# I am world famous thanks to Derleth and the Dope. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344 "2007-08-03T21:58:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/61 "2007-08-05T02:11:23Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth] **Boyo Jim** PM’d me on the day he found out so I’ve known of his win for a while now. He swore me to secrecy and now he’s blown it wide open! I’m happy he’s getting the kudos he deserves, but it was a surprise to see this on the first page of MPSIMS after his original thread got vanished. Speaking of kudos, I honestly had no idea the Bulwer-Lytton contest was such a big deal. Getting on NPR is usually reserved for Presidential candidates and mentally retarded death row inmates, and I’m happy to see **Boyo Jim** in such august company. It’s great being part of the news cycle every time it isn’t crippling or illegal. What a lot of stuff to come from one mostly-forgotten thread. [/QUOTE] Yeah, well, I was gonna keep my mouth shut about the whole thing, but some other clever folks figured it out and [started a thread about it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=430953) So I figured WTF, this staying anonymous thing just isn’t happening. I figure I owe Derleth on several levels. Not only did he inspire me to enter the contest, but I killed his really fun thread back then by pointing out that the link he put in the OP had a route to enter the contest, for free. After that, we stopped playing in that thread, and put in our bad sentences to the contest directly. Or I did – I’m not sure about anyone else, but there were no more sentences added to the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/62 "2007-08-05T02:15:17Z")
[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] Much congratulations, **Boyo Jim**! Anybody else who entered, let’s hear your entries. Meanwhile, I’m going to start working on mine for next year. [/QUOTE] Please, put in your entries to the contest first, before you post them here. The rules say they cannot have been previously published. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/63 "2007-08-05T02:29:04Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] But I did get to mention my favorite breakfast place and have already got a free meal. That is the first (and likely only) thing I’ve got out of this that can be said to have an actual cash value. [/QUOTE] Cleveland’s lunch? The Rathskeller? Shot and a beer at the Plaza? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/64 "2007-08-05T02:46:01Z")
[QUOTE=Lamar Mundane] Cleveland’s lunch? The Rathskeller? Shot and a beer at the Plaza? [/QUOTE] _Original Pancake House_, used to be on Midvale, a few years ago they moved further west. Now they’re on University near Brennan’s. I know the Cleveland Diner and the Rathskeller. What’s the deal with the Plaza? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/65 "2007-08-05T03:05:02Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] _Original Pancake House_, used to be on Midvale, a few years ago they moved further west. Now they’re on University near Brennan’s. I know the Cleveland Diner and the Rathskeller. What’s the deal with the Plaza? [/QUOTE] Huh? Sacriledge! Any UW student on the north side of cool knows of the allure of the Plaza. Secret sauce on the burgers - lights always on - the UW vs. North Dakota figures on the hockey game - are you really from Madison? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_I\_Am](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sam\_I\_Am](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_I_Am)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/66 "2007-08-05T03:06:41Z")
Your sentence reminds me of Terry Pratchett’s writing in the Discworld books. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/67 "2007-08-05T03:07:44Z")
[QUOTE=Lamar Mundane] Huh? Sacriledge! Any UW student on the north side of cool knows of the allure of the Plaza. Secret sauce on the burgers - lights always on - the UW vs. North Dakota figures on the hockey game - are you really from Madison? [/QUOTE] Philistine! One eats burgers at Dottie Dumplings or Tony Franks, or maybe the Nitty Gritty in a pinch. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/68 "2007-08-05T03:10:23Z")
Oh, sorry, you were a _student_. Well, we make allowances for your type, and mostly keep you penned into the isthmus. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/69 "2007-08-05T03:22:25Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Oh, sorry, you were a _student_. Well, we make allowances for your type, and mostly keep you penned into the isthmus. [/QUOTE] Yes, no car and from out of state, I was limited. I did partake of the fare at Dottie Dumplings, though. I spent much more time across the street at the Big Ten Pub being served beers by Chris Chelios, who was making $100 a night occasionally wiping a rag across the bartop. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/70 "2007-08-05T03:51:01Z")
