Out of consideration for TomD (vocal) and others (not so vocal) who get frustrated with the number of "Dobie" threads out there, I was wondering if we might not confine all our "Dobie thread" titles to a single thread. We could post what the title of the thread would be, and the link if applicable. Responses could include Dobie-ratings, if merited. This would help to avoid having "real" threads bumped off the first page so quickly, also.
Frequently, I just come up with the title for a Dobie thread, but am unable to find a suitable link. That could be another function of this thread -- someone posts a Dobie title, and someone else can provide a link. Right now, for example, I'd love to have come up with a good link for a "Bad Day for Humus" thread.
Whaddya all think?
--Pop
<Suspects that someone will "Dobie" this thread soon anyway, just for the sake of having done it.>
*Edit -- definition, for the underinformed. Dobie was a Hatracker some time ago, who had an uncanny knack for comedy by posting new topics that varied only slightly from other current topic names. He would then include a link as the body of his topic. He is gone now, but the legend lives on. A "Dobie," therefore, has become the Hatrack term referring to this particular type of parody thread. When one is posted, it is often rated (anywhere from zero to 5 Dobie points seems fairly standard). Some Dobies are linkless (only parodying thread title and/or content), and may often go unrecognized. I'm sure I am leaving something out, but there you go.
Also, as we move forward, it might be good to include the title of the original threads along with the Dobie titles, so we know how clever you were. I think I'll post this idea at the current end of the thread, too.
[This message has been edited by Papa Moose (edited October 04, 2002).]
Posted by ^Saudade^ (Member # 175) on :
Hehehehe, yeah they did it alright. ((((Papa))))
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
We could consolidate all the serious topics into one thread, so that those of us who enjoy humor more than kicking dead horses don't have to worry about the funny stuff being dropped to the second page.
I'm just too lazy to look for something, even if it interests me. Hitting the Page 2 link is exhausting.
I don't think the couple in that picture feel very guilty. Maybe they should call that number. For only $2.99/min - why, that's cheaper than joining a religion!
edit: Stupid Jeffrey - put a post in between Moose's and my post, will ya?!
[This message has been edited by Ralphie (edited August 06, 2002).]
Mars on Life Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Hey. I protest. I am a clown (among other things.) and I find your Dobie to be politically incorrect and hatemongering to the Clowns of the world. Now, slap a mime is different. Its funny.
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
(look halfway down the page, but the rest of it is pretty funny)
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Okay, Jeffrey, that's pretty stinking cute. In fact, it's worth me making a lame thread just have you Dobie it so cutely. Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
I think we've discovered the origin of our Green Hill Troll.
edit: My first Dobie - a failure. However, if you scroll down on the monster compendium, you will see that Trolls are found on hills. It was a stretch, but it's my first Dobie. Give me time to get my rhythm, baby.
[This message has been edited by Ralphie (edited August 07, 2002).]
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Hmmm. Ralphie... Dobie... Rhythm... Baby.... <Goes off in search of a link.>
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
Moose - That Dobie of the "War with Iraq" should make the Dobie Hall of Fame. It was absolutely the best Dobie I can ever remember seeing. Dobies
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
I totally agree, Lusti. My vote: Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :
Moose! I thought I was going to see guys being grilled!! Like this! Or, even this! Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
I'll stoop to crass, but not to crude. Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
Ahh, well....at least I didn't put up pictures of guys actually being grilled on grills. Besides, I thought they were kind of cute.
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
She does have that sort of lordly, "cat who swallowed the canary" look about her. Notice the close-set shifty eyes. The patrician brow. The Bea-hive coif!!!
And her manner of getting people to do her will simply by baking pies!!!
By the way, apparently today, August 17th, is Dobie's Birthday. Let's hear it for him! Post your Dobie thread here today in honor of the man!
Edit -- apparently this information may have been incorrect. His birthday is listed at another site as August 17, but I didn't notice the year was 2002. Probably a glitch in that site, and if nothing is entered it shows the current date. Well, here's to Dobie anyway....
Sidenote -- it's my half-birthday. So that's something, at least.
[This message has been edited by Papa Moose (edited August 17, 2002).]
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
<Trying to bring back this thread, because I saw a number of Dobies while I was catching up from being sick.>
And going forward, it might be good to include the title of the thread you're Dobie-ing, perhaps with a link to the original topic. Then we know whether or not we've been highly clever.
As a slight aside, one of the things I wish you could do on this forum is to make sticky threads--like this one.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
I must say, after reading the "Poor Hatrackers" thread at Pweb, Dobie sure came off as a dink. I too missed his posts, but I think treating him as some sort of celebrity is a mistake. He lost a lot of repect from me on that one.
