# Ten years of the Dope: a history **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189 "2009-10-26T15:51:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [October 29, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/181 "2009-10-29T19:20:56Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Melingate needs to be added to the list of notable events. I have only a vague memory of that. Can you please enlighten me? ---
**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:** [October 29, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/182 "2009-10-29T19:33:56Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > I have only a vague memory of that. Can you please enlighten me? The Cliffs notes version: Mod from the old days. Involved in an bitter public argument with another mod in “The Minorities Thread.” Fired as a mod, but remained on as a member. Her sig referred to her as having been voted “favorite mod” or something like that, sort of a thumb of the nose to management. She apparently had still had access to staff boards, and mentioned them in a thread. That seemed to have caused some commotion about a) that a fired mod still had access to them, and b) that she even mentioned these secret handshake meeting places. Some amount of acrimony precipitated out of that, in which she threatened legal action, which resulted in her being banned. This caused a lot of members to pack up their bags and leave in support of her. (The old AOL crowd, which was the bulk of the membership at the time was a much more insular, clannish group, IMO.) She was later banned from that board, too. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/183 "2009-10-29T19:34:44Z")
That reminds me of a more recent nomination. Whatever happened to the Ron thread? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/184 "2009-10-29T19:57:40Z")
[The Ron thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=495672) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/185 "2009-10-29T19:59:55Z")
The story grows … Few categories of Dopers… Banned Deceased Moved on (i.e., when was the last time Eve, PurpleCrackWhore, or the Bad Astronomer posted? When does someone get included? Mods (Jackbooted) Mods (shoeless) I added a few items (e.g., Boyo Jim becomes Best of the Worst), and probably missed several — feel free to point out if I missed your reference. I haven’t included a few that had no link, assuming I or someone will be able to find it. Is there a thread that lists Doper appearances on Jeopardy!? Maybe including general Internet memes/catch phrases that affected the Board do have a place. Rick Rolling never really took off here (whew!), nor did Lolcats (mostly). But all our base _did_ set us up the bomb, and it’s now considered Doper courtesy to bring pie (when coming back, of course). A few mentions or references is one thing, but there are certainly a few that became a bit more pervasive. Yes? No? No date information yet, that’s going to be a smallish project for threads, and eventually we’ll have to work out when/where certain things came from, what came first, etc. **Board Events** [ul] [li]Handy breaking 10,000 posts[/li][li]Cecil’s last sighting[/li][li]Board goes pay-to-post[/li][li]Winter of Our Missed Content [/li][li]StormFront invasion [/li][li]Lost weekend [/li][li]Passing of members (from the memorial thread)[/li][li]Left Behind outbreak[/li][li]Pit rules change[/li][li]Board returns from pay-to-post[/li][li]Weird URLs/threadspotting begins[/li][li]First Doper-to-Doper marriage [/li][li]First Doper-to-Doper kid[/li][li]First column inspired by the boards[/li][li]SDSAB created[/li][li]Board is sold [/li][li]Café Society opens[/li][li]Game Room opens[/li][li]Gaudere’s law[/li][li]The Great Schism of 2009[/li][li]Smashie Smiley[/li][li]Putz Smiley[/li][li]Melingate[/li][li]Cecil banning Otto[/li][li]Felching[/li][li]Og smash![/li][li]Merkins[/li][li]Post count parties ended[/li][li]Lawn chairs prohibited[/li][li]The “unmentionable” Board is created[/li][li]Boyo Jim becomes Best of the Worst[/li][/ul]\*\*Great Threads \*\*(this is a category that can get out of hand … perhaps the most likely category that needs nomination and at least a couple seconds?) [ul] [li]What if the Lord of the Rings had been written by someone else?[/li][li]Will a plane on a treadmill take off?[/li][li]14 k of g in a f p d[/li][li]Found wallet from the 70’s[/li][li]What happens on May 33rd but only on leap year?[/li][li]First MMP[/li][li]First Sequential Threads[/li][li]First mini-rant[/li][li]I am the hall monitor[/li][li]Hal Briston eweful day[/li][li]Very vaguely creepy[/li][li]As a matter of fact, I am the fucking hall monitor[/li][li]I burning your dog. [/li][li]We Remember[/li][li][The Telemarketer Speaks - I Respond](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=51270&highlight=telemarketer+talks+respond)[/li][li][A](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=158752)[/li][li][The Horror of Blimps](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160851)[/li][li][First Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=1)[/li][li][Enterprise vs. Star Destroyer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23098)[/li][li][Please do not post complete lyrics to songs!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=120313)[/li][li][First “Ask the…” thread (Ask the Gay Guy!)