world domination… it’s getting closer every minute…
(thanks to dantheman for feeding my ego and sending me this link ;))
This is the single funniest line I have read on these boards in months. Seriously.
Thanks for the guffaw.
{Peeking out of my cave}
Who is John Mayer?
Don’t worry, Shirley, I don’t know either.
All right, all right.
Yes, I am John Mayer.
And I only autograph breasts.
…But is he prepared?
(sorry, isn’t that the new ‘Hi Opal’?)
I can’t believe I delurked for this!
Is this going to be like Spartacus? Or Wayne’s World?
“I’m John Mayer! I’m John Mayer! I’m Spartacus!”
Here’s what I’ve always wanted to know with regard to “Hi, Opal!”:
In the MST3K Short “The Home Economics Story,” there’s a scene where a woman is working with fabric to make a dress, and when she comes out of the dressing room wearing it and turns the corner to face the stairway, Joel says, “Oh, hi, Opal.” The episode this was featured in was made in the early-to-mid 90’s; 1994 is my best guess. He couldn’t have been referring to the Straight Dope Board on AOL, could he? Is there another pop culture reference I’m missing? Did our “Hi, Opal!” come from that? Was it a non-sequitur?
It was just chance. There is a character named Opal in that short. I have it on tape and it cracks me up every time 
The “Hi, Opal” thing at the SDMB is explained here: http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/injokes.html#hi-opal
(at least I think there is a character with that name… or maybe it was some other reference I’m not getting. Now I’m getting all uncertain and I want to go watch the tape again! AAHH!)
Ah, I feel better. I was starting to think I was the only one that heard him say that.
There could be a character named Opal… I never paid very good attention. The dialogue is very stilted and bizarre at times… “I’m going to become a chef [or something to that effect]. (turns head, looks thoughtful) Really, I am!” 
I’d never considered that before. You know, I’ve said some pretty terrible things about Richard Gere on the boards, so on the off hand chance he might be a poster here and have read some of them: I meant every word of it, you smarmy bastard! You go to hell! You go to hell and you DIE!
And that goes double for you, Julia.
I have to admit … I am Fred Phelps. And I’m going to move to San Francisco and open a Butt Plug Emporium!
See I’ve always figured that when I’m famous 
I will reference everything. Things everyone will get, things no one will get. All in one glorious melting pot. I’ll probably start threads saying, ‘gee RLmanx is hellcool, don’t you agree?’. Now I’ve just got to get famous…
(which is kinda like getting chickenpox, I’m told)
It’s not often I laugh out loud at stuff on these boards but that just about did it right there. I’m giggling on the inside. I really am.
no okay it’s on the outside now. snerk
What did Julia Child ever do to you?
Don’t know about reading the board but Michael Moore definatly read this thread . If he kept up dropping in he would have read a LOT of people slagging him off.
If John Mayer is a doper, and I want to criticise him, can I do it in Cafe Society or do I have to take it to the Pit?
You know it could be that Phlosphr is actually John Mayer, and he’s just concocting this whole thing to see what type of things we have to say about JM, since he’s not exactly a talked-about subject here.
All kidding aside, some celebs do want to know what the public thinks of them, and the Internet is a useful tool for this purpose.
I used to read the Howard Stern newsgroup, and there was a thread about Rodney Dangerfield’s appearance on a recent show. Apparently, Jackie “Joke Man” Martling had borrowed $1000 from Dangerfield in the past and never paid it back, but didn’t say anything about it, and didn’t even say hello to Dangerfield when he entered the studio. After the interview, Howard eventually found out about it, called Dangerfield back into the studio, and everybody roasted Jackie alive for being such a weasel about it. Martling said he DID pay Rodney back. IN JOKES.
I posted on the thread that if Jackie had just gone ahead and told everybody at the beginning of the interview “When I was starting out in my career, Rodney loaned me money to help me out, and I’d just like to say Thank You Rodney” he wouldn’t have got his balls burnt so bad.
I got an e-mail from Rodney Dangerfield himself thanking me for the comment! A friend of mine thinks he might have done a search for his name and came across my post.
No I’m not John Mayer. However, to bait a small hook, some of the doper’s here may know me in the real world for other reasons…