# Which poster writes the best? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 11, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078 "2002-12-11T19:55:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/21 "2002-12-12T15:14:36Z")
[blushes prettily] Well, I like just about everyone here—even the few really bad, annoying writers and humorless pedants are good for a jaw-dropping read. [**Ike** , for goodness sake, put down that cocktail shaker and ring for some appetizers!] ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/22 "2002-12-12T15:15:19Z")
In seriousness, IMO **TomnDebb** wins what is a very close race. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/23 "2002-12-12T15:17:58Z")
. . . “Here’s the pitch, J.B—it’s sort of _Burns and Allen_, sort of _Breakfast with the Bickersons_! With a little bit of _Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe_!” ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/24 "2002-12-12T15:29:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*[blushes prettily] > \*\* A little curious, m’dear - what could you POSSIBLY do other than “prettily”? Unless, we are to assume that for you, mere prettiness is a diminuitive? ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/25 "2002-12-12T15:31:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Ace of Swords \* > **lno** used to write about the funniest pit rants I’ve ever seen. Don’t know if and where he still posts. I’m still around. My rage has mellowed with age, like a fine red wine. You know, the kind of wine that you got as a housewarming gift several years ago, and you think that your new promotion at your job is a fine occasion to celebrate, so you dig through drawer after drawer for a corkscrew until you finally find one, but you’ve been getting a little more and more annoyed that when you finally cork the bottle, it slips out of your hands, hits the dog on the head, and then spills all over the cream-coloured carpet, but you’re too busy reminding yourself that this is a happy occasion to get mad so you shove all the rage down deep inside and force a smile on your face? Yeah, it’s that kind of rage. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/26 "2002-12-12T16:00:41Z")
I don’t think there’s one particular poster that writes “the best” but if there’s a list I’d like to add **Kimstu** to it. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/27 "2002-12-12T16:01:48Z")
I guess I’m a poster whore. I pretty much marvel at everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/28 "2002-12-12T17:11:56Z")
**Eve** , ya gotta love **Eve**. (I think it’s a rule, but I could be mistaken.) **lieu** , heh, yeah. **Fenris** is OK if you like that sort of thing. **carnivorousplant** , **Tars Tarkas** , **Kn\*ckers** and **NoClueBoy** all in a lump. Especially if there’s a panda around. (Individually too, but they really shine in the Café.) Lots and lots of other people I’m too lazy to think of right now. (If you think I mean you, yeah, I do.) Not **lno** though. He smells of cheese and is vaguely sticky. Bleh! But we’re all in this together, right? Like the Great Wall of China is made up of many bricks and if you take just one away, there would be a brick-shaped hole where it was and it would make the whole Wall less interesting to be seen from space. We’re like that around here. We all count for something. (But not **lno** , just so we’re clear on that.) -Rue. (kidding about **lno** , really) ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/29 "2002-12-12T17:14:41Z")
AS this is turning into quite a list, I’ll add **Tamerlane** , who has, more than most (along with tomndebb, DSeid & Kimstu) and without his knowledge (as I never post in the same threads), educated me on all things to do with Iran / Iraq and the Middle East conflict. Thank you guys. ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/30 "2002-12-12T17:20:40Z")
SPOOFE. Witty…very witty. 🙂 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/31 "2002-12-12T17:33:56Z")
**Scylla** and **Fenris** (order interchangeable there, guys) come first up out of the mental recesses, but, I also like to read: **Nostradamus** (miss seeing his posts around here, lately); **Welby** **Eve** **jarbabyj** **Esprix** and a horde of others … … and being Australasian I also mention **kambuckta** , **Thylacine** , **Goo** and **TheLoadedDog** (again, in no special order or preference), because they’re bright lights from DownUnder, the closest I’ll come on the SDMB to seeing stuff from home. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/32 "2002-12-12T17:59:45Z")
Oh, and I feel I need to add **leechbabe** to the list, as well. As I’ve said to her on the G’Dope board – she really, _really_ should write her stuff down and turn it into a book. Or a movie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/33 "2002-12-12T19:07:52Z")
I’ll throw **SuaSponte** into the mix here. (Although, at risk of undermining any credibility I may have, I must admit that I really do like the way **bj0rn** get’s everyone all worked up.) ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/34 "2002-12-12T19:12:00Z")
**Wildest Bill** - hands down. ( 😉 ) Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/35 "2002-12-12T19:28:55Z")
Despite his rather vitriolic style, I’ll have to mention **Collounsbury** for his almost encyclopaedic knowledge of ME history and affairs. **Tamerlane** — ditto, minus the vitriol. I learn a lot from his posts. I’ll also mention **jjimmm** , so he doesn’t think I’ve stopped stalking him. (Really though, he often turns up in threads where I’m about to post something and he says exactly what I would have said if I’d gotten there first. ---
**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/36 "2002-12-12T23:33:08Z")
Right now **NoClueBoy** is the one poster who consistantly makes me laugh like an evil maniac at his every post. I second and third much of the others mentioned above. The board is a great community. I’m proud to be a Doper. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/37 "2002-12-12T23:43:10Z")
**tomndebb** consistently impresses me, not only with what he says, but because he always maintains a level of respect and calmness. **wring** is also a pretty cool poster. ---
**Author:** ![Gomez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@Gomez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gomez)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/38 "2002-12-13T01:30:02Z")
**Scylla** can write absolutely _breathtaking_ prose with seeming ease. I’d give my eye teeth to be able to write something half as good as the **Things worth doing** piece he wrote for teemings where he talked about the ‘Joyous Scream of Rage and Pain’. I still read it now when I’m feeling listless, unmotivated or otherwise depressed. **tomndebb & Suasponte** have the enviable ability to be able to explain complicated arguments and ideas in simple and persuasive ways. They are the best ‘GD Writers, IMO’. **Shodan, Joe\_Cool, gobear and Sam Stone** are all great at arguing a position while being entertaining and funny at the same time. No-one can flame better than **Cervaise**. I still remember the absolute drubbing he gave to that telemarketer. **Fenris** is just _Hilarious!_ Who remembers his Jack Chick Parody threads? **Nostradamus** is king of the ‘slow burning’ pit thread. Is he still around, btw? ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/39 "2002-12-13T02:14:15Z")
All those mentioned above and loads more but I would like to add **Steve Wright**. He’s soooo English and sooooo funny ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078/40 "2002-12-13T02:57:21Z")
I’m always amazed by **Jodi’s** all-around writing skills – she can explain stuff, build a case for or against something, write clinically, write passionately, all while crafting some of the wittiest comments on this board. (wild applause for **Jodi** ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-poster-writes-the-best/142078.md?page=3)