# Who checks to see if they "write the best"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 12, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-checks-to-see-if-they-write-the-best/142252 "2002-12-12T15:03:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-checks-to-see-if-they-write-the-best/142252/21 "2002-12-12T20:21:17Z")
I checked. I didn’t expect to see my name mentioned, because all I ever post are smart-ass remarks, which I don’t think really count as “writing”. I’m glad I did, because **Scylla** ’s post cracked me up. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-checks-to-see-if-they-write-the-best/142252/22 "2002-12-12T23:54:20Z")
I didn’t until this thread appeared. Then I did, and I decided I’d have placed better if I hadn’t been so lax the last few months about keeping my movie site updated. I’m just fooling myself, of course. ---
**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, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-checks-to-see-if-they-write-the-best/142252/23 "2002-12-12T23:55:23Z")
I vanity search for my name every time I hit the boards - that’s how I keep up on the threads I’m involved in. 🙂 And, of course, I already knew I was the best poster. Naturally. 😉 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-checks-to-see-if-they-write-the-best/142252/24 "2002-12-13T15:51:56Z")
::hangs head and blushes:: ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-checks-to-see-if-they-write-the-best/142252/25 "2002-12-16T12:01:53Z")
And here I am thinking this thread is about good penmanship:D. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-checks-to-see-if-they-write-the-best/142252/26 "2002-12-16T12:28:27Z")
> [@](#): > > _Dinsdale_ > Uh, hawthorne - may I nominate that latest post for a new thread entitled Who does the most creative math? The implication was that the discrepancy was due to _my_ views of the thread. I am now attributing my non-appearance in that thread _entirely_ to whooshes. Oh and cultural differences. Possibly there’s a time zone issue too. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-checks-to-see-if-they-write-the-best/142252/27 "2002-12-16T16:22:54Z")
WOO HOO! I’m in the thread! Way cool. And I didn’t even read it, until I read this one. And I agree with IzzyR entirely, this time!! Tris ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-checks-to-see-if-they-write-the-best/142252/28 "2002-12-16T19:59:42Z")
I just have to say it’s pretty clear who can write around this joint, seeing as this thread is still active, while the **other** thread has dropped outta sight. Thank you all for confirming what I already knew. Damn, my hats must’ve shrunk agin! ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-checks-to-see-if-they-write-the-best/142252/29 "2002-12-16T23:26:14Z")
I checked, I admit it. I’ll even admit to checking more than once. Maybe if I trim my sentences down by about half? By the way, **Steve Wright** , in my opinion, you’re one of the better writers on this board. CJ ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-checks-to-see-if-they-write-the-best/142252/30 "2002-12-17T01:51:57Z")
I already know. It ain’t friggin’ me. So wha be tha poin’? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-checks-to-see-if-they-write-the-best/142252/31 "2002-12-17T05:40:13Z")
Stares blankly at the monitor. “Wha…?” “Another one of these?” “Why am I looking at a giant lizard?” Drops whiskey bottle and passes out. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-checks-to-see-if-they-write-the-best/142252/32 "2002-12-17T09:27:01Z")
Yeah, I looked. I’ll take an ego-stroke where I can find it, and beyond that, I’m midway through my first novel and I’m wondering if I should bother. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-checks-to-see-if-they-write-the-best/142252/33 "2002-12-17T17:03:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > \*\*I’m midway through my first novel and I’m wondering if I should bother. 😃 \*\* Reading or writing? I write all my stuff in crayon and the nice poeple here in those awesome long white coats posts them for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-checks-to-see-if-they-write-the-best/142252.md?page=1)