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
~Sir Montague
Posted by Pepek (Member # 3773) on :
Oh yah, PS- please don't kill me.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Hmm...the guy who wrote that article probably got a lot of hate mail. Dave Barry wrote an article about US/France relations that was really hilarious. Wish I had a link.
But the gyst of his opening remarks were:
The French think Americans are loud, overweight, and all drive SUVs.
The Americans the French are cowards, rude and smell bad.
We're both right.
Then he gives some handy phrases in French that an American can use to break the ice with a French Person.
My favorite was the one inviting them to visit the nearest mega-mall with you. Then you tell them that they can surrender to the Security Guard -- no no, just teasing you there, buddy...
LOL
Posted by Pepek (Member # 3773) on :
*chuckles*
I feel horrible because I find it amusing.
~Sir Montague
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Nick, you need to post a link to some site that gives a humorous twist to your "dobie." Otherwise you are just mocking the title of another thread.
And while I'm at it, is it just me or is posting in this thread far less satisfying than actually creating the Dobie and posting it as a new thread?
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
Original: Geoff's Matrix Bragging Thread.
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
quote: And while I'm at it, is it just me or is posting in this thread far less satisfying than actually creating the Dobie and posting it as a new thread?
No Bob, It's not just you. I find it much more satisfying when there is an actual dobie thread. Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
Dobbie...OMG!!! It's the Flying NUN!!! Good one! +4 Dobies -1 for saying it was your first attempt when you have another one earlier on this same page!!!
Ludosti...cute idea. I was wondering if maybe you could've found a Flash website somewhere where we could pull the wings off flies or something really entertaining. But still...a good effort. +1 Dobie
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Yeah, pretty lame, especially given all the hugging/mugging threads I saw while I was digging up the dobie thread. But at least I'm doing my part to not litter on Hatrack Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
[ August 29, 2003, 01:42 PM: Message edited by: Erik Slaine ]
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Two things, Erik. Well, three, actually. One, thanks for bumping and using this thread. Two, I'm not sure you get the idea of a Dobie. You're supposed to link to something having to do with the new title. Linking to the original thread just didn't make sense. Three, a crucial aspect of Dobies (in my opinion, anyway) is timing. Dobie-ing a thread that is two days old, even if it's still on the first page, is an uphill battle. If you've had two days to think about how to make a joke of something, it better be really good.
I think maybe you were funnier when you were a girl. I mean, when people thought you were. I mean, when people kept thinking it and saying it and you had to keep denying it. Yeah, that was pretty funny. Um.... San Dimas High School Football Rules!
--Pop
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
He he he!
I'll get it right next time!
Edit: fixed, but kinda lame...
[ August 29, 2003, 01:02 PM: Message edited by: Erik Slaine ]
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
[ September 24, 2003, 10:03 PM: Message edited by: jehovoid ]
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
By the way
quote:I think maybe you were funnier when you were a girl. I mean, when people thought you were. I mean, when people kept thinking it and saying it and you had to keep denying it. Yeah, that was pretty funny. Um.... San Dimas High School Football Rules!
(Welcome to 2004, Dobie Thread Thread)
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
One of the problems when one Dobies a thread that's six months old is that whether one's link is funnier or not doesn't seem to matter. There should be a rule that any Dobie must be posted within a specific time-frame from the time the original thread is posted, and at the rate this forum moves, it should be a short time. Maybe a few hours.
But I still think you're among the funniest on the board, Jeff. Possibly in the number one spot, in fact.
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Okay, so this one's a little low-brow, and the thread is an "old" one, but I had to post something so that I could say a few things:
Good rule, Papa Moose. Woops on my part. T. Analog Kid's was actually a little more artful than mine because he used the thread that he was Dobie-ing as the url for the Dobie. How often is that possible?
And Jon Boy, I woulda done the same thing except I couldn't find a good picture of Rosie ODonnell. You know, the one where she's got that butch haircut and she looks angry and hungry at the same time. That would've been pretty funny too.
[ January 22, 2004, 03:41 PM: Message edited by: jehovoid ]
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Papa Moose, that was just cruel!
LOL
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
I have to reformat this one to more thoroughly Dobie the target thread:
Dobie thread title: Will breeding save the masses? Dobie thread post: Mexico City thinks so.
A little while ago, I realized that I use the phase "roly poly" to refer to isopods, and since then I was curious I looked up pill bug.
quote:NOUN: Also called wood louse. also called regionally Regional doodlebug. 1. A small terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Armadillidium closely related to the sow bug and having a convex, segmented, flexible body enabling it to curl into a ball when disturbed. In this sense also called roly-poly. 2. A sow bug. In both senses also called slater.