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=23047)[/li][li][Funny things said during lovemaking/intimate moments](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=24960)[/li][li][Elephant proof](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=373196)[/li][li][Return of The Princess Bride Jedi??](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=54123)[/li][li][There is evil in my backyard. It’s in a cooler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=177712&page=1&pp=50)[/li][li][Do they make PVC big enough to launch a goat out of?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=41020)[/li][li][SDMB ~ The Epic Musical](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361756)[/li][li][A curious parcel arrived last night](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440833)[/li][li][Evil Nazi Groundhogs!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15906)[/li][li][Sex with sheep is fun](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=333640)[/li][li][Insurance for the cataclysmically stupid](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=236970)[/li][li][Favorite pimple stories](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=106449)[/li][li][Master Wank-Ka and the Jehovah’s Witness](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4600087&postcount=31)[/li][li][[_][url=[Fun Wilford Brimley Facts! - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367144)]Fun Wilford Brimley Facts!](]Outrageous Lies About thhttp://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=419579e Previous Poster[/url)[/li][li][Are scalar weapons for real?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=202225)[/li][li][When Good Cooks Go Bad: Wiener Gravy and Other Disasters](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=2735281)[/li][li][The TMI thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44749)[/li][li][http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=38764&highlight=Homer+mushrooms](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=38764&highlight=Homer+mushrooms)[/li][li][Did the President mislead about Saddam’s WMDs, nukes and terrorists?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=205995)[/li][li][The Ron Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=495672)[/li]_[li]Anyone know when the first Death Pool thread was?_[/li][/ul] **Catch Phrases** [ul] [li]Gotcha Ya[/li][li]Hi Opal![/li][li]Once, in 1960, for twenty minutes… [/li][li]1920s style “death ray”[/li][li]Penis ensues[/li][li]The correct answer is “Rio” by Duran Duran[/li][/ul] **News Events that shook the Board** (for context) [ul] [li]9/11[/li][li]Madrid - 3/11[/li][li]London - 7/7[/li][li]Bush v. Gore[/li][li]Bush v. Kerry[/li][li]Obama v. McCain[/li][li]Indian Ocean Tsunami [/li][li]Afghanistan invasion[/li][li]Iraq invasion [/li][li]Palin nomination[/li][li]Obama v. Clinton [/li][/ul] **Dearly(ish) Departed Dopers**[ul][li]Wildest Bill[/li][li]Grapist[/li][li]Handy[/li][li]Satan[/li][li]SqrlCub[/li][li]JDT[/li][li]FORMERAGENT[/li][li]Weirddave[/li][li]SmashTheState[/li][/ul] **Mods – Shoeless** [ul] [li]Alphagene[/li][li]Arnold Winkelried[/li][li]bibliophage[/li][li]Chronos[/li][li]Coldfire[/li][li]DavidB[/li][li]DrMatrix[/li][li]Eutychus55[/li][li]Frank[/li][li]JillGat[/li][li]John Corrado[/li][li]manhattan[/li][li]MEBuckner[/li][li]Melin[/li][li]Nickrz[/li][li]SkipMagic[/li][li]TVeblen[/li][li]Ukelele Ike[/li][li]UncleBeer[/li][li]xash[/li][_]Giraffe[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/186 "2009-10-29T20:31:32Z")
Here are the two main 9/11 threads: [World Trade Center Plane Crash](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=86458) [Everything Changed- LONG Narrative](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=87248) Gotcha Ya: [I Am Going To Blow People Mind’s At My Funeral](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80870) The origin of Og: [You say you are a christian - I say you nead to grow up](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103615) More Og goodness: [Cthulu v. Og: The Battle of the Gods!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=104146) A couple of **Sauron** ’s gems: [I stood next to the Emperor of the World at McDonald’s!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=152737) [Farewell, Pink Blankie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=311875) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/187 "2009-10-29T21:06:41Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > Not to hijack but after the quote was outed at Clinton’s I see nobody doing anything like you describe. Maybe you could make a case for **An Arky** but it wouldn’t be very strong IMO. > > One way or the other you are way off base with your description. Yay! I get to be one of the biggest idiots in the history of the dope! :o 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/188 "2009-10-29T21:20:13Z")
I originally got the sequential thread titles meme rolling (for which I deeply apologize), although you may think I’m a lying liar since my OP ended up getting scrambled down to post #17 during one of our board disruptions. > **[Best sequential thread title nominations](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=16755)** > > At the time I am posting this, the thread “Songs about self pleasure” is immediately followed by “Without any pants on.” “Well, walk it off! And next time, stretch before you ovulate.” – Al Bundy ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/189 "2009-10-29T22:06:34Z")
I skimmed the thread, and I don’t think anyone has mentioned \*\*loverock \*\* yet. Feel free to correct me if I missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/190 "2009-10-29T22:20:25Z")
