# Will we ever see a Doperism become part of the popular culture? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 2, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-see-a-doperism-become-part-of-the-popular-culture/292633 "2005-03-02T18:56:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-see-a-doperism-become-part-of-the-popular-culture/292633/21 "2005-03-03T13:42:45Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > … That means it has really high potential for popular usage if people would just get out there and burnin’ some dogs in public. Oh, you might be able to recruit Iain Banks, author of “The Wasp Factory” to that cause. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-see-a-doperism-become-part-of-the-popular-culture/292633/22 "2005-03-03T14:05:24Z")
> [@TJdude825](#): > > Someone reported that they heard John Mayer yell out “Hi Opal!” in between songs at one of his concerts. Of course, he may have simply been greeting a friend named Opal in the audience. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-see-a-doperism-become-part-of-the-popular-culture/292633/23 "2005-03-03T19:13:36Z")
Okay. I’ll bite. Whence “Once in 1960…” and “penis ensues”? ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-see-a-doperism-become-part-of-the-popular-culture/292633/24 "2005-03-03T19:52:33Z")
> [@Menocchio](#): > > Whence “Once in 1960…” > **[Not many people know that...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=283407)** > > If the salt in the sea could be removed and spread evenly over the Earth’s land surface it would form a layer more than 500 feet thick, about the height of a 40 story office building. Man has landed on the moon six times and spent almost 300 hours... > [@Menocchio](#): > > and “penis ensues”? > **[Wow! A kind warning to Olestra-phobes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=294892)** > > Okay, we had a hubbub about the fake fat-like substance used in Frito-Lay WOW Chips and Toasty Toes WOW Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips. The generic name is Olestra, and the brand name is Olean®. Well, they’ve changed the name. What was WOW!® is now... Second post. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-see-a-doperism-become-part-of-the-popular-culture/292633/25 "2005-03-13T06:13:10Z")
> [@TJdude825](#): > > Someone reported that they heard John Mayer yell out “Hi Opal!” in between songs at one of his concerts. > > But in general, I think most doperisms “work” on the SDMB and lose something in any other context. Just great. We have a famous doper, a musician no less, and it turns out he’s really lame. ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-see-a-doperism-become-part-of-the-popular-culture/292633/26 "2005-03-13T20:57:05Z")
I myself use “gotchya ya” and “I burning your dog\*” IRL and several of my co-workes have picked up both, so the potential is there. \*this one actually comes in handy surprisingly often. I don’t know if that says more about me or my co-workers Peace - DESK ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-see-a-doperism-become-part-of-the-popular-culture/292633/27 "2005-03-14T03:00:02Z")
Probably the two most likely to make it out to IRL on a widespread basis would be “I, for one, will welcom our new \_\_\_\_\_\_ overlords”, which I’m not sure really counts as a Doperism because of its origins as a Simpsons reference, and, “When come back, bring \_\_\_\_\_\_”. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-see-a-doperism-become-part-of-the-popular-culture/292633/28 "2005-03-14T03:14:11Z")
> [@The Asbestos Mango](#): > > Probably the two most likely to make it out to IRL on a widespread basis would be “I, for one, will welcom our new \_\_\_\_\_\_ overlords”, which I’m not sure really counts as a Doperism because of its origins as a Simpsons reference, and, “When come back, bring \_\_\_\_\_\_”. As you said, the overlords thing comes from The Simpson’s so why on Earth woudl that count? “When come back, bring pie” is from a web animation that did not originate here. Haj [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-see-a-doperism-become-part-of-the-popular-culture/292633.md?page=1)