# Have we just had a visit from Bowerick Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-just-had-a-visit-from-bowerick-wowbagger-the-infinitely-prolonged/965725 "2022-06-06T03:30:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-just-had-a-visit-from-bowerick-wowbagger-the-infinitely-prolonged/965725/1 "2022-06-06T03:30:40Z")
This just has me giggling for some reason. [To sign up to post one thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/claydeaux/summary), namely an insult of [one specific person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/durable-pushbutton-microwave-door-or-handle/71287/8) before seemingly departing reminded me strongly of something but I had to think for ages before I remembered what it was: [Bowerick Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged](https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Bowerick_Wowbagger) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-just-had-a-visit-from-bowerick-wowbagger-the-infinitely-prolonged/965725/2 "2022-06-06T04:05:32Z")
We waited 21 years for this? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-just-had-a-visit-from-bowerick-wowbagger-the-infinitely-prolonged/965725/3 "2022-06-06T04:09:17Z")
The “-bagger” suffix is unfortunate. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-just-had-a-visit-from-bowerick-wowbagger-the-infinitely-prolonged/965725/4 "2022-06-06T04:18:55Z")
You have to wait for all the best things in life. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-just-had-a-visit-from-bowerick-wowbagger-the-infinitely-prolonged/965725/5 "2022-06-06T04:28:07Z")
He didn’t use the word “knee-biter”, so I think not. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-just-had-a-visit-from-bowerick-wowbagger-the-infinitely-prolonged/965725/6 "2022-06-06T04:36:03Z")
I had the impression - perhaps wrongly - that Bowerick used a different insult for every person. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-just-had-a-visit-from-bowerick-wowbagger-the-infinitely-prolonged/965725/7 "2022-06-06T13:18:12Z")
Hey, my cat is named Wowbagger. Though I don’t expect him to be immortal. He does insult me regularly though.