# Curious about another Doper? Ask them here. (ping:Polycarp) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244 "2005-02-15T20:08:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/101 "2005-02-17T06:41:56Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > I believe the first two animals admit they’ve never made it without biting. The first animal suggests asking the turtle, the turtle says to ask Mr. Owl. > > wait a sec, what are we doing, this is the internet! googlegooglegoogle… aha! > [http://www.tootsie.com/classictv.html](http://www.tootsie.com/classictv.html) > > The correct answers appear to be 1) 1970, 2) a turtle [http://www.pulplit.com/media/videos/mrowl.mov](http://www.pulplit.com/media/videos/mrowl.mov) In all it’s 70s glory! ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/102 "2005-02-17T06:42:57Z")
its :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/103 "2005-02-17T07:03:32Z")
**The Boney King of Nowhere** , what’s your username a reference to? I swear I’ve heard/seen it somewhere. BTW, I think it’s cool. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/104 "2005-02-17T07:32:05Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > **The Boney King of Nowhere** , what’s your username a reference to? I swear I’ve heard/seen it somewhere. > > BTW, I think it’s cool. 🙂 Hope **BKoN** doesn’t mind my answering on his behalf, but it’s the parenthetical subtitle of the single “There There” from Radiohead’s latest album “Hail To The Thief”. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/105 "2005-02-17T08:42:56Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > Hope **BKoN** doesn’t mind my answering on his behalf, but it’s the parenthetical subtitle of the single “There There” from Radiohead’s latest album “Hail To The Thief”. Nitpick: he was a character in an episode of the UK kid’s TV show _Bagpuss_ first: Thom Yorke just nicked the name, and **BKON** I assume borrowed it from there. Damn, I’m good. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/106 "2005-02-17T09:35:53Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > William Gladstone, 19th century British PM. He actually chatted them up in order to “save” them from a life of sin. No idea if Mrs G. was involved. I may know sod all about yankee sweets but I do know about our Prime Ministers. Mrs Gladstone was involved - she used to sew his trousers up so he couldn’t shag 'em. Palmerston cut down trees as a hobby and Churchill used to lay bricks. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/107 "2005-02-17T11:12:53Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Back on Topic: > > **LifeonWry** besides being one of the coolest doperchix, how did you come up with your great name? Coupla things combined. Linda Ellerbee referred to her Overnight co-host Lloyd Dobyns as a “ham on wry” and one of my friends said that was a good description of me, too. When I was making my website, I was trying to think of a title - the original title was “The View From A Broad,” but the hubby thought it sounded tacky, and he suggested the extremely mundane and not creative “A Slice of Life.” Eventually it ended up being “A Slice of Life on Wry” because I ran out of other ideas. And that’s too long for an AOL screen name, so I shortened it to what it is now, and that’s the whole boring story. And you’re pretty cool, yourself, **Shirley** but unless you’ll fit in my carry-on, I’m still not taking you to England with me. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/108 "2005-02-17T11:49:07Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Bite your tongue (or your typing fingers). Every once in a while Deb begins speculating that it would be “nice” to have chickens. (With four cats, indoor birds such as parakeets, canaries, and other feline food are pretty much out of the question unless we extended the house to accept a cage large enough to let them fly.) > For that matter, I would not trust our free range eviscerator–er, iguana–(that somehow did not get mentioned, above) to refrain from leaping on a bird cage given that she leaps onto every other perch in the house. Chickens? Well, how about a bird that stays in its cage all the time? A canary would do, if you could a) find the right cage, and b) the way I’ve seen people do it was to wrap something on the inside so little prying claws can’t get in there. Just don’t use Saran Wrap. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/109 "2005-02-17T13:33:40Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > You’re kidding, right? Yes, I know about the movie that Futurama was referencing. I’m media-junkie guy. Sheesh. Hey, I have no idea what movies you have or haven’t seen. > [@Anaamika](#): > > I think she meant me, because I hadn’t seen Futurama. I’m a “he”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/110 "2005-02-17T13:36:47Z")
> [@LifeOnWry](#): > > And you’re pretty cool, yourself, **Shirley** but unless you’ll fit in my carry-on, I’m still not taking you to England with me. Hey. You could do a steamer trunk. Just like the old days. But, _fine_. 😃 ---
**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:** [February 17, 2005, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/111 "2005-02-17T13:53:56Z")
> [@av8rmike](#): > > Hey, I have no idea what movies you have or haven’t seen. When in doubt, you may assume I’m at least familiar with any given movie, though I may not have seen it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/112 "2005-02-17T14:03:37Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > **Mr.\_Owl** - how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? I didn’t use a Tootsie Pop, because I’ve never been able to stand the things, but I did try this once when I was little. The answer was 1,089. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/113 "2005-02-17T14:17:09Z")
**Marley** , I don’t know whether or not to ask you what you _did_ use. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/114 "2005-02-17T14:56:06Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > Churchill used to lay bricks. I’ll bet that hurt… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/115 "2005-02-17T14:58:54Z")
> [@av8rmike](#): > > I’m a “he”. 🙂 **av8r_mike_** , that’s all. You’d think I could figure it out. > [@CandidGamera](#): > > When in doubt, you may assume I’m at least familiar with any given movie, though I may not have seen it. I thought there was only \*one \* thing you were allowed to be smug about? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/116 "2005-02-17T15:01:03Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I thought there was only \*one \* thing you were allowed to be smug about? I said everyone’s allowed _At least_ one. 😉 ---
**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:** [February 17, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/117 "2005-02-17T15:05:34Z")
My talent is wordplay. And pop culture trivia. My two talents are wordplay, pop culture trivia, and roleplaying games. Three! My three talents are wordplay, pop culture trivia, and roleplaying games. And comic books and referential humor… AMONGST my talents are… ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/118 "2005-02-17T15:33:21Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > Hope **BKoN** doesn’t mind my answering on his behalf, but it’s the parenthetical subtitle of the single “There There” from Radiohead’s latest album “Hail To The Thief”. Ah-HAH! Thanks. I was wondering why that was so familiar - I have that album. And I like it a lot. Shows how much I pay attention to song titles. :slap: ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/119 "2005-02-17T15:37:17Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > My talent is wordplay. And pop culture trivia. My two talents are wordplay, pop culture trivia, and roleplaying games. Three! My three talents are wordplay, pop culture trivia, and roleplaying games. And comic books and referential humor… > > AMONGST my talents are… Ok, you made me laugh. 😉 ---
**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:** [February 17, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/120 "2005-02-17T15:39:13Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Ok, you made me laugh. 😉 Who doesn’t enjoy a good Monty Python reference? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244.md?page=7)