# Are The World’s Pub, Bar, & Cafe Owners Plagiarizing Screen Names From The SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 18, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532 "2004-11-18T20:31:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/21 "2004-11-19T06:36:40Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > You know how sometimes you read something, and it makes you realize something you had no idea about, and how the flash of epiphany is sometimes so bright it _hurts_? That just happened to me. I never made the connection before. 🙂 Yep. And now everytime you see his name you’re gonna get a powerful thirst 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/22 "2004-11-19T06:46:42Z")
[The Russian Night Club “Berkut”](http://eng.moscowout.ru/nightlife/dance/718/) ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/23 "2004-11-19T07:29:17Z")
[Looks like I cook a pretty good steak](http://dinesite.com/info/review-read/post-35772/?&t=978852&v=187) > [@](#): > > My sister and I visited Jovan’s in October when I was in town and we were exceptionally pleased with the quality of the food. The service was outstanding. Mary was our server and she was the epitome of what a server should be. I would recommend this restaurant to all my friends. I really am _that_ good. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/24 "2004-11-19T07:49:04Z")
[Mudd’s Restaurant](http://www.muddsrestaurant.com/) in San Ramon. There’s a [Cronos Restaurant](http://photos.ashtonpress.net/gatecon2002/6863_20a.jpg) here in Vancouver, but they can’t spell for beans. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/25 "2004-11-19T07:51:58Z")
[Who knew?](http://www.cozumelmycozumel.com/Pages/Restaurants.htm) (it’s near the bottom of the page) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/26 "2004-11-19T08:27:05Z")
I was willing to bet, until I [checked…](http://www.barceloca.com/data/details.aspx?ID=303&Language=En)😃 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/27 "2004-11-19T08:47:33Z")
There’s a Japanese restaurant called Shodan somewhere in town. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/28 "2004-11-19T08:53:40Z")
[Yosemite Junction Bar and Grill](http://2getgold.com/jamestown/dining/). And they’ve even stolen my name for use in a National Park. I am so offended. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/29 "2004-11-19T09:00:49Z")
> [@bonzer](#): > > [Fuck](http://phonebook.superpages.com/yellowpages/C-Bars+&+Pubs/S-ND/T-Grand+Forks/) Could have been worse. Really. Your username could have been [A meat trade fair](http://www.schnitzelmaster.de/english/referenz.php), or an [optical supplies store](http://yellowpages.superpages.com/listings.jsp?SRC=portals&STYPE=S&C=&N=Angua&T=&S=&search=Find+It). Alas, no restaurants or pubs. So, when do we set up **Angua’s** then? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/30 "2004-11-19T10:52:26Z")
While I haven’t found any bars or restaurants named after me, typing “Gyrate” and “restaurant” into Google brings up a whole list of belly-dancing establishments. Eurgh. ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/31 "2004-11-19T13:23:40Z")
You guys let me know when you see an Earthworm Jim’s (Fur-bearin’ trout our specialty!). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/32 "2004-11-19T16:28:59Z")
The closest I’ve found is [Bo Sampiro Irrigated Rice_lad_](http://www2.rbap.org/assets/listingview.php?listingID=172). (I think that it’s supposed to be "Rice_LAND_, but “Rice-lad” has a nice 18 year old Asian-slaveboy imagery (“this is Tanno, my grain eunuch… bring my guests more rice, lad”) or maybe I’m just horny. (Bo is an abbreviation of something- not sure what- though I like the sound of “Bo Sampiro”- sorta evokes a Spanish good ol’ boy). ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/33 "2004-11-19T16:41:46Z")
They thought they could get away by naming it [Bear Swamp](http://www.chowbaby.com/restaurantnameMsa.asp?restid=787951870), but I’m on to em. It’s trademark or copyright or something infringement I tell ya! I’m calling 1-800-suetheirbuttsoff right now! ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/34 "2004-11-19T16:42:51Z")
I am still an original. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/35 "2004-11-19T16:54:21Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > **Opal** : [Opal’s Bar & Grill](http://www.doniphan.ypcity.com/ypserver.dll?bk=2514%26s%3D1&go=Beauty%20Salons#0) - Poplar Bluff, **Missouri** There’s also a club bearing the name Opal (and a really cool color scheme) on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel. I took a picture of it for proof, too! ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/36 "2004-11-19T16:58:57Z")
I’m pretty sure that the world’s pub, bar, and cafe owners aren’t clamoring to slap my moniker above the doors of their fine establishments. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/37 "2004-11-19T17:07:16Z")
Come to [Bippy’s](http://www.sydneyrestaurants.com/bippys/main.html), Sydney Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/38 "2004-11-19T17:19:23Z")
I’m not sure what’s worst, [these guys who operate just 90 miles from where I live (and 1) Forget my title, and 2) claim that I own a lighthouse)](http://www.quinnslighthouse.com/) , or [these guys who run for office using my good name](http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quinn.html) . (Two of them even claim to have been **Governor Quinn**. The nerve!) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/39 "2004-11-19T17:31:17Z")
Next time anyone’s in [New York](http://www.smackdabmedia.com/nova/098/framebar.html) > [@](#): > > In the category of the Worst Named Rooms in a Specific Club, we have a winner. Foods from around the globe dance their way across your plate in the ‘Tapioca’ Restaurant ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/40 "2004-11-19T17:33:47Z")
And HouDopers have the option of dining at [Cecil’s](http://www.cecilsbbq.com/) Texas Style BarBQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532.md?page=3)