# Is the Straight Dope a cult? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2000, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963 "2000-03-12T14:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [March 12, 2000, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/21 "2000-03-12T19:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by funneefarmer > **There are no other message boards. > There are no other message boards. > There are no other message boards. > There is only one message board.** > [@](#): > > Originally posted by Doug Bowe: > \*\* and SD is the Messenger of Cecil > > Five times a day we face Chicago. > \*\* And chant, " Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk!" ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/22 "2000-03-12T20:17:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Angkins: > \*\*Is it today that we are going to sacrifice a virgin to Saint Eutychus55? > > \*\* Hey, anybody seen Guano lately?? And bedboy, don’t think you’ve done your street corner stint yet. Start practicing now: wild glitter in the eye, shoving leaflets at scurrying pedestrians, etc. And you haven’t turned over all your worldly goods to the Dopers yet. We’re awaiting your certified check. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/23 "2000-03-12T22:24:00Z")
Should we tell him about the initiation ritual? Dr. Watson “The teaching of sects education should be mandatory.” ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/24 "2000-03-12T22:29:00Z")
You don’t really need those material posessions. Really. Give them up! They can’t possibly make you as happy as we will! We’ll fill your mind with knowledge, and set your soul free! (Hey guys! Look! He’s giving up his stuff! Woohoo! I got dibs on the George Foreman grill!) * * * This space blank, until Wally thinks up something cool to put here. ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/25 "2000-03-12T22:42:00Z")
Cult?! Hell no!! I can stop this anytime I want to. * * * _…send lawyers, guns, and money…_ ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/26 "2000-03-12T22:43:00Z")
Yup…anytime…just walk out that door… * * * _…send lawyers, guns, and money…_ ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/27 "2000-03-12T22:46:00Z")
Cults are a group of people with a purpose that is really out of society’s norms…hey look at that…getting close to that 500th post there…whoohooooo Naaa…you gotta be some kind of idiot to be in a cult * * * _…send lawyers, guns, and money…_ ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/28 "2000-03-12T23:13:00Z")
RTF said: > [@](#): > > Forget it, David - I worship at the feet of the true Gauddess! Who actually worships me, lest you forget. Thus, whether you know it or not, you’re still one of my followers. > [@](#): > > Altho that’s mostly because her Moderator Hat is much cooler than yours. That’s the last time I loan somebody a hat thinking they’ll look funny in it! Jeez! Besides, we Gods know you’re lying. It’s because she has a belly button ring and I don’t. Eutychus said: > [@](#): > > Yes, but MPSIMS is the only forum with it’s own official saint. Pah! What’s a lousy saint compared to a God?! Besides, we do have a saint in GD – I sainted DrFidelius for his patience in dealing with Phaedrus. ---
**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/29 "2000-03-12T23:16:00Z")
Where am I? And what am I doing here! * * * * * * Girlbysea (AKA: ChiefScott’s GBS) ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/30 "2000-03-13T01:12:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by pricciar: > \*\*That was chicken blood? > Damn, I thought that juice tasted funny. > > pat\*\* Those aren’t noodles David…They’re **MAGGOTS!** You’re eating maggots… ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/31 "2000-03-13T03:53:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Doug Bowe: > [BFive times a day we face Chicago. > \*\* It’s really not so bad, now that the slaughterhouses have closed down. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/32 "2000-03-13T09:50:00Z")
What the…??? 30 years of no sex, then I get ritually slaughtered? Somebody sleep with me _now!!!_ * * * [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/) - **Shadow of the Pigeon** - Weirdo of the Night ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/33 "2000-03-13T10:04:00Z")
_sigh_ Well, _alright_ then Guano… just don’t tell anyone, OK? * * * **Coldfire** _Voted **Poster Most Likely To Post Drunk** _ * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/34 "2000-03-13T10:33:00Z")
Thanks, CF, you’re donating your girlfriend? That’s very kind of you. Whew! 🙂 * * * [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/) - **Shadow of the Pigeon** - Weirdo of the Night ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/35 "2000-03-13T10:42:00Z")
Well, what can I say, I’m a nice guy. So where are those 46 camels? * * * **Coldfire** _Voted **Poster Most Likely To Post Drunk** _ * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/36 "2000-03-13T12:24:00Z")
ONE OF US (O) ONE OF US (B) ONE OF US (E) ONE OF US (Y) ONE OF US CULT…never… * * * well, at least one person wants to meet me… [http://fathom.org/polldata/pollcheck.adp?poll=dope-page5&question=62](http://fathom.org/polldata/pollcheck.adp?poll=dope-page5&question=62) Cheers!! ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/37 "2000-03-20T06:45:00Z")
Did anyone tell him about the chips? Doesn’t hurt a bit, and just a small scar in the hair line. Mistress Kricket ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/38 "2000-03-20T06:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Those aren’t noodles David…They’re MAGGOTS! You’re eating maggots… --Dem Ooh! I LOVE that movie! “Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It’s fun to be a vampire.” Wasn’t Kiefer perfect in that role?! Sooo _seductively evil_. (Only, Kiefer was _David_, Jason Patric was _Michael_ - Michael was eating the maggots.) ## “Whoa, Michael! You’re a vampire! I’m gonna tell mom!!” [**StoryTyler**](http://sites.netscape.net/storytyler/homepage) “Not everybody does it, but everybody should.” ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/39 "2000-03-19T22:15:00Z")
No, of course not. Here, have some Kool-Aid. * * * Heck is where you go when you don’t believe in Gosh. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963/40 "2000-03-19T22:38:00Z")
\*Look in my eyes What do you see? The Cult Of Personality I know your anger I know your dreams I’ve been everything you wanna be Oooh, I’m The Cult Of Personality\* Welcome. I am Number One. You are Number Six. * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-straight-dope-a-cult/14963.md?page=3)