# If literary characters posted on the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389 "2012-02-01T04:09:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/21 "2012-02-01T19:32:53Z")
Posted by **Gandalf** : Ah, it’s a 3rd Age-style eye of Sauron. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/22 "2012-02-02T05:55:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Phillip Marlowe** : > Does cyanide really smell like almonds? **Sherlock Holmes** : > [@](#): > > [nitpick]That’s _bitter_ almonds.[/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/23 "2012-02-02T05:59:34Z")
Posted by **Ayn Rand** in **GQ** : > [@](#): > > My Google-fu is weak today. Who is John Galt? Need answer fast! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/24 "2012-02-02T06:26:08Z")
Posted by **Twist of** \*\*Orphan: \*\* > [@](#): > > Do you think it would be alright if I asked my boss at the workhouse for more gruel, or do you think he’d be mad? Posted by\*\* Cap Nemo\*\*: > [@](#): > > What do I do with 3,000 pounds of slightly smoked squid? In the Pit- Posted by Translation Errol: > [@](#): > > I call bullshit, Nemo: there’s **no frigging way** you went 20,000 leagues under the sea when it’s only a 4,000 league journey to the centre of the Earth! ---
**Author:** ![YoDoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e68b1a/32.png) [@YoDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoDoc)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/25 "2012-02-02T06:33:31Z")
Posted by **Thursday Next** : > [@](#): > > So, my dad died yesterday. Posted by **Doper** : > [@](#): > > I’m sorry to hear that. Were you close? Posted by **Thursday Next** : > [@](#): > > No, but we will be. We’re going for tea tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/26 "2012-02-02T06:41:22Z")
Posted by **Ishmael** : > [@](#): > > I’ve been thinking about going a whaling voyage, but I’ve encountered omens of doom and the captain is a world-class creep. Any ideas? Call me. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/27 "2012-02-02T06:59:27Z")
**Threads in Forum** : The BBQ Pit **I Pit the Archangel Lucifer!** (Multi-page thread 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) The LORD God ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/28 "2012-02-02T07:38:30Z")
Posted by **Ignatius J. Reilly** : > [@](#): > > (MOD NOTE: I moved your post from GQ to The Pit because, frankly, there wasn’t a question in there at all and nothing in your ramblings seemed to fit any of the categories. Also, we usually use less than three pages to write a post. Thank you.) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/29 "2012-02-02T10:58:59Z")
Posted by **Frodo** > [@](#): > > Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/30 "2012-02-02T12:25:13Z")
> [@Toucanna](#): > > **Sherlock Holmes** : Outstanding, Sir! ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/31 "2012-02-02T13:22:21Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Posted by Translation Errol: > > I call bullshit, Nemo: there’s no frigging way you went 20,000 leagues under the sea when it’s only a 4,000 league journey to the centre of the Earth! Nitpick, because that confused me for years, not knowing how how long a league was. It’s a journey of 20,000 leagues while underwater, not a descent to a depth of 20,000 leagues, which as you say would be impossible. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/32 "2012-02-02T13:48:42Z")
Posted in the Pit: > [@Ahab](#): > > From hell’s heart I stab at thee, you Sea Shepherd bastards! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/33 "2012-02-02T14:17:13Z")
I remember this one. [QUOTE=Oskar Schindler] 1. Buy factory 2. Hire Jewish slave labor 3. Hi Opal. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Dioptre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@Dioptre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dioptre)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/34 "2012-02-02T15:07:18Z")
Thread title: **Is this an over-reaction?** > [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Cain** > I’ve got this friend, who had to pay rent to his landlord. He payed by cheuque, but the friend’s brother was living in the same set of appartments, and payed by cash. The land-lord didn’t exactly get stroppy, but they did make a point of praising the brother. So my friend killed him - the brother I mean. This isn’t over the top is it? The land-lord was being way passive-aggressive, and the brother was just playing right into it. It had to be stopped. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/35 "2012-02-02T22:46:20Z")
**Illiad** edition. [QUOTE=Achilles in IMHO] Advice on Armoured Footware [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Helen of Troy in IMHO] So Ladies, Share Your Beauty Tips [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Paris of Troy in GQ] Confused, Am I Named After the City, or Is the City Named After Me? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=King Priam in MPSIMS] Surprising Gift from Former Antagonist [/QUOTE] I Never saw Paris as being all that bright. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Know\_Nothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f04885/32.png) [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/36 "2012-02-02T23:17:42Z")
> [@Juliet](#): > > What light through yonder Windows 7 shines > [@Casanova](#): > > Help!! It burns when I pee!! … ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/37 "2012-02-02T23:34:31Z")
> [@Raskolnikov](#): > > Where can I hide a purse? Need answer fast. This about a week after: > [@Raskolnikov](#): > > Hypothetical about murder. Poll coming. And about a month after: > [@Raskolnikov](#): > > My pawnbroker is such a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/38 "2012-02-02T23:43:47Z")
Posted by Miss Emily > [@](#): > > Can anybody give me suggestions for dealing with dead body smell in a bedroom? > [@](#): > > My boyfriend never talks to me anymore when we cuddle. Is it me or is it him? Posted by Mrs. Snopes > [@](#): > > any ob yall can lirn me anythang about warshin footprints off a fancy rugg? Posted by Dead Finnegan Post 12 > [@](#): > > away past the place where faeries run, and then two miles further Post 19 > [@](#): > > Alight ascend and avant alone and Posted by FanTeen in Marketplace > [@](#): > > For sale cheap for quick cash: > > One lady’s locket > > Hair- dirty blonde/maybe light brunette, cut to order > > About 8 medium sized front teeth ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/39 "2012-02-03T00:02:12Z")
Hitler in the Pit: > [@](#): > > In which I Pit **God Win** for Closing All Of My Threads in Great Debates > > What’s you problem, Dude! Every time I enter a thread you close it declaring that the debate is essentially over. Really, this is how an admin is supposed to act, my mere presence is enough to kill any debate. COME ON!! This is really lame. > [@](#): > > **God Win** > **Moderator’s Note:** > I am closing this thread as there is no more serious debate to be had. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389/40 "2012-02-03T07:59:09Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Posted by **Dead Finnegan** … I cry foul! You’re plagiarizing [**dropzone**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=639748). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-literary-characters-posted-on-the-sdmb/611389.md?page=3)