# How Did You Happen Upon The Dope? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 27, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758 "2011-02-27T00:11:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/1 "2011-02-27T00:11:55Z")
As for me, I kinda found it through a link/stumble. I wish I could remember the details, but I was searching for an answer to something and landed on the phrase, “Well according to what I read on The Straight Dope”…, and it had the last three words linked, so I came here and never looked back. Tried to a time or two, but the bond was just too strong, I reckon. Q Arrrghhhh! “Bulletin” NOT “Bulleting” ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/2 "2011-02-27T00:20:38Z")
I was looking for an easy to understand definition of “passive aggressive” - the original definition, that is, not the term it’s become - to settle a friendly argument with a coworker. Found Cecil’s column from google and the message board from there. ---
**Author:** ![jonesj2205](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/3 "2011-02-27T00:24:01Z")
I had read the first three books, I believe, search for the column on the Internet one day and came there from here. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/4 "2011-02-27T00:24:02Z")
Arrrrrgh! **Message Board** , NOT **Bulletin Board**! 😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![Heyoka13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Heyoka13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heyoka13)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/5 "2011-02-27T00:25:34Z")
Forced memory implant during my incarceration in the Plrebbt. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/6 "2011-02-27T00:27:02Z")
None of the choices work for me. First saw Cecil’s column in the local alternative paper, recognized the books in a used bookstore and was one of the first places I looked for when we bought our first computer. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/7 "2011-02-27T00:40:51Z")
Arrrgh! The _BOOKS_! The damn **books**!!! Sorry, **pat**! Maybe one of these days I’ll get a poll right! Q ---
**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 27, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/8 "2011-02-27T00:42:29Z")
I saw a link to the old “Lord of the Rings as written by other authors” thread elsewhere - probably on Slashdot, though I couldn’t swear to it. And that was that. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/9 "2011-02-27T00:48:35Z")
newspaper column then books then who knows what lead me to column on web then forum. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/10 "2011-02-27T00:55:46Z")
Another message board I belonged to mentioned it. There are a few others I know from that other place that post or posted here. ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/11 "2011-02-27T01:13:30Z")
I was looking for forums to see how they worked technically. Do unanswered questions stay at the top. Do new responses bring the topic back to the top. That sort of thing. I didn’t have any particular reason. I was just curious. Found a link. Probably with Google. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/12 "2011-02-27T01:36:16Z")
I didn’t ‘happen upon’ it. I came upon it. Didn’t you notice it was all sticky? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/13 "2011-02-27T01:39:36Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I didn’t ‘happen upon’ it. I came upon it. > > Didn’t you notice it was all sticky? Reminds me of an ad I saw once, **Johnny** : “For Sale: Used copy of The Kama Sutra. Some pages stuck together.” 😃 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/14 "2011-02-27T01:42:58Z")
You should have split the “linked to it by a search” option into two: “Linked to the board/a thread by a search” and “linked to an _article_ by a search”. The latter is what happened to me. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/15 "2011-02-27T01:45:47Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I didn’t ‘happen upon’ it. I came upon it. > > Didn’t you notice it was all sticky? Only at the top of each forum. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/16 "2011-02-27T01:48:03Z")
During the Winter of our Missed Content, **wring** came to hang out on the snopes boards. I was a member there then and she mentioned over here. I came to check it out and never looked back. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/17 "2011-02-27T01:49:21Z")
It was a dark and stormy night. I was all alone; and lonely \ looking for a message board. . . ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/18 "2011-02-27T01:49:59Z")
Found it oh so many years ago on a website called [bored.com](http://bored.com). ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/19 "2011-02-27T01:52:23Z")
I discovered the main Straight Dope page while doing some urban legend debunking, probably as early as 1999. Took a while to become comfy enough to post in the message board. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758/20 "2011-02-27T02:10:57Z")
I decided to read the bible this last summer to finally put to rest the question of faith. Do I or do I not believe. So, I’m reading the old testament and I’m so confused about what I’m reading that I googled in the hopes of getting a more clear interpretation of something in the book of Daniel. I got linked here. And started reading and got addicted to the dope. You all entertain me, teach me and very often, make me laugh more than I have in years. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758.md?page=2)