Hot Ziggetty! When I grabbed the story off the Associated Press to slap it on the page of our paper last week, I never dreamed we’d be in the presence of such an august, um, presence. I will drink a microbrew tonight in you honor from Oregon, home of the runner-up. \*\*“The Barents sea heaved and churned like a tortured animal in pain, the howling wind tearing packets of icy green water from the shuddering crests of the waves, atomizing it into mist that was again laid flat by the growing fury of the storm as Kevin Tucker switched off the bedside light in his Tuba City, Arizona, single-wide trailer and by the time the phone woke him at 7:38, had pretty much blown itself out with no damage.” \_ Scott Palmer, Klamath Falls, Ore.\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/71 "2007-08-05T03:52:09Z")
**YOUR** honor, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/72 "2007-08-05T03:55:41Z")
Congratulations, I think… ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/73 "2007-08-05T04:24:12Z")
Fantastic, **Boyo**! I salute you! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/74 "2007-08-05T04:48:37Z")
I had this sudden thought. Maybe, just maybe, Cecil might find some use for bringing this up in his column. “Synchophant Does Well”, “SDMB Inspires Greatness of the Worst Sort”, something along those lines. I would love to be interviewed to provide more background and context. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/75 "2007-08-05T11:35:22Z")
**Boyo Jim** , after reading that, I don’t know whether to shake you by the hand, or slap you with a fish. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/76 "2007-08-05T13:28:20Z")
**Boyo** reading your magnificent steaming pile, which is better than the worst sex I’ve ever had, gives me the strong desire to smoke a cigerette afterwards. And I don’t even smoke. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/77 "2007-08-05T13:38:57Z")
I’m some kind of idiot…I forgot to check my work schedule and could only listen to the first half-hour of the show. Got into work, and after an hour discovered I wasn’t even supposed to be there yet, so I ran back out to the car to listen to the last half-hour, but it was too late to hear the interview…though he did mention our boyo a few times in the closing minutes. And now I can’t get the RealPlayer thingy to play the segment…yep, too dumb to be allowed out by myself. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/78 "2007-08-05T14:12:52Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] **Boyo** reading your magnificent steaming pile, which is better than the worst sex I’ve ever had, gives me the strong desire to smoke a cigerette afterwards. And I don’t even smoke. [/QUOTE] I was thinking about expanding my bad writing to compete for the “Bad Sex in Fiction Award”, but discovered you actually have to have a novel published which includes the bad sex scene. Even I am not that much of a whore. [Last year’s winner.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15952952/) But I think I am going to take a run at the “Bad Hemingway Contest”. There doesn’t seem to be a website for it, but there is a description and contact info [here.](http://www.2camels.com/international-imitation-hemingway-competition.php) A little more searching came up with a couple of past winning titles: _The Snooze of Kilamanjaro_ and _The Old Man and the Flea_. I’m gonna try and stick to what has worked for me, so my tentative title is _The Old Man and His Pee_. We’ll see if I can make something out of that. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/79 "2007-08-05T15:37:22Z")
Anyone who wants to listen can do so [here.](http://notmuch.com/Show/) (Scroll down.) \*\*Boyo \*\*is in the 3rd segment, 16 minutes in, according to the schedule listed. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344/80 "2007-08-05T16:08:16Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Anyone who wants to listen can do so [here.](http://notmuch.com/Show/) (Scroll down.) \*\*Boyo \*\*is in the 3rd segment, 16 minutes in, according to the schedule listed. [/QUOTE] Thank you! I didn’t know it was available yet, but be warned, you have to have Real Player installed. It’s pretty good! And it’s about 9 minutes, from (13 minutes to 22 minutes in Part 3 of the show)which is way more than I realized. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-world-famous-thanks-to-derleth-and-the-dope/414344.md?page=5)