# Why does the G.Q. Forum have this description? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 12, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-g-q-forum-have-this-description/650084 "2013-02-12T15:41:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-g-q-forum-have-this-description/650084/21 "2013-02-12T21:42:51Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > There isn’t one. People have probably been told (or even warned) to knock it off with that stuff because Dopers are experts at running jokes into the ground, and some of the buckeye stuff became borderline (or not so borderline) harassment of **OpalCat**. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone was told “Enough with ‘Hi Opal’ already” at some point, but there’s no blanket rule against either. People frequently misunderstand instructions like these. We have been informed, not warned, by Dex that \* “this expression has out-worn its humor by now, and is viewed as trite and not often used currently.”\* [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6241129#post6241129](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6241129#post6241129) I am unaware of anyone getting a warning, or even a knock-it-off for using this joke. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-g-q-forum-have-this-description/650084/22 "2013-02-12T21:58:59Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Of course not. That’s why we’re taking the beach from him! Next up - Candy Mountain. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-g-q-forum-have-this-description/650084/23 "2013-02-12T23:45:54Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Charley don’t surf? > [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Of course not. That’s why we’re taking the beach from him! We took _three or four_ of them away. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-g-q-forum-have-this-description/650084/24 "2013-02-13T01:38:26Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > We took _three or four_ of them away. 😉 Yep… [URL=“[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92OBNsQgxU\](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92OBNsQgxU%5C)”] Nope my bad. Should have been this one: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92OBNsQgxU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92OBNsQgxU) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-g-q-forum-have-this-description/650084/25 "2013-02-13T12:32:32Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > The first cite you gave, [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2993/](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2993/) , is signed by gfactor. Not Cecil Adams. \ ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-g-q-forum-have-this-description/650084/26 "2013-02-13T13:35:58Z")
Isn’t it a copyright issue? In case someone sues the SD claiming it stole their idea. It’s a nice way of saying we can use any material you provide in our publication. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-g-q-forum-have-this-description/650084/27 "2013-02-14T03:23:02Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > Isn’t it a copyright issue? In case someone sues the SD claiming it stole their idea. It’s a nice way of saying we can use any material you provide in our publication. That’s in the registration agreement. > [@](#): > > All postings and other material on the SDMB are copyrighted by CLM. Republication of material appearing on the SDMB without express written permission of CLM is prohibited, except that users retain the right to republish their own work. By posting on this board you grant CLM and its successors and assigns a nonexclusive irrevocable right to reuse your posting in any manner it or they see fit without notice or compensation to you. Except where it says “CLM” it should say “Sun-Times Media” as the successors … let me remind the guys upstairs about that again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-g-q-forum-have-this-description/650084.md?page=1)