# What does "Hi, Opal" mean ? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 3, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-hi-opal-mean/258147 "2004-08-03T15:48:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-hi-opal-mean/258147/21 "2004-08-06T10:21:45Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > “Pulling up a lawn chair”- used in the PIT to describe a fight that you had no dog in, but looked like it might be fun to watch. > Some wanted it banned. I dunno if it got that far. Yeh it did. > [@Lynn Bodini](#): > > Pit rules: > > 1. I don’t want anyone posting that they’re simply in the thread to watch the fireworks. This means no posts like “::pulls up a lawn chair::” [Pit Rules](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2311874&postcount=1) ---
**Author:** ![MizQuirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-hi-opal-mean/258147/22 "2004-08-06T13:19:10Z")
What an interesting and informative thread, thanks to all who’ve participated so far. I feel less uninformed now. And love the weebls stuff. Am wondering about just one more thing – where the line is drawn between admitting one enjoys watching the fireworks and being encouraged to ‘lurk’ to one’s heart’s content. I mean, I wouldn’t want to reveal too much here and get banned or anything! ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-hi-opal-mean/258147/23 "2004-08-06T14:34:36Z")
> [@Algernon](#): > > The “Mmmmmm… pie” was spawned by Dopers as they referred to the “when come back bring pie” Weeble and Bob episode. Given the popularity of the Simpsons on the SDMB I am quite sure it was Homer inspired. **Dr. Deth** got it – in the Weebl and Bob cartoon, Bob says “mmmm … pie” himself. It’s different than the slow, dragged-out way Homer Simpson would say it, though. Bob says it more like “mmm–PIE!”, while Homer would say “mmmmmmm … pie …”. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-hi-opal-mean/258147/24 "2004-08-06T18:01:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Can everything on that list be recognized as 1 degree of separation from the SDMB? I would be very surprised if there’s anything at all on the Internet that’s more than two degrees of separation from the SDMB. And by the way, I can’t find “Opal” anywhere on your first linked page, but it looks like it’s a dynamic page, so it might have changed since you posted. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-hi-opal-mean/258147/25 "2004-08-06T18:31:28Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I would be very surprised if there’s anything at all on the Internet that’s more than two degrees of separation from the SDMB. > > And by the way, I can’t find “Opal” anywhere on your first linked page, but it looks like it’s a dynamic page, so it might have changed since you posted. Still shows up for me - scroll all the way to the bottom, past the long list of names, and there’s a short group of messages on the subject of “Vekis” with the “Hi, Opal” thing being done by an anonymous poster, and acknowledged by another anonymous poster. Part of the URL appears to be a message id, so it has a chance of staying relevent. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-hi-opal-mean/258147/26 "2004-08-06T19:55:11Z")
> [@yabob](#): > > 3 [Light Out, Everyone! - Sterling Ambivalence — LiveJournal](http://sterlingnorth.livejournal.com/3171.html) [SterlingNorth](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=398) is the ID of an SDMB member whose last post was in July 2002. He appears to have moved to Fathom and is an active poster there. I’m guessing that’s the same person as the LJ user. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-hi-opal-mean/258147/27 "2004-08-07T20:30:13Z")
> [@Achilles](#): > > … That’s not so funny. Not to me, anyway… Anyone who thinks the SDMB in-jokes are not funny deserves to be banned. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-hi-opal-mean/258147/28 "2004-08-15T22:05:17Z")
What about the “Batman… if he’s prepared” joke? Is that a SDMB inside joke or does it actually have it’s origins elsewhere? (Even though I have no idea what it means, it cracks me up every time I see it.) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-hi-opal-mean/258147/29 "2004-08-15T22:35:44Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > What about the “Batman… if he’s prepared” joke? Is that a SDMB inside joke or does it actually have it’s origins elsewhere? (Even though I have no idea what it means, it cracks me up every time I see it.) Who would win a fight? Batman or Superman? Is where it starts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-hi-opal-mean/258147.md?page=1)