Do i count as a Folk Hero yet?

The BBQ Pit
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Ahoy,

Just wondering, after all the random bitchings last night, do i count as a folk hero yet?

Just some poor bastard who wandered in and got caught up in the wild, fast paced world of Message Board politics… madness, simply madness.

(Incidentally, not trying to get a “rise” out of anyone, just wondering… )
Upham

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No.

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Upham, 2 questions.

  1. Why do you think you may be a folk hero?
  2. Why is this in the Pit?
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I didnt have any real reason, it’s just goot to check

And i figured if i put it anywhere else it wouldn’t really fit, you know? well maybe MPSIMS… but i’ve alredy got one in there and it’s not right to fill up the board, right?

Anyway, just thought i’d ask

Upham

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Option 2.

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No.

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I think you usually have to die first before you can be considered a folk hero. So check back in after you check out and we’ll get back to you.

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Probably not. What is your defination of a folk hero?

Why is it goot to check?

Yep MPSIMS is the only place I could figure that this might fit.

I’m not aware of any straightdope rule that limits numbers of posts. Just the number you can submit at anyone time to prevent flooding of the boards.

Actually the boards are kinda slow the last couple of days.

Hope this helps!

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oh, jesus, that’s true… like the Edmond Fitzgerald etc…

Ok, nuff a that

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Sorry, it took Jesus 33 years to get on a cross, you’re not going to make it in one day.

Keep trying though…

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Look, boy wonder, call us when can shoot an apple off of Arnold Winklereid’s head at 100 paces, lay a mile of railroad tracks in a day, and leap tall Alphagenes in a single bound.

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I don’t think I understand. What’s true? ( The fact that this belongs in IMHO or MPSIMS?)
And why is it like the Edmond Fitzgerald? ( You mean this thread is going down like the Edmond Fitzgerald?)
And why is it nuff a that? ( Enuff of what? Enuff talk about this thread?)

Can you be more specific?

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Ummm… who the hell are you again?

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C’mon, Globe-trotter, this is UPHAM! Surely you remember Upham? Upham who’s famous for . . . uh . . . you know, he - or she - whatever, did that um . . . you know!

It’s Upham!

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Damn, and I can’t even blame it on the booze! :smiley:

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Globe-trotter, I don’t know if you care about these things or not, but do you realze your next post will be #1000?

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Really?

:smiley:

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I was referring to the post that pointed out to be a folk hero one usually must be dead. I don’t wanna be dead.

It’s like “the wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald” a folk song by Gordon Lightfoot (not only do i not want to be dead, i really don’t want to be dead under a half mile of icy water)

And yes, i don’t really think this thread needs to go on too much longer, i’ve pretty well gotten my answer.

Just as a note, you guys REALLY take your accidental spelling errors seriously, don’t you?
Upham

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Do you count as a folk hero? NO.

Do people get anal about spelling errors? Some do, some could care less.

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Sorry, Upham, you don’t get to be a folk hero around here just by bitching randomly. In order to attain folk hero status at the SDMB, the bitching must be focussed, intense, hot and heavy. Before you get to put “Straight Dope Message Board Folk Hero” in your sig line, you must piss off not merely some of the people some of the time, nor yet some of the people all of the time. No, Grasshopper, you must piss off all of the people all of the time, and you must make them mad enough to crawl into the modem and come after you with a virtual chainsaw.

I think you need to work on it, frankly.