# Give Marley23 a heads up--What do you want your SDMB "in Memoriam" entry to say about you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 9, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272 "2010-02-09T14:20:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/21 "2010-02-09T18:48:19Z")
From the woman who brought us Ron - and then went away. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/22 "2010-02-09T18:54:24Z")
Who was she again? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/23 "2010-02-09T19:16:32Z")
The charges have been dropped. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/24 "2010-02-09T20:16:23Z")
When (insert real name) passed away, the world at large was shocked to find that he also, under a pseudonym, modestly and unassumedly contributed for years to a prestigious message board known as the Straight Dope Message Board. Besides his wife and children, no one, not even amongst his closest associates, was aware that Arnold Winkelried was, in real life, (insert real name). The blogosphere is agog with this news, and the website associated with the message has been closed due to the tremendous traffic of people eager to sift through his postings for clues and unknown details about his life. In the “In Memoriam” thread at the message board, many people are expressing shock and surprise that the person they had known for all these years was actually (insert real name). “I had no clue” and “He was such a quiet, gentle person” are the sentiments most commonly voiced by his fellow posters… Inside the mausoleum in which (insert real name)'s body will be interred (after the completion of the prescribed period of public mourning), the statue erected to commemorate (insert real name) will include, at his request, the following quote on the pedestal: “(insert real name) (insert long list of titles) and also Proud Doper”. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/25 "2010-02-09T21:25:41Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > “Everyone liked her just fine till she became a mod.” ☹ Aw, I still loves you … [sub]but don’t you ever try to mod me beeyotch!😛 [/sub] Mine can just say “Wile E, not a dude.” [sub]and “she shouldn’t have messed with twickster”[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/26 "2010-02-09T21:55:44Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Mine can just say “Wile E, not a dude.” So that’s what your avatar means. I thought Wile E. was just getting a hot girl because he was so cool. I didn’t notice she’d taken his head off. Let’s see. I guess I’d want mine to say something like: BigT was just this guy, y’know. Or maybe: BigT: The most prolific poster nobody recognizes. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/27 "2010-02-09T22:04:05Z")
Post to Portrait Gallery thread, watch your gender misidentification issues disappear! ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/28 "2010-02-09T22:04:38Z")
I hope in the future there is a way to put spoiler alerts on gravestones. If so, I want it to look like this: Anamorphic dies in the end. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/29 "2010-02-09T22:11:03Z")
**bup** - no big loss. It’s not like we lost **Malacandra** or something ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/30 "2010-02-09T23:19:18Z")
Don’t care what it says, as long as it says it in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/31 "2010-02-10T00:07:39Z")
“Surprisingly, he didn’t die of kidney failure.” Or “Not surprisingly, he died of kidney failure. We all should have seen it coming.” ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/32 "2010-02-10T00:37:37Z")
“heme passed sey umop ap!sdn” No? too obvious? Okay then how about “kept punching the clock until the clock finally won. At least she went doing what she loved best - writing program code.” ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/33 "2010-02-10T00:42:12Z")
“He did the best he could with what he had, bless his heart.” It’s what people say about me now, so it’s seems appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/34 "2010-02-10T00:54:02Z")
“He brought Bacon Salt to the Dope. Good riddance.” ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/35 "2010-02-10T01:02:00Z")
She loved her dogs and tried her best to help others, even if she did work as a telmarketer. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/36 "2010-02-10T01:09:47Z")
“Was driven mad by the foul, unnatural flavour of Marmite. At last, he has found peace.” ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/37 "2010-02-10T01:26:06Z")
One of the hockey guys. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/38 "2010-02-10T01:43:33Z")
“Died while walking down the street, singing.” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/39 "2010-02-10T02:24:25Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > So that’s what your avatar means. I thought Wile E. was just getting a hot girl because he was so cool. I didn’t notice she’d taken his head off. > > Let’s see. I guess I’d want mine to say something like: BigT was just this guy, y’know. Or maybe: BigT: The most prolific poster nobody recognizes. It’s a mask, I didn’t take his head off. Thanks for the hot chick comment though. An online friend made that avatar for me based on my senior High school picture and me telling him I actually looked like Michelle Pfeiffer. Needless to say my avatar is much hotter than I. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-marley23-a-heads-up-what-do-you-want-your-sdmb-in-memoriam-entry-to-say-about-you/528272/40 "2010-02-10T02:30:19Z")
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