# Best Poster to Answer **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316 "2004-09-27T16:07:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/201 "2004-09-29T20:17:26Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > OK some of the question-posters need to get their butts in here and let us know whether guesses are right or wrong. I call for a midnight deadline so we can resume the game moving along eventually. > 😛 Agreed - and for the correct answers to be posted, perhaps, on these stumpers? ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/202 "2004-09-29T20:35:23Z")
> [@DaphneBlack](#): > > **StrangeLove** is not correct. > My reply to this post is a clue. > > Daphne Since **DaphneBlack** went to the trouble of including her sig, which made a reference to Latin, perhaps the answer is a Latin name. Not that I know what it is. Just for the heck of it, though, I’ll guess… **Apollo9**? **5-4-fighting** : Is Liepzieg the same as Leipzig? Is the particular city essential to getting the answer? I will admit to doing a search for partial username “fire”, which is how I learned that there are registered users named **ColdfireIsCunt** and **ColdfireIsFuckingSlut**. Not surprisingly, both of these posters have been banned. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/203 "2004-09-29T20:48:40Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **Gazelle**? Bingo 🙂 Ok This poster is the mother of a ‘son’ of a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/204 "2004-09-29T20:48:52Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > **5-4-fighting** : Is Liepzieg the same as Leipzig? Is the particular city essential to getting the answer? Whoops! Yes, it’s Leipzig; but it’s only a reference to that part of the world. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/205 "2004-09-29T20:49:48Z")
> [@](#): > > This poster is the mother of a ‘son’ of a bitch. **DogMom** ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/206 "2004-09-29T20:50:48Z")
**Merkwurdigliebe** is correct. (The sig. was a back-up clue to think about other languages). “Merkwurdig” can mean “remarkable” or “curious” or “odd”. Daphne ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/207 "2004-09-29T21:00:36Z")
> [@DaphneBlack](#): > > **Merkwurdigliebe** is correct. (The sig. was a back-up clue to think about other languages). > > “Merkwurdig” can mean “remarkable” or “curious” or “odd”. > > Daphne Now that I rethink my translation, it makes sense that the “wurd” is “worth” and not “Word.” (Mark-worthy, literally). But yay, another one bites the dust! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/208 "2004-09-29T21:07:08Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Bingo 🙂 > > Ok This poster is the mother of a ‘son’ of a bitch. **DogMom** ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/209 "2004-09-30T03:06:48Z")
**CandidGamera** , I believe you are eligible to post a clue. **trickster** too, assuming **DogMom** is the correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/210 "2004-09-30T03:12:47Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > **CandidGamera** , I believe you are eligible to post a clue. **trickster** too, assuming **DogMom** is the correct answer. **laina-f** – don’t you have a thread going about people getting your username wrong? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/211 "2004-09-30T12:50:43Z")
“Who should we talk to about all these darned elves that need killin’?” - Ethilrist’s. “If you were just starting out and wanted help building leadership skills, who would you talk to?” - Ethilrist’s. “I was just strolling along a street in Liepzieg and, suddenly, I smelled smoke! It was me!” - 5-4-fighting’s. Who should I ask for advice about my Japanese main-squeeze? - Mine. ---
**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/212 "2004-09-30T14:35:28Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > “Who should we talk to about all these darned elves that need killin’?” - Ethilrist’s. I have a guess in of **Ugluk** that Ethilrist hasn’t answered to yet, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/213 "2004-09-30T14:47:49Z")
> [@DogMom](#): > > I have a guess in of **Ugluk** that Ethilrist hasn’t answered to yet, by the way. Oh. Sorry, but no. Hint number 2: Mineral. ---
**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/214 "2004-09-30T15:35:38Z")
This is becoming a _QUEST_ for the right name. **Ethilrist** , I have another two guesses: **mithril** **Eric\_Balrog** Either of those right? ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/215 "2004-09-30T15:39:06Z")
> [@DogMom](#): > > This is becoming a _QUEST_ for the right name. > > **Ethilrist** , I have another two guesses: > > **mithril** > **Eric\_Balrog** > > Either of those right? Doh, I’m betting on **mithril**. ---
**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/216 "2004-09-30T15:41:53Z")
Yeah, if that’s it, it certainly will be a :smack: moment for me. I mean, here I am, looking through three online Tolkien FAQ sites, scouring several books at home, and enlisting DogDad on the QUEST for this username. Because of course I thought “person! Must be a person’s name!” So if it’s “mithril” it’ll certainly be a smacky smiley for me. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/217 "2004-09-30T15:51:16Z")
I’m stumped on Ethilrist’s killin’ some elves. The best I can do is **Darwinself** , implying that stupid elves take themselves out of the gene pool by crashing their gondolas over waterfalls or something. This user would cryptically introduce himself as thus: I am in mixed sweetener. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/218 "2004-09-30T16:01:00Z")
> [@Knowed Out](#): > > This user would cryptically introduce himself as thus: I am in mixed sweetener. **Garius** ( **I** in **Garus** , which is mixed (i.e. an anagram for) **sugar** ). Overlooked in all the elf-killing speculation (and in **CandidGamera** ’s latest recap) is my question: Before she changed her name, who would have the go-to poster for a question on _Mare Imbrium_? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/219 "2004-09-30T18:57:24Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Overlooked in all the elf-killing speculation (and in **CandidGamera** ’s latest recap) is my question: Before she changed her name, who would have the go-to poster for a question on _Mare Imbrium_? I think her name was **LunaSea**. This Doper went back on body of water with heavy metal. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-poster-to-answer/266316/220 "2004-10-01T13:18:39Z")
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