# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/101 "2009-10-27T23:51:53Z")
Wasn’t there a thread called “A”? I didn’t participate, but it seemed to go on for miles. Oh, and there was a bar fight in the Pit. Before my time. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/102 "2009-10-28T00:30:39Z")
> [@Rasa](#): > > Funny Things Said During Sex. > > “Is that a leg?” I’ve been known to ask “Where’s your head?” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/103 "2009-10-28T00:37:05Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Wasn’t there a thread called “A”? I didn’t participate, but it seemed to go on for miles [In its 107-page glory, enjoy **a**.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=158752) ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/104 "2009-10-28T00:41:34Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > As **ivylass** said in a post after yours, this was when the Board went down. For three months. I know. I was there. I misinterpreted something you said as being about TWOOMC, not about the early searches. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/105 "2009-10-28T00:46:47Z")
Another one that I like but don’t recall the specifics- there were a series of threads started by Meeker the SDMB Musicals or something like that- there were some GREAT song parodies in there about fellow dopers! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/106 "2009-10-28T00:53:44Z")
How about Scylla’s [Evil Nazi Groundhogs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15906)! I’m pretty sure it’s Scylla’s thread. For some reason, the OP just says “Guest”, with no name. Odd. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/107 "2009-10-28T01:47:18Z")
Who left his computer on at the office only to have cow-workers type explicit statements about goat love? ---
**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 28, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/108 "2009-10-28T02:11:34Z")
The aforementioned (and extremely good sport) **Hal Briston.** (I think it was mentioned on the first page.) And it was sheep love - how he really, really loved lovin’ him up some sheep. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/109 "2009-10-28T02:43:52Z")
How I missed The Grapist is beyond me. The troll I recall most is **Mark Serlin/RainbowCSR/whatever other sock puppet he had**. He was…um…something. Oof, he was so transparent in his attempts to post as a sock into some ridiculous thread he’d started to support himself. He was on AOL, so I actually added him to my Buddy List and just watched him log on as one sock, log off, log on as another immediately after, log off, repeat. One sock after another. Was he the one who said it was all some grand experiment? HA HA HA joke is all on us? I’m amazed we’re this far into it and no one has mentioned **Who Was Mr. Ruda Duda.** Granted, that’s more than 10 years of the Dope history–more like 12–but still. That thing went forever, as did the original MPSIMS thread (“Titanic Wallpaper!”). I remember the SDMB awards–mainly because Way Back When I was voted poster people most wanted to date. Whoo hoo! (I think Opal was the one people most wanted to meet…I don’t recall who folks wanted to have sex with most was, or many of the other categories.) Reading these old threads, I’m amazed at how many old familiar names are listed, and now gone. I don’t feel as connected to the SDMB now (not that I was every prolific, note my post count) as then; I swear I recognize more names from then than now. Ah, that’s what life and its busy-ness does. BTW, I’ve tried to find my old threads when I would post under LauraRae–that was my old screenname at AOL, and what I registered under back in March 1999. I grew bored with it and went with Ruffian nine months later, but I’d think that’d mean my old posts from March-December would be searchable. Alas, they have never shown up. And hubby and I still quote “Funny things said during sex.” OINK! OINK! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/110 "2009-10-28T02:54:37Z")
concrete ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/111 "2009-10-28T03:21:35Z")
:::twitch::: ---
**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 28, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/112 "2009-10-28T04:02:33Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > Another one that I like but don’t recall the specifics- there were a series of threads started by Meeker the SDMB Musicals or something like that- there were some GREAT song parodies in there about fellow dopers! That would be **meek**. A master of coding as well as a master of musical parody. Unfortunately, the current spoiler tags don’t show off his skill as well as they did when they were black backgrounds, but they’re still fun. Here you go: [SDMB ~ The Epic Musical](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361756) [SDMB ~ The Epic Musical Sequel](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=409339) [SDMB Epic Musical III ~ This Time It’s Personal](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=457852) [SDMB Epic Musical IV ~ Not Safe for Home Either](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=507818) ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/113 "2009-10-28T12:16:25Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > I remember many of these. I don’t recall when I delurked, but surely it’s been about 10 years for me? There was a serious Pit thread about rape (it stopped being an insult fest and became a serious and honest conversation about rape/sex etc); that was some years ago. > > Funny and fun threads–too many to count. **Scylla** and **Sampiro** are excellent storytellers. Wasn’t there a thread started by someone who “discovered” a small box and wasn’t sure what was in it, and it led to more installments and spy rings, buried treasure, exotic places etc? > > As can be seen, I am hopeless at remembering exact details when it comes to threads. > > And who can forget the Great Rift when the ads came? [A strange parcel arrived last night](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440833) was posted by **Balance** some time back when I was a lurker. Is that the one? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/114 "2009-10-28T13:14:56Z")
“Thread”. Anyone remember that one? Full of basically generic descriptions of posts. “Witty rejoinder” “Scathing rebuttal” “Grevious insult to one’s mother.” etc. Maybe not a classic, but hilarious. ---
**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 28, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/115 "2009-10-28T13:42:39Z")
Speaking of the SDMB Musical, there was also one where we re-wrote Genesis according to the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/116 "2009-10-28T13:52:47Z")
There was a poster that said he was hearing strange noises outside his door, and said he was going to check it out and would be right back. Didn’t return for a few weeks if I recall. Caused quite a kerfluffel ---
**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 28, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/117 "2009-10-28T14:06:18Z")
Not sure if this is quite as well-remembered as some of these, but does anybody recall **Wildest Bill** and the thread about his Miracle Mexican Fat Burners? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/118 "2009-10-28T14:18:46Z")
Without **Wildest Bill,** we wouldn’t have “gotcha ya”. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/119 "2009-10-28T15:24:16Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > There was a poster that said he was hearing strange noises outside his door, and said he was going to check it out and would be right back. > > Didn’t return for a few weeks if I recall. Caused quite a kerfluffel I remember that…I think he got banned for that little stunt. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/120 "2009-10-28T15:40:57Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I remember that…I think he got banned for that little stunt. That was **SqrlCub**. That was a mess and not really worth posting a link to. But, here’s [Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=26280). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189.md?page=7)