# The First Annual Wally Awards\[sym\]ä\[/sym\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 11, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-annual-wally-awards-sym-a-sym/92778 "2001-11-11T17:16:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-annual-wally-awards-sym-a-sym/92778/21 "2001-11-12T19:40:42Z")
I’d like to see the following category: “Witty, erudite, devastatingly handsome poster whose name most frequently gets confused with **Gaudere**.” Who’s with me?? ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-annual-wally-awards-sym-a-sym/92778/22 "2001-11-12T20:20:18Z")
Dammit! I’ve looked at this thread and realized that I can’t possibly win any of these awards. Looks like I have no choice. I’ll have to hijack a Pit thread with my own rant that’s both funny and serious and which allows me to flirt with the other Dopers. It should show that I’m likely to become unhinged in public while displaying both my silly and my patient sides. Finally, it should kill the thread in a manner that gets me confused with **Gadarene**. This may take a while… ---
**Author:** ![rushtopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47774/32.png) [@rushtopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rushtopher)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-annual-wally-awards-sym-a-sym/92778/23 "2001-11-12T23:22:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cartooniverse \* > \*\* > 8. Least Likely To Be Named Moderator. > > \*\* Seethruhart (spelling?) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-annual-wally-awards-sym-a-sym/92778/24 "2001-11-13T02:07:20Z")
I’d like to see: \*\*Doper with over 3000 posts and likely to be nominated for nothing. \*\* I’ll work on my acceptance speech. ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-annual-wally-awards-sym-a-sym/92778/25 "2001-11-13T02:20:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gadarene \* > \*\*I’d like to see the following category: > > “Witty, erudite, devastatingly handsome poster whose name most frequently gets confused with **Gaudere**.” > Who’s with me?? \*\* Hmm. It sounds like a good idea, but I can’t think of any poster who has any of the first three specifications for the award _and_ has the last one as well.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-annual-wally-awards-sym-a-sym/92778/26 "2001-11-13T03:38:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*I’d like to see a category for “Biggest sci-fi nerd”. 😃 \*\* Why SPOOFE, I see your Schwartz is as big as mine. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-annual-wally-awards-sym-a-sym/92778/27 "2001-11-13T08:35:58Z")
It’s not the size that counts, but how you… _handle_ it. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-annual-wally-awards-sym-a-sym/92778/28 "2001-11-13T15:21:24Z")
why is this in the Pit now? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-annual-wally-awards-sym-a-sym/92778/29 "2001-11-13T16:23:09Z")
Perhaps because of some of the off-colored comments in here. That’s fine with me, I just feel badly that it would have been taken as some kind of an exclusionary thing. It was really just for smiles, and a lot of posters here have taken it in that spirit. My apologies to anyone who felt it was offensive. ☹ Cartooniverse [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-annual-wally-awards-sym-a-sym/92778.md?page=1)