# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/61 "2008-04-11T22:04:21Z")
If the meeting occurs in a bar…“So baby, what’s your cite?” ---
**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 11, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/62 "2008-04-11T23:33:44Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] If the meeting occurs in a bar…“So baby, what’s your cite?” [/QUOTE] And I’ve been using, “I’m not really this tall…I’m sitting on my wallet.” ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/63 "2008-04-12T03:19:26Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] I think we need a hat like [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgfbCyLXrBk) [/QUOTE] Nah, [this.](http://spearhat.com/index.html) Or maybe [this.](https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/dopestore/buystuff.bat#tshirt) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/64 "2008-04-13T00:55:23Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Well don’t just stand there, let’s get to it. [/QUOTE] Dude, if we know we’re doing it, it doesn’t count. The goal is to get straight people to vogue _without knowing they’re doing it_ thus secretly giving them teh gay. ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/65 "2008-04-13T11:23:00Z")
If you suspect someone to be a doper, you can just ask them about that anagram that never was solved. If their head implodes, it was a doper. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/66 "2008-04-13T23:05:49Z")
“Are you a Friend of Cecil?” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/67 "2008-04-14T12:47:48Z")
[QUOTE=Kotick] If you suspect someone to be a doper, you can just ask them about that anagram that never was solved. If their head implodes, it was a doper. [/QUOTE] I’m curious about the unsolved anagram. You don’t mean that “equation” from a few months back that was about 14 somethings that were just the initials of whatever it was, do you? I was this close to having that thing purged from my memory until now. But it would work for a Doper Signal if I (or we) could just remember all the letters. Was there an anagram (like angel for angel) that has gone unsolved to this day? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/68 "2008-04-14T16:14:38Z")
I’ve heard the “I burning you dog” bit before, but I don’t remember where it came from. Can someone please refresh my memory? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/69 "2008-04-14T16:46:34Z")
Sign: A ducks quack does not echo. Countersign: Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/70 "2008-04-14T19:05:10Z")
[QUOTE=Nametag] “Are you a Friend of Cecil?” [/QUOTE] I’ll third or fourth this one. If the potential doper responds with something about seasick seaserpents, you’ve likely found a kindred spirit, anyway. Well, a baby boomer, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/71 "2008-04-14T19:25:37Z")
Person #1: Batman? Person #2: If he’s prepared. Person #1: What ensues? Person #2: Penis ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/72 "2008-04-14T20:53:38Z")
[QUOTE=HeyHomie] I’ve heard the “I burning you dog” bit before, but I don’t remember where it came from. Can someone please refresh my memory? [/QUOTE] Some now-banned person whose name continues to escape me, else I’d try to locate the thread, had this rant over some pet rock or rock-in-a-box or some other toy or knick-knack and as his rant continued he got progressively more inflamed with the comments others had over his plight. Damn! What was that guy’s name!? Something like Thai Boy? Thai something? I feel inadequate, but I want to know now, too. Anybody? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/73 "2008-04-14T22:21:09Z")
[QUOTE=HeyHomie] I’ve heard the “I burning you dog” bit before, but I don’t remember where it came from. Can someone please refresh my memory? [/QUOTE] I’m getting the distinct impression that that thread is no longer visible to searches: either archived or dumped altogether. Best I can recall it was in The Pit and dates from the first year or two I was here (2003-4). It was hilarious and has had any number of references since then, as your memory attests. I have also been unable to locate a thread where all the “good old threads” were listed and linked. That thread is on the order of a year or two old, but I can’t remember enough details that would fit into a tidy search. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/74 "2008-04-14T23:19:49Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I’m getting the distinct impression that that thread is no longer visible to searches: either archived or dumped altogether. Best I can recall it was in The Pit and dates from the first year or two I was here (2003-4). It was hilarious and has had any number of references since then, as your memory attests. I have also been unable to locate a thread where all the “good old threads” were listed and linked. That thread is on the order of a year or two old, but I can’t remember enough details that would fit into a tidy search. [/QUOTE] I found it! In the Pit archives P. 41 Post #10193 > **[The rock in the box: I burning your dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=203185)** > > If there is one person I could mercilessly kill… without being a war… a bar fight… or “the right situation”, It would have to be the inventor of the rock in the box. What THE fuck were you thinking? -Or in this case, what were you supposed to be... by Thaidog on 8-8-2003 I have no idea how quickly those archived numbers will change. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/75 "2008-04-14T23:30:21Z")
[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3815669&postcount=35) is the sign/countersign you want! ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/76 "2008-04-14T23:34:42Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I found it! In the Pit archives P. 41 Post #10193 > **[The rock in the box: I burning your dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=203185)** > > If there is one person I could mercilessly kill… without being a war… a bar fight… or “the right situation”, It would have to be the inventor of the rock in the box. What THE fuck were you thinking? -Or in this case, what were you supposed to be... by Thaidog on 8-8-2003 I have no idea how quickly those archived numbers will change. [/QUOTE] Sounds like an SNL knockoff “It’s my Rock in a Box!! I put my rock in a box for you-uuuu…” ---
**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 14, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/77 "2008-04-14T23:35:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Just a helpful tip, Thaidog: you don’t actually have to tell us about every thought that enters your head. > > Even if the voices order you to. Jesus Christ. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604/78 "2008-04-15T00:21:26Z")
I already have a doper alert system in place at Rockhoppers. Free coffee (see sig). Trips them up every time! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-sign/444604.md?page=3)