POINTS. Not even the whiff of a point. Oh. _What is_ the mayor of Pittsburgh had received notice by mail of a parking ticket from the Philadelphia police even though he’d never been in Philadelphia; indeed cars were not invented yet, and the first parking meter wouldn’t appear for 50 years. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489/25 "2018-02-26T13:32:53Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Oh. > > _What is_ the mayor of Pittsburgh had received notice by mail of a parking ticket from the Philadelphia police even though he’d never been in Philadelphia; indeed cars were not invented yet, and the first parking meter wouldn’t appear for 50 years. I would say your chances of advancing from this class are in Jeopardy. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489/26 "2018-02-26T13:51:18Z")
_Who is_? ETA: _ **Why** _ _is_? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489/27 "2018-02-26T14:33:07Z")
I question your ability to graduate, **kayaker**. Tests in this forum are to be taken seriously. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489/28 "2018-02-26T15:22:40Z")
My military deferment is still good though, right? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489/29 "2018-02-27T16:37:38Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > My military deferment is still good though, right? :mad: However you should plan to stay after school for many many days to come. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489/30 "2018-02-27T16:51:12Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > :mad: However you should plan to stay after school for many many days to come. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489/31 "2018-02-27T21:22:26Z")
The answer is 42. The answer is always 42. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489/32 "2018-02-28T01:11:09Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > The answer is 42. The answer is always 42. No. Would that this class be able to score a “42.” How about: :mad: **0** ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489/33 "2018-02-28T01:19:54Z")
Oh yeah!? I don’t need your stupid test or your stupid class, Prof Biotop! I made varsity ping pong! Imma get a scholarship and go to the top of the professional ping pong league! Then when I’m making the sweet sweet millions, I’ll give YOU \*\* 0\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489/34 "2018-02-28T04:32:39Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Oh yeah!? I don’t need your stupid test or your stupid class, Prof Biotop! I made varsity ping pong! Imma get a scholarship and go to the top of the professional ping pong league! Then when I’m making the sweet sweet millions, I’ll give YOU > \*\* > 0\*\* I weep for our future generations. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489.md?page=1)