# Your very own button

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 16, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412 "2002-06-16T22:26:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 19\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/1 "2002-06-16T22:26:12Z")

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I notice that the left most button up there is “User Carnivorous Plant”.

Does everyone have their own button?

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/2 "2002-06-16T22:29:06Z")

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Well, you _almost_ got me.

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/3 "2002-06-16T22:30:43Z")

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What button?

I don’t get a button?  
I have no button.

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**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/4 "2002-06-16T22:35:26Z")

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Since my IRL name is Cecelia Porgendorfer, I, too, have my very own button.

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**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/5 "2002-06-16T22:36:25Z")

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You know, I have clicked on the “home” button without realizing that 99% of time, I am ALREADY home.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/6 "2002-06-16T22:38:48Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Mudshark \*  
> \*\*  
> I don’t get a button?  
> \*\*

Sorry, Shark.  
Perhaps its just _important_ posters.  
🆒

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/7 "2002-06-16T22:43:07Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \*  
> \*\*my IRL name is Cecelia Porgendorfer \*\*

Yeah, and I’m Cecil Puckdfuder.  
Not that there’s anything wrong with the name Cecil, mind you.

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/8 "2002-06-16T22:43:14Z")

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That would explain why I dont have one.

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**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/9 "2002-06-17T03:07:11Z")

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My button is on the right: **F** erdinand **A** lbert **Q** ueffwendorff.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/10 "2002-06-17T03:11:41Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Bumbazine \*  
> **F** erdinand **A** lbert **Q** ueffwendorff.

I’m so sorry.

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**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/11 "2002-06-17T04:03:50Z")

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I think my button was trodden on, and is stuck to someone’s shoe.

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**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/12 "2002-06-17T04:58:33Z")

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I have many buttons! 😛

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/13 "2002-06-17T05:02:09Z")

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That’s what happened, someone took my button!

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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/14 "2002-06-17T05:55:28Z")

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My button goes to 11.

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**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/15 "2002-06-17T06:24:19Z")

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Who’d like to push my buttons?

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**Author:** ![jane\_says](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jane\_says](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jane_says)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/16 "2002-06-17T08:02:05Z")

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Me, me!!! Pick me! I want to push your button.

😉😃

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/17 "2002-06-17T08:22:32Z")

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Can I push some buttons?

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/18 "2002-06-17T14:20:52Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Eonwe \*  
> \*\*My button goes to 11. \*\*

😛

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-very-own-button/114412/19 "2002-06-17T15:20:14Z")

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Leave my button alone. Get your own.
