# possible awkward poster question **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 4, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-awkward-poster-question/764998 "2016-09-04T05:57:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-awkward-poster-question/764998/21 "2016-09-05T02:22:01Z")
I remember that buckeyes thread. She was definitely one of our more colorful posters. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-awkward-poster-question/764998/22 "2016-09-05T12:47:42Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Also, it’s surprisingly hard to work “hi Opal” into a conversation when you’re actually saying hi to Opal. You could have gone with: [QUOTE=Alternate Universe engineer\_comp\_geek Who Was Clever Enough to Say This] [ol] [li]I’ve been looking forward to meeting you![/li][li]You’re one of my favorite Posters![/li][li]Hi, Opal![/li][/ol] [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-awkward-poster-question/764998/23 "2016-09-06T22:04:50Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > Here ya go: > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10576940#post10576940](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10576940#post10576940) > > And here’s where she got pitted for the buckeye thread: > [Opal, what the fuck is your problem? - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=497698) > > Wish I’d been around in those days. I’m beginning to realize I missed meeting a number of memorable folks. Ha! At last I have ninja’d someone! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-awkward-poster-question/764998/24 "2016-09-06T23:22:40Z")
Huh. I could’ve sworn she said she wished it would die off. Oh well, maybe I’m thinking of some other board meme. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-awkward-poster-question/764998/25 "2016-09-07T00:33:27Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Huh. I could’ve sworn she said she wished it would die off. Oh well, maybe I’m thinking of some other board meme. No, I also recall at some point that she said she was tired of it. We did beat it into the ground. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-awkward-poster-question/764998/26 "2016-09-07T14:02:26Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > No, I also recall at some point that she said she was tired of it. We did beat it into the ground. The appropriate board meme for that is “We took it to the quarry and threw it in there.” 😛 ---
**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:** [September 7, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-awkward-poster-question/764998/27 "2016-09-07T14:11:37Z")
Thank goodness. I read “awkward poster” in the title and thought this was going to be about me. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-awkward-poster-question/764998/28 "2016-09-07T14:15:57Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Ha! At last I have ninja’d someone! 😉 Yeah, rub it in. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-awkward-poster-question/764998/29 "2016-09-07T21:48:15Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > Yeah, rub it in. 😛 Nah, wouldn’t want to get any needles from all that cacti you been waltzing with.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-awkward-poster-question/764998/30 "2016-09-07T22:22:16Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Nah, wouldn’t want to get any needles from all that cacti you been waltzing with.🙂 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-awkward-poster-question/764998/31 "2016-09-08T18:09:57Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Honestly, I miss her, too. Yep, miss her here too. She was a character and was the source of many a memorable thread. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-awkward-poster-question/764998/32 "2016-09-09T18:28:26Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Thank goodness. I read “awkward poster” in the title and thought this was going to be about me. /feels the urge to include “awkward poster” in all my thread titles from now on just to mess with Happy… ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-awkward-poster-question/764998/33 "2016-09-10T21:00:22Z")
Opal was definitely a character, and missed, and I mean that in a good way. She was one of the first posters I took note to remembering the username of when I first started here back in the ooooooohs of 'aught 6. What a great time the aughtes were. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-awkward-poster-question/764998.md?page=1)