# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/21 "2009-10-26T18:28:27Z")
[“As a matter of fact, I am the fucking hall monitor.”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151356) [I burning your dog.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=203185) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/22 "2009-10-26T18:45:22Z")
**ORION** \*\* His4Ever ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/23 "2009-10-26T18:48:11Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > Someone started a thread pointing to the silliness on the Left Behind board. Some went over there. A Board War started with us over there and them over here. It was the genesis of the don’t bring other board stuff here rule. Thanks. Either that was before my time or I missed it somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/24 "2009-10-26T18:48:50Z")
Jack Dean Tyler. Monkey butler suit. **Coldfire** ’s “We Remember”. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/25 "2009-10-26T18:49:27Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m surprised he annoyed you so much given his last appearance on the board was five years before you signed up. I have probably read this board longer than you. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/26 "2009-10-26T19:08:14Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > Someone started a thread pointing to the silliness on the Left Behind board. Some went over there. A Board War started with us over there and them over here. I’m sorry. ---
**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 26, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/27 "2009-10-26T19:24:34Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > [Beryl\_Mooncalf flames out in spectacular fashion.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=211820) And then I got to the meltdown at #85. Wow, I never read that back in the day, I was avoiding the Pit in 2003. Way to go Bricker, Jodi, and team! ETA: Wow again! Did Jodi ever make the Page o’ Flames for the following in #111? > [@Jodi](#): > > You are so wrong you are the poster child for wrongness. Look up “wrong” in the dictionary and it says “see BERYL MOONCALF.” You not only live in Wrong Kong, you are the mayor, nay, the king. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/28 "2009-10-26T19:26:32Z")
Catch phrases: I recall a thing for “all your base are belong to us” some years ago–back in 2001, maybe? Great threads (or maybe just great posts): Cervaise’s Telemarketing Rant. And just a correction to the OP’s list of board events–IIRC, it was called “The Winter of Our Missed Content.” (That is, “Missed” not “Lost.”) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/29 "2009-10-26T19:33:06Z")
[Halfsie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=51807) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/30 "2009-10-26T19:33:13Z")
Wow, fantastic! Question for the mods — what about ex-posters? Annoyances like the Grapist made a pretty big splash, different from a typical ten-day troll. Satan was an institution, as was Handy. JDT and FORMERAGENT were small rips in the fabric of the Timecube, but added fun and character to the board nonetheless. There are a few out there that while departed are still mentioned from time to time. But mentioning them may ruffle some feathers, so I’ll leave it up to you as to whether it fits in this context. All great threads … some legendary, some it’s hard to tell. If you don’t see a thread listed, re-nominate or +1 it. How to capture Doperfests? Can they be dated? Any of them stand out enough far beyond the attendees? With multiple fests in multiple places, how to differentiate between them? I’m not sure how to incorporate general Internet into the board. All Your Base, Weeble and Bob (When come back, bring pie), etc. clearly had a presence, but hit the Internet as a whole. Oh, and then there’s bacon. Bacon bacon bacon bacon (salt). Where does it go? Lastly, any help with chronology? Here’s how I knew my memory was shot: I’m pretty sure they happened relatively close to one another, but I can’t remember which wave came first — StormFront or Left Behind. I’m pretty sure we haven’t been awash since (a few minor incursions, but nothing like those two inundations), but which came first? By the way, didn’t a couple Left Behinders stay behind and join the board and become long-term notable posters? If the chronology bit gets off the ground, I’d like to merge everything (and try to keep it colour-coded) into one list. Oh, what about including mods and when they earned their jackboots? **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][/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 Horror of Blimps[/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]Duran Duran’s 'Rio[/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][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/31 "2009-10-26T19:39:10Z")
Cervaise’s [The Telemarketer Speaks - I Respond](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=51270&highlight=telemarketer+talks+respond), hands down the best Pit OP in board history. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/32 "2009-10-26T19:40:01Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Catch phrases: I recall a thing for “all your base are belong to us” some years ago–back in 2001, maybe? According to Wiki, it made its appearance on February 23, 2001. It grew in popularity over the next couple of years. I’d bet that someone here mentioned it early in that time period. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/33 "2009-10-26T19:42:30Z")
The Lost Weekend Though you can’t really go about proving that one… And I’m a fan of the first few Mafia threads on here, but I suppose those may not be as important to the others. Hell, the creation of the Game Room was amazing as well. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/34 "2009-10-26T19:51:41Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > **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 Lost 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][/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?) \ I would add to the bottom of this list The Great Schism of 2009. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/35 "2009-10-26T19:58:56Z")
> [@](#): > > I burning your dog! Immortalized, of course, in the name of the Doper WoW guild, The Burning Dog Legion. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/36 "2009-10-26T20:01:14Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I would add to the bottom of this list The Great Schism of 2009. Yeah, whichever epic thread it was where Ed’s “no cursing in the Pit” rule got debated (and I use that term loosely). ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/37 "2009-10-26T20:04:29Z")
As a new member, I’d love to read about all of these, I’m enjoying hanging out on the SDMB (mainly in MPSIMS, I don’t think I’ll ever have the nerve to put much more than a toe in the Pit - so if someone is Pitting me, let me know via PM, k? 😉 ), will links be added once we find them all? (BTW, I would think that Cecil’s last post would be easy to find by just looking up His username and linking to the last post there. Being new, I don’t know His user name though.) ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/38 "2009-10-26T20:08:59Z")
Funny Things Said During Sex. “Is that a leg?” ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/39 "2009-10-26T22:13:32Z")
> [@Rasa](#): > > Funny Things Said During Sex. > > “Is that a leg?” “are you the sheriff?” “make pig noises” that thread is an amazing amount of funny. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/40 "2009-10-26T22:26:39Z")
How about “Batman wins…if he’s prepared” for catch-phrases? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189.md?page=3)