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Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
 
So, I thought that one of the thread topics on the forum might present some interesting dobie opportunities. So I went googling.

My bad. Got only two hits, and I was really startled when I clicked on the first one to find myself looking at an extremely *ahem* vivid pornographic image.

So I skedaddled quickly on out of that Google search, cured (for the time being) of my urge to venture into the questionable realm of dobying--and since I know how much dobies annoy some of you, you should be grateful!

(and no, I'm not going to tell you my search terms)
 

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Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
 
You know, I think Dobie is the only member of this forum to have is name immortalized as a meme.

--j_k
 

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Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
 
And he was gone long before I signed up. So I only know the meme, not the man. ;-)
 

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Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
 
I was doing a crossword puzzle once and got stuck on the clue "Asian Nurse". I knew I'd read the word many times (The Secret Garden, etc) but couldn't remember it exactly, so I googled "asian nurse". BIG mistake. Don't ever google that. What's the deal with that anyway? (don't answer that)

Anyway the word I was looking for was "amah".
 

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Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
 
Am I opening the proverbial can of worms by asking who Dobie is?
 

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Posted by human_2.0 (Member # 6006) on :
 
The guy who started the practice now known as "dobying" (or dobie-ing). He was before my time too.

You can turn on Google's "Safe Search" by finding the "preferences" link. I use to think I was manly enough to be able to handle the raw web. But a few too many accidental clicks and I turned safe search.
 

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Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
 
human, I didn't know about "safe search," thanks.

cmc, do you know what a "dobie" is? If not, it's sort of a visual pun based on an existing thread title and including an external link--for example (a really lame example), there's a thread right now w/ the title "My life is brilliant." If I wanted to dobie that, I might start a thread titled "My wife is brilliant" and post a link to a woman dressed in glowing diamonds (yeah, I said it was lame). Some dobies are kinda funny. Lots of Hatrackers think they are all lame, and I've even seen the opinion expressed that they are mocking the original poster.
 

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Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
 
Uprooted - I didn't, but now I do. Thanks for explaining! : )
 

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Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
 

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You know, I think Dobie is the only member of this forum to have is name immortalized as a meme.

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Originally posted by FlyingCow:

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You know, I think Dobie is the only member of this forum to have is name immortalized as a meme.

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I would go so far as to say "Cedonym" is also a meme, though not nearly as prevalent of one. So, Cedrios would be a second 'racker with his own meme.

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Well you know, lots of times people are talking about something gross or creepy on Hatrack, and they'll say "Ick."

I'm not sure that's a good thing, though . . .
 

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Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
 
Ick
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Uprooted,
 

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Posted by BeIgarath (Member # 9609) on :
 

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Originally posted by Teshi:
A pseudonym under which you pretend to be a different person and manipulate others in order to further your own ends.

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