# testy **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 6, 2005, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863 "2005-08-06T08:55:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863/1 "2005-08-06T08:55:54Z")
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**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863/2 "2005-08-07T02:24:42Z")
Ah rather then start a new test, I will just carry on in yours TYVM 🙂 [ul] [li]one[/li][li]two[/li][li]three[/li][li]four[/li][/ul] [RIGHT]test[/RIGHT] test test testtest ```php test ``` ```auto testing ``` Okay now to figure out the nifty xing out stuff and all that ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863/3 "2005-08-07T05:27:29Z")
\*\*😕[sup])[/sup] \*\* \*\* :)[sup])[/sup] \*\* \*\* :p[sup])[/sup] \*\* [sub]Ü[/sub] . ☹ \*\* :mad: [sup])[/sup] \*\* ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863/4 "2005-08-08T17:05:39Z")
😕 Shouldn’t a _ **testy** _ thread be posted in the Pit? ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863/5 "2005-08-08T17:27:16Z")
> [@kniz](#): > > 😕 > Shouldn’t a _ **testy** _ thread be posted in the Pit? OK - so th quote goes there. Good to know. How about a smilie… :eek: what about if I TYPE: :eek: ?? OK color: RED BLUE Font Size1?? Font Size3?? Font Size7??? Hey how’d you do the word bubbles in the smilies?? ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863/6 "2005-08-08T19:01:32Z")
:wally: comes with “Putz” already in there and can’t be edited. I don’t believe any other smilies have speech ballons, and I’m also pretty sure none have custom messages. That would be cool, though. . . ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863/7 "2005-08-08T19:03:00Z")
err, that probably doesn’t help you as much as it could have. : wally (without the space) will give you :wally ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863/8 "2005-08-09T07:47:53Z")
The ballons are made with the Webdings font, but to put text in them, one has to use less elegant solutions: [COLOR=Silver]…\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ …|…| …| …ASCII!..| …|\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_| …/[/COLOR] :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863/9 "2005-08-09T12:53:43Z")
> [@LostGoals](#): > > Okay now to figure out the nifty xing out stuff and all that {Del} text {/Del} (using brackets of course) ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863/10 "2005-08-09T15:04:18Z")
This [del]doesn’t[/del] does work! Thank you ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863/11 "2005-08-09T15:18:27Z")
> [@LostGoals](#): > > Okay now to figure out the nifty xing out stuff and all that To find out how someone did what they did, just click on the “reply” button. You’ll see their post, including all the VB codes, inside the QUOTE tag. (Unless it was in the QUOTE tag to begin with, in which case I have no idea.) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863/12 "2005-08-10T18:43:07Z")
Woah…neat one, **GIGObuster**. Why, I’m speechless! \*\*:eek:[sup])[/sup] \*\* ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863/13 "2005-08-11T14:22:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **scr4** > To find out how someone did what they did, just click on the “reply” button. You’ll see their post, including all the VB codes, inside the QUOTE tag. (Unless it was in the QUOTE tag to begin with, in which case I have no idea.) And that’s a great way to screw with people–do something fancy in a quote tag, and they can’t see how you did it. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863/14 "2005-08-12T14:10:49Z")
This is a test of quick reply. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863/15 "2005-08-12T14:15:40Z")
> [@gazpacho](#): > > This is a > > > [@ned](#): > > > > [color=blue] fred > > test of quick reply. This is another test using the not so quick reply.[/COLOR]