Sorry, it just had to be done. Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
*blink* I'm confused. No... wait... I think you're confused.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
You've really arrived when somebody finally does one of these posts (I forget the technical term) to one yours.
Posted by Vasslia Cora (Member # 7981) on :
I believe the term is "Dobie" but I am not doing too well in my Hatrackian grammer.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Vasslia Cora: I believe the term is "Dobie" but I am not doing too well in my Hatrackian grammer.
thats the one!
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: You've really arrived when somebody finally does one of these posts (I forget the technical term) to one yours.
You know, I've been seeing people say that lately, but I don't see that it's acutally the case. I mean, nobody looks at a thread, says "Wow, Hatracker X started this one! I'd better come up with a dobie!" or even "Wow, this thread has a clever title! It deserves to be honored with a dobie!".
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I think it's more "Wow, I came up with a clever dobie for that title!"
Of course, that's usually a false impression, but still...
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon:
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: You've really arrived when somebody finally does one of these posts (I forget the technical term) to one yours.
You know, I've been seeing people say that lately, but I don't see that it's acutally the case. I mean, nobody looks at a thread, says "Wow, Hatracker X started this one! I'd better come up with a dobie!" or even "Wow, this thread has a clever title! It deserves to be honored with a dobie!".
Do you go down the forums looking at potential dobie fodder? Are you sure who the author is in NO way influences your decision to create a dobie?
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: I think it's more "Wow, I came up with a clever dobie for that title!"
Of course, that's usually a false impression, but still...
It's never a false impression when I do the dobie.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade:
quote:Originally posted by Noemon:
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: You've really arrived when somebody finally does one of these posts (I forget the technical term) to one yours.
You know, I've been seeing people say that lately, but I don't see that it's acutally the case. I mean, nobody looks at a thread, says "Wow, Hatracker X started this one! I'd better come up with a dobie!" or even "Wow, this thread has a clever title! It deserves to be honored with a dobie!".
Do you go down the forums looking at potential dobie fodder? Are you sure who the author is in NO way influences your decision to create a dobie?
I sometimes feel tempted to post a dobie, but I never actually do it. The most I'll do is post in the thread in question what my dobie were if I were to make one. But in answer to your second question, the author of the thread I'm tempted to dobie has absolutely no influence whatsoever on my (suppressed) urge to post one. It just doesn't enter into the equation.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Oh, and to clarify, when I feel the urge to post one, it's because the dobie leapt out at me; I don't go down the list looking for opportunites to commit dobie. My motivation for wanting to post one is exactly what porter said.
I'm interested now. Do other people (other than BlackBlade, I mean) actually dobie as a way of indicating positive regard?
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Not me. When I dobie, it's because it jumped out at me. I usually don't even notice who the thread originator is.
(And I think my dobies are clever.)
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
(And I don't think this is really a dobie, since it lacks a link, or any content of its own. All it is is title.)
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Originally posted by Narnia:
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: I think it's more "Wow, I came up with a clever dobie for that title!"
Of course, that's usually a false impression, but still...
It's never a false impression when I do the dobie.
Whatever helps you sleep better.
*condescending pat*
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
What does Condescending Pat have to do with it?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I just miss him over here.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: I think it's more "Wow, I came up with a clever dobie for that title!"
Of course, that's usually a false impression, but still...
I agree...it is usually a false impression! Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
My dobies, also, have had nothing to do with the thread originator. You see the title, something funny pops into your head, you either resist the impulse, because it's never as funny as you think it is, or you give in, and post it, enjoying the fact that people will be groaning at you. Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I never took the thread starter into consideration when starting a dobie.
It just occured to me that that graffiti about Puck in Magic Street was a dobie of sorts.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I'm one of those 'jumps out at you' kind of people. I usually post a dobie when I accidentally read the title as something else...as in this case. Icarus, I think your dobies are clever too. As are mine. I don't care what Condescending Pat says. Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I've dobied once so far on this forum, and it was half succumbing to my desire to create puns, half as a gesture of endearment to the OP.
Both of those effect whether I decide to dobie or not.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Have you dobied anywhere other than here?
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: Have you dobied anywhere other than here?
On my World of Warcraft guild's forum there is occasional dobbieage.
But it was not nearly as clever or as frequent as hatrack.
Who came up with the word dobbie anyway?
The only other usage I have "heard" of was during the 1800's houses made out of caking mud were called "dobbies".
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
For someone who hasn't frequented this forum as long as others, where does the term "dobie" come from?
According to dictionary.com, it's "a playing marble, esp. one made of clay." Somehow I don't think that's it.
The urbandictionary.com lists it as "a man who's always covered in fluff." Somehow I don't think that's it, either.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Dobie is the name of an old Hatracker who specialized in creating thread titles that punned off of existing thread titles.
The rules for it to be a dobie are:
1) It is a pun off of an exisiting thread title. 2) It has nothing to do with said thread title. 3) It contains a link to some other site that does have something to do with the dobie title (though not the title of the thread that has been dobied.) 4) It must contain some humor, at least in the mind of the creator.
And yes, the best Dobies are the ones that jump out at you, bonk you on the head with some blunt object, wrestle you to the floor, force you via various martial arts manuevers, pressure points, and coercive interrogation techniques even the CIA consider to wild...yes force you to type them in.
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
So it's like a fraternity initiation then? Gotcha...
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
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