# The oddest posters **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038 "2016-07-27T16:12:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/421 "2018-09-12T03:54:19Z")
> [@joyfool](#): > > Some days I miss pay-to-post. Joyfool - I remember her. Her history says she hasn’t posted since December 2016; anyone know what happened to her? She was NOT odd; I always liked her. ETA: Didn’t realize I was bumping a semi-zombie thread; I was doing some post-diving and found this thread, and saw some usernames I hadn’t in a while. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/422 "2018-09-12T05:08:14Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Joyfool - I remember her. Her history says she hasn’t posted since December 2016; anyone know what happened to her? She was NOT odd; I always liked her. > > ETA: Didn’t realize I was bumping a semi-zombie thread; I was doing some post-diving and found this thread, and saw some usernames I hadn’t in a while. I miss her like hell. I hope she’s ok. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/423 "2018-09-12T10:52:36Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > But does he steam a good ham? That’s the real question. Depends on whether he’s from Albany or Utica. ---
**Author:** ![baileygrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@baileygrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baileygrrrl)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/424 "2018-09-15T00:44:14Z")
> [@Azeotrope](#): > > **[Springs1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10936021&postcount=247)** > > She ALSO thought she should be ABLE TO switch from COKE to Sprite to ROOT beer to Moxie without paying for a separate DRINK because THE menu said soft DRINK refills WERE free. SHE liked random CAPITALIZATION, too. This one is seriously bonkers … and notorious on the WWW. I’ve come across her/him on more than one message board. Blog: [Blogger: User Profile: Springs1](https://www.blogger.com/profile/16330862403978274454) ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/425 "2018-09-15T11:38:45Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I thought you were shooting for 666… I don’t know the significance of 672. > > EDIT: Whoosh? If 66 and 606 are expressions in base 7, then their sum expressed in base 19 is (6+6+6) 6 Just saying. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/426 "2018-09-15T14:29:57Z")
Base 7 and 19? Those Mercotans have some freak going on. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/427 "2018-09-15T14:44:22Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Marsupials are definitely superior to us in the genitalia department. Males have a [two-pronged dong](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2V4Fl4GgSBw/TZu8ljLzY_I/AAAAAAAAGXg/uRkqkz_N0qU/s1600/20110405_27.JPG), while females have [three vaginas](http://static02.mediaite.com/themarysue/uploads/2012/04/Kangaroo-vaginas-chart.jpg). (I am not making this up.) > > (Possibly NSFW if your boss is an opossum.) But, as usual, the guys come up short. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/428 "2018-09-16T01:25:42Z")
[Behold–a fresh one](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=862312). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/429 "2018-09-16T02:02:09Z")
> [@Quint](#): > > Here is a [one hit wonder](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=446711) from Chainsawvictum that deserves mention. Oh, shit. Another reason we Arkansan get deemed crazy and/or mentally deranged. Lovely. And ‘no’ I don’t go to Wal-Mart barefooted. Just saying. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/430 "2018-09-16T02:23:29Z")
…wait. Steamed ham? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/431 "2018-09-16T03:06:20Z")
> [@Azeotrope](#): > > **[Springs1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10936021&postcount=247)** > > She ALSO thought she should be ABLE TO switch from COKE to Sprite to ROOT beer to Moxie without paying for a separate DRINK because THE menu said soft DRINK refills WERE free. SHE liked random CAPITALIZATION, too. Wow, thanks for the link. She was quite a character. Wow, I’m glad I never waited her table. (and glad I never shared a restaurant table with her, honestly.) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/432 "2024-08-06T04:02:28Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > There was that guy with his obsessive pet theory about the Egyptians using geysers to build pyramids. That was certainly odd. Not so fast! > **[Egypt’s first pyramid constructed using a hydraulic lift, study says | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/05/science/egypt-pyramid-hydraulic-lift-technology-theory/index.html)** > > A team of engineers suggests a new theory on how Egypt’s first pyramid was built — a water elevator used to float heavy stones through the middle of the structure. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/433 "2024-08-06T05:20:22Z")
What’s next? Ralph vindicated when they build the ski lift to the top of Everest? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/434 "2024-08-06T16:21:41Z")
I’ve gotta say, it’s really lifting my mood to go back through this thread and click on those old discussions… well, really just pointing and laughing. If there’re any other oddities that would give me some good snarky joy, do post a link! eta: You can’t get much odder than **ZPGZealot** ’s contention that offering to shake someone’s hand is the equivalent of rape. After she hijacked a number of threads with that, we had a whole thread trying to figure her out: > [@The ZPG Zealot handshake thread party extravaganza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-zpg-zealot-handshake-thread-party-extravaganza/758713/1): > > I’ve noticed threads that get into handshakes at all sometimes seem to derail into discussions with ZPG Zealot about their appropriateness, so I thought I’d create a one-stop-ZPG Zealot-handshake-thread to move any such discussion to, so that threads on other topics can stop being derailed (I did this before with some transgender bathroom issues that seemed to have some success). Before I made this thread I googled to see if there was any such thread already made, and I found so many threads th… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/435 "2024-08-06T16:42:02Z")
Nothing like what he was claiming. This new claim lacks support among those in the field. As that article concludes - “But there’s a sort of [Occam’s razor](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Occam%27s%20razor#:~:text=%3A%20a%20scientific%20and%20philosophical%20rule,in%20terms%20of%20known%20quantities) of what’s the simplest thing based on what we already know.” I looked at the actual paper. Possibly not altogether absurd for the relatively small Step Pyramid, though the system spoken of seems like a bigger project than the pyramid. Insane to think it was technology used to build the Great Pyramid, or whatever that crazy guy posted about. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/436 "2024-08-06T16:51:03Z")
Yeah, it’s between the lines but basically “well, it’s not impossible” which is a far cry from plausible or likely. This thread is a real blast from the past, though. I had forgotten half of these ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038/437 "2024-08-06T21:11:30Z")
But it does make me wonder if the poster in question had heard some early rumblings of this theory and lost the details in translation, or alternatively the authors of this paper read his ramblings on the Dope or elsewhere and that sparked thinking of a way it could actually work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oddest-posters/761038.md?page=21)