# The Straight Dope Message Board needs an icon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503 "2006-11-08T02:18:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/1 "2006-11-08T02:18:28Z")
…and I nominate me. Just Kidding When I switched to Internet Explorer 7 I noticed that many websites had a special tiny icon in the web address window so I thought that The SDMB needed one too. I nominate: A question mark A picture of Cecil Adams The third english word ending in gry A picture of a death ray What would you like to see? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/2 "2006-11-08T02:25:44Z")
How about a picture of a death ray beaming down into the ocean and destroying a submersible by frying its only occupant, a golden retriever? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/3 "2006-11-08T03:02:04Z")
airplane on a treadmill. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/4 "2006-11-08T04:08:26Z")
How about a [double headed, 18" ice blue jelly dong?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266235&highlight=jelly+dong) (That was one of the first threads I read here.) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/5 "2006-11-08T04:19:20Z")
Gotta be a turkey head with a mortarboard. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/6 "2006-11-08T04:33:21Z")
A question mark with the Verboten symbol across it. The verboten symbol is the red circle and slash used in “No Smoking” signs and the like. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/7 "2006-11-08T05:20:43Z")
[Halfsie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=51807&highlight=halvsie) ! The first thread I read. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/8 "2006-11-08T05:27:11Z")
[QUOTE=Morgyn] Gotta be a turkey head with a mortarboard. [/QUOTE] Correct! Choose the next question! ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/9 "2006-11-08T05:27:35Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] How about a picture of a death ray beaming down into the ocean and destroying a submersible by frying its only occupant, a golden retriever? [/QUOTE] Say, what decade was that death ray made? ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/10 "2006-11-08T05:30:52Z")
My nominations would be; 1. A hamster (or Hampster) 2. Goatse 3. An opal, possibly with a word balloon that said “Hi!”. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2006, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/11 "2006-11-08T11:01:12Z")
[QUOTE=Rhubarb] 1. A hamster [/quote] Yes! > [@](#): > > (or Hampster) No… ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/12 "2006-11-08T11:21:27Z")
Pie! ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/13 "2006-11-08T11:26:07Z")
[QUOTE=Rhubarb] 1. Goatse [/QUOTE] Oh dear lord NO. If I had to look at that every time I went to my bookmarks to pull up the SDMB, I think i’d quickly be cured of my Doping habit. ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/14 "2006-11-08T14:09:51Z")
I thought the subject line said “The Straight Dope Message Board needs an **IRON** ”. You know, as in to flatten out the Board’s wrinkles. Or maybe to press shirts with. For an icon, I nominate an upside-down paper bag with eye holes cut out. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/15 "2006-11-08T14:16:57Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] How about a picture of a death ray beaming down into the ocean and destroying a submersible by frying its only occupant, a golden retriever? [/QUOTE] That would only be amusing for 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/16 "2006-11-08T16:42:45Z")
[QUOTE=UncleRojelio] That would only be amusing for 20 minutes. [/QUOTE] And only once. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/17 "2006-11-08T16:57:02Z")
[QUOTE=UncleRojelio] That would only be amusing for 20 minutes. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Fish Cheer] And only once. [/QUOTE] Oh, come on, that hasn’t been funny since the sixties! Tris ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/18 "2006-11-08T16:59:42Z")
We could have a picture of Mariana’s Trench. ---
**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/19 "2006-11-08T17:54:18Z")
Might be hard to get one, given the fact that… ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503/20 "2006-11-08T18:58:09Z")
Jeez, why not just get a picture of Rio, by Duran Duran. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-needs-an-icon/379503.md?page=2)