# Predict The Next Poster!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 31, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832 "2003-08-31T18:05:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/581 "2003-09-05T09:51:19Z")

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Just one last time then. I have spectra to fit.

I’m not from Germany, so thank you. 🙂

I say, our very own **Coldfire**

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**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/582 "2003-09-05T11:03:47Z")

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Nope, nope, fire should be hot as hell.

And I do believe **F\_X** owes me one.

So how about it? I say she’s next and we call it even.

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**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/583 "2003-09-05T11:21:42Z")

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Next

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**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/584 "2003-09-05T11:26:43Z")

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Hey, look at that. NCB was right. I was the “next” poster.

Hi NCB.

[Eeyore]  
Thanks for thinkin’ of me.  
[/Eeyore]

Oh, all right. In the _actual_ spirit of the OP…

**Vivalostwages**

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/585 "2003-09-05T11:38:20Z")

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Hello, **Lamia**!

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**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/586 "2003-09-05T11:41:51Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \*  
> \*\ ***NoClueBoy** , are you sitting there with a list of Doper avatars before you, randomly picking the plums off it?
> 
> Hmmmmm… picking plums off avatars? Sounds like risky business to me.
> 
> **Abby, Flamsterette\_X** , we haven’t heard from you for a while. \*\*

I played a game of literati, cleaned out the refrigerator and went to bed.

I’m up now! Who’s next? **Super Gnat**?

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**Author:** ![Meteorshower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Meteorshower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meteorshower)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/587 "2003-09-05T12:08:59Z")

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Aha!

I have infiltrated your little game and no one managed to predict that I would post! (Does this have anything to do with the fact that I’ve only stopped lurking about twenty-four hours ago? Nawwww…)

So, the weather is nice here in Canada today. A little cold, but after the long weeks of fourty degrees celcius (with the humidity) I’m looking forward to the long weeks of minus fourty degree celcius (with the wind factor).

Anyway, to get back to business, the next poster can only be… Polycarp! Why? Because his name is very pretty. Except it oddly reminds me of my little sister’s pokemon craze for some reason.

Hmmmmm…

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/588 "2003-09-05T12:10:59Z")

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Hi, **Meteor**! 🙂  
I like Star Trek **Voyager**.

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**Author:** ![Magickly\_Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magickly\_Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magickly_Delicious)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/589 "2003-09-05T12:12:37Z")

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Good morning! Is **Flamsterette** up yet?

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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/590 "2003-09-05T12:17:48Z")

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Boo! Again. you have the scientific werewolf…

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**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/591 "2003-09-05T12:24:23Z")

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OK people you are supposed to make a prediction when you pop in. I bet **Cartooniverse** is coming soon.

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/592 "2003-09-05T12:28:17Z")

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And right you are, **Abby**!!! 😃 😃 😃 😃

It must be the confluence of Mars and Venus, with undertones of a roiling surf ! What are the ODDS?

I’m guessing **NoClueBoy** will slip in here just any old momen now.

( I’m good at procrastinating and awful at prognosticating… )

Cartooniverse

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**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/593 "2003-09-05T12:30:26Z")

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I don’t think **NoClueBoy** knows what a momen is, neither do I come to think of it. Anyway it’s me. **Flami**?

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/594 "2003-09-05T12:32:51Z")

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A momen is when you’re at a party and are trying to figure out if there are lessmen or momen than there were at the last party.

😛

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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/595 "2003-09-05T14:47:07Z")

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Good afternoon. I do believe **jjimm** may be along shortly…

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**Author:** ![gossamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@gossamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gossamer)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/596 "2003-09-05T15:56:17Z")

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Rolling the bones . . . looks like **Homer J. Simpson**

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**Author:** ![gossamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@gossamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gossamer)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/597 "2003-09-05T16:02:03Z")

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Rolling the bones . . . looks like **Homer J. Simpson**

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/598 "2003-09-05T16:26:54Z")

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A **gossamer** hiccup – now I’ve seen everything.

Well, almost. I haven’t seen **NoClueBoy** even once when I’ve summoned him!

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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/599 "2003-09-05T16:31:40Z")

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Aaaww… You can have me instead…

How about **Esprix**?

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**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/600 "2003-09-05T16:47:23Z")

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Sucker!!!

I think Angua will attempt a comeback.

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