# Any HUGE celebs post here? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 14, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175 "2003-11-14T03:27:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175/1 "2003-11-14T03:27:44Z")
I have seen, lately, a revival and some re-posts asking if there are any celebs posting here. Reading the many many many replies I hardly recognise _any_ of the name submitted. So I didn’t read every single post. I was wondering, what are the rumours currently making the rounds that _big_ celebs are posting/lurking. By big I mean people like Prince Charles, GWB, Prince William, Tony Blair (and or his researchers, if he has such a things) ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175/2 "2003-11-14T04:56:14Z")
I’m Michael Jordan. **UncleBeer** is really Elton John. I’m confused - Why start this thread when there are already two active in IMHO asking what celebs post here? Why would you expect this to get any different answers? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175/3 "2003-11-14T06:37:22Z")
Must…resist…Rosie…O’Donnell…joke. Must…not…get…pitted. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175/4 "2003-11-14T16:22:44Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by porcupine_ > \*\*II’m confused - Why start this thread when there are already two active in IMHO asking what celebs post here? Why would you expect this to get any different answers? \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*I have seen, lately, a revival and some re-posts asking if there are any celebs posting here. > > Reading the many many many replies I hardly recognise _any_ of the name submitted. > \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175/5 "2003-11-14T16:41:29Z")
I’m guessing that huge celebs are too busy being huge celebs to spend a lot of time on the SDMB. Even if there are any among our number, they probably wouldn’t reveal it – they’d be losing the anonymity that’s probably part of the charm of being here, and most everybody would think they were lying anyway. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175/6 "2003-11-14T18:01:19Z")
Huh? Lobsang, your answer has nothing to do with the question. If there were “celebrities” here and they wished everyone to know that, don’t ya think they’d have posted in one, or both, of those active threads? I fail to see why a _third_ thread is necessary and what it is you think can be accomplished in it that cannot be accomplished in either of the other two in IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175/7 "2003-11-14T20:03:54Z")
Well, I think that **Lobsang** ’s question could definitely have been clearer, but he’s not asking celebrities to reveal themselves; he’s asking about rumors of celebrities. Like when someone on the board says, “I saw a dog walking backward yesterday.” Then a year later someone on _The Ronco Magic Kitchen Hour_ says something about a dog walking backward. People conclude that Ron Popeil is actively monitoring the boards, and rumors get started. I’ve seen this kind of thing before, but I don’t remember any specific examples. **Lobsang** is asking for specific examples. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175/8 "2003-11-14T23:53:57Z")
Here is the point - I did not recognise any of the people in the existing threads, they were, what’s the phrase ‘b-list’? So I wanted to know if there was a rumour amongst long-established dopers that someone really famous posts here under a psuedowatsit? And I put it in this forum because A) it’s about the boards, and B) I was under the impression that redundant threads were tolerated here. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175/9 "2003-11-15T00:58:15Z")
i heard Thomas the Tank Engine posts here, but refuses to reveal his identity. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175/10 "2003-11-15T00:59:47Z")
Cecil Adams ain’t a big enough celebrity for ya? ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175/11 "2003-11-15T01:00:31Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\* So I wanted to know if there was a rumour amongst long-established dopers that someone really famous posts here under a psuedowatsit?_\* Just my opinion, but I think that any person who personally identifies a fellow member by his/her real name or by hints to that name without the person’s express consent or the person’s having done it him/herself in the past should be summarily banned. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175/12 "2003-11-15T13:55:03Z")
In the category of “revealed” celebrities, **The Bad Astronomer** posts here on occasion. He’s a celeb to me. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175/13 "2003-11-17T06:47:24Z")
I used to be part of a slapstick comedy trio back when filming in black and white was still fairly commonplace. More recently I got a gig as an animated bartender on a fairly successful show on FOX. Yes fellow dopers! Come here and worship your superior!! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175/14 "2003-11-17T17:10:34Z")
There have been a few cases of a (purported) celebrity registering long enough to make a one or two post correction to something said about him or her in a Cecil column. Durned if I can remember any of them, though. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175/15 "2003-11-17T17:18:58Z")
> [@](#): > > So I wanted to know if there was a rumour amongst long-established dopers that someone really famous posts here under a psuedowatsit? I _understand_ that. It still doesn’t explain why you think you’ll get results here that differ from those other two threads. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-huge-celebs-post-here/213175/16 "2003-11-17T23:18:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manhattan \* > \*\*Just my opinion, but I think that any person who personally identifies a fellow member by his/her real name or by hints to that name without the person’s express consent or the person’s having done it him/herself in the past should be summarily banned. \*\* I agree unanimously!