# SDMB cited in Washingtonian magazine **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 2, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028 "2020-05-02T19:22:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/1 "2020-05-02T19:22:20Z")
[**Social Distancing Vindicates Large Umbrella Users**](https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/05/01/social-distancing-vindicates-large-umbrella-users/) With the usual direct form of address that is our signature style, it’s from a Pit thread. [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423581](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423581) [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-423581.html](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-423581.html) Jenny your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/2 "2020-05-02T19:57:54Z")
Hey, they quoted **Dinsdale**! > [@Whoever Came Up With The Concept Of Using Golf Umbrellas In Urban Settings: F.O.A.D.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoever-came-up-with-the-concept-of-using-golf-umbrellas-in-urban-settings-f-o-a-d/406753/2): > > Golf umbrellas are the Hummers of urban rain protection. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/3 "2020-05-02T22:42:57Z")
I’m wondering how the author found that quote from 2007, and the others which are also from several years ago. It’s not like they’re the first results that pop up on Google for “hate golf umbrellas.” ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/4 "2020-05-02T23:23:44Z")
Interestingly, I just checked my copy of the May 2020 issue of _Washingtonian_ (um, you know, a paper and ink copy, which you may not remember anymore). I couldn’t find that article in it. It’s apparently only in the online _Washingtonian_. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/5 "2020-05-03T00:08:16Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I’m wondering how the author found that quote from 2007, and the others which are also from several years ago. It’s not like they’re the first results that pop up on Google for “hate golf umbrellas.” The author has been lurking here, under some pseudonym, and remembered the thread? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/6 "2020-05-03T00:35:57Z")
Very Cool!! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/7 "2020-05-03T02:44:08Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > The author has been lurking here, under some pseudonym, and remembered the thread? Or the author is a regular contributor. Why not? Have we ever seen Andrew Beaujon & Dinsdale at the same time? 😛 Celebrities _do_ post here, and a writer? Why not? I am kidding… or am I? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/8 "2020-05-03T05:10:01Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > The author has been lurking here, under some pseudonym, and remembered the thread? I bet **Dinsdale** doesn’t even remember that post.😉 ---
**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:** [May 3, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/9 "2020-05-03T13:58:36Z")
My elbows rub against my keyboard which is of course connected to the keyboard of all of the other Dopers in the history of Dopedom. Which means I’ve rubbed elbows with **Dinsdale**. Six Degrees of Doperation !!! ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/10 "2020-05-03T15:11:25Z")
Does this now mean **Dinsdale** is “published”? If so, we should all practice our pithy one-liners. You never know! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/11 "2020-05-03T16:24:57Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > My elbows rub against my keyboard which is of course connected to the keyboard of all of the other Dopers in the history of Dopedom. When I accept my Nobel Prize, you may count yourself among the little people I thank. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/12 "2020-05-03T17:42:47Z")
This may be a clue. From the Washingtonian website: > [@](#): > > Andrew Beaujon > > SENIOR EDITOR > > Andrew Beaujon joined Washingtonian in late 2014. He was previously with the Poynter Institute, [TBD.com](http://TBD.com), and **Washington City Paper**. His book A Bigger Field Awaits Us: The Scottish Soccer Team That Fought the Great War was published in 2018. He lives in Del Ray. For many years TSD was syndicated in the Washington City Paper; In 2007 the Washington City Paper, along with several other alt-newspapers including The Chicago Reader were purchased and became part of the Creative Loafing chain. He could well be on the board, I don’t know about that. In the past we have had a few celebrity lurkers, including James Randi, science fiction/fantasy novelist Spider Robinson, and actor/author Jim Beaver. And I’m sure there’s other people you know who have escaped my memory right this second. Back when Jon Cryer was making the movie “The Pompatus of Love,” he hung out here for a bit, we featured him in a couple of chats. (Back when we were having chats.) That is partially due to this column: [The Pompatus of Love](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/972/in-steve-millers-the-joker-what-is-the-pompatus-of-love/) Jenny your humble TubaDiva Some people call me Maurice. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/13 "2020-05-03T19:37:36Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > … > > In the past we have had a few celebrity lurkers, including James Randi, science fiction/fantasy novelist Spider Robinson, and actor/author Jim Beaver. And I’m sure there’s other people you know who have escaped my memory right this second. > … Butcher, not beaver. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/14 "2020-05-03T20:07:55Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Butcher, not beaver. No, it’s Beaver. Pretty sure Jim Butcher isn’t an actor. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/15 "2020-05-03T20:48:59Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > No, it’s Beaver. Pretty sure Jim Butcher isn’t an actor. It’s [Jim Beaver.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Beaver) He posted here under the name [**jumblejim**.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7603599&postcount=8) ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/16 "2020-05-03T21:08:29Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It’s [Jim Beaver.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Beaver) He posted here under the name [**jumblejim**.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7603599&postcount=8) That’s what I said. **DrDeth** said it was Jim Butcher. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/17 "2020-05-03T21:19:35Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > This may be a clue. > > From the Washingtonian website: > > For many years TSD was syndicated in the Washington City Paper; In 2007 the Washington City Paper, along with several other alt-newspapers including The Chicago Reader were purchased and became part of the Creative Loafing chain. > > He could well be on the board, I don’t know about that. > > In the past we have had a few celebrity lurkers, including James Randi, science fiction/fantasy novelist Spider Robinson, and actor/author Jim Beaver. And I’m sure there’s other people you know who have escaped my memory right this second. > > Back when Jon Cryer was making the movie “The Pompatus of Love,” he hung out here for a bit, we featured him in a couple of chats. (Back when we were having chats.) That is partially due to this column: > > [The Pompatus of Love](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/972/in-steve-millers-the-joker-what-is-the-pompatus-of-love/) > > Jenny > your humble TubaDiva > Some people call me Maurice. Paul Levinson the sf author posted here once or twice when his stories came up in discussion. The Bad Astronomer also used to post here. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/18 "2020-05-03T21:34:49Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > That’s what I said. **DrDeth** said it was Jim Butcher. I know. I was confirming that you were right and **DrDeth** was wrong. You’re welcome.😉 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/19 "2020-05-03T22:46:18Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > No, it’s Beaver. Pretty sure Jim Butcher isn’t an actor. Ah, Ok, but I thought Jim Butcher had posted here also? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028/20 "2020-05-03T23:11:19Z")
There was a poster here back in the day that used to be in a band that had a top-40 hit or two. I can’t remember the band (I wanted to say it was A-Ha, but pretty sure that ain’t it.). Not a band that was “big time,” but one that when you heard the name, you’d say “Oh, yeah, I know them.” Now this is gonna bug me all night. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-cited-in-washingtonian-magazine/853028.md?page=2)