Well, I can remember when those letters were featured on The Electric Company…
Back in my day, we learned our letters from The Steam-Powered Company on the radiograph.
When SDMB first moved to Discourse, I noted I was averaging 98% quality posts. I’ve slipped a bit recently and am currently at 95%. Still, this is far above the total board average of 71% (or 73.5% if you don’t count spammers).
If seventy percent of the posts here are high quality, and I love the SDMB, then clearly you have access to the secret forum where all the posts are amazing. I heard you have to be on a first name basis with Zotti to get in there.
How far can oneupsmanship go?
Back in my day, Leonard da Vinci featured the letter S on his show Military Engines and Hypothetical Flying.
Yeah? Well I used to watch Heron of Alexandria’s show The Mechanical Dispenser. Brought to you by the letters alpha and omicron…
Not enough categories. Needs:
Annoying as hell.
Clueless
Cannot follow simple instructions
Goes against the grain of board culture
Does not get off my lawn when instructed
If you get me a scale model, about a foot or two high, of a tall building then, yup, I can leap that fellow with no hassle.
I do know whether a bullet is faster than a bullet train.
I am somewhere between these two as I am certainly weaker than a bull elephant but I am poor at spreading bull.
You would need to check with my wife but, tentatively, I’ll go with this one.
We are all, in our own way, little gods.
Suggestions for additional categories are welcome. You can use the box in the corner if you do not want to post them here.
Is a scale model of a tall building tall? No. And what if you need multiple bounds?
Are bull elephants good at Scrabble? Climbing trees? Strength is a relative thing.
Seinfeld has a bit about how most men consider themselves lesser superheroes. He says he saw a guy driving and thinking he was holding the mattress on the roof of his car in place using one arm. You might have a problem if you genuinely think of yourself as a lesser superhero. Or if you dress up in a cape, hang around downtown, and refuse to respond to anyone who does not use the prefix “Almighty”.
You probably do have a problem if you think of yourself as a “God of Small Things”. You might be likely to give fancy and unneeded names to household tools and items. It is bad to call your car “a chariot” or relic, but possibly worse to call it “Majestic Farfegnugen”.
This is the “Prestige” category.
Excellent: Invited to the secret forum. Free drinks from the company mini-bar. Access to underground highway and annual trip to Baja.
Good: Given Zotti branded car. Free parking. Invited to backyard potluck. Must bring salad. Don’t cheap it out with buns or ice this time.
Adequate:: Invited to be moderator. Post once picked as “post of the week”. Buy one, get one free coupon for cheesesteak or deep dish.
Doper: Annoying or clueless. Invited to Pit. Cannot follow simple instructions or throw frisbee in straight line. Does not get off lawn when instructed. Mother dresses you badly.
Mother’s eyesight hasn’t been so good recently?
I’m exasperating and angelic 
I don’t see those categories listed.
I must be the only one.
I rank
Doper
Doper
Satisfactory
Satisfactory
Excellent.
