# Who Has The Longest Active Dope Membership? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 20, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984 "2011-02-20T05:56:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/22 "2011-02-21T17:38:48Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > **My** post is probably buried in some thread somewhere, sorry - can’t help you. I just remember writing how disappointed I was that there’s no real “Cecil” when someone told me it was Ed. > > However, this might get you started. > > [Real Identity Of Cecil Adams - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=552339) > > If anyone _does_ remember my post, please link us? > > Thanks > > Q [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11499756](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11499756) Simple search for posts by **Quasimodem** with the word “cecil” in them. (I included “ed” in the search terms, but “ed” is too small a word to search for. Thankfully, only 10 of your posts include the word “Cecil”.) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/23 "2011-02-21T19:39:28Z")
> [@dhkendall](#): > > Cite? Cecil is Ed. Q.E.D. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/24 "2011-02-21T20:05:51Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Cecil is Ed. > > Q.E.D. Cecil is Ed and was Q.E.D? And who else, pray tell, are you going to say he is? Humphrey Bogart? Mortimer Snerd? Hmmm? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/25 "2011-02-21T21:16:04Z")
> [@Corner\_Case](#): > > Cecil is Ed and was Q.E.D? And who else, pray tell, are you going to say he is? Humphrey Bogart? Mortimer Snerd? Hmmm? The Cecil is dead! Long live Marilyn vos Savant! ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/26 "2011-02-21T21:43:51Z")
I’m Cecil, and so is my wife! ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/27 "2011-02-21T22:35:19Z")
I’ve had lapsed memberships over the years, which might explain my odd user number, but my join date doesn’t look too shabby. ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/28 "2011-02-22T00:37:05Z")
> [@Crusoe](#): > > I’ve had lapsed memberships over the years, which might explain my odd user number, but my join date doesn’t look too shabby. What’s odd about your user number? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/29 "2011-02-22T01:33:10Z")
> [@RM\_Mentock](#): > > What’s odd about your user number? Well, 3239 certainly isn’t an _even_ number … ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/30 "2011-02-22T01:39:04Z")
But, Dude!!! It’s a _prime_ number!!! You oughta be exited about _that_, at least!🙂 Cite: # 3239th prime number : [Prime Numbers (page 7) - NumberPlanet.com](http://www.numberplanet.com/tag/prime/index.html?page=7) That means… you’re a “ **Prime Doper** ”!!!🙂 You have my permission, as the OP, to strut like a rooster!😃 Q ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/31 "2011-02-22T01:50:22Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > the member number Doot _doooo_ doot doo doo! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/32 "2011-02-22T01:54:08Z")
Owing to a wormhole incident, I first joined The Straight Dope in 1924, when it was a social and service club for young bachelor men with several dozen chapters throughout Iowa. If any records of my C-melody saxophone recitals with banjo accompaniment survive, please post links to same. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/33 "2011-02-22T02:41:38Z")
Hell, I’m a '99er and my # is 2934. Damn. I know I was on the AOL Boards before then but have no idea if I was registered under another name. I know that there are people posting today who were in the AOL Chat Room the night Ed Zotti started the SD on AOL. Hey, Charter Membership is good enough for me !! Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/34 "2011-02-22T03:12:58Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > But, Dude!!! > > It’s a _prime_ number!!! > > You oughta be exited about _that_, at least!🙂 > > Cite: # 3239th prime number : [Domain Details Page](http://www.numberplanet.com/tag/prime/index.html?page=7) > > That means… you’re a “ **Prime Doper** ”!!!🙂 3239 = 41 x 79 Reading **Crusoe** ’s post again, I imagine that he meant that the user number might have been smaller, but it looks like that’s a normal range for that first year of enrollments. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/35 "2011-02-22T03:18:21Z")
You _Charter_ folks have all my respect, no matter what _anyone_ may say. What the word “Charter” means to me is that the Dope has a great legacy and future! So proud to be a member here! Thanks Quasimodem ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/36 "2011-02-22T04:35:07Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > But, Dude!!! > > It’s a _prime_ number!!! > > You oughta be exited about _that_, at least!🙂 > > Cite: # 3239th prime number : [Domain Details Page](http://www.numberplanet.com/tag/prime/index.html?page=7) > > That means… you’re a “ **Prime Doper** ”!!!🙂 > > You have my permission, as the OP, to strut like a rooster!😃 > Q Uhhh, read that again, Quasi. 3239 is not a prime number (ETA: as **RM Mentock** pointed out), that’s merely a link to what the 3239th prime number is. (It also lists the 1st prime number earlier in the list, and 1 is not a prime, as we know) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/37 "2011-02-22T04:50:31Z")
Thanks, **dhkendall**. 🙂 This, of course, is very embarrassing, since I wanted to make **Lord Mondegreen** feel better about that number and how he (I thought) felt about it (meaning he may not be one of the first Dopers). My first instinct was to put that number into google and add the word “prime” to it, and that is what appeared on page 7. Once again, my ignorance provides a reason for this website. Thanks again for the correction, though, **dh**!🙂 After all, that’s why we’re all here, right? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/38 "2011-02-22T14:56:04Z")
But just think - 3239 is formed from the 13th and 22nd primes! … [sub]_{slinks away}_[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/39 "2011-02-22T17:16:02Z")
For those of you who have posted in this thread and who may have prior registrations in their past, send me an email and come clean and we’ll merge everything up under the old join date. (Olly olly oxen free!) And it’s not too early to start thinking about renewing those Memberships, especially the Charter Memberships. You don’t have to wait until they expire to get on the good foot. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/40 "2011-02-22T18:33:24Z")
> [@RM\_Mentock](#): > > 3239 = 41 x 79 > > Reading **Crusoe** ’s post again, I imagine that he meant that the user number might have been smaller, but it looks like that’s a normal range for that first year of enrollments. Yep, that was my (not very well thought out) assumption. (Thanks anyway, **Quasimodem**!) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984/41 "2011-02-22T22:50:33Z")
> [@dhkendall](#): > > 3239 is not a prime number But it’s the _product_ of two primes, which is the next best thing. (So is mine.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984.md?page=3)