Bob the ducq

Finola Hackett

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Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! ^(Whisper...) 15:48, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

That was a serious article! Finola Hackett is a real person who studies French in Alberta, came in second in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee to Catherine Close after misspelling the German word Weltschmerz, plays the piano, and sings. I'm not making a joke, I'm trying to give the general public information.

Uh, yeah, um, uh, Finola Hackett is an amazing speller, but why is this on the bob the ducq discussion?

Because shut up.

Sorry, I couldn't pass up that opportunity. For real though, because Bob the Ducq created the article, and then some wise-guy moderator thought it was a joke and deleted it. Shows how much Wikipedia cares about our younger generation's spelling abilities.

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Hi,

MediaWiki provides lots of ways to avoid using HTML. For paragraphs, simply put a blank line between them; no HTML markup is needed. It makes it easier for future editors! --Rschmertz 00:34, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Okay, sorry. I'll try and remember to avoid using HTML.

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Where is the side-by-side sign?

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Sign

It's somewhere in New Albany, Indiana--I'm not sure what the name of the street is. Bob the ducq (talk) 02:19, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

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