Bruce_Daddy came up with this thread some time ago, and I thought it was kind of fun, so let’s have another go.
To steal his words:
Look at the last poster to this thread. Do you:
A) not recognize the Doper at all. “Never seen the name, sorry!”
B) think: “Yes, yes I do know that name! Please, however, don’t ask me any questions about them, I haven’t been paying attention!”
C) leap from your chair/sofa/toilet and exclaim “Yes! I know you! You talk about (Star Trek/Mundane weekends/Bush is a poopyhead) all the time!”
Unfortunately, my reading style is to read posts carefully, but never pay attention to who actually writes the post unless something grabs my attention. I know, I shouldn’t do this, but…
Because of this, there are only a handful of posters who would fall under “C” for me.
Hal Briston: b + c), actually. Not so extreme as C, but he responds to a lot of my pop culture references and seems fairly witty and funny. Responding to my pop culture references always puts you one up in my book.
Of course, there’s always the chance I could be confusing him with someone else.
LifeOnWry is a B for me. I recognise your name, and I know I’ve read a shitload of your posts, many of them recently, but can I remember specifics? Nope.
ShibbOleth is a B for me. If I recall correctly, he said something very nice about my ugly dining room table. That’s about all I know about him.
[sub]I hope he’s a him and not a her.[/sub]
Finagle: recognize the name, but know nothing about the poster, sorta like the guy on the bus you see every day on the way to work but have never ended up speaking to.
Elza B…hmmmmmm…if you reverse that, it becomes B Elza, which sounds like it might be a shortened version of a better known name…hmmmmm…who could you be…could it be…
Anaamika is an A. I’ve never seen her before.[right][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub]Okay, she’s really a very strong C. More like a D, E, or F, even.[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/right]
Chefguy is a kinda B. I’ve read enough of his posts to recognize the name but don’t know anything about him. So, dish! Tell me the most god-awful TMI possible Chefguy and you can be a C.