# What the Hell was up with the....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-was-up-with-the/53143>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 5, 2001, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-was-up-with-the/53143 "2001-02-05T01:36:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-was-up-with-the/53143/1 "2001-02-05T01:36:34Z")

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> Parse error: parse error, expecting `STRING' or `‘{’’ or `’$’’ in global.php on line 52

that I’ve been getting on the board for the past two hours?

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-was-up-with-the/53143/2 "2001-02-05T01:40:20Z")

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The server couldn’t handle all the damn Morse Code.

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**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-was-up-with-the/53143/3 "2001-02-05T01:42:03Z")

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Owhey isay itay ithway igpay atinlay?

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-was-up-with-the/53143/4 "2001-02-05T01:42:47Z")

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Apparently the Spelling and Grammar Police finally decided to get really strict with us:

_“That’s it! Any more of these subject-verb disagreements, and we’re shutting down this message board and making everyone diagram sentences for a couple of hours!”_

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**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-was-up-with-the/53143/5 "2001-02-05T02:15:21Z")

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> Parse error: parse error, expecting `STRING' or `‘{’’ or `’$’’ in global.php on line 52

:::Persephone enters, body twitching violently, eyes crossed, drool dangling from lower lip:::

GAAAAAAAAAH! I HATE it when that happens!

Whew. I am so glad the board is back up. Thought I was going to have to read a book or something. :eek: