Why does the G.Q. Forum have this description?

[Peter_Morris]

@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
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“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

I am unaware of anyone getting a warning, or even a knock-it-off for using this joke.

[Darth_Panda]

@Cheshire_Human

Of course not. That’s why we’re taking the beach from him!

Next up - Candy Mountain.

[samclem]

@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.

[Cheshire_Human]

@samclem

We took three or four of them away.

Yep… [URL=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92OBNsQgxU\”] Nope my bad. Should have been this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92OBNsQgxU

[pravnik]

@Cartooniverse

The first cite you gave, http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2993/ , is signed by gfactor. Not Cecil Adams.

<coughandpravnikcough>

[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.

[TubaDiva]

@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.