TINYURL.COM is neat.

[A Black Falcon]

Any forum so restrictive/ancient so as not allow HTML isn't worth visiting . Even crap-tastic EZBoard allows HTML.

The only boards I've ever encountered that don't allow HTML are ones run by admins with over-inflated egos who rule over the place like Nazi's, and CHOOSE to not allow it. I know, I used to visit a board like that, further empahasizing the "not with visiting" point.

GameFAQs is a good example of a huge, popular, and sometimes worth visiting board which doesn't allow HTML (or images, for that matter...)... tinyurl and other sites like it are useful for forums like that one. :)