# Bow to my godly wang

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-to-my-godly-wang/140891>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 6, 2002, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-to-my-godly-wang/140891 "2002-12-06T10:49:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Go\_alien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Go\_alien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_alien)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-to-my-godly-wang/140891/1 "2002-12-06T10:49:49Z")

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For some reason, this phrase sprang into my head yesterday during a meeting with clients. (It was a dull meeting, even though I was running it!) I’m sure I’ve not invented it. So where does it originate?

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**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-to-my-godly-wang/140891/2 "2002-12-06T10:52:45Z")

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Well, you’ve seen it in a sig-line here on the Dope.

I believe it originated with the hilarious net-comic, Penny-arcade.

> **[Penny Arcade](https://www.penny-arcade.com)**
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> Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

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**Author:** ![Go\_alien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Go\_alien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_alien)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-to-my-godly-wang/140891/3 "2002-12-06T11:07:02Z")

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Might be the sig line, I’ve never seen Penny arcade before. But for some reason, I feel that I knew the phrase from before joining the SDMB, i.e. pre 2002. Or it’s deja vu all over again.