# Our own Scylla is now internet famous, 11 years later. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2014, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837 "2014-10-29T05:40:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/21 "2014-10-29T19:39:21Z")
Wasn’t there one with a goat? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/22 "2014-10-29T19:48:41Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Wasn’t there one with a goat? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=33909&highlight=goat](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=33909&highlight=goat) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/23 "2014-10-29T19:50:04Z")
Heh–a friend of mine on Facebook recently told his own stroy of a wayward remote-controlled blimp, and I linked to Scylla’s old thread. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/24 "2014-10-29T20:57:14Z")
**Scylla’s** tales are the reason I came to the Dope initially. I stay for the ice cream now. And the fact I still don’t know where the door is. ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/25 "2014-10-29T21:48:06Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I’ve seen [I waterboard!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=448717) linked from one or two distant parts of the internet. That’s the thread that brought me to the Dope. It was linked to in a games forum I used to read. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/26 "2014-10-29T21:54:39Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > **Scylla’s** tales are the reason I came to the Dope initially. I stay for the ice cream now. And the fact I still don’t know where the door is. You and Joe Walsh, man. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/27 "2014-10-29T22:33:52Z")
> [@half-elf](#): > > Does anybody have any idea why the linked thread (very amusing, by the way!) appears as 242 pages with 1 post each? 😕 The link has “pp=1” in it. Makes one post per page. Here is a normal link: > **[The horror of blimps](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160851)** > > Last week while travelling I stopped at a Zany Brainy store and saw that they had a blimp for sale. It’s called Airship Earth, and it’s a great big balloon with a map of the Earth on it, and two propellors hanging from the bottom. You blow up the... ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/28 "2014-10-30T05:17:22Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The link has “pp=1” in it. Makes one post per page. > > Here is a normal link: > > [The horror of blimps - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160851) Oops! Reported. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/29 "2014-10-30T05:47:18Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > Thanks for the head’s up, Bo. I let them know. Looks like that guy is a serial plagiarist as any number of his posts have been removed due to that. > > I guess it’s flattering. You’re welcome. You oughta compile your better posts here and then write some more stories down; post the link to your book on amazon here when you do. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/30 "2014-10-30T07:56:32Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Original post: [The Horror of Blimps](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160851&pp=1). Please ensure you are seated while reading; Management is not responsible for injuries resulting from crippling bouts of laughter. I would recognize that story too. One of the laughed til I cried stories here. Wow. And you all most know better people than I b/c nothing I see is this interesting on ‘socialmedahemfbook’ ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/31 "2014-10-30T08:19:38Z")
That story is not nearly as funny as some of you guys would like to believe. Just let it go already. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/32 "2014-10-30T09:49:27Z")
**Scylla** was internet famous just a few days after he originally posted the Blimp story. I remember I used to belong to a “Joke of the day” email list. They emailed me that Blimp story no less than a week after **Scylla** posted it. ---
**Author:** ![Cees-R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Cees-R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cees-R)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/33 "2014-10-30T11:10:48Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > That story is not nearly as funny as some of you guys would like to believe. Just let it go already. Just because you didn’t find it funny doesn’t mean that they didn’t find it funny either. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/34 "2014-10-30T13:08:31Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > “Imitation is the sincerest form of plagiarism.” > – Munch > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > “Plagiarism is the sincerest form of imitation.” > –Thelma Lou I was looking for quotes like these! There was a Really bad CBS TV show on last night that Totally stole its plot from the end of [“Prisoners”(2013](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392214/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_8)). Your quotes are much nicer than calling the lazy hack-writers thieves. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/35 "2014-10-30T14:37:35Z")
> [@half-elf](#): > > Does anybody have any idea why the linked thread (very amusing, by the way!) appears as 242 pages with 1 post each? 😕 Error in how the link was formatted – I fixed. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/36 "2014-10-30T14:52:35Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You and Joe Walsh, man. Joe Walsh is here, too? Sweet! Maybe I can get a ride in that Maserati he’s always going on about… **Scylla** , I second the notion of a book; if you write it, I would buy it!🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/37 "2014-10-30T16:34:43Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > Joe Walsh is here, too? Sweet! Maybe I can get a ride in that Maserati he’s always going on about…\ Sorry - neither of you can find your way out, so no Maserati rides. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/38 "2014-11-07T07:27:31Z")
Update: “Item removed on request.” ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/39 "2014-11-07T10:31:36Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > That story is not nearly as funny as some of you guys would like to believe. Just let it go already. I’ve tried multiple times to understand what it is that people find so extraordinary, but I remain defeated. (I suspect it may have to do with each individual’s power of visualization, but I doubt I shall ever be able to say for certain.) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837/40 "2014-11-07T21:51:23Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > There are few stories that make me laugh uncontrollably every time I read them. That story is one of them. I’m giggling like a maniac here in my office, trying to keep quiet. [This one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=83652&highlight=Corwin) always makes me cry. It’s a touching tribute to his Irish Wolfhound, Corwin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-own-scylla-is-now-internet-famous-11-years-later/702837.md?page=3)