# Why is SPOOFE a guest?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-spoofe-a-guest/302085>\
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**Created:** [May 2, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-spoofe-a-guest/302085 "2005-05-02T17:54:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-spoofe-a-guest/302085/1 "2005-05-02T17:54:42Z")

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Reg in Apr 2004, status guest and posting?  
Huh?

[Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6100001&postcount=20)

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-spoofe-a-guest/302085/2 "2005-05-02T17:56:14Z")

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That’s Apr 2000.

:sigh:

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-spoofe-a-guest/302085/3 "2005-05-02T18:01:23Z")

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Probably because he didn’t pay his renewal fee.

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-spoofe-a-guest/302085/4 "2005-05-02T18:25:26Z")

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I don’t think so - would he be able to post?  
His comment in the linked post implies that he never paid.

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-spoofe-a-guest/302085/5 "2005-05-02T18:48:08Z")

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Have we been spoofed???

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-spoofe-a-guest/302085/6 "2005-05-02T18:50:55Z")

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> [@vetbridge](#):
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> Have we been spoofed???

It beats getting **spooje** d, I guess… :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-spoofe-a-guest/302085/7 "2005-05-02T19:12:38Z")

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> [@The Gaspode](#):
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> I don’t think so - would he be able to post?  
> His comment in the linked post implies that he never paid.

When he made his most recent post on April 27 (which you linked to), his membership had not yet expired. Now it’s May 2 and it _has_ expired, so he’s listed as a guest (since he apparently didn’t renew).

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**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:** [May 3, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-spoofe-a-guest/302085/8 "2005-05-03T01:30:56Z")

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Y’all have answered the question, and nicely, too. Thanks, everyone.

your humble TubaDiva