# "What Would \[Your Name Here\] Do?" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 18, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454 "2000-10-18T20:37:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/61 "2000-10-19T21:14:37Z")
What would Douglas Adams do? ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/62 "2000-10-19T23:26:37Z")
[What would **you** do](http://www.uexpress.com/ups/opinion/cartoon/tr/rallcom/1999/12/tr991229.html) I just love the FIGURE THIS OUT CHRIST-HEADS! caption. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/63 "2000-10-20T02:27:11Z")
My sister made a “WWXD” (“What Would Xena Do?”) bracelet for herself. A friend of mine once said, “A bad phrase to use for guidance in life is ‘What Would Keith Richards Do?’” ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/64 "2000-10-20T03:38:09Z")
What Would My Dog Do? He’d find a nice spot of sun, curl up in a ball, and head off to la-la land. Sounds good to me! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/65 "2000-10-20T03:41:05Z")
What Would I Do. When looking for someone to guide me, I can think of none better. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/66 "2000-10-20T15:19:48Z")
Ayn Rand, guess I’m one of the only if not the only person around here who likes her work. As for why, I’ve always believed/understood what she wrote about/believed before I ever even heard of her. The other answer would have to be Lemmy of Motorhead as he’s such a kick ass kinda dude. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/67 "2000-10-20T15:53:25Z")
**WWGD?** What would **Gandalf** do? My favorites so far: CalMeacham - Richard Burton Guinastasia - Daria yESTERDAY mAN - Tyler Durden cheezit - Forrest Gump andygirl - Cthulhu wring - Scooby lawoot - Frank Zappa ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/68 "2000-10-20T16:01:08Z")
Jean Luc Picard ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/69 "2000-10-20T19:20:20Z")
I can’t believe I’m the first: Benton Fraser (Due South)\* \*except if I have to lick something from the sidewalk :eek: ---
**Author:** ![barflyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@barflyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barflyer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/70 "2000-10-20T19:33:13Z")
**Sam Malone on Cheers** That character was the opitome of cool in a bar. ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@JustAnotherGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/71 "2000-10-20T19:48:16Z")
Has anyone said McGuiver yet? ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/72 "2000-10-21T00:14:10Z")
Filled up most of two pages and no one’s come up with this one yet? Amazing. What Would Cecil Adams Do? I guess we just don’t think of the Master _doing_ things. Not that he’s just a brain in an aquarium, he’s just more of a thinker and a writer. Maybe What Would Cecil Adams Say? Isaac Asimov is another good one. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/73 "2000-10-21T01:39:15Z")
My new boy friend is trying to get me to gain weight, so: WWOD What Would Oprah Do? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/74 "2000-10-21T01:44:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Edward The Head \* > **Ayn Rand, guess I’m one of the only if not the only person around here who likes her work. As for why, I’ve always believed/understood what she wrote about/believed before I ever even heard of her.** Yes, but I’d rather be more like Francisco d’Anconia. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/75 "2000-10-21T22:10:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Saltire \* > \*\*Filled up most of two pages and no one’s come up with this one yet? Amazing. > > What Would Cecil Adams Do?\*\* _Why I Didn’t pick “What Would Cecil Adams Do?”_ from the Classic Column “What is, or was, the purpose of men’s neckties?”: “Cecil stole the show with white Izod shorts, Topsiders, tuxedo shirt, $6 black studs and cufflinks, white tuxedo jacket with black pseudo-velvet trim ($7 from Salvation Army), all topped off with matching sky-blue bowtie and cummerbund featuring palm trees and sailboats…” ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/76 "2000-10-22T01:22:46Z")
WWDD Daria. WWRSD Robert Smith (The Cure) WWTBD Tim Burton WWMJKD Maynard James Keenen (Tool) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/77 "2000-10-22T02:02:04Z")
What would Sherlock Holmes do? What would Indiana Jones do? What would James Tiberius Kirk do? ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/78 "2000-10-22T02:25:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mega the roo \* > \*\*The Little Prince. > \*\* I agree. What would the Le Petit Prince do? ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/79 "2000-10-22T02:28:26Z")
WWYD?: What Would Yoda Do? ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-name-here-do/37454/80 "2000-10-22T03:39:27Z")
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