# Trying to be the last post before the board goes down **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113 "2001-07-28T23:14:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/1 "2001-07-28T23:14:04Z")
Who’s it gonna be then ? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/2 "2001-07-28T23:17:02Z")
Probably not a long time left to wonder about it. See ya’ Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/3 "2001-07-28T23:19:08Z")
Me…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/4 "2001-07-28T23:21:27Z")
Glad I’m going to be gone to my mom’s tomorrow. That way I won’t be missing the board _quite_as much. Of course, I will be coming back before Monday. Wonder what I will read tomorrow?? Oh yeah! That’s right! There _are_ other sites on the web! WHEW!!! ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/5 "2001-07-29T00:52:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SilkyThreat \* > \*\* Oh yeah! That’s right! There _are_ other sites on the web! \*\* Blasphemy! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/6 "2001-07-29T01:03:36Z")
Hope the last post isn’t as banal as this one. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/7 "2001-07-29T01:29:44Z")
I must admit it’s been a guess all day whenever I check in as to whether I’ll get the dial tone or not. And it’s been so peppy today it’s hard not to come back for more. Jerry, are you teasing us? ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/8 "2001-07-29T01:50:28Z")
::yawn:: Well announcing the it’d be closed did speed it up…imagine the looks on the faces of all the poor dumb fools that wait until Monday to check the boards. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/9 "2001-07-29T01:52:05Z")
MEMEME!! ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/10 "2001-07-29T01:58:21Z")
> [@](#): > > _Orig. by Astroboy14_ > MEMEME!! No. ---
**Author:** ![arachnidlove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@arachnidlove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arachnidlove)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/11 "2001-07-29T02:00:43Z")
::waits for message that says boards are closed:: ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/12 "2001-07-29T02:02:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by casdave \* > \*\*Who’s it gonna be then ? \*\* Who cares? ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/13 "2001-07-29T08:25:34Z")
I think they were just trying to scare us…it’s nearly 4:30 am on Sunday morning, and no sign of the board closing. HA! I’m onto them… ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/14 "2001-07-29T08:56:09Z")
Weird. Perhaps it got rescheduled? ---
**Author:** ![arachnidlove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@arachnidlove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arachnidlove)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/15 "2001-07-29T09:40:04Z")
perhaps it was a ploy to get us all excited and worried about living without the SDMB for 48 hours… ---
**Author:** ![FarmerOak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@FarmerOak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerOak)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/16 "2001-07-29T09:53:40Z")
I venture to say it’s the Farmer. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/17 "2001-07-29T09:56:03Z")
Huh… Perhaps Jerry got waylaid or something…Looks like everything is still here… Odd… ---
**Author:** ![FarmerOak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@FarmerOak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerOak)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/18 "2001-07-29T10:03:20Z")
I STILL say it’s the Farmer! ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/19 "2001-07-29T12:31:22Z")
There’s an explanation from Jerry in ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113/20 "2001-07-29T14:04:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Astroboy14 \* > \*\*MEMEME!! \*\* MEMEME!!! Again… in hopes…😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-be-the-last-post-before-the-board-goes-down/74113.md?page=2)