# This is so frustrating **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 2, 2000, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-frustrating/27816 "2000-08-02T07:09:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gillygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@gillygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gillygirl)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-frustrating/27816/1 "2000-08-02T07:09:54Z")
1. how do you cut and paste something in to put in the “quote” dealies? it says just cut and paste but i do that here in aol and it wont past into the reply message deal! 2. i just came across a test thread that talked about a “reply with quote” feature…i cant find out how to do that either! im stuck and frustrated and need help-please!! ---
**Author:** ![gillygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@gillygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gillygirl)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-frustrating/27816/2 "2000-08-02T07:21:09Z")
> [@](#): > > paste something in ---
**Author:** ![gillygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@gillygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gillygirl)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-frustrating/27816/3 "2000-08-02T07:22:49Z")
hurray! i did it!! ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-frustrating/27816/4 "2000-08-02T17:41:54Z")
Okay, **gillygirl** , good show! Now part two of the examination. Can you handle the following challenges? [ol] [li]A[/li][li]numbered[/li][li]list[/li][/ol] > [@](#): > > A quotation > > > [@](#): > > > > containing another quotation **Some** _funky_ formatting: _ **Pow!** _ **Whap!** _Kapow!_ _ **Bang Bang!** _ a mathematical formula (a + b)[sup]2[/sup] = a[sup]2[/sup] + 2ab + b[sup]2[/sup] and your final challenge: a smiley with a person rolling his/her eyes. Only by “running the gauntlet” will you be admitted as a [vB code](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?action=bbcode) **ninja master**. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-frustrating/27816/5 "2000-08-02T19:50:10Z")
Well, **my** mother taught **me** that showing off was tacky… ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-frustrating/27816/6 "2000-08-02T19:53:27Z")
DDG, I’m not showing off! to quote the wonderful Garrison Keillor, it’s “extravagance, magnificent extravagance.” ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-frustrating/27816/7 "2000-08-02T22:06:52Z")
and gillygirl, if you ever want to know how some other poster did something (like Arnold above did) you can click on the “reply with quote” button in their message, and the part in your reply window will show all the code. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-frustrating/27816/8 "2000-08-02T22:34:21Z")
voguevixen, I don’t think we should encourage cheating on the SDMB. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gillygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@gillygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gillygirl)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-frustrating/27816/9 "2000-08-03T04:44:36Z")
_deep breath here_… [list=1] [li]what[/li][li]a[/li][li]pain[/li][li]in[/li][li]the[/li][li]rear[/li] [/list=1] > [@](#): > > and gillygirl, if you ever want to know how some other poster did something (like Arnold above did) you can click on the “reply with quote” button in their message, and the part in your reply window will show all the code. > > > [@](#): > > > > voguevixen, I don’t think we should encourage cheating on the SDMB (i have not cheated at all! LOL thanks for the hint voguevixen, i will for sure use it when im not taking a test …i never could cheat on tests LOL) **i** _can’t_ believe _ **this** _ is so involved!!! :rolleyes: mostly done, now just need to find the freaking math “powers” key dealie-ma-jobber and ill be done! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gillygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@gillygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gillygirl)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-frustrating/27816/10 "2000-08-03T05:15:58Z")
ok, i decided after looking all this time at links to character deals, and maps and all sorts of junk i decided i had no choice but to cheat and it turns out its as easy as this?? [sup]2[/sup] :eek: ---
**Author:** ![darkcool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@darkcool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/darkcool)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-frustrating/27816/11 "2000-08-03T09:06:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \* > \*\*Well, **my** mother taught **me** that showing off was tacky… \*\* a+b=c ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-frustrating/27816/12 "2000-08-03T17:05:07Z")
gillygirl, I take off my hat to you. You’ve passed the vBcode challenge! (puts on party hat and blows noisemaker) And without cheating! I’m very impressed. The superscripts and subscripts were actually not a fair question, since that’s a little “extra” added at the SDMB, so you don’t see it explained on the vBcode page. And you figured that out too! Welcome to the SDMB. I hope you like it here. ---
**Author:** ![gillygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@gillygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gillygirl)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-frustrating/27816/13 "2000-08-03T18:26:12Z")
Thanks! Now that I actually know how to work this stuff I think I will like it better! Life’s little victories 🙂