# Straight Dope secret sign........ **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 9, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604 "2008-04-09T13:40:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/21 "2008-04-09T16:43:13Z")
I’d go with the arms-crossed-over-chest salute the aliens used in _Plan 9 from Outer Space._ (No one else is using it and Dopers can reasonably be expected to know it.) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/22 "2008-04-09T17:06:22Z")
I went to Las Vegas for a Dopefest (Hi Kurilla! Hi DMark!) and **everyone I met was a Doper**. :eek: What are the odds of that? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/23 "2008-04-09T17:29:30Z")
Numerous body piercings with [this](http://site.animalden.com/images/cj/8428.jpg) will surely elicit comments from fellow Dopers whom one encounters. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/24 "2008-04-09T17:57:11Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] Numerous body piercings with [this](http://site.animalden.com/images/cj/8428.jpg) will surely elicit comments from fellow Dopers whom one encounters. [/QUOTE] Where’s the straw? ---
**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:** [April 9, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/25 "2008-04-09T18:05:18Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] Numerous body piercings with [this](http://site.animalden.com/images/cj/8428.jpg) will surely elicit comments from fellow Dopers whom one encounters. [/QUOTE] Or [this.](http://www.lloydslimited.com/other-sealife/images/osa437fmo.jpg) Special for [**Hal.**](http://www.migrations.com/blackmesa/blackmesaphotos/SheepPinNavajoCoop.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/26 "2008-04-09T18:08:39Z")
[Pie Pin](http://www.lapelpinplanet.com/catalog/item/CC266/) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/27 "2008-04-09T18:11:20Z")
[For Hal](http://carodanfarm.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product610.html) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/28 "2008-04-09T18:18:54Z")
We could use [this](http://www.lapelpinplanet.com/catalog/item/CC152/), but it wouldn’t mean much except to Boston area Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/29 "2008-04-09T18:28:06Z")
1st person: Humans have been to the marianas trench… 2nd person: But only once… 1st person: For 20 minutes… ---
**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:** [April 9, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/30 "2008-04-09T18:42:50Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] 1st person: Humans have been to the marianas trench… 2nd person: But only once… 1st person: For 20 minutes… [/QUOTE] 4th person: Cite? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/31 "2008-04-09T18:53:43Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] 4th person: Cite? [/QUOTE] The 3rd person is just lurking? ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/32 "2008-04-09T18:54:29Z")
If you search well on the internet- at one particular, very popular, free WAP site there is a Straight Dope wallpaper available for your cellphone. If you flash the the red, blue, and yellow colors of the Dope from your phone at the suspected doper and their eyes glaze over in a hynogogic state, chances are, they are a Doper. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/33 "2008-04-09T18:55:08Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] The 3rd person is just lurking? [/QUOTE] The 3rd person is **Opal**. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/34 "2008-04-09T19:13:07Z")
The third person is AlWAYS **Opal**. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/35 "2008-04-09T19:42:13Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] The 3rd person is just lurking? [/QUOTE] No, they have dial up and haven’t posted yet. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/36 "2008-04-09T19:53:21Z")
Do the sign of the devil. Now, bend your wrist and point it down. That’s Pi. π ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/37 "2008-04-09T19:55:23Z")
[QUOTE=Octalcode] Doper #1 Hi! How’s it going? Doper #2 Great! Doper #1 _cite?_ [/QUOTE] Shortened a bit … Doper #1 Hi! How’s it going? Doper #2 Great! Did you bring pie? ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/38 "2008-04-09T19:55:57Z")
…remember to bring Pi. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/39 "2008-04-09T19:56:56Z")
Put the back of your right hand against your right temple and then bend your index finger till it’s parallel to your eye; this indicates “sight” which is a homonym for “cite?” which stands for pool (but will ultimately get you pitted by somebody complaining it’s unfair to Dopers without right hands). ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/40 "2008-04-09T20:09:07Z")
_Doper in the back of 1st Bentley:_ “Pardon me sir…Would you happen to have any ‘Opal’s 1920’s Style Trench Pie’?” _Doper in the back of 2nd Bentley:_ “But of course!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604.md?page=3)