# How did you happen upon the Dope? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2006, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/383452 "2006-12-09T12:37:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/383452/81 "2008-12-16T15:32:05Z")
A friend of mine knew I had a really boring job and liked message boards so he sent me a link. Been a member ever since (except the months off due to unemployment). ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/383452/82 "2008-12-16T15:42:12Z")
I had several friends who were Dopers(One still is)and got interested after that. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/383452/83 "2008-12-16T15:48:54Z")
I’d gotten one of Cecil’s books back in the 80’s. I always collected the Bathroom Reader, etc. Forgot about it, until the TV show on A&E then went back and bought his other books. Stumbled upon the Chicago Reader/Straight Dope website sometime in 1996 when looking to see if he had any new books out. I have actually had Cecil answer a question! Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/383452/84 "2008-12-16T15:55:43Z")
My husband posts here. ---
**Author:** ![fervour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@fervour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fervour)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/383452/85 "2008-12-16T16:23:30Z")
Back in '83 or '84 a book fair came to my high school. I purchased one of the Straight Dope books. Around '99 or 2000 I either searched Yahoo or Google for the Straight Dope. I then lurked on the boards until they went pay to post. What can I say? I’m a sucker for a deal. The teaser was half-price to join and half-price for life if you become a charter member. So I joined that April (was-it-2003?). ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/383452/86 "2008-12-16T16:42:37Z")
You don’t wanna know that. **Trust** me, you. Do not. Want. To know. That. :eek: Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/383452/87 "2008-12-16T16:52:58Z")
I don’t even remember. I spent a lot of time at the main part of the website, with occasional forays into ‘‘Threadspotting’’ but I was too intimidated to post for a long time. I’m guessing I found it while looking at Snopes or something similar. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/383452/88 "2008-12-16T20:32:22Z")
Back when it was on AOL, I stumbled upon the Circus Peanuts column. How could you not love a column about why anyone would eat Circus Peanuts, and the threads that followed? ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/383452/89 "2008-12-16T21:03:44Z")
The zombies dragged me in here. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/383452/90 "2008-12-16T21:41:24Z")
Opera had it as one of the default installed bookmarks. I installed Opera because I was in class for some unknown computer topic and for one reason or another, I couldn’t get to the Internet with IE, but I had enough starch to get Opera to the school workstation…and Opera had no such limitations. I spent a LOT of that class perusing the Dope…it was a few months later that I encountered the Forums. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/383452/91 "2008-12-17T01:22:30Z")
I too got it from [bored.com](http://bored.com) that’s a great site… ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/383452/92 "2008-12-17T03:17:23Z")
I agree with posts 80 and 89. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/383452.md?page=4)