imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
dim input as string = "<div class=""title""><a href=""member.php?37080-killathi&s=64ca7b4cc0fa2850f6c763105eee901b"">killathi</a> replied to a thread <a href=""showthread.php?1016907-doodles!-Maybe-I-won-t-have-lines-in-it-this-time!!!-MUAHAHHAHAHAAHAH&s=64ca7b4cc0fa2850f6c763105eee901b"">doodles! Maybe I won't have lines in it this time!!! MUAHAHHAHAHAAHAH</a> in <a href=""forumdisplay.php?208-Fan-Creations&s=64ca7b4cc0fa2850f6c763105eee901b"">Fan Creations</a></div>"
dim re as New RegEx("(<.+?>)")
dim output as string = re.Replace(input, "")
Console.WriteLine(output)