# Remember Wally? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812 "2009-12-03T04:18:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/1 "2009-12-03T04:18:55Z")
At one point, before a hard disk on another computer died, I had a transcript of the much-regretted Wally’s conversation with a girl on a sex phone line. Does anyone have a copy of that? It was so funny… I read some of his posts years ago, when I was a lurker, right after he died, as a matter of fact. ---
**Author:** ![Zhen\_ka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zhen\_ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zhen_ka)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/2 "2009-12-03T04:30:49Z")
Wally plagarized that post from another online source. Then he faked his own “death” after being caught in an cyber affair with another poster. Google it. The real author was quite pissed and this is something that TPTB don’t want anyone to post about. Or, you can look up Heloise’s posts about it (Coldfire’s wife). You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/3 "2009-12-03T04:53:18Z")
Thanks, Zhen’ka. I missed some of that, obviously. If TPTB wish to delete this thread, it’s fine by me. I’m surprised and disappointed. To think that a friend of mine and I both were saddened by Wally’s “death”… \ ---
**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:** [December 3, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/4 "2009-12-03T05:04:17Z")
> [@Zhen\_ka](#): > > Wally plagarized that post from another online source. Then he faked his own “death” after being caught in an cyber affair with another poster. Google it. The real author was quite pissed and this is something that TPTB don’t want anyone to post about. Or, you can look up Heloise’s posts about it (Coldfire’s wife). > > You’re welcome. Whoa, I don’t remember the affair! ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/5 "2009-12-03T13:50:05Z")
Huh, so that’s the story. I was around during the Wally years and being saddened by his death. I also remember some posts later that questioned this but they were usually disappeared so I never got the full story. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/6 "2009-12-03T15:46:15Z")
> [@MoodIndigo1](#): > > At one point, before a hard disk on another computer died, I had a transcript of the much-regretted Wally’s conversation with a girl on a sex phone line. > > Does anyone have a copy of that? It was so funny… I read some of his posts years ago, when I was a lurker, right after he died, as a matter of fact. I never understood why anyone thought that was real in the first place. It was amusing enough, but even when I read it the first time, I never doubted that it was a joke. I didn’t realize he’d plagiarized it, but it was clearly not an actual transcript of an actual conversation. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/7 "2009-12-03T16:31:15Z")
I don’t have a copy, but searching for it turned up [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFUvOPRPTa0) (no nudity, but maybe not safe for work if anyone can hear your computer). ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/8 "2009-12-03T16:39:29Z")
No luck on Google, or Heloise’s posts. Give us a hint? Link? I missed the ending! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/9 "2009-12-03T16:55:45Z")
Wait, what? Wally died, or he did something bad and pretended to die, or he never existed at all (meaning everything he wrote was a persona), or what? He died right before I joined this board, I think, and I remember everyone mourning him. Now we’re saying he wasn’t the beloved great guy everyone remembers, but some big jerk? I am confused. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/10 "2009-12-03T17:49:05Z")
> [@MoodIndigo1](#): > > I missed some of that, obviously. . . To think that a friend of mine and I both were saddened by Wally’s “death”… > [@Anonymous\_Coward](#): > > - never got the full story. > [@a35362](#): > > Wait, what? Wally died, or he did something bad and pretended to die, or he never existed at all (meaning everything he wrote was a persona), or what? Gang, just do a search on WallyM7. You’ll find all the previous discussion you want, except the thread that notified us of his ‘death.’ That one’s lost to the ages. But, basically, his death was announced by a former admin (and current member) based on a phone call from another (and also current) member, based on an email the member received from Wally’s “daughter” AmyM5. As I’ve said before, the evidence for Bigfoot, Nessie, and the gunman on the grassy knoll is far more convincing. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/11 "2009-12-03T18:16:43Z")
:smack: M7 ---
**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:** [December 3, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/12 "2009-12-03T22:54:30Z")
What exactly was this strange accident? All I read was that he had one at work – not the details. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/13 "2009-12-04T00:11:16Z")
Didn’t he fall off a ladder? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/14 "2009-12-04T01:12:17Z")
[Death be not plagiarized](http://www.epinions.com/content_1138991236) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/15 "2009-12-04T01:47:58Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > What exactly was this strange accident? All I read was that he had one at work – not the details. It involved a fork lift and some kind of heavy machinery/equipment that came loose. Crushed like a can of pineapples, he was. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/16 "2009-12-04T01:52:36Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > It involved a fork lift and some kind of heavy machinery/equipment that came loose. Crushed like a can of pineapples, he was. Ah! That opens up another can of [del]worms[/del] pineapples. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/17 "2009-12-04T02:01:55Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Ah! That opens up another can of [del]worms[/del] pineapples. 😛 In Soviet Russia, cans of pineapples open up you. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/18 "2009-12-04T02:10:03Z")
“Popular humor site”? We’re a gawddam “Popular Humor Site”? dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/19 "2009-12-04T02:33:36Z")
Yeah, we’re not popular! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812/20 "2009-12-04T02:37:19Z")
Where’s Wally? … sorry, had to. It’s the law, I swear it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812.md?page=2)