# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/121 "2005-03-16T08:03:32Z")
My list, off the top of my head: **Polycarp** , **QtM** , **QED** , **Eve** , **twickster**. The thing I love about these sorts of threads is the glimpses into the board’s past that they give us through the linked posts. It took me about two hours to read through this entire thread tonight. That’s about fifteen minutes of reading lists of names, and an hour and forty five of perusing the history of the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/122 "2005-03-16T11:21:40Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > Aww, man…this is tough. > > 1. **Chronos** > 2. **TomnDebb** > 3. **Polycarp** > 4. (This space intentionally left blank for someone in #5 to scratch and claw their way up.) > 5. (Insert **Bricker, DtC, Eve, iampunha, Tuckerfan, Scylla, QtM, Liberal, Airman Doors, Guin, Otto, GoBear, Starving Artist, Sam Stone** ) > > These guys are the heavyweights. How do I manage to make these lists? I’m an opinionated, surly, obnoxious little (well, okay, not little) bastard. I don’t compare with any of the people on your list, if you ask me. But thanks anyway. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/123 "2005-03-16T11:33:04Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > 1. (Insert **Bricker, DtC, Eve, iampunha, Tuckerfan, Scylla, QtM, Liberal, Airman Doors, Guin, Otto, GoBear, Starving Artist, Sam Stone** ) > > These guys are the heavyweights. W00t! Oh, and **Airman** , several of the folks joining us at #5 are the things you listed about yourself;) ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/124 "2005-03-16T16:26:29Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > W00t! Oh, and **Airman** , several of the folks joining us at #5 are the things you listed about yourself;) Indeed. (And thanks to **Yeticus Rex** for the compliment and honorable mention.) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/125 "2005-03-16T18:59:12Z")
The #5 bin was primarily reserved for the “Fighting Tooth and Nail” group. No matter what the position was, these guys usually had a firm stranglehold on the debate/topic at hand. That is admirable. Eh, throw **FinnAgain** into that bin too. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/126 "2005-03-16T19:49:04Z")
> [@Nvme77](#): > > Inigo Montoya Yeah! I’m famous (Everybody Wants to be Naked & Famous!) …um…why is that again? 😕 For good stuff I hope & not…you know. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/127 "2005-03-17T04:20:53Z")
Cecil Adams Ed Zotti ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/128 "2005-03-17T05:13:14Z")
> [@Captain Lance Murdoch](#): > > Cecil Adams That’s more than 5 already. ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/129 "2005-03-17T05:27:43Z")
Jamoross, Sonya, Trigger33, ppcguru, jimu ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/130 "2005-03-18T02:06:40Z")
Very tough indeed. I’d say, in no particular order, based solely on my experiences: Scylla handy Rue DeDay The Grapist Q.E.D. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/131 "2005-03-19T17:35:03Z")
By the way, thanks **Anastasaeon** and **Yeticus** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/132 "2005-03-19T17:52:02Z")
> [@Captain Lance Murdoch](#): > > Cecil Adams > Ed Zotti Name dropper 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/133 "2005-03-20T03:02:04Z")
PerkyDan ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/134 "2005-03-20T03:34:36Z")
**furt** Well, it’s the first one \*I \* think of. > [@Airman Doors](#): > > I don’t compare with any of the people on your list, if you ask me. Fame doesn’t imply merit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/135 "2005-03-20T04:35:16Z")
This is not in order of importance. It’s like a five-way tie for first place. **Eve** –an OP by her is often especially compelling, e.g. the recent Pope thread. **Polycarp** –for whom I have nothing but admiration. **Aesiron** –one of the first Dopers I really noticed. **Cartooniverse** –love the name, and a great guy, from all I’ve read. **Siege** –intelligent and well-spoken lady. Honorable mentions to **Anaamika** (of whom I am dangerously fond), **Roland Orzabal** (smart, rambling guy who likes…was it a band? 😉 ), and **jjimm** (whose “I stuck my wedding ring up my nose” thread, when I was reading Threadspotting one day before I joined, convinced me that I might find a home among the Dopers.) ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/136 "2005-03-20T07:21:51Z")
> [@JillGat](#): > > PerkyDan You’re showing your Doper age, there. I’ll see you PerkyDan and raise you an alankngsly, a Bobmois, a Chvy55SS, and a hpstrdufuz. (Anyone _want_ a Lockean, a Cy[_deleted_]54, or a JPetralia1 ?) ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/137 "2005-03-20T09:58:56Z")
**satan wallym7 opalcat liberal/libertarian handy** ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/138 "2005-03-20T11:02:17Z")
I have a hard enough time remembering my own name. Now I have to remember other peoples? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/139 "2005-03-20T14:29:27Z")
I’m surprised I appeared in one list, let alone three. Usually I kill a thread as soon as I post to it, and I seem to be a lot of Ignore lists. My posting rate has dropped to about 1/day due to many factors, and I spend more time trying to do Staff Reports than posting. It’s self-centered vanity entirely, but it’s pleasantly surprising to stumble on a thread like this and see someone say they think something I type is worth reading. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314/140 "2005-03-20T14:46:19Z")
> [@START](#): > > If you had to name 5 Dopers which 5 would come to your mind the fastest? Given my recent join date, and the areas of the playground I tend to gravitate to, the first 5 to come to mind were: [ul] [li]The prolific **Guinastasia** [/li][li]The oft-lauded **Polycarp** [/li][li]Fellow Tolkien freak **Qadgop the Mercotan** [/li][li]The outspoken **Diogenes the Cynic** [/li][li]And **Bosda Di’chi of Tricor** because every time I see that handle I can’t help trying to parse its pronunciation[/li][/ul] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-famous-dopers-of-all-time/293314.md?page=8)