# Testing post display options.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-post-display-options/137135>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 17, 2002, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-post-display-options/137135 "2002-11-17T05:45:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![buzzz\_kill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@buzzz\_kill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buzzz_kill)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-post-display-options/137135/1 "2002-11-17T05:45:51Z")

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:smack:   
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> who said that?

REDish

you really are a :wally **bold** _italian_

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-post-display-options/137135/2 "2002-11-17T15:02:54Z")

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Geez…I come in here to see if I can assist you with anything, and you call me a :wally: !!! Thanks very much, so kind of you.  
😃

Welcome to the boards, **buzzz**. It won’t be long before you’re trapped like the rest of us…!

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-post-display-options/137135/3 "2002-11-18T00:22:35Z")

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And it’s _italics_. Which may or may not be _Italian_. 😃

Welcome aboard!