# Patron Saints of the Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 22, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patron-saints-of-the-dope/486903 "2009-02-22T00:57:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patron-saints-of-the-dope/486903/21 "2009-02-23T01:29:18Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Heh, I was thinking about that thread as soon as I read the OP. [Here it is](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=21381). Eight years ago! Man, nothing ever dies on the Dope. **Swimming Riddles** got me back, she did. I had to determine what type of movie every subsequent poster was. I’m telling you, the brain was wracked by the end of that one. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patron-saints-of-the-dope/486903/22 "2009-02-23T04:38:43Z")
> [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](#): > > **Siam Sam** as the Patron Saint of Thailand With special dispensations for the participants in the live lesbian sex shows. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patron-saints-of-the-dope/486903/23 "2009-02-23T14:56:37Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > **Hal** , (sorry), the Patron Saint of farm animals Do Patron Saints have any smiting abilities? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patron-saints-of-the-dope/486903/24 "2009-02-23T15:08:29Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Do Patron Saints have any smiting abilities? Sadly no, Patron Saints are more about Saintly Patience and bits of help in mysterious ways. Just be glad you’re not the one that gets buried head first to help sell a home. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patron-saints-of-the-dope/486903/25 "2009-02-23T15:22:30Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > I would just like to point out what tomorrow is. 🙂 Yeah, but the Catholic Encyclopedia says that St. Polycarp of Smyrna is the patron saint that protects and cures earache and dysentery. Meaning, of course, that he’s the perfect patron of this place. Let the feast begin! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patron-saints-of-the-dope/486903/26 "2009-02-23T15:28:31Z")
**TUBADiva** –The patron saint of Threadspotting. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patron-saints-of-the-dope/486903/27 "2009-02-23T16:27:42Z")
A couple more, off the top of my head: **swampbear** is the Patron Saint of TMI **HazelNutCoffee** is the Patron Saint of Cute Accessories ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patron-saints-of-the-dope/486903/28 "2009-02-23T16:56:55Z")
Oh, and one more: **pbbth** earned the title of Patron Saint of Reproductive Organs when she posted [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10589746&postcount=11) (months later, and I’m still giggling over that post) ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patron-saints-of-the-dope/486903/29 "2009-02-23T23:12:58Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I’m voting **Malacandra** as the patron saint of literary stylings > Boy can that man write I literally felt myself blush when I read this. _Domine, non sum dignus._ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patron-saints-of-the-dope/486903/30 "2009-02-24T09:31:57Z")
What, don’t _I_ get a nod for anything? Saint of Bemusing Askers of Insane Factual Questions in Dead yet Polite Seriousness, maybe? And **Scylla** clearly is the Saint of Bards and Exterminators (whenever the two aren’t the same to begin with). And of course, Saint **Askia** , patron saint of [Sacrificial](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5547575#post5547575) (and possibly [Magical](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro))Negroes. (Not the saint of regular ones, though. That’s someone else.) May he rest in peace. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patron-saints-of-the-dope/486903/31 "2009-02-27T01:58:04Z")
> [@Mahna\_Mahna](#): > > A couple more, off the top of my head: > > **swampbear** is the Patron Saint of TMI I am either flattered or appalled. It may take at least four more beers to decide which. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patron-saints-of-the-dope/486903/32 "2009-02-27T04:02:47Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > **Dolores Reborn** , Patron Saint of Feuds Aww! ::kicks toe in sand:: ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patron-saints-of-the-dope/486903/33 "2009-02-27T05:28:46Z")
**Klaatu** , Patron Saint of Testicular Fortitude [Cite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10881706&postcount=875) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patron-saints-of-the-dope/486903/34 "2009-02-27T05:53:51Z")
**Surreal** , patron saint of odd questions that very surprisingly have factual answers [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patron-saints-of-the-dope/486903.md?page=1)