# Who paid for my subscription? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2006, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963 "2006-04-17T10:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/1 "2006-04-17T10:34:17Z")
Way back last year when my guest membership was running out, I made a post saying I’d be back once I found some way to pay for a sub. But then someone paid for mine anonymously. I’ve been curious as of late as to who it is. After all, I don’t want to unknowingly accuse them of being a poopyhead in a heated debate. I know they did it anonymously for a reason, but if they’re not too insistent on anonymity could they come forward? Please? My email is in my profile 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/2 "2006-04-17T10:47:01Z")
Not me. If enough of us say this, the poor boy can figure it out by a process of elimination 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/3 "2006-04-17T10:48:30Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Not me. > > If enough of us say this, the poor boy can figure it out by a process of elimination 😉 I’ll do my part. It wasn’t me either. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2006, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/4 "2006-04-17T10:49:20Z")
Obviously, it was the Masked Benefactor, striking again! Not me, though, I was home here doing the dishes. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/5 "2006-04-17T10:50:14Z")
Not me – I was asleep at the time. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/6 "2006-04-17T11:24:20Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > After all, I don’t want to unknowingly accuse them of being a poopyhead in a heated debate. I can see it now. “I brought in you in this board, and I can take you out!”. Wasn’t me either… ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/7 "2006-04-17T12:10:45Z")
I didn’t do it either. We’re slowly narrowing down the suspects. ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/8 "2006-04-17T12:27:18Z")
Could someone please pay for me too. ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/9 "2006-04-17T12:27:42Z")
Could someone please pay for me too. ---
**Author:** ![Otanx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Otanx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otanx)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/10 "2006-04-17T12:38:35Z")
Don’t look in this direction. I didn’t do it. So that is 6 down, how many left? -Otanx ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/11 "2006-04-17T12:47:49Z")
58,561. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/12 "2006-04-17T12:50:05Z")
Make it 58,560. 'Cause it tweren’t me. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/13 "2006-04-17T12:50:10Z")
We’re well on the way then. By my calculations, we’ll have the answer in a little over 840 days. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/14 "2006-04-17T12:50:18Z")
If we assume **blinkingblinking** didn’t pay for my sub either, that’s 8 people down in 2 hours. That means we should know who it was in about two years 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/15 "2006-04-17T12:51:22Z")
Wait, my calculator appears to be broken. It’s only giving me whole numbers. I think that’s thrown off my accuracy juuuuust a little :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/16 "2006-04-17T13:02:25Z")
My calculations say it’ll take 610 days, or 1.67 years, at that rate. And it wasn’t me either. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/17 "2006-04-17T13:13:14Z")
Yes, it was me. Remember, now I own you. So whip me up a little thread about something funny and email it to me. Then I’d like you to compose several witty responses to current threads and have them ready for me to c&p them at any time. Nothing to crass or vulgar please. Then snag me an extra large coffee, triple cream and sugar. Chop, chop! [sub]ok… it wasn’t me.[/sub] . ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/18 "2006-04-17T13:14:16Z")
> [@blinkingblinking](#): > > Could someone please pay for me too. It is standard etiquette on the boards to bold the user’s name in a response; “Could **someone** please pay for me too.” Oh, and it wasn’t myself either. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/19 "2006-04-17T13:14:58Z")
Wasn’t me either. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963/20 "2006-04-17T13:29:50Z")
Just to throw off the count I refuse to say if it was me or not. It’ll make you think twice before calling _me_ a poopyhead. ok. it wasn’t me either. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-paid-for-my-subscription/352963.md?page=2)