# Who is the most insane Doper? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 16, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190 "2003-06-16T12:07:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/61 "2003-06-18T10:11:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SkipMagic \* > \*\*How insane. I missed **tomndebb** ’s first nomination just a few posts ahead of mine. See what I get for skimming? > > Sorry, **dantheman**! It won’t happen again in this thread! \*\* Hey, no problem! But think about it. What could be more insane than someone who _says_ he has a better half, to the point of having her as part of his screen name, and yet - and yet!! - _we never see her post_. Is **tomndebb** really Norman Bates? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/62 "2003-06-18T13:07:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by neutron star \* > \*\*Oh, man. Just seeing that name again had me in stitches. [This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=22149) was probably his funniest thread, the one where he talks about the “secured net computer” in his car that could only post in all caps. \*\* There had to be something to that. His secured net prevented his post count from going over 3. That’s a little scary… ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/63 "2003-06-18T14:52:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Hey, no problem! But think about it. What could be more insane than someone who _says_ he has a better half, to the point of having her as part of his screen name, and yet - and yet!! - _we never see her post_. > > Is **tomndebb** really Norman Bates? \*\* Yeah, exactly! And if we stick to that theme, what if our friend, **tom** dresses up as **debb** before he sits at the 'puter and starts typing away? Oh, and what if, when he comes across a poster who really annoys him, he holds a knife in front of the screen and starts screeching the “EE-EEE-EEE” score from the Psycho shower scene? Remind me to never take a shower in NE Ohio should I ever be traveling through that part of the country. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/64 "2003-06-18T15:04:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Knowed Out \* > \*\*There had to be something to that. His secured net prevented his post count from going over 3. That’s a little scary… \*\* I was kinda wondering about that one, given that he had over 20 posts in that thread alone. Maybe it’s all part of a sinister government plot… ---
**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:** [June 18, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/65 "2003-06-18T18:45:55Z")
Sinister?! How could _you_ tell he was left handed? You gots some sorts of time travel spy apparatus in your computer? Ooooh! Now _THAT_ gives me an idea! [runs off to find pet dog] ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/66 "2003-06-18T19:31:07Z")
Iheard that the place used as the Bates house was actually in OH ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/67 "2003-06-18T20:08:28Z")
Well, people in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3583020#post3583020) have been calling me a sociopath. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/68 "2003-07-01T04:22:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Terminus Est \* > \*\*Isn’t he actually **Wonko the _Sane_** , though? \*\* Shhhhh! It’s just a cover! ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/69 "2003-07-09T07:38:36Z")
**techchick68** seems like a bit of a nutter to me. At least she gives the impression of having the most constant wild moodswings and dramatic meltdowns. when she is happy she seems really nice, when something bugs her it seems like all ability to think rationaly degenerates after one or two replys. Now she might still be thinking rationally, but her ability to express this seems impaired. I suppose there are worse examples of loony on here, but her posts are the most fun to read when she is in meltdown mode so I’m most familliar with her antics. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/70 "2003-07-09T10:08:09Z")
No offense to you intended, **zen101** , but it’s probably not too fair to characterize someone like that in this thread. I don’t even remember who the OP was, but it was my impression that this was a whimsical thread, and your post might not seem to carry that kind of tone. YMMV, of course. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/71 "2003-07-09T12:23:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*I don’t even remember who the OP was, but it was my impression that this was a whimsical thread, and your post might not seem to carry that kind of tone. YMMV, of course. \*\* Umm, _I_ was the OP. Yep. MEE MEE MEE. And _I_ was being serious about being completely whacked, insane, yep that brick hit the #12 car all right, not that it was my intention… **THE MATRIX HAS YOU. KNOCK KNOCK, NEO. FOLLOW THE WHITE RABBIT. THERE IS NO SPOOOOOOON!!!** Uh…yeah. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/72 "2003-07-09T14:42:32Z")
SSHHHHHH! Did you hear that? Its been going on all day, you don’t hear that?!! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/73 "2003-07-09T14:47:32Z")
:: smiles broadly :: And then you realize … there _is_ no Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/74 "2003-07-09T14:55:35Z")
zen, you just named one of my three. Care to guess the other two? I’ll give you hint on one. He’s _always_ posting in really big annoying fonts. ---
**Author:** ![sweet\_contradiction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@sweet\_contradiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweet_contradiction)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/75 "2003-07-09T16:44:57Z")
hmmmm? I am new at this soooo I may be wrong…BUT my momma (and she is never wrong) always told me that the TRULY insane people are the ones who you never expect. They act rational and have seemingly normal social skills. Sooo…my vote has to go to SkipMagic!! I am convinced that the intelligent articulation of his posts are just a front. I am sure that eventually we all are going to be completely shocked when it is revealed that he secretly has 1000’s of your addresses, phone numbers and pictures posted on a wall in a secret room behind the cellar in his dark dreary basement. Then again I am new to this dope stuff…so I could be wrong…\*sigh ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/76 "2003-07-09T18:34:44Z")
My low, low prices may lead you to believe I’m insane. How do I do it? VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/77 "2003-07-09T22:02:11Z")
I can’t believe how far down I had to scroll before getting to the insanely-against-circumcision guy. **Acrossthesea** sounds pretty unstable sometimes, or at least _very_ unhappy. ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/78 "2003-07-09T22:24:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*zen, you just named one of my three. Care to guess the other two? > > I’ll give you hint on one. He’s _always_ posting in really big annoying fonts. \*\* I can’t begin to guess. I see so much of the big font and smiley faces and various other visual tricks on here and I usually ignore the post unless the thread title is interesting to me. There are doubtless people way nuttier than Techiechick, but I have yet to come across one as interesting to read as her. If I see a thread by her I always read it, if I see a reply to a thread I’m interested in that she posted I check it regularly and if anyone disagrees with her I begin to check the pit regularly. I have been so entertained by her posts I look for posts made by people she is fond of or can’t seemingly stand just because there is a good bet it will get interesting in a hurry. The whole Admin/CSD thing had me riveted and I’m truly sad the thread and related threads were closed down. It’s like a damn soap opera with cussing. There have been a few people with a specific crazy axe to grind (like the guy last year or so who said he could satisfy women better because he was uncut and didn’t need foreplay), and the few people who are constant jew-baiters or anti-queer maniacs. But for the most part these people are real one trick ponys. I like Techiechick because she spreads the lunacy around on a variety of topics. Yay for Techiechick! If she ever really did quit the boards or got the boot I would be truly sad and in want of someone to take of the crazy slack ASAP. ---
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/79 "2003-07-09T23:27:35Z")
I wish we had a repository of old threads. A sort of hall of fame of whacko postings. There are times the boards are dead and you want a little entertainment. It would be nice if there was a place to go with threads indexed by poster with a brief description of the madness therein. Failing that resource, feel free to keep posting your favorites (links to specific threads would be extra apprecitated). ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190/80 "2003-07-09T23:53:19Z")
**Scylla**. The man has a fear of blimps, which is a rather peculiar phobia. Plus, he keeps bees. What sane person would do that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-insane-doper/182190.md?page=5)