I had a great time at bbc's and just returned home. (Barb, there was no problem getting back if you don't count going about 28 miles in the wrong direction on I84 before I realized New Hampshire was slightly northeast of your house. Don't tell anyone, they'll laugh at me.)

Anyhow, this is for Duane and anyone else who has problems figuring out fish-whacking.

1. Ya gotta have mIRC installed - bbc wrote the URL
where you can get it somewhere in this thread.
2. Open up mIRC
3. Go to Tools/Popups
4. Select View/Nickname List 5. The format for stuff - example:
Retaliates!:/me smacks $$1 over the head with a catfish
Retaliates! is the name you give it and shows up in your list of smart-ass things to say.
:/ has got to be in there - it probably tells the computer 'OK, here it is, right after the :/ thingie'
'me' is what tells it to stick your user name in there
The $$1 symbol is what tells it to put in the name you're gonna highlight in to the message.

When you're done entering your smart-ass things to say, you can use them by:
In the list of users in the window on the right, right click (or left click for Lefties) the nickname of the user you want to thump. You'll get a pop up menu of smart ass things to say. Click the one you want to use.

Thanks to TonyBurns for teaching me how to do this and helping me fix my stuff.