# Forum Mascots **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2000, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287 "2000-01-28T07:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/1 "2000-01-28T07:09:00Z")
This is a silly idea, but I was thinking it might be kinda fun to have mascots for the forums here… any ideas? some ideas I had… General Questions - cat (curiosity and all) Great Debates - bull, elk, moose (locking horns and stuff) Pit - dragon? salamander? (flames) * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/2 "2000-01-28T07:16:00Z")
No more cats, Opal!! ## Go with an owl for GQ. A nice blue one. Like “X”. Laugh and the world laughs with you. Smilie and you smilie alone (with my contempt). – missdavis ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/3 "2000-01-28T07:17:00Z")
But where would the troll mascot fit in? ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/4 "2000-01-28T07:21:00Z")
I’ll also nominate the burnt, half-dead, traumatized, Guy Stuff cat for MPSIMS. That or a Yeti. * * * Laugh and the world laughs with you. Smilie and you smilie alone (with my contempt). – missdavis ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/5 "2000-01-28T07:41:00Z")
Hey Opal: You rule. You are one of my favorite dopers. I think lot’s o’ folks agree with me. 😛 Anyway, I think this is a good idea. Let’s see… Comment on Cecil’s columns: A goldfish in a beer bottle. It should look like it doesn’t know it should be dead. Or a bumble-bee in flight… you know, the bee flies anyway? General Questions: A monkey posing as the “Thinker”. Great debates: A dolphin breaking through a big red paper to see that there is only dry sand on the other side. MPSIMS: A three toed sloth looking at it’s own genetalia with a big question mark over it’s head. BBQ pit: A big fat pig smoking a cubano in an apron. The apron should say “Kiss the cook” but have cook crossed out and my ass written instead. He should be cooking a little weak guy that looks like an apple. Heh-heh. Aint I a stinker? I’m just waiting for the posts to come in “What the hell do you mean by that?!?!!” Allow me to answer in advance: Use your 'magination. That’s what it’s for. Noonch. * * * “And on the eighth day, God Created beer to prevent the Irish from taking over the Earth.” _~SNOOGANS~_ ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/6 "2000-01-28T09:38:00Z")
Ooh, I like this one… **Comments on Cecil’s Columns** : I would put a picture of a piranha here, since Cecil is likely to eat anyone who detracts from his greatness alive. **About This Message Board** : Here I would choose a picture of a peacock, since our board is so bright and shiny. **General Questions** : I like the Owl idea, with a graduation hat atop his head. **MPSIMS** : A turkey, since Slug likes to draw Cecil in that manner, and my guess is Unca Cec would find that likeness to be mindless and pointless. **The BBQ Pit** : A picture of Satan would be nice. No, not me, silly. The real dude, all in flames and shit. **Comments on Mailbag Answers** : An angel, since all of Cecil’s staff who deals with the mailbag stuff ain’t paid squat. Pretty angelic if you ask me! **Great Debates** : Could anything be better than a stubborn mule? * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![Erroneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71c47a/32.png) [@Erroneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erroneous)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/7 "2000-01-28T09:54:00Z")
> [@](#): > > MPSIMS: A three toed sloth looking at it’s own genetalia with a big question mark over it’s head. Stay off the drugs, son. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/8 "2000-01-28T14:31:00Z")
Whatever ones are chosen, they would have to be rendered by the infamous Slug Signorino, of course! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2000, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/9 "2000-01-29T06:22:00Z")
Well, tinycow is already our chat mascot, but after that flame of hers in the Pit the other day, she may well be looking to diversify… ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/10 "2000-01-30T08:28:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Satan: > \*\* > > **Great Debates** : Could anything be better than a stubborn mule? > > \*\* ## I was thinking a lemming…you know, hundreds of people relentlessly repeating the same pointless thing, never making any more sense…or maybe a dead horse would be better! The Top 10 Greatest Things About Procrastination: 1. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/11 "2000-01-30T08:38:00Z")
Great Debates should be a dead horse. One that everyone can beat. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/12 "2000-01-30T19:30:00Z")
LOL Max, I got a kick out of that one! ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/13 "2000-01-31T05:52:00Z")
OK, hello? Did **I** just post that joke 10 minutes before Max, only more subtlely? No wonder I never get nominated for any of these popularity things…everyone just skips over my posts… ::goes off to pout:: * * * The Top 10 Greatest Things About Procrastination: 1. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/14 "2000-01-31T06:44:00Z")
It’s all in the delivery, Beth…hehe ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/15 "2000-01-31T15:50:00Z")
I have thought long and hard about these, so, here are my nominations: Comments on Columns: mockingbird About This Board: ibis (cuz they’re wise and cool) General Questions: howler monkey MPSIMS: moa (look it up, it’s a mundane pointless bird) The Pit: viper Comments on Mailbag: Pony Express pony Great Debates: dead horse ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/16 "2000-01-31T17:28:00Z")
Sorry Beth…I got to laughing over Max’s addition, “everyone can beat” ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-mascots/13287/17 "2000-01-31T22:01:00Z")
**Comments on Cecil’s columns** - A picture of Custer, just before his last stand. The caption would read “Sure, there’s alot of them savages, but I’m sure I can take 'em…” **About this Message Board** - a Slug caricature of Cecil in full teaching regalia. **The Pit** - I like Max’s viper suggestion. A nice, venom dripping viper. **GQ** - The owl is good, I like the hooters theme. **MPSIMS** - Two old women (or men, no sexism here) gossiping over the back fence. Butt scratching would be a nice touch. **GD** - Judging from the bulk of the posts, I would suggest a frame from the _South Park_ Jesus vs. Santa Claus battle. \*_Mail Bag_ - An old, haggard female USPS employee, with Uzi. * * * The overwhelming majority of people have more than the average (mean) number of legs. – E. Grebenik