# WTF is it with this forum and "Og?" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 18, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537 "2006-01-18T18:54:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/21 "2006-01-18T19:31:26Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Never in my life have I ever encountered such a thing apart from the SDMB. No? Then you need to get out more. šŸ˜‰ I donā€™t find it especially funny any more either (along with ā€œHi Opal!ā€ and a few other things), but eh, whatcha gonna do? [from lofty perch] The children need their amusements. [/from lofty perch] šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/22 "2006-01-18T19:31:49Z")
This is a slightly serious response, and maybe it makes me a bit weird, but I really like using Og, because, as an athiest, Iā€™ve always had a hard time saying things like, ā€œfor godā€™s sake!ā€ Iā€™m never quite sure what I mean when I say that. Being able to use Og has opened up a whole mess of phrases that Iā€™d avoided in the past. It lets me say them without invoking an actual ā€˜godā€™ and all that that implies. So, Iā€™d say, lighten up. Everyone does things that piss off other people. I say let them have their fun and let Og sort them all out in the end. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![scule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@scule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scule)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/23 "2006-01-18T19:33:01Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Thatā€™s what his name means? Huh. I always assumed it was some wacky foreign language. It is a wacky foreign language in a sense. Leaf fan is a peculiar Canadian expression meaning to actively admire, support, and possibly promote a hockey team (thatā€™s ice hockey, as you non-Canucks may call it) that has consistently failedā€¦ well failed for a long, long, long time. It kind of defies description, when the much better and much more sexy Senators are just 4 hours up the road, setting the league on fire. But I donā€™t want to get clocked by **Kythereia** , so Iā€™ll leave them to their dreams of a [snicker]Stanley Cup this year][/snicker]. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/24 "2006-01-18T19:33:38Z")
I use it. I donā€™t intend to stop. I like it. I even use it in e-mail to Dopers. I donā€™t wanna say God. So you can look down on me from your lofty perch. Nyah, nyah, nyah, šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![scule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@scule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scule)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/25 "2006-01-18T19:35:48Z")
Incidently, what is Hi, Opal anyway? I never quite figured that out. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/26 "2006-01-18T19:36:38Z")
> [@scule](#): > > It is a wacky foreign language in a sense. > > Leaf fan is a peculiar Canadian expression meaning to actively admire, support, and possibly promote a hockey team (thatā€™s ice hockey, as you non-Canucks may call it) that has consistently failedā€¦ well failed for a long, long, long time. It kind of defies description, when the much better and much more sexy Senators are just 4 hours up the road, setting the league on fire. But I donā€™t want to get clocked by **Kythereia** , so Iā€™ll leave them to their dreams of a [snicker]Stanley Cup this year][/snicker]. _clocks **scule** over the head with a hockey stick anyways_ Donā€™t listen to his filthy heretic lies! The Maple Leafs are INFINITELY superior and far, far sexier! ---
**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:** [January 18, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/27 "2006-01-18T19:45:23Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > Yeah, the IPU is way cooler than the FSM, IMO. Canā€™t we all just get along? I mean, sure the IPU is cool because itā€™s, like, invisible. Ya know? But the FSM is just as cool because you can call yourself a Pastafarian. And curse Atkins as the Antipasto. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/28 "2006-01-18T19:45:59Z")
> [@scule](#): > > Incidently, what is Hi, Opal anyway? I never quite figured that out. Someone named \*\*Opal \*\* complained that a proper list consists of three items, not two. So all the people who made lists of two items started adding a third item and saying ā€œHi **Opal**!ā€ at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/29 "2006-01-18T19:51:46Z")
> [@sunfish](#): > > No? Then you need to get out more. šŸ˜‰ > > I donā€™t find it especially funny any more either (along with ā€œHi Opal!ā€ and a few other things), but eh, whatcha gonna do? [from lofty perch] The children need their amusements. [/from lofty perch] šŸ˜› You do look silly sitting up there on that big fish, you know? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/30 "2006-01-18T19:54:34Z")
Look. One time a [dead gator](http://www.sirblah.com/misc/anagram26.gif) pitted beer and Og _SMASHED_. I mean he totally flipped out and smashed **hard**. And youā€™re pitting _Og_?? Just imagine what heā€™s gonna do this time. Thanks a lot, **Leaffan** , youā€™ve doomed us all. Everyone duck and cover! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/31 "2006-01-18T19:55:27Z")
> [@Plynck](#): > > Fucking pagansā€¦ Is it Beltane already? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/32 "2006-01-18T20:01:25Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > _clocks **scule** over the head with a hockey stick anyways_ > > Donā€™t listen to his filthy heretic lies! The Maple Leafs are INFINITELY superior and far, far sexier! Youā€™re going to be looking rather foolish come Monday. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/33 "2006-01-18T20:01:43Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Is it Beltane already? šŸ˜ƒ Fuckings Pagans isnā€™t just for Beltane anymore. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![scule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@scule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scule)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/34 "2006-01-18T20:02:26Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > _clocks **scule** over the head with a hockey stick anyways_ > > Donā€™t listen to his filthy heretic lies! The Maple Leafs are INFINITELY superior and far, far sexier! Hmmm, [reality](http://www.nhl.com/standings/index.html) seems to think otherwiseā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/35 "2006-01-18T20:03:59Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Look. One time a [dead gator](http://www.sirblah.com/misc/anagram26.gif) pitted beer and Og _SMASHED_. I mean he totally flipped out and smashed **hard**. And youā€™re pitting _Og_?? Just imagine what heā€™s gonna do this time. Thanks a lot, **Leaffan** , youā€™ve doomed us all. Everyone duck and cover! AFG, youā€™re awesome, I love that toon, whoā€™s anagram is that one? Jim ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/36 "2006-01-18T20:04:17Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > So, Iā€™d say, lighten up. Everyone does things that piss off other people. I say let them have their fun and let Og sort them all out in the end. šŸ˜‰ Itā€™s not like I seethe with rage whenever I see it. Well, okay, I seethed with rage once. For twenty minutes. In 1960. ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/37 "2006-01-18T20:04:20Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > You do look silly sitting up there on that big fish, you know? šŸ˜‰ My fine multi-Cyprinus fellow, from what better place could one get a fisheyed view of the world? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/38 "2006-01-18T20:06:44Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Itā€™s not like I seethe with rage whenever I see it. Well, okay, I seethed with rage once. For twenty minutes. In 1960. I hope you didnā€™t begin construction on a 1920ā€™s style Deathray. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/39 "2006-01-18T20:06:45Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > Youā€™re going to be looking rather foolish come Monday. I think I may have to change my username come Monday! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/40 "2006-01-18T20:08:17Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I think I may have to change my username come Monday! ā€œCome Mondayā€ might make a good username, but maybe you should solicit some other choices. šŸ˜‰ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537.md?page=3)