Is this the first loverock thread? I think it may be. > **[is it for real??](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=3452)** > > my boy donny was teling me this Sapainish Flee stuff wood get the fly hottys all nasty on me an stuff!!! Is it for reall i toled yo dopes about my date on sat she is the jiggity an i want her HHHHHHHHOOOOOTTTTtt!! Dose it work like donny sez and... ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/191 "2009-10-29T23:44:36Z")
I made a thread intending to get some of this type of information back when I first started. It didn’t get too many responses, but perhaps the stuff that is included could remind people of some more stuff. > **[folklore of the smdb](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=93679)** > > ok, i’m not sure where this should go, but mpsims seems like the most likely suspect. and actually, i’m not really sure the word folklore is what i’m looking for, any help on this would be appreciated. what i want to start with this thread is sort... By the by, **Sweet Sue** is STILL my favorite poster ever. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/192 "2009-10-30T00:44:31Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > The Cliffs notes version: > > Mod from the old days. > Involved in an bitter public argument with another mod in “The Minorities Thread.” > Fired as a mod, but remained on as a member. > Her sig referred to her as having been voted “favorite mod” or something like that, sort of a thumb of the nose to management. > She apparently had still had access to staff boards, and mentioned them in a thread. That seemed to have caused some commotion about a) that a fired mod still had access to them, and b) that she even mentioned these secret handshake meeting places. > Some amount of acrimony precipitated out of that, in which she threatened legal action, which resulted in her being banned. > This caused a lot of members to pack up their bags and leave in support of her. (The old AOL crowd, which was the bulk of the membership at the time was a much more insular, clannish group, IMO.) > She was later banned from that board, too. Pretty much right, although you left out the part where before her banning over at the other board, her internet boyfriend faked his own death while “on a safari,” including his somehow e-mailing or calling her from wherever he’d broken his leg and been stranded. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/193 "2009-10-30T00:59:12Z")
Yeah, he was the second reported “death” after Wally. To make matters even more confusing in his case, at the same time, someone with the same moniker–who was a close friend of a board member, but had no other board connection–died. Poohpah is still the first confirmed. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/194 "2009-10-30T01:49:49Z")
There was a great flame in the BBQ Pit of somebody who pretended his fiancee had just died for board sympathy; then a few threads and a few hours later was all cheerful. When called on it, he actually said something like The Butler from Steve Martin’s “The Jerk,” “One can’t mourn forever.” The name of the flame thread calling him out for B.S. was “My Beyonce Just Died.” I remember that being a hoot. (Oh, and hello again.) ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/195 "2009-10-30T02:16:41Z")
[Dead “Fieonse”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=131062) [Dead Beyonce](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=131082&highlight=beyonce+died) ETA: Was **Koko** the one who started the “words that end in -gry” meme? ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/196 "2009-10-30T05:56:31Z")
> [@Maeglin](#): > > Speaking of classic SDMB hoaxes, anyone else remember Pajama Pants Girl? > > ETA: [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=116085&highlight=Pajama+pants+girl) Yeah, I remember that one well. The linked pit thread kind of trails off. Now I’m curious again. Was there ever any resolution? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/197 "2009-10-30T12:45:14Z")
The various threads by **Sauron, Scylla,** and **Master Wang-ka** remind me of an idea I toyed with a while back for an SDMB writing show. I’ll get back to work on this. One division would be Open. The other division would be Invitational. I know there’s one other Doper who can hold their own in this league, but the name escapes me. So: Who else is one of our top writers? ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/198 "2009-10-30T14:54:50Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > [Dead “Fieonse”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=131062) > > [Dead Beyonce](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=131082&highlight=beyonce+died) > > ETA: Was **Koko** the one who started the “words that end in -gry” meme? LOL, I’d forgotten that his fiancee had supposedly died in a bungee-jumping accident. And that he’d just heard 3 minutes earlier and decided to run to the SDMB and start a thread about it. Can’t remember about the -gry. Hungry, angry and … ??? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/199 "2009-10-30T15:01:51Z")
> [@Milossarian](#): > > Can’t remember about the -gry. Hungry, angry and … ??? That’s an old linguistic puzzle. The answer, of course, is [gry](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gry). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/200 "2009-10-30T15:19:16Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > One division would be Open. > The other division would be Invitational. I know there’s one other Doper who can hold their own in this league, but the name escapes me. So: Who else is one of our top writers? **Sampiro**? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189.md?page=11)