# Nominate your OWN catagory....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 2, 2000, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302 "2000-03-02T13:23:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Breckinshire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@Breckinshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breckinshire)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/21 "2000-03-03T05:10:00Z")

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> Originally posted by Johnny Angel:  
> \*\*I’m the **Poster Who Spends the Most Time Composing Erudite Posts That Get Ignored** , but luckily I’m not bitter. \*\*

I’m with you. These people are vicious.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/22 "2000-03-03T05:36:00Z")

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## Least Shy Vegetarian Vegetarian Poster with the biggest homepage

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“Disco balls create an enchanting, dazzling effect of light shafts, adding movement and glamour to any occasion”  
O p a l C a t  
[www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/23 "2000-03-03T05:40:00Z")

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Poster least likely to get a vote . . . for anything.

(And damnit, I AM bitter. Oh well.)

😃

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“And we are the sum of these parts : broken promises and hearts.”

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**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/24 "2000-03-03T05:47:00Z")

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Redheaded poster most likely to be overlooked.

This award is _mine_

Catrandom

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/25 "2000-03-03T05:51:00Z")

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> Originally posted by OpalCat:  
> \*\*  
> and let’s not forget Michelle: Best Vet Tech
> 
> \*\*

Thanks, Opal! 🙂

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**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 3, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/26 "2000-03-03T05:52:00Z")

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{cooking bacon within noseshot of OpalCat}

Oh me, oh my, _who_ is going to eat all this bacon…?

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**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/27 "2000-03-03T06:02:00Z")

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**Poster Who Is Probably Better Off As A Lurker As All Of Their Posts Could Be Deleted Tomorrow Without Anyone Noticing**.

Guess who?  
– Sylence

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If a bird doesn’t sing, I’ll wait until it sings.

- Tokugawa Ieyasu

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**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/28 "2000-03-03T06:07:00Z")

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Poster most likely to be thought of as a cereal killer.  
_cringing even as I write this_

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I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.

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**Author:** ![Cowboy\_Greg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Cowboy\_Greg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy_Greg)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/29 "2000-03-03T06:38:00Z")

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Poster most likely to keep the cloaking device engaged while reading the board.

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+++ Divide by cucumber error. Reinstall universe and reboot. +++

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**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 3, 2000, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/30 "2000-03-03T06:43:00Z")

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Poster most likely to have her username misspelled.

Poster most likely to describe herself in the third person.

Thread-killa extraordinaire.

Poster with most unusual dye job.

Poster whose photo profile is most likely to frighten small children.

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An infinite number of rednecks in an infinite number of pickup trucks shooting an infinite number of shotguns at an infinite number of road signs will eventually produce all the world’s great works of literature in Braille.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/31 "2000-03-03T07:26:00Z")

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Poster most likely to bathe Jophiel.

Less… uhh… anyone else wants it 😉

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“I guess one person can make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.”

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**Author:** ![TaleraRis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@TaleraRis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaleraRis)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/32 "2000-03-03T09:36:00Z")

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I do! I do!

And I’d have to say I’d nominate myself for Biggest Bookworm…I’m hardly ever without a book in my hands.

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I rode Omni in Springfield, IL

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**Author:** ![Carl\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@Carl\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Berry)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/33 "2000-03-03T14:35:00Z")

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1.Best poster who dosen’t have a computer. (maybe, the only!)  
2.Best poster using his/her real name (maybe, the only!)  
3.Poster who does not look down upon WebTv users (maybe, the only!)  
4.Best poster with Periphial Neuropathy (maybe, the only!)

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Zymurgist

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**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/34 "2000-03-03T17:36:00Z")

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Poster Most Likely to Start a Thread Where She Can’t Read Half the Responses.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005507.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005507.html)

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**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/35 "2000-03-04T06:05:00Z")

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## Poster to mention ChiefScott the most…He’s headed into the Mediterranean as we speak. He’s doing very well, very busy, and looking forward to getting back on the Straight Dope.

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Girlbysea (AKA: ChiefScott’s GBS)

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/36 "2000-03-03T19:17:00Z")

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Most Perplexing

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Disable Similes in this Post

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**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/37 "2000-03-03T19:25:00Z")

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Sorry, couldn’t win a thing in the breastfeeding category. Not doing it. I’m a horrible mother.

I could, however win for **Poster most likely to be bottle-feeding while posting,** or **poster most likely to be watching _The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland_ while posting.**

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Changing my sig, because Wally said to, and I really like Wally, and I’ll do anything he says, anytime he says to.

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/38 "2000-03-03T19:25:00Z")

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Most Patient Poster. (GD forum)

I’ll just wait here while you add that category…

C’mon, what’s taking so long??? 😉

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Chaim Mattis Keller  
[ckeller@kozmo.com](mailto:ckeller@kozmo.com)

“Sherlock Holmes once said that once you have eliminated the  
impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be  
the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible.  
The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it that the merely improbable lacks.”  
– Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective

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**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/39 "2000-03-03T19:27:00Z")

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> Originally posted by Qwisp:  
> \*\*Poster most likely to be thought of as a cereal killer.  
> _cringing even as I write this_
> 
> \*\*

Geeze, Qwisp! You scared me with that!

Don’t do it anymore, OK?

Catrandom

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-your-own-catagory/14302/40 "2000-03-03T19:34:00Z")

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Most likely to be ignored.

Hello! I said most likely to. . .  
Is anyone out there?  
Oh no, now this thread is dead.

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Teacher, my red crayon tastes funny – Ralph Wiggum

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