# ..'the last poster was harmless' (very Mundane & Pointless)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 9, 2004, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801 "2004-11-09T07:09:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2004, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/1 "2004-11-09T07:09:42Z")
From my gmail notification of subscribed threads:
_You are subscribed to the thread “Darn it, Maxis!” by avabeth, there have been 2 posts to this thread, the last poster was harmless._
I’m not going to ressurect the ‘Doper names you like’ thread, but I’m mentally adding \*\*harmless \*\* to that list. 😃
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### Author:  [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/2 "2004-11-09T07:25:45Z")
I’m cleaning the sprayed water off of my screen, which ended up there as the punchline dawned on me. It just struck me the right way 😛
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### Author:  [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2004, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/3 "2004-11-09T08:00:34Z")
If only it had been “mostly harmless”
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### Author:  [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2004, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/4 "2004-11-09T11:45:19Z")
I think we need a poster called “very dangerous”
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2004, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/5 "2004-11-09T11:51:06Z")
Or **Nibbled to death by ducks**
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2004, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/6 "2004-11-09T12:19:15Z")
> [@Mangetout](#):
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> Or **Nibbled to death by ducks**
Or **The Nibbling Duck of Death** :eek:
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2004, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/7 "2004-11-09T12:35:52Z")
I always have the same reaction on a forum page when I’m looking at the “last post” column and I see “by _gum_.” Every. single. time. I say to myself “By gum!”
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### Author:  [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/8 "2004-11-09T17:42:24Z")
Just keeping with the theme of the OP. 😃
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### Author:  [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/9 "2004-11-09T18:40:43Z")
Hmm. That’s not what I get at all for email notices. I get:
"harmless has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - _…‘the last poster was harmless’ (very Mundane & Pointless)_ - in the Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) forum of Straight Dope Message Board.
This thread is located at: … "
with a link to the thread. Not as funny that way.
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### Author:  [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/10 "2004-11-09T19:17:17Z")
I keep getting variations.
I use to get notified _every time_ someone posted in a thread, which sucked because it would flood my inbox on a good thread.
Now I sometimes get notified, sometimes don’t, and sometimes it will notify me that the thread I’ve subscribed to has 15 new posts, the last being mine. :smack:
I just figure the hamsters haven’t anything better to do, or they are just a little off, if you know what I mean. 😉
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### Author:  [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/11 "2004-11-09T19:22:37Z")
As soon as I saw this thread I knew one of the first replies would be a _Hitchhiker’s_ reference. I love the SDMB.
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### Author:  [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/12 "2004-11-10T08:11:30Z")
I have it set to update me once a day - maybe that’s why my message is different to yours, **BiblioCat**? 🙂
Hrm, I wonder if it’s possible to change my name to ‘Nibbled to death by ducks’…?
Or ‘immediately set upon by peasants with pitchforks’. 😉
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### Author:  [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/13 "2004-11-10T18:45:15Z")
Well, in that case I call **The Nibbling Duck of Death**. 😛
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### Author:  [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/14 "2004-11-10T18:48:40Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#):
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> As soon as I saw this thread I knew one of the first replies would be a _Hitchhiker’s_ reference. I love the SDMB.
I’m always happy to make the obligatory obvious jokes.
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### Author:  [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/15 "2004-11-10T19:08:29Z")
> [@Smeghead](#):
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> I’m always happy to make the obligatory obvious jokes.
6,259 and counting…
Just kidding. For the record, I’m always happy to do the same.
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### Author:  [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/16 "2004-11-10T19:42:12Z")
I think someone should change their name to **Nibbling Duck of Death**. That is such a cool name.
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### Author:  [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/17 "2004-11-10T20:41:50Z")
Offhand, has anyone considered the username **Nibbling Duck of Death**? Just a thought.
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### Author:  [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/18 "2004-11-11T01:52:11Z")
WW: Um, it’s Duke.
Little Bill: Duck, I says!
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### Author:  [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2004, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/19 "2004-11-11T12:54:50Z")
> [@Khiadra](#):
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> I have it set to update me once a day - maybe that’s why my message is different to yours, **BiblioCat**? 🙂
Hmm, could be. Mine updates me immediately.
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### Author:  [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2004, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-poster-was-harmless-very-mundane-pointless/273801/20 "2004-11-13T08:04:13Z")
“Hey, I’ve got three arms!”
“I said ‘harmless’, not ‘armless’.”
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