# Predict The Next Poster! **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 49
**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 9, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/961 "2003-09-09T14:38:51Z")
Now THAT was funny, **angwee baby** Why were you in Bavaria, **Lamia**? [gets out notepad] **Happy Lendervedder** ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/962 "2003-09-09T14:40:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*Now THAT was funny, **angwee baby** > \*\* Is that my new name? \*\* Lamia\*\* ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/963 "2003-09-09T14:43:41Z")
Sorry Angwee baby. NoBlueCoy. I mean No Clue Boy ---
**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 9, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/964 "2003-09-09T14:54:41Z")
**Dinsdale** ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/965 "2003-09-09T14:55:47Z")
NoClueBoy! ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/966 "2003-09-09T15:00:27Z")
Nope. **Angwee Baby** instead 🙂 **NCB’s** next. ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/967 "2003-09-09T15:04:21Z")
nope! 'Beast was next! ---
**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 9, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/968 "2003-09-09T15:05:12Z")
If the square of the hypoteneuse is equal to the square of the sum of the other two sides…, why is a mouse when it spins? Tom Baker’s first Doctor Who line. Regeneration is a bitch. But it’s better than the alternative. **tanookie** ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/969 "2003-09-09T15:06:32Z")
A fish How many radio astronomers does it take to change a light bulb? **verbenabeast** ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/970 "2003-09-09T15:07:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Shade will understand the significance of that, and he will be up next to explain it to you Someone finally predicted me and I missed it, damn 🙂 The significance of that is that mentioning it increases the liklihood of my posting next and giving Angua a successful prediction 🙂 The other significance is that she’s about the best relativist of her age, and/or worked insanely hard, and geeks should fall down and worship her 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/971 "2003-09-09T15:12:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shade \* > \*\* > The other significance is that she’s about the best relativist of her age, and/or worked insanely hard, and geeks should fall down and worship her 🙂 \*\* Why thank you 🙂 I did work insanely hard, but GR is still hard. Besides, when your DoS is the lecturer, it makes asking for help ever so slightly easier 😉 ---
**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 9, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/972 "2003-09-09T15:13:34Z")
Hi, **Shade**. Say “Hi!” to Perfesser Hawking for me. I’m sure he’ll remember me. I’m the guy that sent him that paper in 1988. He knows the one. **dorkusmalorkusmafia** ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/973 "2003-09-09T15:22:49Z")
My bologna has a first name - it’s **ReadyFreddyEddyTeddy**. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/974 "2003-09-09T15:26:53Z")
Boo. The crunchy chocolate balls in my yoghurt are static-y **ReadyFreddyEddyTeddy**? ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/975 "2003-09-09T15:44:09Z")
I could while away the hours Conferring with the flowers Consulting with the rain. And my head I’d be a-scratchin’ While my thoughts were busy hatchin’ If I only had a **Lodrain**. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/976 "2003-09-09T15:59:15Z")
Christ this is one _loooong_ thread! ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/977 "2003-09-09T16:10:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > \*\*Why thank you 🙂 I did work insanely hard, but GR is still hard. Besides, when your DoS is the lecturer, it makes asking for help ever so slightly easier 😉 \*\* Some things _are_ just hard no matter what. But fun. The one problem with that is you can’t say “What the hell’s going on? The lecturer’s awful and incomprehensible.” or “Can you suggest a course with a better lecturer”? and so miss out some useful advice. To quote my DoS: “You should definitely do GRF. Wait, who’s it lectured by? Shepherd-Baron. … Hmm… you should probably do…” ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/978 "2003-09-09T16:12:59Z")
I predict the next poster will be a post-count whore like me. Or maybe it will be **Sunspace**. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/979 "2003-09-09T16:14:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > **Hi, Shade. Say “Hi!” to Perfesser Hawking for me. I’m sure he’ll remember me. I’m the guy that sent him that paper in 1988. He knows the one.** Next time I speak to him, promise 🙂 (I’ve only ever seen him twice and once he was asleep in his wheelchair.) I predict NoClueBoy. Again. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832/980 "2003-09-09T16:14:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shade \* > \*\* > The one problem with that is you can’t say “What the hell’s going on? The lecturer’s awful and incomprehensible.” or “Can you suggest a course with a better lecturer”? and so miss out some useful advice. > > \*\* Actually, I used to be the only one who could get away with sitting at the front with a puzzled look on my face, and the lecturer stopping, asking me exactly what I didn’t understand, and then explaining it in detail. I was also the only one who could mutter sarky comments under my breath, have the lecturer hear them, and say “yeah, you’re probably right”. He did agree with my suggestion that 9am on a Monday was an uncivilised time for a GR lecture, and that it ought to be moved to say 6pm at the Castle (up the hill). Unfortunately, the department wasn’t having it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-poster/198832.md?page=50)