# Why Weird Earl's

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weird-earls/419907>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 20, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weird-earls/419907 "2007-09-20T19:57:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weird-earls/419907/1 "2007-09-20T19:57:09Z")

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Who is Earl?

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weird-earls/419907/2 "2007-09-20T20:12:43Z")

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It stands for Weird URLs. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weird-earls/419907/3 "2007-09-20T20:23:02Z")

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Ohhhh… now I get it. Thanks.

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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:** [September 20, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-weird-earls/419907/4 "2007-09-20T21:31:10Z")

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It’s another of those whimsical things we do around here.