# The good news is...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-is/33118>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 14, 2000, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-is/33118 "2000-09-14T02:45:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-is/33118/1 "2000-09-14T02:45:32Z")

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…there’s no bad news.

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**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-is/33118/2 "2000-09-14T02:48:21Z")

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You’re obviously not sitting in my office atm…

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**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-is/33118/3 "2000-09-14T02:48:21Z")

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YAY!!!

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**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-is/33118/4 "2000-09-14T02:52:03Z")

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Wow! That really is good news 🙂

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**Author:** ![jjjfishe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jjjfishe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjjfishe)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-is/33118/5 "2000-09-14T02:53:20Z")

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I was starting to get worried…

Thanks for reassuring us!

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**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-is/33118/6 "2000-09-14T03:31:21Z")

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But there _is_bad news–there’s no good news. So let’s not get too excited here.

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**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-is/33118/7 "2000-09-14T03:53:12Z")

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I have good news for you and bad news. The good news is that there is no bad news. The bad news is that the good news is false. And I have extra special good news for you – the bad news is false.

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**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-is/33118/8 "2000-09-14T03:57:50Z")

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Gno gnus is good gnus.

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**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-is/33118/9 "2000-09-14T03:59:51Z")

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TopazAntares, you made my head hurt.

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**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-is/33118/10 "2000-09-14T04:04:09Z")

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Don’t worry… it made my head hurt when I first saw it in the paper today too… which is why I didn’t think about it again till I saw this thread