# Ever Read The Straight Dope Books? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 14, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-read-the-straight-dope-books/485873 "2009-02-14T22:10:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-read-the-straight-dope-books/485873/41 "2009-02-17T08:42:48Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Read them? I not only have them, but I have an autographed copy. Signed in ink, no less! _I_ have a copy that’s autographed too. I took it to a ModMeet one time, and got quite a few autographs from staffers. Then I took it to a couple of Dopefests and got some autographs from posters. So it’s sort of like a yearbook, except that generally the people involved are not close physically. I also have an autographed copy of _The Barn House_. It’s not something that I’d normally read, but it’s pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-read-the-straight-dope-books/485873/42 "2009-02-17T10:51:50Z")
I don’t own any hard copy Straight Dope stuff. I’ve only ever read the column online (never even in the newspaper). I don’t remember how I found the site – probably I typed a question into Google and it came up. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-read-the-straight-dope-books/485873/43 "2009-02-17T12:00:12Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Yeeeesss… I like “smite”, too… \ Wow, thanks for shitting all over my moment of curiosity. Have you considered a teaching career? While you’re at it, it might be time to get over 15-year-old IRC memes. Hostile Dialect, Hostile Dialect, Narcissist ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-read-the-straight-dope-books/485873/44 "2009-02-17T12:40:21Z")
I used to wait for the books to show up in the book store, so I could get one as soon as possible after release. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-read-the-straight-dope-books/485873/45 "2009-02-17T14:14:03Z")
I have the first three of the books. Been reading the column in the DC City Paper since '83. Joined the AOL discussion group and alt.fan.cecil-adams short thereafter. Migrated to this board on the Web. The one line that will stay with me forever is an index entry in “More Of”: shit, why brown 381-82 😃 ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-read-the-straight-dope-books/485873/46 "2009-02-17T14:38:25Z")
I have one. I’ve never read it. It was sent to me, signed and dedicated, by Cecil (at least I’m assuming he signed it. It’s his name, it could have been Ed - I wasn’t there to witness it). Anyway, I have that and a coffee cup. I could never bring myself to read the book as I’m a compulsive binding breaker and that didn’t seem like something I should do to an autographed copy. I did use the cup though. But, I never let anyone else use it. I don’t have any mod autographs though. I didn’t know they did that. I doubt I’ll ever meet them, since most people with common sense don’t come to Plattsburgh. My ex-boyfriend got me hooked on the website (baby pigeons) and the message board (Master Wang-ka of course). ---
**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-read-the-straight-dope-books/485873/47 "2009-02-17T19:43:18Z")
My Mom got me the first one when it came out (late '80s) and I’ve been a fan ever since. I have all the ones written by Our Lord Cecil, but not the kiddie versions by that _parvenu_ Zotti. JRB ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-read-the-straight-dope-books/485873/48 "2009-02-17T19:56:32Z")
The books are actually what prompted me to finally search for them on AOL and find them there. I still have one… I should re-buy the rest. > [@Mudshark](#): > > I think we should have some sort of bumper sticker or something. I’ve always wondered if the customers at work were fellow dopers. A bumper sticker would be a good way. You know, I asked Ed about this years ago (sometime before I got Gmail, apparently, so before 6/2004) and I don’t think he had a problem with that. IIRC, I asked about making bumper stickers using “SDMB” in the actual color/font and selling them just to cover printing & mailing (not for profit) and he said it was cool. I just got lazy and never got around to doing so. But again, this was years ago, and I don’t have the emails to confirm. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-read-the-straight-dope-books/485873/49 "2009-02-17T20:49:25Z")
I have the first couple but eventually they caught up to columns I already read (mainly online when the WWW site was up but the current messageboard didn’t yet exist) so I slacked on buying the last one or two. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-read-the-straight-dope-books/485873/50 "2009-02-18T01:37:27Z")
> [@Hostile\_Dialect](#): > > Wow, thanks for shitting all over my moment of curiosity. Have you considered a teaching career? > > While you’re at it, it might be time to get over 15-year-old IRC memes. > > Hostile Dialect, > Hostile Dialect, Narcissist My apologies. I thought your post was sarcasm. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-read-the-straight-dope-books/485873.md?page=2)