I know you hated him, Esprix, and with cause, but I’m sure I’m not alone in missing his wacky presence on these Boards. However, the best part about Wildest Bill was the making fun of him, and you have to admit he took most of it like a true gentleman. I think he would actually appreciate jocular references to him after his demise, and I for one love the legacy of yuk-material which frequently gets referenced around here, from WB and other banned posters. To the newbies, c’mon, the Archives hold most of the best material the SDMB has ever seen! Check 'em out.
Tut tut - I didn’t hate the lad, he just irritated me to no end (as he did a good portion of this board). (Trust me, there are others on this board who are far more worthy [and deserving] of my ire.) For Pit and flame material, even I miss him for that.
Esprix
In-jokes are part of our shared history. So are references to banned posters. There is no reason we shouldn’t talk about them.
And if some people don’t get the references, so what? That’s part of being a newer member. Newer members are free to ask questions. I remember asking about a certain “Heatherlee” when I was a newbie, and someone kindly posted a link for me. And even old-timers like me don’t get half the references. I didn’t pay much attention to Wildest Bill, and had no idea until this thread what “gotcha ya” meant.
Maybe some people just need the Tug-Ahoy[sup]TM[/sup] Humor Restoration Device.
I like 'em. Took me quite a while to get Serlin references, as I joined well after his time.
:poufs hair, spritzes privates with a lovely perfume::
OG OG OG OG OG OG OG OG OG OG OG!!!
Ah Esprix the brother masonite simply lacks a discerning taste, that’s all. He just doesn’t understand the difference between contempt and hate.
Just so we’re clear here, since this is getting way beyond what I was initially complaining about- I’m not advocating not talking about banned posters out right, ever again, like their some sort of pariah’s.
Not at all (And in my case, quite the opposite, actually).
I misinterpreted Esprix’s comments as being mean spirited and cruel, especially since the poster couldn’t respond to what I thought were digs.
Apparently they’re not.
My mistake, and my apologies.
My opinion on ripping on banned poster hasn’t changed, and I doubt it ever will, but this wasn’t an example that fit what I was arguing for.
Hope that clears up things on my end.
Muahahaha! I had forgotton all about THAT one! Thanks for the chuckle Green Bean. 
For the curious newbie, do a search in mpsims (I think). It was a while back.
So, who wants to do the “Guide to Banned Posters’ Catch Phrases” thread over in MPSIMS?
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Not it!
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It may just be early, but I found this delightfully funny.
(for the uninformed, “Hi Opal” is a quick tribute to our member OpalCat’s dislike of two item lists. She insists that we have lists with at least three items even if the third item is totally unrelated or just “Hi, Opal”. So now, item number three on any list is traditionally reserved for her.)
Good grief. Sometimes I wonder if I’m in a coma. How could I miss Gotcha ya? 
Suffice it to say that I just laughed myself silly. Thanks for the link, Francesca.
so…if someone says a certain female has a large posterior, is it okay?
heh hehe…uh
All right, I give up. Who called himself “yer pal”? I’ve racked my brains and cannot remember.
I think the whole sig was “yer pal, Satan” with a devil smilie.
Does someone want to be a REALLY cool doper and name all the posters referenced in that post and give some thread evidence? I would love them long time.
LC
I can name about half of 'em. As for thread evidence, not a chance, young grasshopper: I don’t wanna bog down the search engine. 
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I was thinking about this thread as I was driving down the highway in my SUV Father John, thought at the time to be a Johnsbury sock, but reliable/trustworthy sources on another board where they’re both active say they’re probably different people.
In any event, this should more accurately read “Fatherjohn was thinking about this thread as FatherJohn was…etc” , searching for some mexican fat burnersWildest "They’re not amphetimines! Or Speed! Honest. But I an’it sayin’ what’s in em’! " Bill, and all that came to my mind, as I was websurfing in all capital letters from my wireless connection to the FBI is dunno. Unless it’s that kook who posts his numbered lists:
#1 The Death of Bunthorpe (followed by 3 paragraphs of spewage)
#2) My tinfoil hat clashes with my evening gown! A plot uncovered! (followed by three paragraphs of spewage)
all over the internet. But he was only here for about 3 minutes before being banned. Kazatan or something like that
*Pot. Kettle. Black. * Serlin? Johnsbury? Dunno, but I remember being annoyed by this one.
*And then I snuck up behind this old lady that had been eyeing me and I YELLED and scared the heck out of her. *Freak Freely, I assume, but it wasn’t an old lady, it was his girlfriend’s mom. Or maybe it was someone who looked like his girlfriend’s mom. Or maybe it was all a dream…or…
*And then I asked her if she’d seen Jesus Christ, and I showed her His Glory. * Dunno. I can’t recall any psycho fundies who were banned, though I remember several who drifted off. Unless this is supposed to be Phaedrus
*With my foreskin. *Jack Dean Tyler
and for extra credit,
The “oogy little snugglykins” type in aenea’s post was a scary one called Boobooslittletigress (aka Honesty)
The escapees from Hee-Haw in aenea’s post were a family of hillbillies who’s names I can’t remember. Um one of 'em called her develomentally disabled child “L’il Potato” or something. Rosiewolf?
I remember the “my perfect penis” guy, but can’t think of his name.
And the waaaaaa that’s been mentioned a couple of times comes from Johnsbury, who thught it the height of rational discourse to respond to one’s post with “waaaaaaa”
As for the “Love me for a long time” thing, 'preciate the thought, Lucki, but let’s just be friends, 'k?
Oh, and I belive this is a different troll from any named above “I think Hillary’s fat ass is hot!”
Fenris, who can’t remember the name of the “Hillary’s Fat Ass” guy.
Let’s get this straight first up. Most of the banned posters mentioned here were complete fuckwits. JDT in particular. He was a racist, sexist, homophobic, deranged boil on the festering ass of humanity. I sometimes feel ashamed that I’ve moved to the same state he (presumably) lives in.
However.
Wasn’t the SDMB, well…exciting, in a bizarre sense, when he was trolling? Remember when everyone was lining up to take punches at him? And how we all just shook our heads at someone who just did not get it in multiplicity? I remember firing up the Board every day in late 2000 just waiting to see what insanity he came up with this time. I also remember rolling on the floor with the tenor of the attack and counter-attack. Who knew that foreskins could be so damn funny? Well, OK, but who knew there could be such mileage in the joke?
Look, I know JDT offended other people. But he was so obviously a dumbass that all you could do was laugh in his face. And the dumb fuck just kept coming back for more! Because of him, the Board was united for a while–everybody against him.
This is probably going to be the least popular sentiment I’ve ever expressed on the Board, but sometimes I think we need trolls and socks. Because, without Evil Dopers, how can we readily identify and truly appreciate the Good Dopers?
And Fenris dear, could you enlighten this middle-aged newbie on the OG business? or can anyone else?
Thenk yuh.
Redboss
[[Semi-hijack- Did PerkyDan have a catchphrase?]]
HAHHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!
(Man, that’s taking it back to the seriously early days. How many here remember when he was Riviera?)
Redboss, my friend, you can find the Og thread right here. It seams to me that you nead to read it.