# This is my 3,912th post **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [November 29, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205 "2005-11-29T15:14:51Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 3
### Author: ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/41 "2005-11-29T19:32:02Z")
Thread closing in 3… 2… ---
### Author: ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/42 "2005-11-29T19:32:08Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > 3 + **6** = > 9 > 12 is **6** + **6** This is why math (and all things empirical for that matter) frighten me. ---
### Author: ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/43 "2005-11-29T19:33:15Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > where is \*\*that \*\* coming from? Backpedals furiously! I only meant to play in the evil game myself, flouting the rule against accusing someone of being a troll. You :wally I keed! I keed! 😃😃😃😃 ---
### Author: ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/44 "2005-11-29T19:33:50Z")
Frighten **s** me. Darned spelling errors! ---
### Author: ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/45 "2005-11-29T19:38:21Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Frighten **s** me. Darned CODING errors! ---
### Author: ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/46 "2005-11-29T19:39:16Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > Backpedals furiously! > > I only meant to play in the evil game myself, flouting the rule against accusing someone of being a troll. > > You :wally > > I keed! I keed! 😃😃😃😃 ah! a la Fred Armisen “just keeding!” or “aiy dios mio!” see according to his argentinian comic character, you must end a joke with one of those so the audience knows when to laugh ---
### Author: ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/47 "2005-11-29T19:42:34Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Why? Because that would be a violation of the rules, as I am sure you know. Um, it was a joke. You know, like **Inigo** ’s thread about having a heart attack. You don’t quite get what’s going on around you, do you? > [@anyrose](#): > > well, if \*\*Inigo \*\* was ignoring **Excalibre** , \*\*Inigo \*\* would not see the request, not respond to it, and thereby imply that he was indeed ignoring **Ex** > > If a Doper chooses to divulge who’s on their list, why is that against the rules? It’d be against the rules if ignore lists were made public without knowledge/permission. But a voluntary surrender of information? > (I just reminded myself of a really awful film with Sally Field and Michael Caine \) It’s just to avoid having the ignore list serve as a tool to fight with others. The Powers That Be don’t like people shouting about who’s on their ignore lists in order to piss people off. ---
### Author: ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/48 "2005-11-29T19:45:09Z")
WTF? I’m only seeing like 3 replies but the counter is up to 47? Maybe I should call a mod in here to explain what’s going on? ---
### Author: ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/49 "2005-11-29T19:49:14Z")
1. Which\*\* is \*\*12+12+12+12 ---
### Author: ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/50 "2005-11-29T19:50:10Z")
A I wonder if the mods are Aware of this thread… ---
### Author: ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/51 "2005-11-29T19:51:15Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Um, it was a joke. You know, like **Inigo** ’s thread about having a heart attack. You don’t quite get what’s going on around you, do you? No, I understood just fine that it very well could have been a joke. However, it also might not have been. I was playing it safe. Oh, and I see 48 or so replies. Something is wrong with your browser. ---
### Author: ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/52 "2005-11-29T19:52:28Z")
I would very much like to give you some very specific and detailed legal advice on this matter. Please email me for further instructions, as it will involve suing the shit out of the Chicago Reader. ---
### Author: ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/53 "2005-11-29T19:59:29Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > I would very much like to give you some very specific and detailed legal advice on this matter. Please email me for further instructions, as it will involve suing the shit out of the Chicago Reader. THIS POST HAS BEEN DEGRAPED BY THE DEGRAPIST!! ---
### Author: ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/54 "2005-11-29T20:00:05Z")
B I think they would do Best not to be. ---
### Author: ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/55 "2005-11-29T20:01:00Z")
And with that, I think the line may have been crossed. 🙂 ---
### Author: ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/56 "2005-11-29T20:08:01Z")
Wankers. The whole lot of you. Monkey-spanking, gopher smacking wankers. ---
### Author: ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/57 "2005-11-29T20:08:09Z")
I was just kidding. Don’t email me. [sub][sub]My email address is fake, anyway[/sub][/sub] ---
### Author: ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/58 "2005-11-29T20:13:56Z")
Hmm, perhaps I should post the mods home addresses and telephone numbers so you can report it more effectively! ---
### Author: ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/59 "2005-11-29T20:16:28Z")
Inigo could you please tell me which words end in -gry. Jim ---
### Author: ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call) #### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-3-912th-post/333205/60 "2005-11-29T20:17:09Z")
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