Concerning the buttons in non-mIRC chat: I usually ignore 'em. It's the typing that's important.

Concerning the boards: rule #whatever (I don't remember what we're up to): bring your sense of humor. Actually, that's a good one for the chat, too.

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"I choose this path to follow to be in like Flynn"
--the Indulgers, "In Like Flynn"

"It felt like Flynn."
--Master Control Program, Tron

"Know what I mean, know what I mean? Nudge nudge. Say no more."
--Eric Idle, "How to recognise different types of trees from quite a long way away", Monty Python's Flying Circus