I hereby propose that May 12 is Dopo De Mayo Day- The Straight Dope Anniversary.

gardentraveler · May 13, 2006, 12:03pm

Your link’s a little broken, 'Toons. (Looks like it has an extra " at the end or something.) Here’s the link to the concert info with an actual, meaningfully long, clip. Sounds like a great way to celebrate Dopo de Mayo, whichever day it falls on…

GT

Greg_Charles · May 13, 2006, 6:47pm

The first Straight Dope was on February 2? Cool! Like Happy, I’m one of the proud few who calls that my birthday. We must have a big party next year. 34 years of the Straight Dope, 32 of Happy, and 40 years of Greg.

Rufus_Xavier · May 13, 2006, 7:40pm

Borborygmi:

Band of Dopers

This day is call’d Dopo De Mayo Day
He that posts this day, and first checks preview,
Will vanity search when this day is nam’d,
And rouse him at the name of Cecil.
He that shall post this day, and is not banned,
Will yearly on his Join Date bump this thread¹,
And say, These posts I made on Dopo Day.
Old threads get locked; yet all shall reach Page 2,
But he’ll remember with aid of hamsters
What posts he made that day: then shall our names
Familiar on the boards as household words,-
Cecil the Master, Zotti and Signorino,
Dex and Tuba, Gaudere and Bodini,-
Be by the Teeming Millions remembered.
This board shall the good man read and cite
And Dopo de Mayo shall ne’er go by,
From this day to the ending of the web,
But we in it shall be archived,-
We few, we happy few, we band of Dopers;
For he to-day that fights ignorance with me
Shall be my brother, be he ne’er so pitted
This day shall renew his subscription:
And gentlemen at Fathom² now off-line
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap while any speaks
That posted with us upon Dopo De Mayo Day day.

¹Don’t do this.
²Random other message board; not intending to pick on Fathom in particular, if this is an issue.

Brilliant. Bravissimo. I sit in awe. Henceforth, I shall recite this soliliquy every 12th of May.

Kythereia · May 14, 2006, 2:24am

Can I grovel at your feet now?