Those of us who regularly post to the Mother Of All BS Threads have been using the write-in-white thingie for some time. But just as there is a difference between the MOAB and a typical Mudcat thread, there's a difference in how white writing is used as well.

You see, in a typical thread, anyone who is smart enough to do a left click and "view source" can figure out the HTML tag for white writing. But, on the MOAB that's not enough. On the MOAB one must earn the right to write white by going on a quest for the Secret Writing Decoder Ring.

Now, the Secret Writing Decoder Ring is hidden somewhere in the Black Hills of North Decoder. That means one must embark upon a senselessly perilous trek to get there but, as in all quests, that's only the beginning. After one gets to the Black Hills one must get down upon hands and knees and search for the Decoder Ring. The Ring itself is not really all that well hidden - it usually only takes about an hour to find it - but crawling around in the Black Hills for even an hour is a very dirty proposition. The Black doesn't stay on the Hills. It rubs off. It's impossible to stay clean and, here's the really tough part, there are no showers in North Decoder. One must drive all the way home feeling all yucky and dirty, knowing that dirt's getting into the car's upholstery which will lower its resale value to roughly that of a half-bucket of squat. And, as we all know, the only thing worth less than a half-bucket of squat is a whole bucket of squat.

All things considered, the process is so arduous that nobody with any sense would undertake such a quest. But, hey, whoever said that anyone who posts to the MOAB had any sense?