# Which Doper did it? : The Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757 "2005-03-22T19:12:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/201 "2005-03-26T18:21:20Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Yes, that is what I meant. I’m not familiar with any doper by that name, though. [Broken Spoke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=20029) isn’t the most prolific poster out there and seems to have been active for only a couple of months about 3 years back. But hey, it works, no? I say we frame him! ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/202 "2005-03-26T18:24:12Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Yes, that is what I meant. I’m not familiar with any doper by that name, though. Ok, then how about plain ole **spoke-** , who’s been hanging around the scene since '99? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/203 "2005-03-26T18:31:17Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > Hmmm… I’d guess **Monopoly Money** if it weren’t for the large animal tracks. Is there a doper called “Monopoly Money”? Hmmmm… I did not know that. But you are correct in presuming that the large animal tracks are an important part of the clue. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/204 "2005-03-26T19:24:41Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > Ok, then how about plain ole **spoke-** , who’s been hanging around the scene since '99? We have a winner. ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/205 "2005-03-26T21:10:25Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > **Mirror Image egamI rorriM** That’s the one! ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/206 "2005-03-26T21:19:51Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > Is there a doper called “Monopoly Money”? Hmmmm… I did not know that. Yes, another [legacy handle](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=27610) who posted for less than a year. Maybe **laina\_f** can help clarify a couple of questions re the guidelines: 1. Are there limits to who can be referenced? Eg, should we stick to current or “classic” (ie, older but well known) Dopers? 2. What’s the protocol on posting new mysteries? I assumed one had to solve a mystery to post a new one. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/207 "2005-03-26T21:28:42Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > Maybe **laina\_f** can help clarify a couple of questions re the guidelines: > > 1. Are there limits to who can be referenced? Eg, should we stick to current or “classic” (ie, older but well known) Dopers? > 2. What’s the protocol on posting new mysteries? I assumed one had to solve a mystery to post a new one. Who’s gonna enforce these rules if we had them? 😛 It’s a free-for-all. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/208 "2005-03-26T21:37:33Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > **Brother Cadfael** is right, **picker**. > Our story continues… > > “You say the perpetrator crushed her victim with an enormous fruit?” > “Yes, sir.” > “What sort of fruit was it?” > “A green apple, sir.” > “A green apple… Where could she get a green apple the size of a car?” > “There’s only one place I can think of, sir.” > “Well, you’d better get some detectives down there, then.” > “Yes, sir… uh, sir?” > “What is it?” > “Do we have any submarines in the motor pool?” I’m not aware of a Doper called Blue Meanie or Green Apple Bonker, but if there is, that’s the one. Meanwhile, here’s a clue: The detectives had little to go on; just a few pages of an incredibly – nay, _deliberately_ – bad space opera, and the expertly dissected corpse of the victim. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/209 "2005-03-26T21:40:45Z")
Please excuse capitalization errors/inconsistencies. MSWord has its own ideas about capitalization. I think this was meant to be a clue. Cuauhtemoc? > [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > Are all these clues part of the same big investigation? Do they all tie together somehow? I thought each one was a separate case to be solved. Okay, so the case isn’t cracked yet, it’s just a few more pieces of the puzzle. > [@roger thornhill](#): > > **Clue** : She’s alive. Or should that be, a life? > > **Clue:** Apparently he died of his own hand, emulating his Greek philosophic hero. > The victim might have worked in a pharmacy. > [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Clue:** Strangest thing – we got surveillance camera footage, time-stamped 9:35 a.m., of this guy wearing a green shirt and blue jeans. However, in a cellphone picture taken by the victim at 9:36 a.m., the perp’s sporting a red sweatsuit! > [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > **Clue:** The top suspect in the newest murder disappeared from the heart of the police presence yesterday. His daughter is being interviewed as to his whereabouts. > [@picker](#): > > **Clue:** There were reports from the neighbors that the perpetrator broke into the victim’s house, raided the liquor closet and proceeded to ride the victim’s dog around in the pasture until it collapsed. > [@Anaamika](#): > > **Clue:** The death of the Tooth Fairy was a real mystery. Police said the only thing left at the scene was a note, addressed to the Tooth Fairy: You don’t exist. > [@JThunder](#): > > **Clue:** Police informants mentioned that the suspect was decidedly non-melodious, and so was subsequently replaced with an expensive piece of jewelry. > [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > **Clue:** The police didn’t know who did it, but they were certain the motive was a last ditch attempt to get money, since the perpetrator’s public assistance had been cut back severely. > “Are you certain this person was a recipient of public