# Thanks to whoever sponsored me

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-whoever-sponsored-me/551033>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 22, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-whoever-sponsored-me/551033 "2010-08-22T03:27:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-whoever-sponsored-me/551033/21 "2010-08-28T03:30:01Z")

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> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#):
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> > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> > Me too. If I could find some way of getting paid for wasting all my time here…
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> Get a job like mine? 😃
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> ETA: Although I suppose technically it’s getting paid \*while \*wasting my time here, rather than _for_.

That would work too. 🙂

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**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-whoever-sponsored-me/551033/22 "2010-08-29T13:07:51Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> > [@Stink Fish Pot](#):
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> > What is the criteria for having someone sponsor another?
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> Rules are flexible, but having a username that doesn’t trigger the gag reflex on every viewing probably increases one’s chances.

Well, there goes my chance…

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