# Is the SDMB clique a real phenomenon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 20, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685 "2002-09-20T00:51:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685/41 "2002-09-21T12:20:11Z")
I am starting to think I’ve been fooled. You mean sending that $1000 to Eutychus didn’t get me into the clique automatically, despite his claims? ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685/42 "2002-09-21T16:58:31Z")
Euty let you in for a measly $1000? The dirty skank! He told **me** I would have to pay $2500 to join, plus give him full Pleasuring Rights. Hmph! ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685/43 "2002-09-21T17:21:12Z")
I’m still waiting for the checks to clear. As I have been for the past year and a half. :: grumble grumble :: ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685/44 "2002-09-21T17:51:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\*I’m still waiting for the checks to clear. > > As I have been for the past year and a half. > > :: grumble grumble :: \*\* But hey, at least **tracer** gave you “pleasuring rights”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685/45 "2002-09-21T19:06:06Z")
It appears **Fear Itself** may have been reinstated BY A POD PERSON!!!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685/46 "2002-09-21T19:09:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dreamer \* > **I bet it’s something like that movie “Eyes Wide Shut”.** No, people have actually seen the clique. ---
**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685/47 "2002-09-21T19:11:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by december \* > \*\*There’s many a geek with the straight dope mystique > But, it takes a real freak to be part of the clique. \*\* I always thought it was pronounced “click”, though your verse implies “cleek.” Or perhaps it was slant rhyme? BTW, what’s the word for a two-line verse with that rhyming structure? The term escapes me right now, and it’s driving me crazy coz I’m sure there is term for it. Oh well, if it’s not in iambic tetrameter it ain’t for **RexDart** …bless you Emily Dickenson! ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685/48 "2002-09-21T19:17:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\ ***Tars** removes his mask and reveals…George Bush!!! \*\* [50s Monster Movie] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!! [/50s Monster Movie] ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685/49 "2002-09-21T20:23:24Z")
WEll there is SO a clique, and I’ll tell you why I know. See, when I met **Czarcasm** he TOLD me there was a clique, and how to get in. I just had to hug him the right way, and I would be “in”. Well, I tried and I tried, but he said I just wasn’t “getting” it. He suggested I keep trying. I have to tell you, I am a hugger from the word go…but no matter HOW much I hugged him, he kept saying I wasn’t doing it right. So…there is a clique, and I’m not in it. Just couldn’t get the hug thing down. [sub]I have been seriously depressed ever since.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685/50 "2002-09-21T21:17:41Z")
Wow. I got a hug as soon as I walked into my first Dopefest, so I guess I was in like Flynn from that point on. ---
**Author:** ![Justhink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@Justhink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justhink)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685/51 "2002-09-21T21:19:22Z")
C’mon… we all know that Mangetout will tell you that he is the ‘Touter of Mange’ when asked point blank. Obviously, Man-get-out is the code name of the strong arm of the law in here. -Justhink _ponders if he should put a smiley next to his sentence_ ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685/52 "2002-09-21T21:32:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by **Ranchoth** > Well. on another message board I used to frequent, there was one fellow who would pop up occasionally and claim that there was a “Clique” conspiring against him. On the other hand, this same fellow, on the boards AND in real life, seemed to exhibit symptoms of a personality disorder. Possibly even Schizophrenia. Judging by your descriptions, he’s moved to another forum I participate. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685/53 "2002-09-22T04:24:40Z")
Did you happen to notice that **Catthought** early on in this thread posted not only the secret gestures but also the the clique’s passwords for both September and October and now there is no sign that either she or her post were ever here? and some of you doubt? ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685/54 "2002-09-22T04:55:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ResIpsaLoquitor \* > \*\*Wow. I got a hug as soon as I walked into my first Dopefest, so I guess I was in like Flynn from that point on. \*\* And I note I am still waiting for my $1000 check from you. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685/55 "2002-09-22T06:15:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ResIpsaLoquitor \* > \*\*Wow. I got a hug as soon as I walked into my first Dopefest, so I guess I was in like Flynn from that point on. \*\* Ahhhh, but you have to hug **CZARCASM** , honey, and you have to hug him exactly the RIGHT way. At least that is the way it was explained to me. [sub]I’m not sure it would work for you…I suspect he doesn’t pull this on males…but what do _I_ know?[/sub] \*standard disclaimer…this post, and my former post, were intended to be humorous, so PLEASE Mrs. Czarcasm…don’t visit me with a large stick and beat me within an inch of my life, okay? I’m actually quite harmless. (Not that I am saying it didn’t happen exactly as reported) \* 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-clique-a-real-phenomenon/128685.md?page=2)