The official take the exclamation mark off Science! thread

The official take the exclamation mark off Science! thread

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rfisher

Original Poster:

5,026 posts

298 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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Or I'll sulk.

Don't think we need it.

Make it go away please.

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

270 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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I like it... I vote for it to stay!


extraT

1,861 posts

165 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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For consistency an ! should be added to all single-word forums:

Science!
Football!
Business!
Sports

and so on...



TheHeretic

73,668 posts

270 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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yes!

Balmoral

42,340 posts

263 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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It should go. It's stupid.

Zad

12,856 posts

251 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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It always reminds me of this:



Keep it smile




For young 'uns out there, that's Dr Magnus Pyke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Pyke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoJKWR3DIuA

Eric Mc

123,878 posts

280 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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With the UFO thread being one of the longest on this forum, I would suggest a question mark at the end would be more appropriate.

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

270 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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hehe

Marf

22,907 posts

256 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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Maybe! the! forum! is! sponsored! by! Yahoo!

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

270 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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Maybe?!

Getragdogleg

9,384 posts

198 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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It makes no sense. Keep it!

RichB

54,030 posts

299 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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extraT said:
For consistency an ! should be added to all single-word forums:

Science!
Football!
Business!
Sports

and so on...
so why single out Sports?

Laplace

1,091 posts

197 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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If it annoys people then clearly it should stay! smile

Simpo Two

89,002 posts

280 months

Sunday 22nd July 2012
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Remove the sticky and let it die gracefully. There are other threads with antique stickies months old that that nobody reads any more (two on Home & Garden for example); they just take up space.

Perhaps it has an exclamation mark because science is very dull and hard, like well boring man, and so has to be whooped up a bit...

Hoofy

78,529 posts

297 months

Sunday 22nd July 2012
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The larger upper section of the "!" represents God. The lower part (".") represents man who will always be in God's shadow. This proves God's existence.

*runs*

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

270 months

Sunday 22nd July 2012
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hehe

Changedmyname

12,549 posts

196 months

Sunday 22nd July 2012
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!!!!!!! so there.

hidetheelephants

30,247 posts

208 months

Sunday 22nd July 2012
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Marf said:
Maybe! the! forum! is! sponsored! by! Yahoo!
Your zealous use of emphasis made me read your post in the style of William Shatner. hehe

Marf

22,907 posts

256 months

Sunday 22nd July 2012
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hidetheelephants said:
Marf said:
Maybe! the! forum! is! sponsored! by! Yahoo!
Your zealous use of emphasis made me read your post in the style of William Shatner. hehe
"How do you do a spoken word version of a rap song?"

"He found a way!"

I'm just copying The Register, whenever they run a story about Yahoo! they put an exclamation mark afte every word in the headline hehe

Westy Pre-Lit

5,088 posts

218 months

Sunday 22nd July 2012
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The exclamation mark denotes the pedantry and pomposity of science itself.

Which means the layman can come in here and stick up two fingers up at it.

I say leave it. biggrin