# This is just for practice
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-for-practice/160358
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [March 10, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-for-practice/160358 "2003-03-10T18:07:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-for-practice/160358/1 "2003-03-10T18:07:12Z")
This is just for practice.
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### Author:  [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-for-practice/160358/2 "2003-03-10T18:43:09Z")
This is just for practice.
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### Author:  [@thelogicalnextbigthingis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelogicalnextbigthingis)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-for-practice/160358/3 "2003-03-10T19:38:29Z")
I hope nobody jumps on this thread to ask you pointed questions about what the test was for and how you could have avoided it.
(Like there’s a chance in chance of that.)
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### Author:  [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-for-practice/160358/4 "2003-03-10T20:20:43Z")
_ **Cite?** _
😃
::: ducks and runs :::
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Doubt)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-for-practice/160358/5 "2003-03-10T22:04:19Z")
Testing too.
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### Author:  [@thelogicalnextbigthingis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelogicalnextbigthingis)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-for-practice/160358/6 "2003-03-11T17:39:26Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Polycarp \*
> \*\*_ **Cite?** _
>
> 😃
>
> ::: ducks and runs ::: \*\*
After I posted that, I thought I ought to look up a cite, since I was shooting off from memory.
But with someone named “Polycarp” lurking around, I think the situation becomes self-explanitory. 😃
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### Author:  [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-for-practice/160358/7 "2003-03-12T00:01:26Z")
[b\*\*\*\*]test\*\*
[u]test
[google](http://www.google.com%22 **** )
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### Author:  [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-for-practice/160358/8 "2003-03-12T13:51:29Z")
> [@](#):
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> _Originally posted by Robb \*
> [b\*\*\*\*]test_\*
> [u]test
> [google](http://www.google.com%22 **** )
Heh. That was pretty clever.
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### Author:  [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-for-practice/160358/9 "2003-03-12T18:03:00Z")
After I posted that, I thought I ought to look up a cite, since I was shooting off from memory.
But with someone named “Polycarp” lurking around, I think the situation becomes self-explanitory.
This is just practice, takin’ my swings in the cage.
day job
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### Author:  [@Bubba\_Ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubba_Ray)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-for-practice/160358/10 "2003-03-12T20:57:15Z")
Misusing this thread for a sig test