# What will your biography be called? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2002, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418 "2002-04-13T07:59:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/1 "2002-04-13T07:59:24Z")
Some day, hopefully in the distant future, my number will be up. And when I’ve shuffled off this mortal coil, I hope that I will have done something significant enough to merit a biography. Of course, with the numbers of us under-employed historians around, everybody might be lucky enough to have one. So…what will the title of your biography be? Note this question is a little different from “What do you **want** your biography to be called?”…no fair calling yours _Modern Casanova_ or some such. Mine will be _I Can’t Imagine How You Got Here from There: The Constant Wandering of **Duke** _. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/2 "2002-04-13T13:32:42Z")
…will be titled: _ **He was Fabulous** _ Enough said. 😃 - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/3 "2002-04-13T14:27:54Z")
I’m hoping to write a book of humorous memoirs from my med school and residency years. I’m going to call it _Twenty Years of Schoolin’ and They Put You On the Night Shift_. That or _Mortality Play_. (Maybe that will be the follow-up.) Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![madcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@madcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madcat)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/4 "2002-04-13T14:37:48Z")
It changes on a daily(sometimes momently)basis. Right now it’s: **The Cheery Little Land of ‘What The Fuck?’.** ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/5 "2002-04-13T14:37:55Z")
My memoirs will be entitled “I Barfed on Mickey Mouse.” When I was about 4 (1972-ish), we went to California and went to Disneyland. My kooky aunt thought it would be a good idea to take _ME_ (for whom there is rarely enough Dramamine on the planet to get me across town) on the spinning teacups. Mickey was there waiting when we got off, and…bleah! ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/6 "2002-04-13T15:23:48Z")
“The Self Taught Lion Trained to Build His Own Cage” ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/7 "2002-04-13T16:56:25Z")
_A Trite and Meaningless Life_ ---
**Author:** ![Leifsmama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@Leifsmama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leifsmama)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/8 "2002-04-13T17:09:47Z")
How to Go From Sad to Happy in X-Many Long Years ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/9 "2002-04-13T18:30:42Z")
_Steal This Life_ ---
**Author:** ![\_ceQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b9bd4f/32.png) [@\_ceQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_ceQueen)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/10 "2002-04-13T19:55:50Z")
_Exploited_ ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/11 "2002-04-13T20:06:36Z")
Big Kahuna Burger in Paradise ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/12 "2002-04-13T20:34:25Z")
**TV Guide** ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/13 "2002-04-13T20:48:09Z")
**What Rough Beast** –written as the world slowly recovers from the horrible aftermath my rabid cult of followers shall inflict upon it after my death of mysterious causes. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/14 "2002-04-14T00:29:01Z")
**The Bible** \* \*not to be confused with **The Holy Bible**. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/15 "2002-04-14T01:19:13Z")
“Wretched Entertainment at the Sign of the Trap.” ---
**Author:** ![novacaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ea924/32.png) [@novacaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/novacaine)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/16 "2002-04-14T02:45:52Z")
Since I do plan on someday writing an autobiography I have put much thought into this in the past. At first I was planning on calling it “_Normanite_” b/c I grew up in Norman, Ok. and anyone who has ever lived there knows that to call yourself a Normanite is to call yourself a lot of unusual things. But I decided that that name was too general so I have decided to change it to “_Glutton for Punishment_”. This is b/c most of the interesting things in my story would be about the hardships I have endured, most of which have been self inflicted by my poor decision making. Look for it in a book store near you in about ten to fifteen years. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/17 "2002-04-14T05:48:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Maeglin \* > \*\*_A Trite and Meaningless Life_ \*\* Hey, you stole my title!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/18 "2002-04-14T05:54:00Z")
Mine would be called _No_. Either that or _I’ve got Better Things to Do_. At the tender age of 5, I presaged the entire standardized-test-boycott movement by refusing to take a standardized kindergarten test. The above was my excuse. I refused up until the point where my teacher called up my mom at home and had her come into school to tell me to take the test. I still think I had better things to do. ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/19 "2002-04-14T06:17:35Z")
_Can’t Sleep? Read This!_ ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-biography-be-called/103418/20 "2002-04-14T06:39:38Z")
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