# What did the SDMB make you do? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 29, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691 "2008-09-29T10:57:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/21 "2008-09-29T16:57:19Z")
The Dope (specifically Derleth) inspired me to enter and win the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. I was world famous for a week or so. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/22 "2008-09-29T16:59:26Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > Why are we supposed to stick wedding rings up our nose? This [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=209087) is why. Sadly, none of my rings would fit. I have very large fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/23 "2008-09-29T17:06:44Z")
I’ve never taken off my wedding ring since the Big Day. Tempted . . . no. can’t. But the engagement ring . . . doesn’t fit. Hay fever, must be swollen. May try tomorrow when Claritin Clear. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/24 "2008-09-29T19:17:57Z")
I discovered the shovelglove workout b/c of the dope and I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/25 "2008-09-29T19:20:17Z")
> [@fisha](#): > > I stuck my wedding ring up my nose. Yeah. Me, too. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/26 "2008-09-29T20:08:50Z")
> [@Telperien](#): > > This [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=209087) is why. > > Sadly, none of my rings would fit. I have very large fingers. Well, as I mentioned in that thread I found out that a Sacajawea dollar will fit up my nose, but not a Canadian two-dollar coin. I’ve picked up a number of books and added a bunch of movies to my Netflix queue based on comments (not necessarily recommendations) made here. I’m sure that are other things, but I can’t think of them offhand. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/27 "2008-09-29T20:52:54Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I discovered the shovelglove workout b/c of the dope and I love it. I remember looking at that - maybe I’ll do it on my non-running days, so I can curse you guys every day instead of just three out of seven. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/28 "2008-09-29T22:02:04Z")
Another bacon salt convert. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/29 "2008-09-29T22:14:49Z")
Let’s see. . . Firefly, bacon salt in everyone’s Christmas stockings (very little feedback on that), at least half a dozen webcomics (like I need more of those to follow), some online games, and I don’t know how many books. Seriously, if the Dope could get a fee for Amazon click-through purchases, I bet they’d be able to upgrade the hampsters to guinea pigs. I’m a sucker for SDMB recommended books. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/30 "2008-09-30T05:12:26Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > … What it _did_ make me do was realize that I’m not as smart as I thought I was (I suspect a lot of people already knew that), and to be a bit more humble. I’d like to second this (for myself, not for **Chefguy** ). When I first discovered this place I was all set to dazzle all with my brilliant insights on politics and religion in GD. Fortunately I read much more than I wrote, and when I did venture to compose something, I read it through several times until I realized that I didn’t really have a well-reasoned argument. This means a lot to me. It has made me think things through better, and although this process has generally ended up confirming me in what I already believed, I am much more solidly grounded than I was before. I so much appreciate all the excellent thinkers and writers on this board. Cheers, all. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/31 "2008-09-30T05:18:15Z")
I started watching _Fringe_, _The Apprentice_, and _Bones_. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/32 "2008-09-30T05:24:24Z")
Quit smoking. Someone linked to the SilkQuit meter and it all went from there. I still have the meter running: Seven years, six months, one week, one day, 13 hours, 31 minutes and 25 seconds. 41243 cigarettes not smoked, saving $12,373.22. Life saved: 20 weeks, 3 days, 4 hours, 55 minutes. Also, I started reading Pratchett because of the SDMB. I think those two things more than justified the price of subscribing over the last couple of years. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/33 "2008-09-30T05:29:15Z")
Buy Bacon Salt out of curiosity. Goes nice on eggs, but I wouldn’t do lines of Bacon Salt. 😃 Add several books to my Amazon wishlist. I agree that the Dope would probably get a killing from the click-thru kickback. I think someone mentioned poach pods. I now own a couple, and have managed not to poison myself with undercooked eggs. 😃 Learn a ton about the world as seen from perspectives different from my own. Always a bonus. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/34 "2008-09-30T08:05:42Z")
Started reading Cyril Kornbluth. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/35 "2008-09-30T08:27:22Z")
> [@UncleBill](#): > > Ritualistically shave my scrotum. > > Start wearing a kilt. > > Get married. > Not all on the same day, mind you. This was all prior to the end of 2002. Actually, considering statement one and two, I am truly surprised statement three ever even happened. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/36 "2008-09-30T11:40:02Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Actually, considering statement one and two, I am truly surprised statement three ever even happened. I’m not sure if I should be insulted or feel pity for you. A man in a kilt is a man and a half. And it grows back. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/37 "2008-09-30T13:37:26Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > The Dope (specifically Derleth) inspired me to enter and win the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. I was world famous for a week or so. You will always be the Best of the Worst to us! BOT The Dope has made me **THINK.** My life would be less amusing if I weren’t a Doper. No, I don’t have a CITE. You bastids. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/38 "2008-09-30T14:10:01Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > One doper however told me that if I really had unclaimed money in FL I could find out for free and he gave me a link to do so. > I used the link, it said “yes” I did have $3K, and told me how to contact the state of FL to claim it free of charge. I used a link on here to do something similar. I had no unclaimed money, nor did any immediate family members, but I found a cache of unclaimed insurance money for a friend. When I found that, he was driving over to my place so we could go out dancing, so I just ushered him into my library and made him file his claim with the state. He bought drinks when we went out. Other stuff: Bought Enchanted on DVD (from the good reviews). Not a bad flick, and Amy Adams is awfully easy on the eyes. Temporarily joined OKCupid (quit when some IRL acquaintances discovered my profile). Lose plenty of hours to various online games-- several locked-room-escape adventure/mystery games, Ragdoll Cannon, that “build machines to get the block into the goal area” game. Bought some nice suits. Y’know those really divisive threads-- the gall of these people to dress asual for a funeral/wedding/social event!-- that get people riled? Well, I fell on the side of “I want to show as much deference/courtesy as I can” and realized my wardrobe was bereft of some good suits. So I got some. I have a nice one due back today from getting altered… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/39 "2008-09-30T14:35:29Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Actually, considering statement one and two, I am truly surprised statement three ever even happened. [QUOTE=UncleBill] I’m not sure if I should be insulted or feel pity for you. A man in a kilt is a man and a half. And it grows back. [/QUOTE] Seriously. A kilt is a babe magnet. Mrs. Piper won’t let me go out to events in my kilt without her at my side. Women are intrigued by a man with the self-confidence to wear a kilt. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691/40 "2008-09-30T14:44:02Z")
Needed a new dishwasher in the course of kitchen remodeling. Due to the remodeling my old one didn’t fit anymore. I started a thread about what to do about a dishwasher that would fit into a space too short for most standard dishwashers. I had never heard of Miele (except their vacuum cleaners) until a Doper recommended one. After more research that’s what we bought. It was a pretty penny but we are delighted with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-sdmb-make-you-do/465691.md?page=3)