# Poster Imitations! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675 "2004-11-19T16:49:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/21 "2004-11-19T20:40:13Z")
Not who I was thinking of… Does \*\*Bippy \*\* do that, too? ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/22 "2004-11-19T20:47:02Z")
[You know, **TellMeI’mNotCrazy** , I don’t think he does. But I can’t for the life of me remember the poster’s name. Three words, I think? Carnac the Magnificent? nah, huh. It’s a nice guy. That I remember. Now who made ASCII’s out of smilies? 🙂 ] ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/23 "2004-11-19T21:02:17Z")
We will NOT allow some kind of soi-dissant discussion, no matter how mundane, that lampoons other people’s posting styles. * * * Obviously, if the following sentence requires the use of spoiler tags. It’s helpful if you provide a link to that column ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/24 "2004-11-19T21:12:08Z")
gum… **Ilsa\_Lund**!!! ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/25 "2004-11-19T21:12:26Z")
> [@gum](#): > > [You know, **TellMeI’mNotCrazy** , I don’t think he does. But I can’t for the life of me remember the poster’s name. Three words, I think? Carnac the Magnificent? nah, huh. > It’s a nice guy. That I remember. > > Now who made ASCII’s out of smilies? 🙂 ] Yeah you’re on the right track, **gum**. I had a feeling you were thinking of the wrong person, because the name is very slightly similar. 🙂 And for yours, I guess **nocturnal tick**. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/26 "2004-11-19T21:13:57Z")
[sup]**Hello! Is this how it goes? 😃**[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/27 "2004-11-19T21:21:12Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > That is very true! **B’ois De Chi…something**? ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/28 "2004-11-19T21:22:59Z")
And of course, the obvious. And I’m only posting like this because this is how I post. I know you were all wondering why I do this, but that’s just the way that I am. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/29 "2004-11-19T21:28:21Z")
> [@malkavia](#): > > And of course, the obvious. And I’m only posting like this because this is how I post. I know you were all wondering why I do this, but that’s just the way that I am. That would be **raisenbread** , who’s been MIA for awhile. It could’ve been **the grapist** , but he would’ve said so. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/30 "2004-11-19T21:29:25Z")
> [@malkavia](#): > > **B’ois De Chi…something**? Yeah, Busta Chee Chee Tricorder of Eclair or someodd thing… 😃 (Apologies to whoever coined the correct phrase in the first place) **Bosda Di’Chi** of… oh hell, now I’ve forgotten. What the hell is his name??? But yes, that guy. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/31 "2004-11-19T21:33:09Z")
bucket cheese flan of video recorder ( **Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor**?) ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/32 "2004-11-19T21:37:04Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > bucket cheese flan of video recorder I don’t know, but quit sending me mail. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/33 "2004-11-19T21:38:08Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > bucket cheese flan of video recorder > > ( **Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor**?) That’s the guy! ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/34 "2004-11-19T21:41:01Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > That would be **raisenbread** , who’s been MIA for awhile. > It could’ve been **the grapist** , but he would’ve said so. Good job! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/35 "2004-11-19T21:50:59Z")
But the important question is, what would Curt Smith do? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/36 "2004-11-19T22:47:39Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > [sup]**Hello! Is this how it goes? > 😃**[/sup] **kniz** , I think… Since I’m horrible at imitating others, I won’t. Wonder if people will be able to imitate mine, though… ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/37 "2004-11-19T22:56:27Z")
> [@Flamsterette\_X](#): > > **kniz** , I think… That’s correct. > [@](#): > > Since I’m horrible at imitating others, I won’t. > Wonder if people will be able to imitate mine, though… I could imitate the way you used to post when you first got here, but it would take me too much time to write 100 posts, and my fingers would cramp up. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/38 "2004-11-19T23:00:22Z")
I hate my penis and want to pull on it with a shady-looking device. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/39 "2004-11-19T23:16:22Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > I hate my penis and want to pull on it with a shady-looking device. Um, that was before my time (if I’m on the right track), but would it have been **JDT**? If I remember from reading correctly, he _constantly_ talked about circumcision. ```auto Now for my attempt at flattery by imitation.... < Insert very concise, logical and well thought-out post here. > Enjoy, Kemi ``` ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675/40 "2004-11-19T23:26:43Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > I hate my penis and want to pull on it with a shady-looking device. Well, bless your heart! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-imitations/275675.md?page=3)