# wondering

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering/19904>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 18, 2000, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering/19904 "2000-05-18T20:22:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering/19904/1 "2000-05-18T20:22:40Z")

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What am I missing here. Those little prefaces people put at the beginng of their posts in bold. How do they do that? I tried clicking on one post to see if it was just bold or what but it didn’t show up.  
I hope this makes sense it is the end of a long work day for me.

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**Author:** ![X-files](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/76d3ee/32.png) [@X-files](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X-files)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering/19904/2 "2000-05-18T20:31:22Z")

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It goes in the Post subject slot

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering/19904/3 "2000-05-18T20:33:40Z")

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Hello, hoo-ha or whatever your name is. 😉

Haven’t you ever noticed that when you’re on the “Post Reply” page, there’s an entry field labelled “ **Post Subject:** ” with the word “(Optional)” to the right of the entry field? Try typing something in there.

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**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering/19904/4 "2000-05-18T22:23:25Z")

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I have the attention to detail of a nat on lsd

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**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering/19904/5 "2000-05-19T01:14:54Z")

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I thought I saw a thread of people congratulating you for not being Aha any more.

Was I dreaming? (Dream of the SDMB? I feel worried just thinking it.)

Anyone else remember this?

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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 19, 2000, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering/19904/6 "2000-05-19T01:27:49Z")

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He was the artist formerly known as aha.

Now he’s the artist formerly known as hoo-ha.

And he’s back again.

Hope this clears it up for you.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering/19904/7 "2000-05-19T13:06:10Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*\*  
> He was the artist formerly known as aha.
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> Now he’s the artist formerly known as hoo-ha.
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> And he’s back again.
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> Hope this clears it up for you.
> 
> your humble TubaDiva  
> Administrator
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> \*\*

Thanks Tuba it’s perfectly clear to me now. 😛

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**Author:** ![Soupy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Soupy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soupy)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering/19904/8 "2000-05-19T17:25:43Z")

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**[Have you ever dreamed of the SD or SDMB? (or Slug? We all get that one.)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24239)**
