# PUGA III: Oldest Doper **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868 "2005-12-16T05:01:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/1 "2005-12-16T05:01:51Z")
PUGA Hall of Fame Shortest Doper: **Whiterabbit** ([4’2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347126)) Doper with the most biological children: **Uncommon Sense, Sal Ammoniac, Hilarity N. Suze** ([4 each](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=348683)) PUGA General Rules. 1. Saying that **Dopername** wins it cause **Dopername** is **undisputed extreme answer** doesn’t work. Sorry. 😛 To claim the PUGA, the person MUST post **in this topic** telling all the nessasary info. That’s why they’re called PUGAs (Postings Until Goal Acheived). The only exception to this is found in rule 3. 2. Please be serious and honest with your answers. Joke as much as you want about those real answers, (and feel free to just post to this topic making joking comments any way you like) but don’t ever give a number that’s greatly exaggerated if you’re answering to the current PUGA contest. _3. PUGA winners are not set in stone. The exception to having to post IN a topic to claim the title is only null and void if a new PUGA has been made. If you see someone in the Hall of Fame from the past PUGAs that you can beat, then, by all means, post in the current PUGA going on (that would be this one) and tell me. 🙂 I’ll then put you as the person in the next PUGA I make (and the Hall of Fame in that topic)._ Specific PUGA Rules None for this time. It’s more or less pretty self explanatory and doesn’t have any loopholes I can see. 😛 So…who’s the oldest doper in this topic? That would be me 😉 (so far). I’m 26. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/2 "2005-12-16T05:03:36Z")
I’ll kick it up to **40**. ---
**Author:** ![Crescent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Crescent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crescent)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/3 "2005-12-16T05:11:33Z")
I’ll take it up to 46. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/4 "2005-12-16T05:16:17Z")
I bid 50. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/5 "2005-12-16T05:42:48Z")
I just turned 63, but I would be surprised if I turned out to be the oldest. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/6 "2005-12-16T05:48:29Z")
In case he does a vanity search, I’ll put **David Simmons** name out here. He served in WWII, if I recall correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/7 "2005-12-16T05:51:38Z")
Raises hand, shows ignorance: “What does PUGA mean?” ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/8 "2005-12-16T05:54:22Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > To claim the PUGA, the person MUST post **in this topic** telling all the nessasary info. That’s why they’re called PUGAs (Postings Until Goal Acheived).\* Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/9 "2005-12-16T06:41:05Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > I just turned 63, but I would be surprised if I turned out to be the oldest. I also saw Elvis when he was skinny and single. When was your birthday? ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/10 "2005-12-16T07:49:38Z")
> [@John Carter of Mars](#): > > I also saw Elvis when he was skinny and single. When was your birthday? :::: sheesh :::: 9 posts and you have my 62 stomped in the mud already… ---
**Author:** ![Barely\_Adequate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@Barely\_Adequate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barely_Adequate)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/11 "2005-12-16T08:33:15Z")
Well, let me up the ante, for the time being, to 67. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/12 "2005-12-16T09:01:31Z")
I’m right behind Barely Adequate, I got my start on 1/13/39. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/13 "2005-12-20T22:46:15Z")
So 67 is going to take it eh? Going once…going twice… ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/14 "2005-12-21T01:29:08Z")
While it does not seem possible, and hate to admit it, I was born on 8/10/27, which makes me 78, damn it. However, am still climbing mountains, and got back today from an 8-hour mountain climb north of Phoenix. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/15 "2005-12-21T01:39:35Z")
> [@KlondikeGeoff](#): > > While it does not seem possible, and hate to admit it, I was born on 8/10/27, which makes me 78, damn it. > > However, am still climbing mountains, and got back today from an 8-hour mountain climb north of Phoenix. Good on ya. I’ll claim Highest Doper. 11,200 feet at home. Been here for 13 years. I’m about 1/4 mile from Hoosier Pass in central Colorado. I’m the guy to ask about living at altitude, even around here. ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/16 "2005-12-21T01:40:37Z")
> [@John Carter of Mars](#): > > I also saw Elvis when he was skinny and single. When was your birthday? That’s nothing. _I_ saw Elvis last month. He was in the Atlanta airport, concourse C on an ASA ticket, STILL trying to make his connection to Memphis! ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/17 "2005-12-21T02:34:46Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Good on ya. > > I’ll claim Highest Doper. 11,200 feet at home. Been here for 13 years. I’m about 1/4 mile from Hoosier Pass in central Colorado. I’m the guy to ask about living at altitude, even around here. My apologies for the hijack (though it’s in response to another hijack, so who _should_ be apologizing? :dubious:) Hoosier pass, eh? Any ideas on the story behind that name? I’ve never heard the word Hoosier used without Indiana being behind it. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/18 "2005-12-21T02:37:08Z")
Pah, I meant to preview. More apologies. That should have read > [@me](#): > > . . .be apolozgizing? :dubious: ) [sub] Stupid happy smilie. Always ruining everything. And he just smiles about it! Never a care in the world. [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/19 "2005-12-21T03:17:21Z")
> [@KlondikeGeoff](#): > > While it does not seem possible, and hate to admit it, I was born on 8/10/27, which makes me 78, damn it. > > However, am still climbing mountains, and got back today from an 8-hour mountain climb north of Phoenix. I am seriously impressed, both by the mountain climb and the fact that you are internet-savvy. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868/20 "2005-12-21T14:13:25Z")
> [@JimSox5](#): > > My apologies for the hijack (though it’s in response to another hijack, so who _should_ be apologizing? :dubious:) > > Hoosier pass, eh? Any ideas on the story behind that name? I’ve never heard the word Hoosier used without Indiana being behind it. Ooops. I saw the shortest and most children doper stats, and thought this was a general catagory, not just oldest. Nope, don’t know why they call it Hoosier. I quick google didn’t turn up anything either. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-iii-oldest-doper/335868.md?page=2)