# Testin', Testin', Don't mind me! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 8, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596 "2000-01-08T06:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/21 "2000-01-14T06:10:00Z")
:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ :cl ---
**Author:** ![Minxsmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/22 "2000-01-14T14:27:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by ARG220: > \*\* Letโ€™s see. ๐Ÿ†’ :eek: Oh bother. I think some people are gonna go nutts with these things. BTW, the flames, are ridiculous. > \*\* If this comes out OK, itโ€™s gonna save a lot of time. * * * Princess of the Time and Space Continuum since 1969 (upgraded to goddess 01/07/00) OK, we have enough youth. How about a fountain of smart. =^โ€ฆ^= ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/23 "2000-01-14T14:48:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by LongHrn99: > \*\*What in the hell is an โ€œunregisteredโ€ member? And why did so many pop up all of the sudden? > \*\* Oooh, I love the new โ€œreply toโ€ thingy. ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ๐Ÿ˜› ?( ?) :B ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/24 "2000-01-14T14:51:00Z")
๐Ÿ˜› :mad: ๐Ÿ†’ :o :rolleyes: :eek: ๐Ÿ˜• ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/25 "2000-01-14T15:46:00Z")
:~ :! :@ :# ๐Ÿ˜Š :% :^ :& :\* :+ :{ :[ :} :] ---
**Author:** ![boli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/26 "2000-01-14T15:47:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Canthearya: > > :mad: > ๐Ÿ†’ > :o > :rolleyes: > :eek: > ๐Ÿ˜• Just testinโ€™โ€ฆI hate the bold too. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/27 "2000-01-14T15:57:00Z")
:rolleyes: \

\oops!\\How will this look? * * * Virtually yours, DrMatrix ---

**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/28 "2000-01-16T05:25:00Z")
what time is it? ---
**Author:** ![Highlander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Highlander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Highlander)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2000, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/29 "2000-01-17T02:44:00Z")
This is a test, this is only a test ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2000, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/30 "2000-01-17T02:45:00Z")
๐Ÿ˜• ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2000, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/31 "2000-01-17T03:28:00Z")
Testing a sig line. Please donโ€™t mind me. * * * If we didnโ€™t keep re-inventing the wheel, it would still be a flat round rock that would look terrible on a 'vette Jim ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2000, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/32 "2000-01-17T04:05:00Z")
\test\ test \test\ \test\ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2000, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/33 "2000-01-17T04:07:00Z")
test ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2000, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/34 "2000-01-17T04:31:00Z")
Testing gffjd hfdfhf dhgf dfzhk ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Thin\_Skin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@Mr\_Thin\_Skin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Thin_Skin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/35 "2000-01-17T17:46:00Z")
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**Author:** ![Mr\_Thin\_Skin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@Mr\_Thin\_Skin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Thin_Skin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/36 "2000-01-17T17:49:00Z")
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**Author:** ![Mr\_Thin\_Skin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@Mr\_Thin\_Skin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Thin_Skin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/37 "2000-01-17T17:53:00Z")
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**Author:** ![Mr\_Thin\_Skin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@Mr\_Thin\_Skin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Thin_Skin)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/38 "2000-01-18T06:58:00Z")
