# A motto for the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 31, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948 "2006-08-31T17:39:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [September 1, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/41 "2006-09-01T04:14:26Z")
[QUOTE=lightingtool] The Strai … **ERROR - Connection Timed Out** The Straight Dope Messa … **ERROR - Connection Timed Out** The Straight Dope Message B … **ERROR - Connection Timed Out** The Straight Dope Message Board - “It takes longer than we thought.” \ [/QUOTE] This is my favourite so far. I also like “We can have a vicious argument about anything.” (by **Crotalus** ). And boy, do we prove it! Sorry, **Elendil’s Heir** ; I don’t think your quote is accurate for these boards. How about, **“We don’t eat stupid food for breakfast!”**? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/42 "2006-09-01T05:05:11Z")
The SDMB: “Somehow it’ll all prove to be about LOTR and Star Trek, somehow. We promise.” ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/43 "2006-09-01T06:39:55Z")
SDMB: A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/44 "2006-09-01T06:47:09Z")
1. SDMB: Now Starring Oakie 2. This Dope ain’t for smokin’ 3. Hi Opal, we need a motto. 4. When come back, bring pie 5. _Free Bird_! ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/45 "2006-09-01T09:21:40Z")
[QUOTE=MEBuckner] Although we have occasional threads in GD where it can seem more like it’s “the fighting ignorants”. [/QUOTE] That’s not our motto, that just the name of our team. “The Straight Dope Fightin’ Ignorance.” Now we just need a fight song… 😃 Cheers, G ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/46 "2006-09-01T09:23:47Z")
Damn, that’s twice today that preview is my friend… “The Straight Dope Fightin’ Ignorants” Cause, yanno, it might be funny that way… Cheers, G ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/47 "2006-09-01T12:42:23Z")
[QUOTE=xtisme] How about: We have nothing to fear but…well, we have nothing to fear, even you idiots who come here with an agenda! [/QUOTE] Hey! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/48 "2006-09-01T12:55:29Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] _Cricetus nunquam victus ab hoste cedit._ “The hamster never turns away defeated from the enemy.” [/QUOTE] I’d buy the T-shirt. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/49 "2006-09-01T13:58:12Z")
I still want a t-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/50 "2006-09-01T15:41:25Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] The SDMB: “Somehow it’ll all prove to be about LOTR and Star Trek, somehow. We promise.” [/QUOTE] “Oh, and Python. And the Simpsons. And, um, Dancing with the Stars, weirdly enough. No, we don’t understand either.” ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/51 "2006-09-01T17:10:26Z")
“Where are we going, and why are we in this handbasket?” ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/52 "2006-09-01T17:19:19Z")
mrklutz, I have that one on my wall and so far only people over 50 have gotten it. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/53 "2006-09-01T23:29:26Z")
“may contain nuts” or my sigline … ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/54 "2006-09-02T03:28:09Z")
**SDMB: Our last, best hope for victory.** ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/55 "2006-09-02T04:03:46Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] The SDMB: “Somehow it’ll all prove to be about LOTR and Star Trek, somehow. We promise.” [/QUOTE] But of course, is that not true of everything? Jim {Live Long and Prosper} ---
**Author:** ![Tammi\_Terrell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Tammi\_Terrell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tammi_Terrell)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/56 "2006-09-02T14:13:30Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Extremely “almost”, since the quote is commonly attributed to Voltaire. [/QUOTE] I disapprove of what you may imply about the originator of that quote and I will defend to the death that it is a [common misattribution](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=2414599#post2414599). – Tammi Terrell (In fact [Ralph Keyes](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312340044?v=glance) mentions that the closest Voltaire actually came to saying something like this was in his essay _Treatise on Tolerance_: “Think for yourself, and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.”) ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/57 "2006-09-02T14:28:31Z")
“A motto for the SDMB?” [QUOTE=jjimm] “Fighting ignorance” [/QUOTE] It ain’t broke! Why ‘fix’ it? So much ignorance, so little time! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/58 "2006-09-02T17:45:42Z")
The Straight Dope: If You Spend Too Much Time in Front of a Computer and Think a Little Too Highly of Yourself, This is the Place For You. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/59 "2006-09-02T18:01:38Z")
Well said is better than well done. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948/60 "2006-09-02T20:48:30Z")
This one’s always come in handy for me and mine: “ **We _meant_ to do that** \*\*!\*\*” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-motto-for-the-sdmb/370948.md?page=4)