# Who the Hell is JEFF OLSEN???  And why did he steal my Weird Earl??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-jeff-olsen-and-why-did-he-steal-my-weird-earl/101684>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 4, 2002, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-jeff-olsen-and-why-did-he-steal-my-weird-earl/101684 "2002-04-04T00:03:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-jeff-olsen-and-why-did-he-steal-my-weird-earl/101684/1 "2002-04-04T00:03:06Z")

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He stole my Weird Earl submission!!! Yes, I’m peeved!

I submitted the tugboat URL to the webmaster, because I couldn’t figure out who else to send it to…so, WHY DIDN’T I GET CREDIT???

Okay, maybe it’s no big deal, but I like my 15 minutes of fame just like anyone else!!

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**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-jeff-olsen-and-why-did-he-steal-my-weird-earl/101684/2 "2002-04-04T00:09:41Z")

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Lest you think I’m an idiot…the website was acting screwy for a while that day, and I couldn’t find TUBADIVA’s address on the main page…in fact, the main page wasn’t there for a while that day…

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**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-jeff-olsen-and-why-did-he-steal-my-weird-earl/101684/3 "2002-04-04T02:53:16Z")

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I’m going to quote the great Richard Nixon, speaking of the Canadian Prime Minister:

“What the Christ are you talking about?”

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**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-jeff-olsen-and-why-did-he-steal-my-weird-earl/101684/4 "2002-04-04T06:24:43Z")

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I know how you feel. I get really pissed when I submit a link to FARK and they use the exact same link, but from someone else. I get extr amd if theirs gets posted quite some time after I submitted mine.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-jeff-olsen-and-why-did-he-steal-my-weird-earl/101684/5 "2002-04-04T22:57:06Z")

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[lurch]You rang?[/lurch]

I wasn’t even aware the link was posted; I checked and it now gives credit to both of us. Might you be a fan of [Paul Harris](http://www.harrisonline.com/), too?