# Why vcan't I know about the Fonz? (Board problem)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-vcant-i-know-about-the-fonz-board-problem/369938>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 23, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-vcant-i-know-about-the-fonz-board-problem/369938 "2006-08-23T20:28:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-vcant-i-know-about-the-fonz-board-problem/369938/1 "2006-08-23T20:28:16Z")

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In Cafe Society, I just clicked on the link titled “Was The Fonz a Virgin?” and got the following response:

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> crazyjoe, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
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> Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else’s post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
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> If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

I am not trying to do either of those things, just view the page. Other threads are working just fine.

What gives?

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-vcant-i-know-about-the-fonz-board-problem/369938/2 "2006-08-23T20:32:11Z")

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That thread, and others, were started by a previously banned, returning member. It was removed.

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-vcant-i-know-about-the-fonz-board-problem/369938/3 "2006-08-25T00:30:46Z")

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Wow! How’d you figure that out?

Never mind. You have secret powers and you’d have to kill me, I get it. Thanks for being on your toes!