# Biggest inadvertent funny on the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 19, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919 "2002-12-19T22:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/1 "2002-12-19T22:53:58Z")
Sorry **Threadkiller** , but I just opened a thread and _voila_, ROTFL!! > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by [Threadkiller](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=151500) > > I think this belongs in GD for obvious reasons. So, either [ul] [li]What’s the daftest thing you’ve put in a post and then realised afterwards when it was too late to change it?[/li]or [li]What have you seen in a thread that wasn’t supposed to be funny but patently was?[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/2 "2002-12-19T23:26:30Z")
Gotcha Ya! immediately comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/3 "2002-12-19T23:33:50Z")
Or there was the whole Og thing. Or “Fucko off!” ---
**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:** [December 19, 2002, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/4 "2002-12-19T23:41:06Z")
I don’t get it. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/5 "2002-12-19T23:45:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*Or there was the whole Og thing. Or “Fucko off!” \*\* sounds funnier spoken than written. (well it can’t ‘sound’ very funny written, fool, doh) ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/6 "2002-12-20T06:25:25Z")
Nadsome. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/7 "2002-12-20T16:50:23Z")
I’m sure I read a thread containing the phrase “_waa laa_” recently (voila), but can’t quite place it. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/8 "2002-12-20T17:50:46Z")
Monkey butler ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/9 "2002-12-20T17:56:49Z")
“cow orker” has to be up there… ---
**Author:** ![bee\_with\_an\_itch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@bee\_with\_an\_itch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bee_with_an_itch)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/10 "2002-12-20T18:02:14Z")
isn’t that a phrase from Dilbert or something? - “Co-irker”? “Cow-orker”? ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/11 "2002-12-20T18:06:46Z")
I think it dates from the original AOL days of the SDMB. Anyone out there know for sure? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/12 "2002-12-20T18:42:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bee with an itch \* > \*\*isn’t that a phrase from Dilbert or something? - “Co-irker”? “Cow-orker”? \*\* It is from Dilbert, probably before even that. Haj ---
**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:** [December 20, 2002, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/13 "2002-12-20T21:36:13Z")
Hey, **Blue** , I think you beat me to it, so it makes _my_ OP the funny mistake. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/14 "2002-12-21T00:28:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DarrenS \* > \*\*I think it dates from the original AOL days of the SDMB. Anyone out there know for sure? \*\* I think it came from Usenet. I remember seeing it on alt.fan.cecil-adams and alt.folklore.urban back in the early to mid-nineties. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/15 "2002-12-21T00:41:33Z")
There was that thread about how you shouldn’t kick people in the nuts. Problem was, he thought it was a newsflash. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/16 "2002-12-21T01:31:22Z")
I thought it was pretty funny when **Cleverman** inadvertantly referred to **Manhattan** as **“Banhattan”**. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2744860#post2744860](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2744860#post2744860) ---
**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:** [December 21, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/17 "2002-12-21T02:05:39Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Threadkiller > > > > I think this belongs in GD for obvious reasons. No, really, I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/18 "2002-12-21T03:02:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*No, really, I don’t get it. \*\* You aren’t the only one. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/19 "2002-12-21T03:42:33Z")
**dreamer** ’s proselytizing OP in GD disappeared…hamsters ate it or something. But _damn_ the responses that got were great… ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919/20 "2002-12-21T06:55:10Z")
If someone would be so kind: How did the “Og” thing get started? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-inadvertent-funny-on-the-sdmb/143919.md?page=2)