# OK, what happened to Equiporpoise? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274 "2008-12-22T04:26:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/1 "2008-12-22T04:26:51Z")
I learned today that there is no poster named **Equiporpoise**. Rather, the name is **Equipoise**. Here I’d been thinking **“Equiporpoise”** whenever I saw the name, all these long years. I even had a nice mental image of a dolphin committed to equal rights for both humans and ocean-based cetaceans. Why did it take me so long to notice that? :smack: ---
**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:** [December 22, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/2 "2008-12-22T04:29:07Z")
I only recently realised BobotheOptimist is named **Bobo** , and not **Bob**. Though I did know he was not an Optometrist. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/3 "2008-12-22T05:59:46Z")
It took me years to realize you weren’t a magician. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/4 "2008-12-22T06:13:27Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I only recently realised BobotheOptimist is named **Bobo** , and not **Bob**. Though I did know he was not an Optometrist. :dubious: Did you know that he wasn’t an optimist either? ---
**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:** [December 22, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/5 "2008-12-22T06:51:02Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > :dubious: Did you know that he wasn’t an optimist either? He’s so contrary. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/6 "2008-12-22T09:18:28Z")
Don’t worry **Qadgop** , you’ll get used to it. For me **Quagdog the Mercaptan** is already begining to fade. I have no idea what “kadgop the mercotan” is, but I’m adjusting pretty well considering how long I stuck with the other name. I stuck with it long after I knew it was wrong. Among other names I now must relearn, apparently it is **bobo** the optimist. Huh! I had **Bob** all this time until I read this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Contrary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@Contrary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrary)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/7 "2008-12-22T11:17:03Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > He’s so contrary. No,\*\* I\*\* am contrary. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/8 "2008-12-22T11:56:32Z")
I hadn’t been in IMHO for a while, and something just made me click on the link. My eye was immediately drawn to this Subject Line since it was so close to my name. I thought, wow, there was a poster named Equiporpoise who doesn’t post anymore? Where did he go, anyway? Surprise! > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I learned today that there is no poster named **Equiporpoise**. Rather, the name is **Equipoise**. Here I’d been thinking **“Equiporpoise”** whenever I saw the name, all these long years. > > I even had a nice mental image of a dolphin committed to equal rights for both humans and ocean-based cetaceans. > > Why did it take me so long to notice that? :smack: This is hilarious! I do like ocean-based cetaceans, though I never heard the word “cetaceans” until now. I’ve used three difference usernames consistently over the years, but Equipoise is the only one I’ve used here. It comes from [this album](http://suspended-in-gaffa.com/happy/equipoise/), which used to be my favorite by her. I still love it, but it isn’t my favorite anymore ([this one](http://suspended-in-gaffa.com/happy/manyworlds/) is). I have to admit that I too thought you were a magician for a long time. And Bob isn’t an Optometrist? Damn! Learn something new everyday! ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/9 "2008-12-22T15:45:16Z")
There are _land_-based cetaceans? ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/10 "2008-12-22T15:55:47Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I hadn’t been in IMHO for a while, :smack: I had been going back and forth from forum to forum and got confused as to where I was. This thread has prompted me to spend some time reading about cetaceans. Fascinating! [QUOTE=Olentzero] There are land-based cetaceans? [/QUOTE] [Not yet.](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28315) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/11 "2008-12-22T16:18:40Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I only recently realised BobotheOptimist is named **Bobo** , and not **Bob**. Though I did know he was not an Optometrist. … Oh. Sorry, **BobtheOptometrist**. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/12 "2008-12-22T16:36:38Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > There are _land_-based cetaceans? Some are based in rivers and estuaries. And let us not forget the wind whales of Ishmael. [http://www.xs4all.nl/~rnuninga/NovCol/NCwwoi.htm](http://www.xs4all.nl/~rnuninga/NovCol/NCwwoi.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/13 "2008-12-22T18:00:55Z")
My name is fun… At least for me, I don’t know if anyone else enjoys confusion. Actually (I’ve recently decided) my name is “Bob Theop Timist”. “Theop” being the proto-Celtic word for “dude with silly name” and I come from a long line of people involved with timing-related professions. I still have problems with Cuncator (or whatever it is), c\*nt-tater is not even close to the spelling, but somehow that’s how I read his name. And no, I don’t know what potatoes would be doing there, nor do I want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/14 "2008-12-22T18:11:38Z")
Dammit… “Bob Otheop Timist” Ruined my own damn joke. Need to get my eyes checked, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/15 "2008-12-22T18:15:02Z")
> [@Bobotheoptimist](#): > > Dammit… “Bob Otheop Timist” > > Ruined my own damn joke. Need to get my eyes checked, I guess. You’re in luck, I think there’s a optometrist around these parts-- oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![criminey.jicket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@criminey.jicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminey.jicket)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/16 "2008-12-22T18:17:34Z")
> [@Bobotheoptimist](#): > > Actually (I’ve recently decided) my name is “Bob Theop Timist”. “Theop” being the proto-Celtic word for “dude with silly name”… It’s all Greek to me, really. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/17 "2008-12-22T18:33:32Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Here I’d been thinking **“Equiporpoise”** whenever I saw the name, all these long years. I’ll bet that there’s a long Latin- or Greek-based name given to this general condition by the medical profession. Am I right, Doctor? BTW, I was pulled over by a cop a while ago, who commented on my license plate, saying something like “With a plate like that, you’re just asking to be pulled over.” I said something like, “Huh?” Cop: “Your plate says “SPLIFF” which is just advertizing that you’re a drug user.” Me: “Um, Officer, my plate says “SPIFF” – which is my nickname.” Cop: “Oh, I guess that’s why it didn’t come up on my computer.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/18 "2008-12-22T18:52:47Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I only recently realised BobotheOptimist is named **Bobo** , and not **Bob**. Though I did know he was not an Optometrist. Wait, _whaaat?_ You mean it’s _not_ **Bobtheoptimist**? Go on, you’re pulling my leg! EDIT: > [@Bobotheoptimist](#): > > Dammit… “Bob Otheop Timist” > > Ruined my own damn joke. Need to get my eyes checked, I guess. Ah ha! If even you can make this mistake, now I don’t feel so bad. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/19 "2008-12-22T19:00:15Z")
> [@Bobotheoptimist](#): > > Need to get my eyes checked, I guess. I’ve been thinking of getting my eyes checked. It would be a nice change from the solid blue-grey that they are now. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274/20 "2008-12-22T19:15:33Z")
Now see, I thought it was **Equ_u_porpoise.** Half horse, half dolphin. Or **Equupoise** , sits a horse well. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-happened-to-equiporpoise/478274.md?page=2)