# It's time for... The 2001 Putz Awards! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416 "2001-05-25T00:04:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/21 "2001-05-25T21:18:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*Worst in-joke: > Worst hijack: > Most long-winded poster: \*\* Seems like SPOOFE would be the winner in all these categories. Smells like a set-up to me. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/22 "2001-05-25T21:42:41Z")
I think we should have a category for the best poster from Southern Saskatchewan named after a cartoon character…I would get nominated and lose to Silent Rob (don’t forget the Jay and Silent Bob comic book)…but it’s the only way I’d get nominated for anything. Keith ---
**Author:** ![Revedge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@Revedge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revedge)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/23 "2001-05-25T23:23:01Z")
Don’t forget best lurker. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2001, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/24 "2001-05-25T23:27:17Z")
Cool…but who’s going to be Joan Rivers and say nasty things about everyone’s outfit behind their backs after she gushes over them to their faces? NOT ME. I want to earn Best Dressed afterwards… ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2001, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/25 "2001-05-25T23:32:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrVisible \* > **Oh, and as to dates, I think April 1 2000-April 1 2001 sounds awfully appropriate as limits to the dates on the OPs being considered.** Actually, I think that’s a bit much. Just think of how many threads have come and gone in the past year. Maybe we should narrow it down a bit more, maybe as quarterly awards or semi-annually? ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/26 "2001-05-25T23:38:59Z")
Does anybody remember when Opal did this on her site? You could vote for all kinds of categories & see the results update instantly. There were over a hundred categories, IIRC. I don’t know her site well enough but maybe it’s still there? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/27 "2001-05-26T01:05:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Seems like SPOOFE would be the winner in all these categories. Smells like a set-up to me. Hey, I resent that! I’ve had my fair share of really short posts… I’m gonna cry now… :😭: ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/28 "2001-05-26T01:47:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Ultimate Scapegoat \* > **Most Hated Poster** Holy shit, I’ve got a shot at one! Better prepare my speech. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/29 "2001-05-26T01:55:05Z")
How about breaking down the Best Flirt into separate categories for male and female? And can I be in the Academy? Please? I can be just as neutral as the rest of y’all…why I didn’t even say who I’d pick as Most Hated Doper. ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/30 "2001-05-26T01:55:12Z")
Best male and female newbie. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/31 "2001-05-26T02:24:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrVisible \* > **The Best Poster controversy** continues. I’m still torn on the issue, and would like to see people weigh in on either side. Give reasons you like it, reasons you don’t. How about a **Poster who best embodies the spirit of the SDMB**? Someone whose posts . . . well, you know:) Someone who would serve as a good poster child for the SDMB. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2001, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/32 "2001-05-26T04:19:22Z")
I think there ought to be a “Turn the Other Cheek” award. I’m always amazed at how well some Dopers keep their shit together even when others are provoking them with deliberatory inflammatory or extraordinarily ignorant posts. That ought not go unrecognized. I also think we should plan ahead for there being multiple winners in each category–maybe we should name a “top three” for each. You can say who the top three vote-getters are, without ranking them. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/33 "2001-05-26T05:24:46Z")
How about **Best Couple That Met on the SDMB**? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/34 "2001-05-26T18:31:51Z")
More questions to be resolved… Do we want to separate categories into male/female? Personally, unless it’s a sexually charged category (best flirt, poster most likely to sell their underwear online) I’d like to avoid it. I don’t see much of a problem with the awards covering an entire year, **CrunchyFrog**. I figure that if a thread that old still comes to mind, it was a pretty good thread. Besides, old threads are being resurrected daily; might as well have people be able to include what they want. Besides, if it does turn into a regular event, doing it annually is going to be enough work. **CrankyasanOldMan** , I’m not sure about having multiple winners per category. I feel it takes enough significance out of the award as to make it almost not worth voting. I’m planning on announcing runners-up, but I think the crowd here at SDMB is mature enough that we can be good winners, and good losers, and not get upset that someone else won. There’s always next year… But anyone who feels strongly about this issue, feel free to pitch in. My favorite categories so far… Poster who Best Embodies the Spirit of the SDMB, and Best Lurker. Particularly the Best Lurker one. “Back when I was posting to this one thread, I felt as if someone had read what I wrote, and fell out of their chair laughing while spewing strawberry Crush out their nose. Whoever that was, I’d like to nominate them.” Keep the category nominations and all the creative input coming. I really want to know what people recommend for a voting method, especially. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/35 "2001-05-26T20:00:30Z")
Some possible categories \*\*Best Use of Invective \*\* Self-explanatory, really. A chance for some of our more creative souls to shine. \*\*Best Thread Involving Nonhumans \*\* covers both cat lovers and ufo believers **Most Creative Greeting to Opal**. Some of our posters are having lots of fun with this one \*\*Best Hijack \*\* **Most Unusual Thread** I know – it would be like judging the blackness of an individual nugget in a coal mine **Best One-Line Zinger** for those with sharpened talons. Some possibility of overlap with the first category above. \*\*Best Suckup to a Mod or Admin \*\* Though they are worth every bit of praise that comes their way, that’s for sure. \*\*The Jack Chick Satire Award \*\* and so on - this is fun! Hometownboy ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/36 "2001-05-26T20:09:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hometownboy \* > \*\*Best Suckup to a Mod or Admin \*\* Though they are worth every bit of praise that comes their way, that’s for sure. The candidates being . . . Guin and aha:) ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/37 "2001-05-30T04:18:36Z")
More thoughts \*\*Cleverest Use of a Smilie \*\* With special attention to a certain Chief… \*\*Rant of the Year \*\* And what fun that would be! **Thread Whose URL You’ve Most Often Emailed to Friends** and I hereby nominate the infamous, hilarious [Goat Cannon thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=41020) ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416/38 "2001-06-15T21:08:08Z")
… So when are we going to do this thang? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-2001-putz-awards/66416.md?page=1)