# 5 most "famous" Dopers of all time **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 7, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314 "2005-03-07T05:07:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/41 "2005-03-07T14:39:25Z")
Godammit. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/42 "2005-03-07T14:46:51Z")
I will go with (in no particular order): Marley23 Polycarp (isn’t he a given?) Diogenes the Cynic Quasimodem (where are you, did I miss something?) Opal honorable mention goes out to: SatisfyingAndyLiscious Askia Miller Lieu Eve ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/43 "2005-03-07T15:15:54Z")
WallyM7 Eve Opal/OpalCat (she automatically gets #3 on the list) Handy Espirix ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/44 "2005-03-07T15:32:30Z")
I’d have to go with **Eve** **QtM** **Wally** - he was way before my time here, but I know of him **EddyTeddyFreddy** **newcrasher** - you did ask for the most [famous](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=284668&highlight=newcrasher) doper, right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/45 "2005-03-07T15:56:34Z")
**Mhendo QtM Rue DeDay Polycarp Eve**, whose muff I really miss. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/46 "2005-03-07T15:59:51Z")
**Anastasaeon** , who is also on my list (although partly because she’s nice and partly because of the penis pun), thank you. Also, **Aesiron** , **harmless** , and **harimad-sol**. Other than that: **iampunha** , **PolyCarp** , **Filthy Beast of Meat and Hair** , **Ferret Herder** are the ones that catch my eye all the time. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/47 "2005-03-07T16:24:31Z")
It’s funny, I can read these and almost tell a person’s join date by the names that they list. Before all others there was **Cecil Adams** and his bastard progeny, **Ed Zotti** In General: **Wally** - he has a smiley that’s more or less dedicated to him. **Gaudere** - she’s got a law. (Hi) **OpalCat** - she’s got a “saying”. **Scylla** - probably generated more board traffic than anyone with his “Blimps” story. **Guinastasia** - I think she’s the reigning poster supreme Honourable Mentions by Category: ATMB - **Tubadiva** General Questions - **Jinx** seems to ask the most questions; **Duck Duck Goose** used to answer a ton of them. Great Debates - most recently, maybe **Diogenes** , **Bricker** , **Reeder** , **BrainGlutton** stick out the most to me. **Cafe Society** - **Eve** , **Ukelele Ike** , **Twickster** **IMHO** - No one really juts out at me from there, it kind of comes and goes. **MPSIMS** - Let’s put **Punha** here, plus **Rue** , and maybe **Bosda di Laurentis**. This is where the new faces seem to emerge from time to time, so honorable mentions here to **FlamsteretteX** , **Anaamika** and **Aesiron**. **Pit** - **Wildest Bill** , **December** , **Handy** , **JDT** , this list can go on for a while, but let’s stop there. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/48 "2005-03-07T16:40:43Z")
Man, Aldeberon gets no love any more. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/49 "2005-03-07T17:03:00Z")
What, no mention of **Sauron?** ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/50 "2005-03-07T17:08:20Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > And I _had_ to add **pun** as the sixth, because I don’t think anyone enjoyed my embarrassing malapropism concerning penes and how they ensue more than he… that, and of course, the art of running nekkid is a fine thing. I’m #6! I’m #6! ::dances wildly:: And being **Shibb** ’s #18 ain’t bad either. Cecil, Ed, Poly, Guin and Lib are my five, I think. [sub]Anyone else wondering whose screen name has been mentioned the most times, ever?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/51 "2005-03-07T17:38:30Z")
Do you know? My guess is **handy** or **Reeder** with **Liberal** closing in at the speed of light. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/52 "2005-03-07T17:51:28Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Do you know? My guess is **handy** or **Reeder** with **Liberal** closing in at the speed of light. My guesses, and I’m unaware of a search that would decide this, are: 1. Opal 2. december 3. Coldfire No. 1 on that just came to me a few minutes ago. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/53 "2005-03-07T18:07:07Z")
The problem with name mentions is nicknames, variations and mispellings. I bet **Guin** gets shortened or misspelled a lot, **Ed** ’s not searchable by itself, **Cecil** is sometimes called other things, like the Perfect Master or Unca Cece, **Polycarp** and **Liberal** are shortened, etc. So someone like **Handy** could be first unless a very sophisticated search is used. > [@iampunha](#): > > I’m #6! I’m #6! ::dances wildly:: And being **Shibb** ’s #18 ain’t bad either. > > Cecil, Ed, Poly, Guin and Lib are my five, I think. > > [sub]Anyone else wondering whose screen name has been mentioned the most times, ever?[/sub] Hey, you can consider yourself 6 on my list, too. Or number 1 in MPSIMS. Everything after the top five was just hypothetical, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/54 "2005-03-07T18:21:32Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > The problem with name mentions is nicknames, variations and mispellings. I bet **Guin** gets shortened or misspelled a lot, **Ed** ’s not searchable by itself, **Cecil** is sometimes called other things, like the Perfect Master or Unca Cece, **Polycarp** and **Liberal** are shortened, etc. So someone like **Handy** could be first unless a very sophisticated search is used. Also, you have to read each individual search result to ascertain that it is, in fact, a mention and not, say, a quoted post. My guess is that an Opal search would return the most valid hits. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/55 "2005-03-07T19:13:10Z")
**Fenris** used to be kind of a superstar around here. And I thought there’d be more than one mention of **Wildest Bill**. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/56 "2005-03-07T19:34:39Z")
Let’s see.[ul][_][Don’t poke the bear, Dad!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)[_][Shut The Fuck Up Donny](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)[_]The sadly banned-before-he-ever-made-a-post “Holy Shit I Like Pie” so I can’t find his profile[_][Imthecowgodmoo](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)[/ul]Completing the list by adding a fifth is left as an exercise for the reader. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/57 "2005-03-07T19:37:19Z")
> [@lno](#): > > The sadly banned-before-he-ever-made-a-post “Holy Shit I Like Pie” so I can’t find his profile. Well hell, if you’re going to include those people then we can’t forget the immortal **fuck\_the\_mods** and **tuba\_diva\_can\_suck\_my\_wang** ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/58 "2005-03-07T19:39:04Z")
It’s hard to name a top five. I based my choices on a question “Who’s the first person you think of when you want an answer/comment on a particular subject?” So, in no order: 1. **Qadgop the Mercotan** -medicine 2. **Eve** -theater/movie arts 3. **Polycarp** -religion, civilized and scholarly 4. **lieu** -toilet humor 5. **Scylla** -humor ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/59 "2005-03-07T19:49:20Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > Well hell, if you’re going to include those people then we can’t forget the immortal **fuck\_the\_mods** and **tuba\_diva\_can\_suck\_my\_wang** Eh, I mentioned the ‘I like pie’ user since there was a pit thread asking why he was banned - a number of us saw his name as the “Welcome to our newest user” on the forum list, and while those immortal names are obviously asking for a smackdown, this guy’s name just cracked me up. Sadly I couldn’t find the thread in the pit: > [@](#): > > The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : **I, like, pie** And “holy shit” is in every thread anyway, it seems… ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/60 "2005-03-07T20:04:42Z")
Without reading everyone else’s entry first, concentrating on “famous” as opposed to infamous (so no Banned), and without moderators: **Scylla** **gobear** **Guinastasia** **Polycarp** **Duck Duck Goose** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314.md?page=4)