# Doper Specialties Resource **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 18, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138 "2013-09-18T13:21:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/21 "2013-09-19T03:41:50Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > After some discussion we’ve decided that the way we do things now – unofficially, without management attempting to vet people or maintain lists or anything like that, that’s really the way to go. Yes! A resounding victory for those of us who have no credentials. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/22 "2013-09-19T19:13:10Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I think most people figure out on their own who the various experts are, pretty quickly. Well, you’re the expert on Napoleon Dynamite and the Kennedy assassination (just checked your CP recent posts). So, what am the, or an, expert at? (No peeking.) ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/23 "2013-09-19T19:14:39Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Well, you’re the expert on Napoleon Dynamite and the Kennedy assassination (just checked your CP recent posts). > > So, what am the, or an, expert at? (No peeking.) Eating out smelly girls? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/24 "2013-09-19T19:22:44Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Eating out smelly girls? 🙂 I saw that coming. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/25 "2013-09-19T19:27:19Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Why you little expert thread finder you! I could do better. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/26 "2013-09-19T19:35:10Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Why you little expert thread finder you! :: preens :: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/27 "2013-09-19T20:37:48Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > We depend upon all of you to use your common sense… That was your first mistake! 🙂 We could announce ourselves, Tolkien like: I am **TrueCelt** , Slayer of dragons, Finder of threads, etc. etc etc. I am **John Mace** , Beggar of the Question, Excluder of the Middle! ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/28 "2013-09-20T05:04:18Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > That was your first mistake! 🙂 > > We could announce ourselves, Tolkien like: > > I am **TrueCelt** , Slayer of dragons, Finder of threads, etc. etc etc. > > I am **John Mace** , Beggar of the Question, Excluder of the Middle! I kinda like this. It’s like Borsolino hats, it’s … stylish. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/29 "2013-09-20T05:14:16Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > We could announce ourselves, Tolkien like: > > I am **TrueCelt** , Slayer of dragons, Finder of threads, etc. etc etc. > > I am **John Mace** , Beggar of the Question, Excluder of the Middle! I am **Little Nemo** , ten tons of nitro in one fist and a neutron bomb in the other. When I walk buildings shake and bad guys wet their pants. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/30 "2013-09-20T07:12:07Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I’m an expert at everything, if anyone is interested. I’m a specialist in that field. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/31 "2013-09-20T09:23:26Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > > [@John\_Mace](#): > > > > I’m an expert at everything, if anyone is interested. > > I’ve got a Doctorate Of Everything, so why should anybody listen to _you_? Well, that trumps me: all I have is a Doctorate of Thinkology from the University of E Pluribus Unum. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/32 "2013-09-20T10:48:17Z")
I used to be a pert. Now I’m an expert. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/33 "2013-09-21T04:18:51Z")
I can always point you to the best live lesbian sex show in town. And teach you how to spot a ladyboy. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/34 "2013-09-21T05:09:58Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > That was your first mistake! 🙂 > > We could announce ourselves, Tolkien like: > > I am **TrueCelt** , Slayer of dragons, Finder of threads, etc. etc etc. > > I am **John Mace** , Beggar of the Question, Excluder of the Middle! I am Colibri, SD Curator of Critters, by appointment of the Perfect Master.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/35 "2013-09-21T07:24:24Z")
I am **Tripler** , expert on many, many things I cannot tell you due to government non-disclosure agreements I’ve signed. Unfortunately, I can neither confirm nor deny my expertise due to those agreements, and due to the fact that the SDMB is an open message board, and _is_ sourced by insurgents and foreign powers. Tripler Yes, I know about that. And _that_ too. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/36 "2013-09-21T13:26:01Z")
I know nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/37 "2013-09-21T14:40:46Z")
I am an expert in my field, I just don’t know what it is. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/38 "2013-09-21T15:31:28Z")
Are you out standing in your field? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/39 "2013-09-22T00:03:36Z")
I aspire to be an expert in **Darth Panda** ’s field, as soon as someone figures out what it is. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/40 "2013-09-22T00:12:03Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I’m an expert at everything, if anyone is interested. And I’m an expert at everything else! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138.md?page=3)