# Holy shit--Wildest Bill turns 40! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 6, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-wildest-bill-turns-40/624315 "2012-06-06T21:26:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-wildest-bill-turns-40/624315/1 "2012-06-06T21:26:52Z")
[Clearly him!](http://cdn-www.i-am-bored.com/media/look_whos_40.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-wildest-bill-turns-40/624315/2 "2012-06-06T21:33:44Z")
Is this a whoosh that i just don’t get, or is that actually the former Doper known as **Wildest Bill**? If so, how do you know? Did he post a picture while he was here? Did you meet him at a Dopefest? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-wildest-bill-turns-40/624315/3 "2012-06-06T21:35:05Z")
Two things–check out the quote itself and notice his hand gesture. Either one on its own wouldn’t be dispositive, but together? Fuck yeah! Gotcha Ya forever!!! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-wildest-bill-turns-40/624315/4 "2012-06-06T21:35:20Z")
The “gotcha” part is what the OP is referring to as reference to **Wildest Bill**. Not the picture or age. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-wildest-bill-turns-40/624315/5 "2012-06-06T21:35:28Z")
Gotcha ya ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-wildest-bill-turns-40/624315/6 "2012-06-06T21:39:31Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > The “gotcha” part is what the OP is referring to as reference to **Wildest Bill**. Not the picture or age. No no no no … caption got the attention. Look at his hand … _look at his hand!_ > [@I Am Going To Blow People Mind's At My Funeral](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-going-to-blow-people-minds-at-my-funeral/75280/1): > > So unless I am really disfigured(from a bad wreck or something you know my “wild” driving record), I want the morgue dudes to put me in a cool looking suit and put a big like smile on my face.\*\* Then I want them too arrange my hand like a gun so when people lean over and look I’ll be saying “Gotcha Ya”. \*\*😉 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-wildest-bill-turns-40/624315/7 "2012-06-06T21:56:09Z")
It’s funny, but before I ever clicked on the pic, when I read the name **Wildest Bill** , my right hand formed itself into the shape of a gun. StG ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-wildest-bill-turns-40/624315/8 "2012-06-06T22:08:45Z")
I remember Wildest Bill’s episode with reckless driving due to Mexican fat burners… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-wildest-bill-turns-40/624315/9 "2012-06-06T22:22:26Z")
Ten years later and people still remember. Wish I could make an impression like that. > [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > No no no no … caption got the attention. Look at his hand … _look at his hand!_ A reference to Tyne Daly in _The Enforcer_ perhaps?