# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/41 "2006-01-18T20:11:46Z")
But if we take away “Og” people might have to actually be funny instead of constantly spouting years-old tired catchphrases and simpsons quotes! That’s just not fair! Everyone, even the painfully unoriginal and unfunny, should be given the opportunity to repeat the same unfunny crap over and over again and pretending that it’s any kind of entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/42 "2006-01-18T20:15:04Z")
> [@AFAIKnow](#): > > Og says you go to hell for fibbing. In my opinion, Og wouldn’t be one to send you to hell, like a metaphysically time-out. No, he’d be one to approach from arrears and give you a sound embuggering. Og is much more down to earth that way than the IPU. However, I still like the Invisible Sky Pixie. ---
**Author:** ![Queuing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/43 "2006-01-18T20:23:25Z")
> [@scule](#): > > Hmmm, [reality](http://www.nhl.com/standings/index.html) seems to think otherwise… Playoffs say otherwise as well…You know when it matters… ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/44 "2006-01-18T20:32:49Z")
Somebody ate stupid food for breakfast! ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/45 "2006-01-18T20:35:12Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > It’s not like I seethe with rage whenever I see it. Well, okay, I seethed with rage once. For twenty minutes. In 1960. That’s a coincidence, I also was tempted to seethe with rage in 1960. But I couldn’t. Turns out the problem was with the goggles . . . they did nothing. ---
**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, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/46 "2006-01-18T20:39:17Z")
> [@Queuing](#): > > Playoffs say otherwise as well…You know when it matters… See, this is something that actually bugs me about sports leagues in North America. Instead of acknowledging the success of a team that is consistently the best over the long term (the regular season), all the glory goes to whatever team combines skill with enough streaky luck over a much shorter term (the playoffs). I love the fact that in European football (and I think South American too, but I don’t pay much attention there) the league champion for each league gets the major glory and the cup competition (or competitions) – other than the Champion’s Cup – is significant but not the prime award. Plus it generally occurs in conjunction with the season as opposed to after it. But maybe that’s just me. ---
**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, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/47 "2006-01-18T20:40:57Z")
> [@Ooner](#): > > But if we take away “Og” people might have to actually be funny instead of constantly spouting years-old tired catchphrases and simpsons quotes! > > That’s just not fair! Everyone, even the painfully unoriginal and unfunny, should be given the opportunity to repeat the same unfunny crap over and over again and pretending that it’s any kind of entertaining. But I don’t do it to be funny! I never type “Og” and run away chortling, thinking how much everyone will be entertained. I just like it…_pouts_ ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/48 "2006-01-18T20:42:31Z")
> [@scule](#): > > that takes some blows to the head and a lot of beer to become. his fault if he doesn’t get it. If you are afraid of some blows to the head and a lot of beer, you are like no hockey fan I have ever met. Go Wild! ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/49 "2006-01-18T20:45:13Z")
> [@scule](#): > > Hmmm, [reality](http://www.nhl.com/standings/index.html) seems to think otherwise… Woo hoo! Not Last Place! Yippee! - cowgirl, a Leafs fan strictly out of genetic and geographic obligation ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/50 "2006-01-18T20:49:09Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Really? Do you mean God? Then say “God.” What the fuck is it with this Og character? Or, is it because your religious persuasion has you convinced that using the Almighty’s name in an internet forum will have you sent straight to hell? Unbelievable. Never in my life have I ever encountered such a thing apart from the SDMB. He burning our Og! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/51 "2006-01-18T20:51:40Z")
Here’s my solution to the **Og** problem: from now on we should use “WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT!!!” instead. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/52 "2006-01-18T20:53:47Z")
Yeah, I remember the Maple Leafs. Do they still play in Make Believe Garden? I have a tape of the Who playing a concert there. ---
**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, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/53 "2006-01-18T20:56:42Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Yeah, I remember the Maple Leafs. Do they still play in Make Believe Garden? I have a tape of the Who playing a concert there. [Air Canada Centre](http://www.theaircanadacentre.com/) now, or ACC as it’s commonly known. ---
**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, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/54 "2006-01-18T21:08:18Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > You’re going to be looking rather foolish come Monday. Oh yeah? Bring it on! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/55 "2006-01-18T21:16:41Z")
Insult Og, get a plague of hockey fans. Not quite locusts, but the constant sharpening of skates gets annoying. **Ooner** , someone about a month ago said this about in-jokes (paraphrased): Its’ just a thing. Its’ not like I sit at home for hitting “post” like, “ZOMG!1 I said ‘Og,’ lolz! This is gonna cost people a few keyboards.” Lighten up or fucko off. ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/56 "2006-01-18T21:19:22Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > **Ooner** , someone about a month ago said this about in-jokes (paraphrased): Its’ just a thing. Its’ not like I sit at home for hitting “post” like, “ZOMG!1 I said ‘Og,’ lolz! This is gonna cost people a few keyboards.” > > Lighten up or fucko off. Okay, so you guys don’t intend it to be funny. Uh, why _do_ you do it? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/57 "2006-01-18T21:22:15Z")
> [@Ooner](#): > > But if we take away “Og” people might have to actually be funny instead of constantly spouting years-old tired catchphrases and simpsons quotes! > > That’s just not fair! Everyone, even the painfully unoriginal and unfunny, should be given the opportunity to repeat the same unfunny crap over and over again and pretending that it’s any kind of entertaining. OG burning your dog!! ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/58 "2006-01-18T21:24:29Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Okay, so you guys don’t intend it to be funny. Uh, why _do_ you do it? Its’ just a community thing. No real thought goes into it. ---
**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, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/59 "2006-01-18T21:26:53Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > Its’ just a community thing. No real thought goes into it. This goes back to a pet theory I have regarding in jokes, but it’s not nice so I’ll keep it to myself. ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-this-forum-and-og/340537/60 "2006-01-18T21:29:06Z")
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