# Where were you when the lights went out? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001 "2012-04-17T02:48:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/21 "2012-04-17T16:40:36Z")
> [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](#): > > I don’t know. I’m just wondering why, when I hover my cursor over this topic in MPSIMS, the preview is about the ‘second Google incident’ and a tentacle thread (?) and boob size. > [@Colophon](#): > > Why is the mouseover text to this thread nowhere to be found in the thread itself? After you guys said that, I had to check it out. :eek:😕:eek:😕:eek::eek:😕😕😕 That is deeply weird. ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/22 "2012-04-17T16:48:53Z")
I was reading “one last thread” before I got on with productive work for the afternoon. I was so distraught at not being able to do so that I spent the next three hours trawling the Internet for something interesting to read. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/23 "2012-04-17T17:29:05Z")
I was wondering about the mouseover thing, too. I see: > [@](#): > > No one reports us to Google - there is no automated thing going on, in the forums there was a link to the ‘Second Google Incident’ that says someone complained to Google about a tentacle article. I’m pretty sure if someone with a grudge started reporting the boob size threads saying pedos are… Here’s info on “[The Second Google Incident](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Administrivia/TheSecondGoogleIncident?from=Main.TheSecondGoogleIncident)”; it was a tvtropes thing. The rest of it, I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/24 "2012-04-17T17:29:16Z")
> [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](#): > > I don’t know. I’m just wondering why, when I hover my cursor over this topic in MPSIMS, the preview is about the ‘second Google incident’ and a tentacle thread (?) and boob size. The preview reads like it belongs in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648538), but that text is nowhere to found in it either. How strange. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/25 "2012-04-17T17:53:51Z")
Beats me what’s going on with the mouseover – I’ll alert the mod loop, see if anyone can figure it out. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/26 "2012-04-17T18:02:50Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Beats me what’s going on with the mouseover – I’ll alert the mod loop, see if anyone can figure it out. I think it’s Skippy’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/27 "2012-04-17T18:37:05Z")
Ooooh that was my post! I tried posting it once, timed out, so I tried to submit the page again, timed out again, so I said fuck it and closed the window. Nice to know my noodly posting appendage touched some part of the boards! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/28 "2012-04-17T19:42:44Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > Ooooh that was my post! I tried posting it once, timed out, so I tried to submit the page again, timed out again, so I said fuck it and closed the window. Nice to know my noodly posting appendage touched some part of the boards! Ah, I was just coming in to post this info from **TubaDiva** : > [@](#): > > Apparently it’s an artifact of a post someone tried to make while the system was being taken down for maintenance. Another mystery solved! ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/29 "2012-04-17T19:50:21Z")
Well, I’d decided that it was selfish of me to keep the whole secret of what makes a woman happy to myself, and was posting to share it. Too bad, so sad! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/30 "2012-04-17T21:03:59Z")
At the time everything went dark, I was trying to ban **Marley** , but I’m sure that had nothing to do with it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/31 "2012-04-17T21:05:44Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I’d just figured out what 14 k of g in an f p d was. Oh well. I’m sure lightning will strike twice. I hate you. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/32 "2012-04-17T22:15:42Z")
Go to the ['favorite sauce](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648604)’ thread in CS, and read the second post which is by **Mahaloth**. Now click the ‘reply’ button, then scroll down, you’ll see that the second post in the thread is mine. It’s a ghost post! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001.md?page=1)