# Doper Poets - come participate in the SDMB Poetry Sweatshop!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151 "2009-10-09T03:21:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/21 "2009-10-14T15:07:09Z")
I’ll do it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/22 "2009-10-14T16:56:28Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Your three words are “incontrovertible,” “valetudinarian,” and “antidisestablishmentarianism.” Good luck. Damn you! :: shakes fist :: ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/23 "2009-10-14T17:09:40Z")
Sign me up. ---
**Author:** ![Loisseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Loisseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loisseau)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/24 "2009-10-14T18:36:18Z")
Word me up please. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/25 "2009-10-15T00:50:13Z")
Okay, a couple of housekeeping points - I am, at present, thinking of 1 PM, Eastern Daylight Time, Sunday, October 18th, which would be around suppertime for Germany, late morning/early afternoon for most of us in North America. If that absolutely doesn’t suit, let me know and we can adjust a bit. The current list is - **Elendil’s Heir lissener omgzebras koeeoaddi Yllaria Other Dreams Half Man Half Wit Lucky 13 The\_Peyote\_Coyote Haunted jjimm Stauderhorse Barking Dog Diogenes the Cynic tumbleddown blondebear** and **Loisseau** In the interests of fairness, I’m not on the list. I’m going to generate the words from the [Random Word Generator (Plus)](http://watchout4snakes.com/creativitytools/RandomWord/RandomWordPlus.aspx), and everyone will get a noun, adjective and a verb from the ‘somewhat uncommon’ list. Probably the easiest way to make sure that everyone gets the same start is for me to post all the names and their respective three words in the same post on this thread, timing it for 1 PM plus or minus a couple of minutes. I won’t create the poll until all the poems have been submitted or the poets have told me they’re out. Speaking of which, I have to try to create a test poll so I’m not messing with the Board at 2:03 with no clue as to what I’m doing. I think that’s everything - can anyone think of anything I’ve forgotten? Best wishes, and may the muse be with you all. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/26 "2009-10-15T03:10:29Z")
Sounds good. Please send me my words by Straight Dope PM. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/27 "2009-10-15T03:32:02Z")
Wait – everyone’s getting a different set of words? I think everyone should use the same words – easier for us voters to compare. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/28 "2009-10-15T03:59:16Z")
I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/29 "2009-10-15T04:06:17Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Wait – everyone’s getting a different set of words? I think everyone should use the same words – easier for us voters to compare. I agree with this. It would also be interesting to see what different things everyone does with the same words. That said, I don’t think I’m going to be home at the appointed time, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/30 "2009-10-15T04:45:19Z")
I’d do it. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/31 "2009-10-15T15:07:14Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Wait – everyone’s getting a different set of words? I think everyone should use the same words – easier for us voters to compare. > [@](#): > > **koeeoaddi** \* > I agree with this. It would also be interesting to see what different things everyone does with the same words.\* That wasn’t how I’d originally thought of it, but there’s no reason not to use the same words for all of the poets. Is that the consensus? Let me know… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/32 "2009-10-15T15:12:39Z")
I think that would be way more interesting, but I’m just a rubbernecker here. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/33 "2009-10-15T15:57:24Z")
Come to think of it, having us all use the same three words would be pretty cool and would allow for an apples-to-apples comparison. That has my vote. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/34 "2009-10-15T16:12:02Z")
**Le Ministre** – you say you’re not going to compete “in the interest of fairness” – if everyone were using the same words, there’d be no question of bias or whatever in assigning words, so you could participate. Plus that way you could just post the words here in the thread, everyone could see them at once, and you’d have no more than a 30-second head start on them. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/35 "2009-10-15T16:32:39Z")
I’m up. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/36 "2009-10-16T14:54:44Z")
Using the same words will make it more interesting for those of us who are spectating. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/37 "2009-10-16T15:08:11Z")
Maybe, like the Feuds, have everyone on their honor not to read others’ poetry in the thread before posting yourself, AND no editing once you’ve posted? ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/38 "2009-10-16T17:03:33Z")
I’d like to give it a shot. Just let me know the time and date 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/39 "2009-10-16T17:25:21Z")
Can you post the time and date in advance, so we can be prepared? Otherwise it will come down to who happened to be online at the proper moment. Can we make it like a Sunday evening or something? Oh and I too vote for everyone using the same words. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151/40 "2009-10-16T17:28:27Z")
Having never done such a thing before, I’m willing to give it a try. But I’m not sure I understand. We do it, all together, at once, like live? I’d love to participate, but have a hectic weekend ahead, it will be hard to predict if I can come, if it’s a ‘live event’, at the correct time. But I’m sure gonna try! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-poets-come-participate-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop/513151.md?page=3)