# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/121 "2009-10-28T16:04:21Z")
I was partial to the goat cannon thread > **[Do they make PVC big enough to launch a goat out of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=41020)** > > Also, would PVC be the right material to make a goat cannon? Can structural soundness of the barrel be counted upon while properly launching the cloven ones? What would be the best propellant? Black powder, butane, gasoline, semtex? Would you use... ---
**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, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/122 "2009-10-28T16:36:40Z")
There was a Pit thread by a Doper who worked for an insurance company, and the troubles he was having with one of his customers. It included references to \*Dune \*(insurance is the little death) and was quite hysterical to read. ---
**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, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/123 "2009-10-28T16:51:49Z")
Speaking of work there is also the mysterious co-worker who disappeared. And the boombox incident. ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/124 "2009-10-28T17:19:11Z")
I didn’t see it in here, who was the guy who was obsessed with foreskins? ---
**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, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/125 "2009-10-28T17:23:15Z")
Jack Dean Tyler and his fantastic Tug-Ahoy. Nonsubscribers will probably greeted with a web ad for said product now. I hope you’re happy. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/126 "2009-10-28T19:10:04Z")
The story so far … Here’s a recap with additions — let me know if I missed a thread, event or whatever. I haven’t started figuring out the order of things yet, so it’s still a hodgepodge of items. I now know a couple, but if anyone has date information (or we can parse it out through relative dating), that would be great. I added a short list of Dearly(ish) Departed Dopers. In picking colours for the categories, I thought it appropriate to leave this one black 🙂 The list is dreadfully short, and I can think of a _lot_ more that could go on, but figured I’d leave it a bit more open — let the criteria evolve a bit. If anyone comments, remember that the banned can’t respond and that this is somewhat slanted towards **fond** memories. Clearly I should take from the [In Memoriam](http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510802) thread. Where should **Wally** go? I’d also like to add a category of Mods – do the admins keep a roster of names/dates? **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][/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]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]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] **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][/ul] ---
**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 28, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/127 "2009-10-28T19:17:18Z")
**reeder** , **danceswithcats** and **Persephone** are also among the departed. I think deceased and banned Dopers should be two different categories (unless they’re one and the same, as **reeder** was (though I think banned deceased should just be in both categories instead of trying to combine them)). ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/128 "2009-10-28T19:20:15Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > [ul][li]Duran Duran’s 'Rio[/li][/ul] I’ve always seen it as “Rio by Duran Duran”. ---
**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, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/129 "2009-10-28T19:25:05Z")
[Found the insurance thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=236970). (Sorry, it was bugging me.) ---
**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, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/130 "2009-10-28T19:30:05Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I’d also like to add a category of Mods – do the admins keep a roster of names/dates? Don’t know. There’s no list in the mod sections as far as I know, but that doesn’t mean one isn’t kept elsewhere. One could probably be put together anyhow. ---
**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 28, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/131 "2009-10-28T19:34:51Z")
How about [Favorite Pimple stories](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=106449) as a "great thread. It set a standard for the ages. I would add Wally to the"Board Events" as our first reported death. At the time, we all pretty much bought it for face value, and it took a while for it to sink in that something just didn’t seem right. I guess as it turns out, poopah chalupa was the first confirmed board death. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/132 "2009-10-28T19:41:41Z")
I think I was off the Boards when the whole WallyM7 story collapsed in on itself, though I was here when his ‘passing’ was marked; what exactly happened there? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/133 "2009-10-28T19:42:03Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I’ve always seen it as “Rio by Duran Duran”. [The thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296939), and you’re right. The correct answer is “Rio” by Duran Duran. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/134 "2009-10-28T21:18:47Z")
A couple of easy recommendations. **Master Wang-Ka** for memorable Dopers. And [Master Wank-Ka and the Jehovah’s Witness](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4600087&postcount=31) for a post commendation. ---
**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/135 "2009-10-28T21:33:21Z")
I’ve kept [Outrageous Lies About the Previous Poster](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=419579) bookmarked for when I need a quick laugh. And re: the main list … I thought Obama vs Clinton was at least as much fun as Obama vs McCain. And the birth of The Other Board should get an honorable mention in the annals, though I don’t know where it came from. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/136 "2009-10-28T22:53:16Z")
And on that same outrageous lies note: [Fun Wilford Brimley Facts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367144) [Fun Facts about Ernest Borgnine (who turned 90 today)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=405275) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/137 "2009-10-28T23:00:14Z")
The PVC Goat Cannon Thread. And of course, the cataput that shot flaming pigs at elephants. Any kind of barnyard artillery, really. ---
**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, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/138 "2009-10-28T23:07:15Z")
Remember the “Ask the Gay Guy who used to Cruise Restrooms” thread? Q: Why did you stop? A: Got older and could no longer do the contortions. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/139 "2009-10-29T00:12:17Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > A couple of easy recommendations. > > **Master Wang-Ka** for memorable Dopers. > > And [Master Wank-Ka and the Jehovah’s Witness](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4600087&postcount=31) for a post commendation. There’s two more by him that I thoroughly enjoyed, but I can’t seem to find them. One was when a friend was cooking dinner and managed to set the kitchen on fire, and the other was a problem with the electrical system in the apartment that the landlord would not fix. ---
**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 29, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189/140 "2009-10-29T00:17:14Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Without **Wildest Bill,** we wouldn’t have “gotcha ya”. Or “fucko off.” I miss that whacked-out dude. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-of-the-dope-a-history/515189.md?page=8)