USAGE NOTE: Many people, especially science teachers, like to make a distinction between pill bugs and sow bugs. According to this usage, a pill bug, or roly-poly, is a terrestrial isopod crustacean whose segmented body gives it the ability to curl up into a ball when disturbed. A sow bug is any of several similar looking creatures that lack this ability. In popular usage, however, the names pill bug and sow bug, along with a number of other popular names, are used to refer to any of these tiny segmented crustaceans that are often mistaken for insects.
Anyone else have fun entymology stuff to share?
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
Maybe people could keep it to a single thread again....
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
*remembers fondly his newbie days of dobie-making*
*knows those days are at an end*
The rate they're going today, they will likely dobie this thread!
Posted by BrianM (Member # 5918) on :
You damn right!
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
This thread was dobied many times when it was first made. A Dobie of a thread that is almost two years old will not be funny. Ever.
And yet it happens....
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
quote:Maybe people could keep it to a single thread again....
Papa Moose,
Already attempted something of the sort in the English Boffins thread.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
*hangs head in shame*
Shameful...very shameful, but oh so fun.
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Tammy,
Don't let the criticism get you down.
Who really knows what they'll do when confronted with this dilemma:
"Dobie or not dobie?"
This is the stuff that classics are made of.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I wanted to add Kingdom of Loafing. But I'm too lazy to find a link.
At this rate, we can expect "Bling"dom of Loathing.
Edit: Usually I wouldn't correct such a small typo, but with Dobies it has to be clear what the pun is supposed to be.
[ June 22, 2004, 05:39 PM: Message edited by: pooka ]
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Ah ha! A classic!
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
quote:Don't let the criticism get you down.
Oh I'm not.
Everyone has to do it... at least once.
*still giggling*
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I want to dobie that Hobbes thread but I can't think of anything. Well, nothing that doesn't involve "booty". And I think I've used up my demerits for the month.
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
I thought of this dobie and found the link but I just couldn't post it on the board by itself. Discretion would dictate not posting it at all but I am juvenile enough to ignore that decent thought.
Potentially offensive link. Nudity involved, do not open if easily squicked.
My fat is reproducing in the downstairs bathroom...
[ July 10, 2004, 07:52 PM: Message edited by: punwit ]
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
Ewwww
definitely not "artistic nudity" Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Bumped for newcomers
Posted by rubble (Member # 6454) on :
Thanks Pooka.
I must be really dense but the last time this came up it took me a full day to figure the "Dobie" out. This time when "move" and "movie" ended up in two threads in the main topic window I remarked "Hey! That should have been in the Dobie thread."
*Pats self on back"
So I'm slow, but can be taught. Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I can't remember how long it took me to figure out what a dobie was. It was definitely after I had already made one, thinking myself so clever I wasn't the worst n00b ever, but sometimes I think I should just come up with a new screen name and a blank slate.
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
quote:I can't remember how long it took me to figure out what a dobie was. It was definitely after I had already made one, thinking myself so clever.
The same thing happened to me.
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
<Bump.>
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote:The same thing happened to me.
Genius.
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
He is/was a master, isn't/wasn't he....
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote: Genius.
No comment. Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
*bump* for the people clogging up the first page.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
quote: Morpheus : I've seen an agent punch through a concrete wall. Men have
emptied entire clips at them, and hit nothing but air. Yet
_their_ strength and _their_ speed, are still based on a
world built on rules. Because of that, they will never be
as strong, or as fast, as you can be.
Neo : What are you trying to tell me? That I can...dodge bullets?
Morpheus : No, Neo. I'm trying to tell you, that when _you're_ ready...
_you_ won't have to...
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
I momentarily considered creating a dobie for the "Semi-Nude Gardening" thread entitled "Semi-Nude Gathering." It would have suggested going swimming somewhere in Wisconsin during the late spring/early summer (possibly in a quarry or something), but better sense prevailed and I decided against it.
Posted by Goo Boy (Member # 7752) on :
Speaking of better sense prevailing, I'm not going to post the dobie I thought of for Bone fixing foods?
[Too bad, really. I think it might have been my Best Dobie Ever. *wist*]
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Another idea:
"The internet makes you stupid" to "The intent makes you stupid." It's subtle and would have been great if I had dobied it early on. If I had actually gone through it, I would have made it a true dobie and had it a parody of the original thread (with a funny link of course). I might even do it if the initial post weren't so long on the original thread. It would take me faaaar too long to dobie that sucker.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
or 
poor Icarus
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I wasn't the worst n00b ever, but sometimes I think I should just come up with a new screen name and a blank slate.
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