# Esprix **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 22, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251 "2001-09-22T22:39:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/201 "2001-09-25T06:20:43Z")
Oh Wow! You guys are still here!? Look at that, porta- potties and everything! Hey, this as better than Woodstock! (flops down on the same patch of grass) What’s up? Oh, jkusters name? Yeah, what’s up with that? JOhn-hmm, I know it isn’t 3:16-maybe it’s code? (Opens backpack) Look, I brought more marshmallows and some hot chocolate. Just help yourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/202 "2001-09-25T07:08:54Z")
I’m workin’ on it, but in the meantime, ponder this: Does anyone else hear [Disco Stu](http://www.nohomers.net/stu/images/discostu3.gif) whenever **dalovindj** posts? Chew on that, my fellow Dopers. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/203 "2001-09-25T07:39:02Z")
(opening up bag of mini marshmallows and package of styrofoam cups) I’m glad I brought these little ones-we can have them in the hot chocolate. I’ve got some sticks for the big ones, but the flames seem to have died right down. Is the war over? Did Esprix win yet? I hope AMPM’s okay, I mean that kid kicks pretty hard…What!? Well, yeah, I guess he did kinda deserve it, but…Yeah, I’m the same zoogirl that likes scorpions and creepy crawlers…Oh! Okay I get the point! Nah, it’s just that I feel sorta bad when I see anything get hurt. I figured by now Exprix would have put him out of our (giggles) oops! I mean HIS misery! ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/204 "2001-09-25T07:47:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > \*\*Does anyone else hear [Disco Stu](http://www.nohomers.net/stu/images/discostu3.gif) whenever **dalovindj** posts? > \*\* Ha! I didn’t before but I will now. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/205 "2001-09-25T08:04:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Does anyone else hear Disco Stu whenever dalovindj posts? How appropriate… a guy who thinks he’s still “hip”… but isn’t. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/206 "2001-09-25T12:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jkusters \* > \*\*Oh, there’s a reason for it, alright. And it has nothing to do with Wingdings. > > Honestly, it’s a very boring and mundane reason, but I thought you all might like to speculate wildly about it first before I reveal the ultimately disappointing answer. > > -JOhn. \*\* Ummm…is it just because you like having a big O? \ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/207 "2001-09-25T13:28:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jkusters \*Oh, there’s a reason for it, alright. And it has nothing to do with Wingdings. -JOhn. \*\* Maybe his name’s really James Ohn, and the **jkusters** id is just to throw us off… ---
**Author:** ![toshirodragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e68b1a/32.png) [@toshirodragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toshirodragon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/208 "2001-09-25T15:10:44Z")
OH MY GOD!!! I think I used to date Disco Stu’s illegitimate twin brother! OH THE HORROR!! OH THE HUMANITY!!! ---
**Author:** ![jkusters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jkusters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jkusters)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/209 "2001-09-25T17:19:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LifeOnWry \* > \*\*I know the reason, JOhn. I hate to backspace, too. I am so frequently JUli that I considered just going with it for awhile. > > Am I right? \*\* Argh! I am undone! Here’s the boring story: A long time ago, at a University far, far away (well, currently five hours by car), I used to belong to an online community much like Da Dope. As I would write messages on my way to class (of course I would visit the lab between each class, wouldn’t you?), I would usually be too much in a hurry to proof what I was writing. Therefore, I got sloppy, much like LifeOnWry speculated, and would sign my messages “JOhn.” Of course, friends started pointing this out in the way that loving friends do (sarcasm, insults, mocking put-downs), so I thought to try and be a bit more careful. Even more of my friends made note of my trying to be more careful, so I decided to start intentionally signing things “JOhn.” Since then it became something of my trademark, which helped considerably as there were several people in this community who shared my first name. There, that’s the long, sordid, mundane story. I hope it was worth it. 🙂 Now, I’m going to scan the wild speculations. There may be something in there that I can use in the future… -JOhn. ---
**Author:** ![AM\_PM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AM\_PM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AM_PM)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/210 "2001-09-25T19:43:29Z")
😕 This has turned into one of the silliest threads in the pit. Should have started it in MPSIMS, I guess, but who can ever predict? ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/211 "2001-09-25T19:55:18Z")
And the Fight Against Ignorance… _marches on!_ [sub]Eat SnackySmores.[/sub] Esprix ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/212 "2001-09-25T20:04:47Z")
What a come back… ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/213 "2001-09-25T20:09:31Z")
I was refering to AM/PM’s post, of course… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/214 "2001-09-25T20:13:04Z")
Nice ripost, **Anti/Post**. Really smoked him with that one. (whips out ratty old pom-poms) **AM/PM, he’s our man if he can’t do it, GREAT!** ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/215 "2001-09-25T20:34:20Z")
Esprix, should we surrender now, or wait for you? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/216 "2001-09-25T21:09:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bdgr \* > \*\*Esprix, should we surrender now, or wait for you? \*\* **Rises from beach chair, looks at bdgr** Surrender? Aw hell, it’s too hard to raise a flag right now. Just wait 'till Esprix fondues them again. **Returns to being a lump** ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/217 "2001-09-25T21:28:19Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **bdgr** _ > > Esprix, should we surrender now, or wait for you? [Winston Churchill]We have no yet begun to fight.[/Winston Churchill] I’m still working on my response to **duhlovin"dj"** , although since he’s “5000” ( :rolleyes: ) it may be just for y’all’s entertainment. I hope you don’t mind? 😉 Good. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/218 "2001-09-26T00:56:49Z")
Reading **Fenris’s** description of the individual Wingdings used to transliterate “five thousand,” I note that it is the largest number that can be spelled out as words without repeating a letter. If this is what **dalovindj** sees as the significance, I’m _still_ baffled. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/219 "2001-09-26T02:10:18Z")
Actually, I would believe its something along the lines of Audi 5000…you know, Audi, outta here… I just havent heard it used that way in many years, so that wouldnt be still “hip”, would it? ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/220 "2001-09-26T04:24:29Z")
Whaaa? HuH?! What am I doing under this bush??? Oh man!! Last thing I remember, I was sitting back, sipping a hot chocolate…OHHH! (sits up, brushing off leaves, cobwebs and an annoyed squirrel). So what’d I miss? jkusters a john? Wait a minute, let me rephrase that -jkusters a John! Oh! it’s his NAME! Cool, Cool, good name. Say, whatever happened to the flame war? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251.md?page=12)