assistance?” the Chief asked. > “Absolutely. And we know they were willing to go to any means.” > “Anything else?” > “Only that they prefered to speak in slang.” > > **Clue:** According to police, the killer is a large man with an extensive criminal record. However, it is not know whether he committed the crime himself, or commanded one of his zombie henchmen to do it for him. > “What else do you know about him?” > “Not much, sir. Just that he enjoys alliteration and rhyme.” > “What about the suspect you were going to question?” > “Dead end, sir. He had the same first names as the suspect, but when we got to him, he had been murdered.” > “Murdered? How?” > “Seems he had killed an old lady and was threatening her grand daughter when a vigilante chopped him to pieces.” > > \*\*Clue:\*\*The crime scene investigator didn’t know quite how he was going to explain this one to the chief… but he was certain the perpetrator had smashed her victim with a piece of fruit the size of a Volkswagen! > “You say the perpetrator crushed her victim with an enormous fruit?” > “Yes, sir.” > “What sort of fruit was it?” > “A green apple, sir.” > “A green apple… Where could she get a green apple the size of a car?” > “There’s only one place I can think of, sir.” > “Well, you’d better get some detectives down there, then.” > “Yes, sir… uh, sir?” > “What is it?” > “Do we have any submarines in the motor pool?” ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/210 "2005-03-26T22:00:09Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > I’m not aware of a Doper called Blue Meanie or Green Apple Bonker, but if there is, that’s the one. “Sorry, sir, we checked out those aliases and came up with nothing.” “You say the perp is a woman?” “Well, no, not exactly.” “Whaddya mean, ‘not exactly’?” “We believe she’s a minor.” “I see. What else do you have?” “She seems to identify herself heavily with her homeland.” “OK. Let me know when you come up with any new leads.” ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/211 "2005-03-26T22:10:46Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > I’m not aware of a Doper called Blue Meanie or Green Apple Bonker, but if there is, that’s the one. Have you forgotten about **pepperlandgirl**? ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/212 "2005-03-26T22:14:27Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Have you forgotten about **pepperlandgirl**? Case closed! ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/213 "2005-03-26T22:25:13Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > The detectives had little to go on; just a few pages of an incredibly – nay, deliberately – bad space opera, and the expertly dissected corpse of the victim. This can only point to one creature - our own pillar of sag-ass-ity 😃 **Qadgop The Mercotan** Rather than post a new clue, I will re-post my own unsolved clue, with some additional hints: > [@picker](#): > > **Clue:** There were reports from the neighbors that the perpetrator broke into the victim’s house, raided the liquor closet and proceeded to ride the victim’s dog around in the pasture until it collapsed. Maddening Hint: Irish dopers should be able to get this from the decription alone, should they be well versed in the more esoteric elements of Gaelic superstition & characters. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/214 "2005-03-26T22:32:42Z")
I almost know this one, not from this board, but from Mercedies Lackey books, “The dog of Calchian” or something ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/215 "2005-03-26T22:44:49Z")
Stupid microsoft error reporting. I could’t cut and past around the error message, but I could press send. So… Cuchulain? No user by that name. Damn. Setanta? Mabon? The Hound of Culann? No, I am barking up the wrong legendary tree. I’ll look through my books and come back later. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/216 "2005-03-27T00:36:48Z")
"Crime #23094834: The suspect was seen by several witnesses escaping in a fire engine left at the scene by rescuers, loudly honking its horn and pumping his fist in the air while yelling. This one wouldn’t be as obvious as Go You Big Red Fire Engine, would it?" I’m a female! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/217 "2005-03-27T00:54:39Z")
> [@picker](#): > > Maddening Hint: Irish dopers should be able to get this from the decription alone, should they be well versed in the more esoteric elements of Gaelic superstition & characters. Should **Cluricaun** be sweating out his potentially impending capture? ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/218 "2005-03-27T02:23:58Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Should **Cluricaun** be sweating out his potentially impending capture? Yes, yes he should… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/219 "2005-03-27T03:43:14Z")
> [@picker](#): > > > [@Nametag](#): > > > > The detectives had little to go on; just a few pages of an incredibly – nay, deliberately – bad space opera, and the expertly dissected corpse of the victim. > > This can only point to one creature - our own pillar of sag-ass-ity Qadgop The Mercotan Correct! Clue: Witnesses reported two perpetrators, last seen fighting over a blue sword. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/220 "2005-03-27T03:48:43Z")
[quote] I think this was meant to be a clue. Cuauhtemoc? > [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > Are all these clues part of the same big investigation? Do they all tie together somehow? I thought each one was a separate case to be solved. Okay, so the case isn’t cracked yet, it’s just a few more pieces of the puzzle. :smack: Of course it’s a clue – to our beloved DirkGntly! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757.md?page=12)