# Your Patron Saint Designation by . . . Swimming Riddles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2000, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536 "2000-04-27T12:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/121 "2000-04-29T21:39:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Bless us, St. purplebear: Patron Saint of Those Who Should Have Signed Up For A Sainthood A Long Time Ago. Also the Patron Saint of Purple Things And Bears. > > \*\* I absolutely _ **adore** _ my sainthood appellation!! Thank you so much!!! šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/122 "2000-04-29T22:25:04Z")
Ummmā€¦ ok, I guess the fathom board had changed its addressā€¦ ummā€¦ I found itā€¦ Wait a minute! I thought I posted with my old sig! ??? ---
**Author:** ![single\_files](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@single\_files](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/single_files)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2000, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/123 "2000-04-30T04:22:09Z")
I know Iā€™m new hereā€¦but do you suppose I could be a Saint anyway? Can we make it something insignificant though, so that if it turns out that Iā€™m not really all that saintly there wonā€™t be any cosmic explosions or anything? Thank you so much ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/124 "2000-04-30T04:38:17Z")
Thanks, SR! Youā€™re the coolest (I have to live up to my new saintly position as Patron Saint of Blatantly Complimenting the Patron Saint of Patron Saints, you know). And how cool that I get to be the Patron Saint of Jelly Donuts - something sweet, squishy and edible. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2000, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/125 "2000-04-30T07:57:19Z")
So Swimmy, are you keeping a list of these, somewhere a little more organized than this thread? Iā€™d hate to see you accidentally repeat an appellation and get accosted by an angry title holder. Okay, Iā€™m going looking for some lighters to kickass with. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2000, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/126 "2000-04-30T08:32:03Z")
With a name like mine, can I be sainted? ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2000, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/127 "2000-04-30T08:37:43Z")
OK, I wasnā€™t going to jump on this bandwagon, but now that Iā€™ve seen some of them, I just gotta! ---
**Author:** ![the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Scarlet_Pimpernel)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2000, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/128 "2000-04-30T10:26:55Z")
Hey, Swiddles, can St. Scarlet still get in on this? These ROCK! ---
**Author:** ![Michi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Michi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2000, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/129 "2000-04-30T12:50:13Z")
I usually donā€™t participate in these games, but OK, what could I be patron saint of? ---
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/130 "2000-04-30T21:28:26Z")
SwimmingRiddles, these are a hoot. Would you be so kind as to canonize your humble servant, Oh Great One? ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/131 "2000-05-01T01:02:12Z")
good morning. since i am the queen of non sequitirs, i think i might as well be a patron saint. thank you for your patronageā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Rosethorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Rosethorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosethorn)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/132 "2000-05-01T01:41:48Z")
Iā€™m exteremly new here, but could you do me too? please? ---
**Author:** ![Rosethorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Rosethorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosethorn)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/133 "2000-05-01T01:42:22Z")
Iā€™m exteremly new here, but could you do me too? please? ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/134 "2000-05-01T02:25:40Z")
Please oh please may I be a Saint? If you have the time? Thank you Swimmy! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/135 "2000-05-01T02:34:51Z")
Whoooo Hooooo, I have a new sig line. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/136 "2000-05-01T04:08:08Z")
Will you saint me? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/137 "2000-05-01T06:22:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Bless us, St. Kat: Patron Saint of Humility. Cool! Thanks, SR. (And not cat-related, either, but a suitable replacement for the (retired in itā€™s glory) Wally sig.) ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/138 "2000-05-01T06:51:24Z")
If I was the patron saint of Dictionaries, as my name would suggest, I would have to say that there is no ā€œeā€ in ā€œMobiusā€. I am certain however that I shall end up the Saint of Sensitive Female Nipples or some such, so I should much like to see what I end up as. I throw my meager presence here on the mercy of Swiddlesā€™ scathing and utterly charming wit. I love her almost as much as NTG. I hope they donā€™t figt, that would beā€¦ well, hmmmmā€¦ maybeā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![pipefitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@pipefitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipefitter)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/139 "2000-05-01T08:15:09Z")
I will feel very honored if you could Saintify me, oh great one šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Pixoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pixoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixoid)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536/140 "2000-05-01T15:35:45Z")
[hijack]The o in Mobius/Moebius is actually an o with an _umlaut_ā€“two little dots on top. And convention is, at least in Germany, if you canā€™t put in the umlaut, you put an e after the letter. Soā€¦Mƶbius if youā€™re in Germany? And [hereā€™s more info on him](http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/0/0,5716,54442+1+53115,00.html). Okay, Iā€™m done now. [/hijack] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-patron-saint-designation-by-swimming-riddles/16536.md?page=8)