# Who is WSHBaker? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 8, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951 "2006-05-08T20:28:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/41 "2006-05-09T09:43:53Z")
What a fuckhead. Who does he think he is exactly? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/42 "2006-05-09T11:00:33Z")
> [@1920s Style "Death Ray"](#): > > What a fuckhead. Who does he think he is exactly? I can’t think of _any_ regular poster who would be so blatantly dickish. Thus, by processes of elimination, we are left with the sole conclusion that it must be **Cecil Adams** himself. 😃 So, **Valteron** you can think yer’self lucky that not only has Cecil _responded \* to you, but by_\* EMAIL\*\* no less. You are the blessed one. [Monty Python] Lucky bastard. [/Monty Python] ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/43 "2006-05-09T14:45:02Z")
Well, Who has been Tom Baker and Colin Baker, so why not WSH Baker? What? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/44 "2006-05-09T15:17:55Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > What? Jelly Baby? ;j \<-------Kind of looks like Tom Baker, Doctor #4. Can we add a scarf to it? ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/45 "2006-05-09T17:40:52Z")
I don’t know if I’ll get in trouble for outing the person, but Google is my friend. The user in question is [spingears](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=37396). ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/46 "2006-05-09T17:41:56Z")
God I should read the whole thread… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/47 "2006-05-09T20:19:24Z")
> [@zut](#): > > Whoa. Spingears is being an asshole. My suprise knows no bounds. Somebody help me out here. \*\* Spingears\*\* has not appeared in this thread. In the linked thread he makes a fairly mild response. How is he being an asshole? Maybe in other instances, but how here? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/48 "2006-05-09T20:20:15Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Somebody help me out here. \*\* Spingears\*\* has not appeared in this thread. In the linked thread he makes a fairly mild response. How is he being an asshole? Maybe in other instances, but how here? spingears is WSHBaker. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/49 "2006-05-09T20:40:03Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > I’m impressed that he at least managed to be comprehensible. > > I’ve never understood why he hasn’t been chased away with pitchforks or at least pitted a bit more often. **spingears** is certainly one of my candidates for Least Valuable Poster. I can’t recall ever having seen him make a positive contribution to a thread. He usually just interjects some pointless, and often obnoxious, political or religious opinion in GQ. On the occasions he actually posts factual information, it is usually something that someone has already posted (and given more detail on), as in the thread in question. Very often it is outright wrong. He frequently ignores everything everyone else has posted. And sometimes he will just say something snarky about the OP or other posters. > [@spingears](#): > > Try the public library for books on humming birds for more information. This one is particularly inane. **spingears** is sort of a mean-spirited **handy** , although thankfully far less prolific. The idea that **spingears** has the chutzpah to criticize anyone else really merits a resounding :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/50 "2006-05-09T21:33:32Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > This one is particularly inane. **spingears** is sort of a mean-spirited **handy** , although thankfully far less prolific. > > The idea that **spingears** has the chutzpah to criticize anyone else really merits a resounding :rolleyes: I’m not sure it’s always mean-spirited. Which doesn’t detract from the obnoxiousness, mind you. But I think a big part of it that he’s just plain stupid. At least when it comes to interacting with normal human beings. He’s snarky, but he’s mostly just dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/51 "2006-05-09T21:38:08Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > spingears is WSHBaker. I guess I am being a bit slow. Are we saying that he is WSHBaker because both of them act like jerks, or is there some other connection? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/52 "2006-05-09T21:42:06Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > I guess I am being a bit slow. Are we saying that he is WSHBaker because both of them act like jerks, or is there some other connection? You do know how to check someone’s email adress on here, right? ---
**Author:** ![samm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@samm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samm)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/53 "2006-05-09T21:42:24Z")
> [@micahjn](#): > > I don’t know if I’ll get in trouble for outing the person, but Google is my friend. The user in question is [spingears](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=37396). **Contrapuntal** , When you click on the link provided and then click on the e-mail, it says: The email address for spingears is [WSHBaker@comcast.net](mailto:WSHBaker@comcast.net) ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/54 "2006-05-09T21:42:32Z")
Yeah you are a bit slow. Follow the link upthread to spingears member page. click on send e-mail to spingears, and look at the address that pops up. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/55 "2006-05-09T22:30:17Z")
Monthly internet access … $24.90 Yearly SDMB subscription … $14.95 Getting pwnd by your own e-mail address … _ **PRICELESS** _ ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/56 "2006-05-09T22:39:05Z")
**Valteron:** If the mail bothers you, I suggest for forward it to an Administrator here so they can perhaps talk to spingears about not contacting you again. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/57 "2006-05-10T01:53:54Z")
> [@springears](#): > > Try the public library for books on humming birds for more information. I tried looking for “humming birds” but all I’m getting is “songbirds.” Maybe I’ll find the right answer if I try humming a few bars… ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/58 "2006-05-10T02:22:33Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I tried looking for “humming birds” but all I’m getting is “songbirds.” Maybe I’ll find the right answer if I try humming a few bars… No wonder **spingears** was unable to find any information on humming birds and geese by Googling, as he said in his post in the thread. Of course, hummingbirds hum because they don’t know the words. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951/59 "2006-05-10T03:00:49Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > I can’t think of _any_ regular poster who would be so blatantly dickish. That’s right! All our blatantly dickish posters prefer to call out other posters in **The Pit** where they can perform for a larger audience. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-wshbaker/355951.md?page=2)