# Waanhh!!! The Hampsters Ate My Post **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 17, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waanhh-the-hampsters-ate-my-post/119402 "2002-07-17T13:25:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mske](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mske](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mske)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waanhh-the-hampsters-ate-my-post/119402/1 "2002-07-17T13:25:22Z")
I had just crafted a fine post about my experiences at a television show taping my wife and I attended last night. It had insults, ironic comparisons, sucking up to **Alphagene** and **Fenris** , laughter, the use of the word “punani” and a link. I hit “Preview Post” for one last look - and poof! Gone. Damnit learn! Copy before you hit any buttons. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waanhh-the-hampsters-ate-my-post/119402/2 "2002-07-17T13:36:21Z")
Is the window still open? Sometimes you can back up to before you submitted and it will still be there. Either way that bites! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waanhh-the-hampsters-ate-my-post/119402/3 "2002-07-17T13:42:29Z")
They also appear to have vomited a spurious ‘P’ into the title of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![mske](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mske](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mske)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waanhh-the-hampsters-ate-my-post/119402/4 "2002-07-17T13:46:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Is the window still open? Sometimes you can back up to before you submitted and it will still be there. I tried everything. I even went digging through my IE cache folder looking for any part of it. > [@](#): > > They also appear to have vomited a spurious ‘P’ into the title of this thread. Hmmm… I used the letter “p” in my original post. Maybe they blew it up and fragments are landing all around… This could be the cause of any spelling errors on the board for the next day or so. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waanhh-the-hampsters-ate-my-post/119402/5 "2002-07-17T14:00:59Z")
I cherish any and all uses of the word “punani”. I am a bit saddened. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waanhh-the-hampsters-ate-my-post/119402/6 "2002-07-17T14:07:49Z")
You know, ever since ITHamster got that dancing gig over at that other site things haven’t been the same. Oh sure, they’ve got dancing hippos and dancing Jesus now, but that hasn’t helped Hamster with his swelled head. You give ‘em 15 minutes and they think they’'re better’n all the other server wheel-turners. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waanhh-the-hampsters-ate-my-post/119402/7 "2002-07-17T14:42:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*They also appear to have vomited a spurious ‘P’ into the title of this thread. \*\* Not necessarily Mang, “hampsters” could be a reference to either animals that live in a hamper, or the denizens of the Hamptons. Either one would be pretty insidious. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waanhh-the-hampsters-ate-my-post/119402/8 "2002-07-17T15:24:24Z")
Listen **photopat** ; I know what I’m talking about here; hamsters have capacious cheek pouches which are ideal for storing consonants.