# Why is this post closed?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-post-closed/187194>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 9, 2003, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-post-closed/187194 "2003-07-09T09:50:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-post-closed/187194/1 "2003-07-09T09:50:26Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=196174](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=196174)

I am just wondering why. I doesn’t seem to violate any of the boards policies.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-post-closed/187194/2 "2003-07-09T10:24:04Z")

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It was a duplicate thread.

Here’s the open one:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=196162](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=196162)

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**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-post-closed/187194/3 "2003-07-09T12:50:56Z")

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Thanks,

Sory about that, now…