# A complaint about these bogus titles **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 1, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571 "2010-04-01T13:24:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571/41 "2010-04-02T01:10:50Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Is rum and Coke Zero all right? Yeah, but it sounds wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571/42 "2010-04-02T01:14:43Z")
\*That’\*s what I’ve been doing wrong - I’ve been drinking Coke and Rum Zero! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571/43 "2010-04-02T01:21:53Z")
Ran out of Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571/44 "2010-04-02T01:33:04Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > The assignment of new titles is set by a random generator, the mods and administrators have no control whatsoever. Really. None. I don’t believe it. My title couldn’t be more perfect. Almost makes me wish I could put up my giant teapot avatar I’ve used elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571/45 "2010-04-02T01:45:02Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Yeah, but it sounds wrong. Just you being dubious, is all. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571/46 "2010-04-02T01:50:40Z")
Today is a good day on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571/47 "2010-04-02T01:51:46Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > Rum Zero! :shudder: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571/48 "2010-04-02T02:02:52Z")
> [@CannyDan](#): > > Just you being dubious, is all. [Rum & Coke Zero has a syllable missing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWY4_GyLufI). ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571/49 "2010-04-02T02:32:37Z")
Counting down now, the end is rapidly approaching and my cool new title will shortly disappear like … uh… like a scalded cat into the night. Or something. I can hardly bear to face tomorrow (sob!). Gonna need a LOT of rum. Maybe a splash of coke. Good thing tomorrow’s a work day. I’d hate to waste it, drunk off my ass at home. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571/50 "2010-04-02T02:37:31Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Is rum and Coke Zero all right? And does it matter if I’m dubious or not? > > These are important questions that need to be answered, dammit! 😛 Rum and Coke Zero sounds delish, although I’ve moved on to Malibu and Sprite. And we’ve moved from ogling the cute swimmers to lusting after shirtless dudes at a campfire in the woods. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571/51 "2010-04-02T02:41:09Z")
Not sure I’m gonna be THAT drunk… Ogling sounds so… so… so… _dubious!_ ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571/52 "2010-04-02T02:53:39Z")
You would prefer leering? ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571/53 "2010-04-02T03:05:50Z")
And maybe wrangling. I know something about wrangling. And leering. And rum too, as it happens. So, it’s rum, and leering, and wrangling. It’s a date. Don’t forget to bring chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571/54 "2010-04-02T05:32:50Z")
Rum, leering, and wrangling. Sounds like a party at Elton John’s house. 😃 Bye, custom title. I hardly knew ye. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571/55 "2010-04-02T15:32:06Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Rum and Coke Zero sounds delish, although I’ve moved on to Malibu and Sprite. And we’ve moved from ogling the cute swimmers to lusting after shirtless dudes at a campfire in the woods. Well, sometimes my sister (who lives with me) will buy those ‘girly drinks’ like Bartles and Jayme’s Fuzzy Navels, and I’ll drink one, but kick it up a notch with some vodka in a glass with some ice. . . As far as the rum and Coke Zero (or Diet Coke if I’m in a bar or restaurant), if I’m gonna _drink_ my calories, they’d better have a kick to them!😉 ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571/56 "2010-04-02T15:46:50Z")
(Sob!) Custom titles are gone, and I hardly had a chance to lord it over people. Rum, here I come. Now where did I leave the IV infusion kit? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complaint-about-these-bogus-titles/534571.md?page=2)