# Remembering 'Gotcha Ya' **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-gotcha-ya/947078 "2021-07-22T20:53:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 79
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-gotcha-ya/947078/79 "2021-07-26T15:16:50Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > JDT and the “tugahoy” effect… That goes waaaay back, man. I still can’t believe he was serious. Also, I can’t remember where we ended up on the whole “Wally” thing - entertaining board member, or annoying jerk? Or a bit of Column A, bit of Column B? > [@furryman](#): > > Anybody remember the time the SDMB became semi famous with the “What if other writers wrote LOTR” thread? I didn’t realize we’d been quoted, but that was an _epic_ thread. My favorite rant of all time remains this sleeper from a poster named @Ross > [@smugly polite Christian allows himself an annual SWEAR](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smugly-polite-christian-allows-himself-an-annual-swear/72189): > > (enters slowly, hugging himself, looking lost, like he does after one nightshift too many. Eyes red with ten hours’ of headache. Hair messed. T-shirt soiled and sweaty, reeking of old folks’ urine and faeces) (is handed mike. Breaks suddenly out of lethargy and manically whacks the guy who brought the mike over the head with it several times until it’s wrestled from his grip) (is bundled up to front of stage) (stands quietly, apparently uncomprehending) (after five minutes’ silence, eyes foc… You have to read the thread down to post #27 (I think) from him to get the full payoff but still, IMHO it’s a beautiful thing. I still sometimes - at least to myself - use the phrase “WHEN I RULE THE WORLD EVERY DAY WILL BE THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING AND YOU WILL FUCK OFF.” --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-gotcha-ya/947078)._