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**Author:** ![solley11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@solley11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solley11)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/39 "2000-01-18T01:25:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by SanibelMan: > \*\*The Perfect High > > ``` > [There once was a boy named Gimmesome Roy. He was nothing like me or you.] > 'Cause laying back and getting high was all he cared to do. > As a kid, he sat in the cellar, sniffing airplane glue. > And then he smoked bananas -- which was then the thing to do. > He tried aspirin in Coca-Cola, breathed helium on the sly, > And his life was just one endless search to find that perfect high. > But grass just made him want to lay back and eat chocolate-chip pizza all night, > And the great things he wrote while he was stoned looked like shit in the morning light. > And speed just made him rap all day, reds just laid him back, > And Cocaine Rose was sweet to his nose, but the price nearly broke his back. > He tried PCP, he tried THC, but they didn't quite do the trick, > And poppers nearly blew his heart and mushrooms made him sick. > Acid made him see the light, but he couldn't remember it long. > And hashish was just a little too weak, and smack was a lot too strong, > And Quaaludes made him stumble, and booze just made him cry, > Till he heard of a cat named Baba Fats who knew of the perfect high. > > Now, Baba Fats was a hermit cat who lived up in Nepal, > High on a craggy mountaintop, up a sheer and icy wall. > "But hell," says Roy, "I'm a healthy boy, and I'll crawl or climb or fly, > But I'll find that guru who'll give me the clue as to what's the perfect high." > So out and off goes Gimmesome Roy to the land that knows no time, > Up a trail no man could conquer to a cliff no man could climb. > For fourteen years he tries that cliff, then back down again he slides > The sits -- and cries -- and climbs again, pursuing the perfect high. > He's grinding his teeth, he's coughing blood, he's aching and shaking and weak, > As starving and sore and bleeding and tore, he reaches the mountain peak. > And his eyes blink red like a snow-blind wolf, and he snarls the snarl of a rat, > As there in perfect repose and wearing no clothes -- sits the godlike Baba Fats. > > "What's happening, Fats?" says Roy with joy, "I've come to state my biz. > I hear you're hip to the perfect trip. Please tell me what it is. > For you can see," says Roy to he, "that I'm about to die, > So for my last ride, Fats, how can I achieve the perfect high?" > > "Well, dog my cats!" says Baba Fats. "here's one more burnt-out out soul, > Who's looking for some alchemist to turn his trip to gold. > But you won't find it in no dealer's stash, or on no druggist's shelf. > Son, if you would find the perfect high -- find it in yourself." > > "Why, you jive motherfucker!" screamed Gimmesome Roy, "I've climbed through rain and sleet, > I've lost three fingers off my hands and four toes off my feet! > I've braved the lair of the polar bear and tasted the maggot's kiss. > Now, you tell me the high is in myself. What kind of shit is this? > My ears 'fore they froze off," says Roy, "had heard all kind of crap, > But I didn't climb for fourteen years to listen to that sophomore rap. > And I didn't crawl up here to hear that the high is on the natch, > So you tell me where the real stuff is or I'll kill your guru ass!" > > "Ok, OK," says Baba Fats, "you're forcing it out of me. > There is a land beyond the sun that's known as Zaboli. > A wretched land of stone and sand where snakes and buzzards scream, > And in this devil's garden blooms the mystic Tzu-Tzu tree. > And every ten years it blooms one flower as white as the Key West sky, > And he who eats of the Tzu-Tzu flower will know the perfect high. > For the rush comes on like a tidal wave and it hits like the blazing sun. > And the high, it lasts a lifetime and the down don't ever come. > But the Zaboli land is ruled by a giant who stands twelve cubits high. > With eyes of red in his hundred heads, he waits for the passer-by. > And you must slay the red-eyed giant, and swim the river of slime, > Where the mucous beasts await to feast on those who journey by. > And if you slay the red-eyed giant and then swim the River of Slime > Where the mucous beasts, they wait to feast on those who journey by. > And if you survive the giant and the beasts and swim that slimy sea, > There's a blood-drinking witch who sharpens her teeth as she guards the Tzu-Tzu tree." > > "To hell with your witches and giants," laughs Roy. "To hell with the beasts of the sea. > As long as the Tzu-Tzu flower blooms, some hope still blooms for me." > And with tears of joy in his snow-blind eye, Roy hands the guru a five, > Then back down the icy mountain he crawls, pursuing that perfect high. > > "Well, that is that," says Baba Fats, sitting back down on his stone, > Facing another thousand years of talking to God, alone. > "It seems, Lord", says Fats, "it's always the same, old men or bright-eyed youth, > It's always easier to sell them some shit than it is to give them the truth."** > > ``` ๐Ÿ™‚ โ˜น ๐Ÿ˜ƒ :eek: ---
**Author:** ![solley11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@solley11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solley11)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596/40 "2000-01-18T01:28:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Snark: > **Testing to [/see if I can edit or delete] this message.** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testin-testin-dont-mind-me/596.md?page=3)