### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/1 "2007-11-09T13:42:02Z")
Something has changed around here. We all know it. We’re just not quite sure what that what is. Except me. I know.
Ignorance? Vanquished. Between Google indexing and our noble efforts (sorry, we couldn’t do it alone), ignorance has limped back to Salem, Massachusetts (where it originated here in the States) and has retired to sleeping late, taking walks in the park, and spending evenings in bar rooms.
So.
What do we do now?
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### Author:  [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/2 "2007-11-09T13:56:24Z")
Profit?!
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### Author:  [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/3 "2007-11-09T13:59:00Z")
Ignorance vanquished? \ I never get these memos.
Somehow I doubt it, since I was in a class yesterday for Advanced Cardiac Life Support and several of the people there repeatedly did not know the difference between pacer pads and defibrillator pads. And that’s just one example…
But if it really IS true–I claim the hammock.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/4 "2007-11-09T14:01:24Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby]
But if it really IS true–I claim the hammock.
[/QUOTE]
Then I claim the hummock.
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### Author:  [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/5 "2007-11-09T14:06:06Z")
Wait, wait. You mean the Phelps clan and Anne Coulter are dead?
Dude, I am _so_ buying the drinks.
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/6 "2007-11-09T14:10:45Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k]
Profit?!
[/QUOTE]
Yes, yes. But _how_?
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### Author:  [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/7 "2007-11-09T14:15:20Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
ignorance… has retired to sleeping late, taking walks in the park, and spending evenings in bar rooms.
[/QUOTE]
Wow, ignorance **is** bliss.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/8 "2007-11-09T14:36:48Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
Yes, yes. But _how_?
[/QUOTE]
Wow, what an ignorant question. 😉
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### Author:  [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/9 "2007-11-09T15:01:03Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
Yes, yes. But _how_?
[/QUOTE]
The way I’ve always seen it, it’s got something to do with lining three dots up, like this: “…”. I guess maybe the dots are magic fairy dots or something.
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### Author:  [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/10 "2007-11-09T15:06:38Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
Yes, yes. But _how_?
[/QUOTE]
Well, first off. **Give me your pants!**
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/11 "2007-11-09T15:09:03Z")
Martinis all around! Vodka or gin, guys?
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### Author:  [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/12 "2007-11-09T15:09:18Z")
…
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/13 "2007-11-09T15:24:33Z")
[QUOTE=essell]
Well, first off. **Give me your pants!**
[/QUOTE]
What?!?
😕
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/14 "2007-11-09T15:26:07Z")
[QUOTE=tdn]
Wow, what an ignorant question. 😉
[/QUOTE]
Humph. So much for the democratic process.
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### Author:  [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/15 "2007-11-09T15:30:58Z")
What, must we nominate something as ignorant first?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/16 "2007-11-09T15:32:52Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
What?!?
😕
[/QUOTE]
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>
> "Gnomes" is the seventeenth and penultimate episode of the second season of the American animated television series South Park. The 30th episode of the series overall, it originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on December 16, 1998. The episode was written by series co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, along with Pam Brady, and directed by Parker. This episode marks the first appearance of Tweek Tweak and his parents. In the episode, Harbucks plans to enter the South Park cof...
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### Author:  [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/17 "2007-11-09T16:36:53Z")
We’re going to Disneyworld!
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### Author:  [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/18 "2007-11-09T20:01:26Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
Then I claim the hummock.
[/QUOTE]
Does the hammock lie over the hummock?
I don’t need no stinkin’ gnomes…
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### Author:  [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/19 "2007-11-09T20:43:28Z")
What do we win?
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-won-the-fight-against-ignorance-now-what/425773/20 "2007-11-09T21:00:12Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
So.
What do we do now?
[/QUOTE]
The same thing we do every night, Winston. Try to take over the world.
[QUOTE=eleanorigby]
I don’t need no stinkin’ gnomes…
[/QUOTE]
How about some nice smelling ones? We have a special deal on flower bed gnomes.
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