# Which way did it go?

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**Created:** [September 14, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-did-it-go/796349 "2017-09-14T22:26:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-did-it-go/796349/1 "2017-09-14T22:26:11Z")

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In post 4 of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20474595#post20474595) (Great Debates, about the Dred Scott decision) AK84 quotes a post by DonDraper. An apparently nonexistent post, as AK84’s is post 5 in that thread and the quoted post is not one of the first four. Clicking on the arrow after DonDraper’s name jumps up to the OP – so where is that post?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-did-it-go/796349/2 "2017-09-14T22:44:06Z")

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Cornfield.

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**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-did-it-go/796349/3 "2017-09-14T22:44:40Z")

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That’s bizarre. DonDraper’s post history has no such post in it. It looks like there may be a database problem.

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**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-did-it-go/796349/4 "2017-09-14T22:45:42Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> Cornfield.

Nothing in the quote seems cornfieldable.

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**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-did-it-go/796349/5 "2017-09-14T22:59:56Z")

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Sock. Cornfielded.

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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:** [September 14, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-did-it-go/796349/6 "2017-09-14T23:25:46Z")

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And to clarify, **Don Draper** is not the same as **DonDraper**.