# Who is this nameless "Guest" who wrote such hilarious posts?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-nameless-guest-who-wrote-such-hilarious-posts/252660 "2004-06-29T03:19:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-nameless-guest-who-wrote-such-hilarious-posts/252660/1 "2004-06-29T03:19:44Z")
I hope this is in the right forum - it just didn’t seem technical enough to be in ATMB. Anyway, I was reading the thread about the ferret who went down the groundhog’s hole, and [the evil Nazi groundhog thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=15906) was referenced. Rather than hijacking that thread, I thought I’d start my own. I remember reading that thread a while back and recalled that it was pretty entertaining. But I forgot how entertaining!.. That OP and the subsequent replies by the OP’s author were freakin’ _hilarious!_ I was really impressed and wanted to see more of the author’s stuff!! But… NO NAME!! This is the first time I’ve seen posts headed by no name at all. 😕 Back when I first read the evil Nazi groundhog thread, I believe the poster had a _name!??_ (And was maybe the one who wrote another humorous story about goats or something?..?) Now, he/she is just known as an unnamed “Guest”. Please tell me that this brilliant poster is still around and just has a username now, the anonymous posts being just a fluke. Does anyone know who wrote that great stuff? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-nameless-guest-who-wrote-such-hilarious-posts/252660/2 "2004-06-29T03:25:56Z")
That’d be **Scylla**. I think I heard that he left the board when it went subscription. He’s also the guy who wrote the [The horror of blimps](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160851) story, which brought us a lot of new members. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-nameless-guest-who-wrote-such-hilarious-posts/252660/3 "2004-06-29T03:26:11Z")
**Scylla** as he was later called is the author of that thread. He disappeared once the site when pay. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-nameless-guest-who-wrote-such-hilarious-posts/252660/4 "2004-06-29T03:26:33Z")
Well, people in that thread called him **alsmith**. I wasn’t around, but I bet they called him that because that was his name. I did a search for that username but no dice. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-nameless-guest-who-wrote-such-hilarious-posts/252660/5 "2004-06-29T03:27:49Z")
That’s what I meant. ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-nameless-guest-who-wrote-such-hilarious-posts/252660/6 "2004-06-29T03:29:15Z")
Thanks for the prompt answers! Darn I miss **Scylla**! Can anybody get him to come back? I’d pay his subscription. If anybody knows him IRL, please let him know. … I’m _serious!_ That was some funny shit! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-nameless-guest-who-wrote-such-hilarious-posts/252660/7 "2004-06-29T04:43:46Z")
It’s showing as “guest” just because that thread is so old, and was created with an older version of the software. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-nameless-guest-who-wrote-such-hilarious-posts/252660/8 "2004-06-29T14:00:57Z")
Yep. He created that thread with his earlier name. > **[An old thread about gophers](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=123439)** > > Can anybody point me to an old SDMB thread about gophers and how they were driving some guy crazy? From what I remember he tried everything in the world to get rid of them. It was the funniest thing ever. I tried searching but no luck. Does... ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-nameless-guest-who-wrote-such-hilarious-posts/252660/9 "2004-06-29T14:03:57Z")
I used to love saying, “Don’t be silly, Scylla.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-nameless-guest-who-wrote-such-hilarious-posts/252660/10 "2004-06-29T14:16:47Z")
I too miss the Nazi Groundhog Mandingo Sheep Warrior. ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-nameless-guest-who-wrote-such-hilarious-posts/252660/11 "2004-06-29T14:35:50Z")
Yeah, Scylla’s stories are a hoot. If you haven’t read his Popeye Chicken story in Teemings, it’s a riot. [http://www.teemings.com/issue16/scylla.html](http://www.teemings.com/issue16/scylla.html) ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-nameless-guest-who-wrote-such-hilarious-posts/252660/12 "2004-06-29T14:41:20Z")
**Scylla** may have stopped posting, but he still [lurks](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=4005) ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-nameless-guest-who-wrote-such-hilarious-posts/252660/13 "2004-06-29T14:48:10Z")
> [@Kal](#): > > **Scylla** may have stopped posting, but he still [lurks](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=4005) How are we to gather from his member profile that he still lurks? He may well, but the profile says nothing. Also I love how his posts are stuck at 9999. If he ever comes back, it will be with glorious post #10000. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-nameless-guest-who-wrote-such-hilarious-posts/252660/14 "2004-06-29T15:08:23Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > How are we to gather from his member profile that he still lurks? He may well, but the profile says nothing. Last activity: Yesterday 10:06