# Weird Earls Archive

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls-archive/303505>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 12, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls-archive/303505 "2005-05-12T03:41:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls-archive/303505/1 "2005-05-12T03:41:03Z")

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I know the WEA isn’t technically part of the boards, but somebody should go through it and prune all the dead links. I was browsing it recently, and 1 in 5 links are dead or lead to a page that has nothing to do with the tag line. Who knew the web would be so mutable?

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**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls-archive/303505/2 "2005-05-12T04:08:25Z")

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There’s a Weird Earls Archive?!?

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**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:** [May 12, 2005, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls-archive/303505/3 "2005-05-12T08:56:21Z")

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[There is, indeed.](http://straightdope.com/mailbag/weirdearl.html)

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**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls-archive/303505/4 "2005-05-12T12:47:23Z")

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_Oh, happy day!_

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls-archive/303505/5 "2005-05-12T19:51:23Z")

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[Theadspotting](http://straightdope.com/mailbag/threadspotting.html) too.

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**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:** [May 12, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls-archive/303505/6 "2005-05-12T20:54:55Z")

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> I know the WEA isn’t technically part of the boards, but **somebody** should go through it and prune all the dead links.

Are you volunteering?

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls-archive/303505/7 "2005-05-12T21:06:44Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Are you volunteering?

I’d be happy to, but I doubt _The Reader_ wants me mucking about in the bowels of the hamsters.

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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls-archive/303505/8 "2005-05-12T21:10:32Z")

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> [@Fear Itself](#):
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> I’d be happy to, but I doubt _The Reader_ wants me mucking about in the bowels of the hamsters.

Thanks for putting that image in my brain! :eek: