# Testing...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/36771>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 13, 2000, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/36771 "2000-10-13T07:09:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Thrashbarg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Thrashbarg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrashbarg)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/36771/1 "2000-10-13T07:09:46Z")

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Hello, Everybody 🙂

Just testing here, before I make an ass of myself in a REAL forum. Oh well, I probably will anyway.

**Test**  
_Test_

Sheesh, I think I need a tutorial or something. Anyone feel like helping out a total newbie?

Thrashbarg

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**Author:** ![Thrashbarg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Thrashbarg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrashbarg)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/36771/2 "2000-10-13T07:16:48Z")

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Let’s try one more thing…

> [@](#):
>
> “Test quote”
> 
> - Thrashbarg

Hey, this is funner than scraping my hiney with a cheese grater and squatting in a bowl of alcohol!

Not that I’d know or anything…but I bet it WOULD be.

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**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/36771/3 "2000-10-13T16:43:27Z")

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test, test **test** test

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**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/36771/4 "2000-10-13T21:07:53Z")

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Move along, Move along nothing exciting, just making sure I’ve logged in correctly on this machine.  
Keith

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**Author:** ![Fonz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Fonz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fonz)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/36771/5 "2000-10-13T21:37:51Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Fonz \*  
> (How come nobody gives people actual answers on this forum? 😕 )
> 
> Quoting from the main menu of forums:
> 
> **MPSIMS =  
> Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share. For general chatter, great thoughts, etc.**
> 
> More acronymns and “special” local terms are at this link:
> 
> **[Acronyms (abbreviations?)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=2528)**
> 
> And here’s the other link every newbie should bookmark, how to get links and special text to work:
> 
> **[Don’t forget the link. Here’s how to post one, Part Next](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25307)**
> 
> And also these nearly invisible (not to mention cryptic) links [sub][vB code](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?action=bbcode)[/sub] and [sub][Smilies](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?action=showsmilies)[/sub] at the bottom of this page.
> 
> Happy hunting. Put something special in your Signature line (click on Profile icon above)  
> \*\*