# "Best of the Worst?" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 14, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-worst/445261 "2008-04-14T05:47:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-worst/445261/1 "2008-04-14T05:47:34Z")
OK, so under user names, I’ve seen “moderator,” “charter member,” “member,” and “guest,” but today I saw one that I’ve never seen before: “Best of the Worst,” under [Boyo Jim’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9683939&postcount=4) name. What is this new designation, “Best of the Worst???” 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-worst/445261/2 "2008-04-14T05:59:33Z")
He won the [Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest](http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/) for the worst opening sentence for a hypothetical book last year. EDIT: [Here’s a thread about it from last year.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=430953) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-worst/445261/3 "2008-04-14T06:20:02Z")
[QUOTE=Darth Sensitive] He won the [Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest](http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/) for the worst opening sentence for a hypothetical book last year. EDIT: [Here’s a thread about it from last year.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=430953) [/QUOTE] That’s right! I read that thread and went to that web site and read all the entires. So, did he ask the mods for a special title or what? (Not that I think he doesn’t deserve special title - he totally does! I loved his sentence, it was awesome!) ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-worst/445261/4 "2008-04-14T09:23:30Z")
You’ve still got about a day to try to unseat him, and still keep the title here at the Dope. He’s [pulling for you](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=463045). \*\*\* Ponder ---
**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:** [April 14, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-worst/445261/5 "2008-04-14T11:38:39Z")
The mods thought this was a singular honour and granted this title for an exceptional situation. Otherwise, we do not customize titles. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-worst/445261/6 "2008-04-14T12:18:53Z")
After the 15th I reckon \*\*Boyo’s \*\* designation should be changed to “Used to be the Best of the Worst”. In a competition about failure, celebrating his status as a has-been seems somehow appropriate 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-worst/445261/7 "2008-04-14T15:55:17Z")
“Has-been Best of the Worst” Maybe I ought to submit something to that contest. Everything I write is pretty terrible 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-worst/445261/8 "2008-04-14T15:57:06Z")
[QUOTE=Princhester] After the 15th I reckon \*\*Boyo’s \*\* designation should be changed to “Used to be the Best of the Worst”. In a competition about failure, celebrating his status as a has-been seems somehow appropriate 🙂 [/QUOTE] No, no. It’s back to simply being one of “The Worst” for him. 😃