# Those "Last edited by:" notes at the bottom of edited posts **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 15, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569 "2011-06-15T15:37:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/1 "2011-06-15T15:37:15Z")
are the electronic equivalent of blobs of Wite-Out™ on your term paper. Only persons of a certain age will know what I’m talking about. Just sayin. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/2 "2011-06-15T16:27:49Z")
No, she didn’t. Just to forestall all those who are going to jump in saying that Mike Nesmith’s mother invented Wite-Out. It was Liquid Paper. You may thank me when you win your bet. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/3 "2011-06-15T16:32:21Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > It was Liquid Paper. > > You may thank me when you win your bet. In the end, it all comes down to just one thing: liquid correction fluid, pure and simple. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/4 "2011-06-15T16:34:47Z")
Wait. Am I supposed to be embarassed by having to go back and edit my posts? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/5 "2011-06-15T16:36:53Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Wait. Am I supposed to be embarassed by having to go back and edit my posts? I don’t think so. I think if you are of a certain age, you’ll find a wry humor in the OP’s observation. And if not, then you’re probably wondering WTF “Wite Out” is. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/6 "2011-06-15T17:48:22Z")
I am old enough to know (and have used) Wite-out, but I don’t get the irony. I am perpetually whooshed, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/7 "2011-06-15T18:23:04Z")
Wait a minute. You mean I don’t have to use Wite-Out on my computer screen? I’ve been doing it wrong all this time? I guess I’m going to have to Pit myself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/8 "2011-06-15T18:25:18Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Wait a minute. You mean I don’t have to use Wite-Out on my computer screen? I’ve been doing it wrong all this time? I guess I’m going to have to Pit myself. 😃 You are supposed to hold the screen upside-down and shake it until the picture goes away. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/9 "2011-06-15T18:26:58Z")
I like to think of them as a little witty post script. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/10 "2011-06-15T18:42:37Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > In the end, it all comes down to just one thing: liquid correction fluid, pure and simple. Aren’t liquid and fluid the same thing? I’ve just realized the bottle on my desk is labelled “multi-purpose correction fluid”. Damn, I could have used it for all those other jobs! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/11 "2011-06-15T18:46:35Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > Aren’t liquid and fluid the same thing? All liquids are fluids, but not all fluids are liquids. That is, the class _fluid_ comprises both liquids and gasses, just as the word _gasses_ has to many Ses for my taste. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/12 "2011-06-15T19:16:57Z")
white word ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/13 "2011-06-15T19:45:14Z")
NM ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/14 "2011-06-15T19:56:08Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > NM The one good thing about it is that it can’t be quoted! You’d have to copy/paste to do that sort of thing. Plus or minus? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/15 "2011-06-15T20:03:30Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > . And if not, then you’re probably wondering WTF “Wite Out” is. Isnt that when a guy hasn’t had sex in so long that various precious bodily fluids/liquids back up to the point that it starts flooding his eyeballs and poor vision ensues? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/16 "2011-06-15T20:37:59Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > The one good thing about it is that it can’t be quoted! You’d have to copy/paste to do that sort of thing. Plus or minus? NM ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/17 "2011-06-15T22:03:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Isnt that when a guy hasn’t had sex in so long that various precious bodily fluids/liquids back up to the point that it starts flooding his eyeballs and poor vision ensues? You mean that if you don’t keep doing that, you’ll go blind? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/18 "2011-06-15T22:33:55Z")
Nothing to add, just trying to get some exposure for my effort to subsidize my SDMB subscription. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569/19 "2011-06-16T02:01:19Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You are supposed to hold the screen upside-down and shake it until the picture goes away. ROFLMAO don’t tell me Etcha Sketch is long defunct already