# Know that Doper? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576 "2003-07-10T23:04:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/1 "2003-07-10T23:04:10Z")
Have you ever been reading a thread and notice a dropped clue about a poster’s general location? And just like that phenomenon that happens when you’re on vacation, the little light bulb goes _ding_ in your head, and you wonder, since they live in the same state \ that _I_ do, if I actually might know them in _real life_?? Maybe, maybe, maybe. Anyway, nutso as that sounds, I’ll stumble across something somewhere, be it a Doper get-together, a moving to Texas inquiry or some good ol’ Bush bashing thread and it makes me curious about the person behind the user name. It almost has me PMing people all over the place going “Who are you?” or “Exactly where are you from?”, “I just MIGHT know you!” Of course, not wanting to appear psychotic (or more so than I normally am) or stalker-ish or even outside the bounds of good propriety, I’ve never done that. Thank Og! But it does leave me with this question… Does anyone else do that too? Have you pondered this mystery or am I alone? And certainly in my case, due to Texas being a big honkin’ state, my actually knowing anybody here IRL is probably slim to none. However, I guess we just can’t help doing that and gnawing on it like an old bone. Or rather, I can’t. I suppose it’s all relative on how nosy and _interested_ one is. 😃 That’s right, cue up the strains to **Play Misty for Me**. 😛 ::: mischievous grin ::: ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/2 "2003-07-10T23:12:11Z")
Does Texas honk because of the geese? bwahahahahahaha Yeah I do that all the time. I see “New Jersey” or “Pennsylvania” and I think YAY … then I chase them down. sigh. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/3 "2003-07-11T00:31:17Z")
Thanks **Eilsel**. At least I know I’m not completely alone. Maybe. ::: sound of crickets chirping ::: Hello? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/4 "2003-07-11T00:36:16Z")
Hi! I’ve had the creepy feeling that a Guy in My Department is a regular poster here. ---
**Author:** ![Meros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Meros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meros)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/5 "2003-07-11T00:39:42Z")
Well…most of the dopers I’ve wondered about my possibly knowing I ended up not knowing but have now met as a result of the PhillyFests. However,it seems that it might be possible that I know **dantheman** ’s mother. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/6 "2003-07-11T01:00:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hopefool \* > \*\*That’s right, cue up the strains to **Play Misty for Me**. 😛 > \*\* As a real life DJ, I’d just like to say : **Hey! Thats not funny dude!!** Well Ok maybe its a little funny. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/7 "2003-07-11T01:02:28Z")
All right. All you Texans parade through here so I can get a look and obsess over whether we know each other or not. Bring ID, credentials of some sort, last known place of residence, aliases, shoe size, and preferred ice cream(s). Other items might be required, but for the moment, that’ll do. So… Come _on_ now! Let’s not make us impatient. ::: taps toes and gives suspicious glare ::: Where ARE y’all hiding? Huh? Because I just _know_ you’re out there! Don’t make me come get ya. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/8 "2003-07-11T01:02:51Z")
Ummmm…how _well_ do you know dantheman’s mother? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/9 "2003-07-11T01:05:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Meros \* > \*\*Well…most of the dopers I’ve wondered about my possibly knowing I ended up not knowing but have now met as a result of the PhillyFests. > However,it seems that it might be possible that I know **dantheman** ’s mother. \*\* Only if you grew up in the fifties and sixties… ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/10 "2003-07-11T01:16:53Z")
Texas here – there are quite a few of us, actually. I mean SDMB Texans. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/11 "2003-07-11T01:17:42Z")
One of my favorite stories. And the moment when I began to believe that all you people were real… EveCon, 2001. Just before New Years. I go with a pal. We’re in the big gaming room and setting up (I think) _History of the World_. We get several people to play, including a few people my pal knows. My pal leaves to hit the bathroom. For a moment I’m alone at the table with one person I don’t know. His nametag reads _John Corrado_. “Um”, I say, “Do the letters S.D.M.B mean anything to you…” ---
**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:** [July 11, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/12 "2003-07-11T01:25:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Hi! > > I’ve had the creepy feeling that a Guy in My Department is a regular poster here. \*\* This could be like a better version of _You’ve Got Mail_. Two people in the same office who are unknowingly sworn enemies in the Pit. I’m sure you can think of likely pairings. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/13 "2003-07-11T01:50:45Z")
Yup. I do the same thing. I am almost convinced that a couple of people that I know IRL post here but I’m not quite convinced enough to ask them here or IRL. I’ve also often wondered if I’ve passed SC Dopers like **Bruce\_Daddy** (who lives in the next town over) in the aisles of the local Walmart or something without having the slightest clue that’s who it is. We need SDMB T-shirts to wear to identify ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/14 "2003-07-11T02:11:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Greywolf73 \* > \*\*We need SDMB T-shirts to wear to identify ourselves. \*\* [I have mine](https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/dopestore/buystuff.bat#tshirt). We’re allowed to promote business for _that_ website, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/15 "2003-07-11T03:08:51Z")
I dunno if I’ve passed any of the 10+ BC dopers that are currently active, but Flamsterrete seems familar to me. Perhaps we should have a question to test for people we think are dopers? Perhaps “Why do you drive in a parkway and park in a driveway?” and the answer would be “To find out what the third -gry word is.” ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/16 "2003-07-11T03:12:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by don’t ask \* > \*\*This could be like a better version of _You’ve Got Mail_. Two people in the same office who are unknowingly sworn enemies in the Pit. I’m sure you can think of likely pairings. \*\* That might be interesting, huh? I don’t think I have any enemies, though, online or not. Especially not in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/17 "2003-07-11T03:43:54Z")
Yes, I do – I think there’s some people who appear to have lived (roughly) in the same places as myself at the same times going back many years. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by dantheman_ > I don’t think I have any enemies, though, online or not. Oh look, it’s **dantheman**! :mad: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/18 "2003-07-11T03:50:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lel \* > \*\* > > Oh look, it’s **dantheman**! :mad: > > \*\* _ **WHERE?!?!** _ :mad: ;j * * * During our tornado alert thread this Spring, I realised I may have worked on a house near an Okie Doper. And someone has probably seen me, as I’m all over this city. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/19 "2003-07-11T03:50:41Z")
**Hopefool** , I saw this thread, and just wanted to drop in and say that your mother and I are real proud of you. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576/20 "2003-07-11T03:52:33Z")
If you see a redhead wandering around Houston in a top hat, it ain’t me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-that-doper/187576.md?page=2)