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There has been a good deal of speculation regarding the mysterious disappearance from FAIR notable Will "Provis/Chozah" Schryver. He was such a key presence on FAIR prior to its sad de-evolution into MAD, that one cannot help but wonder about him. As such, it's time to don our tinfoil hats and float another theory (or two). Honestly, I rather like Kevin Graham's notion that Schryver has simply adopted a new alias, as is his wont. (The theory that he simply stopped posting seems both unlikely, and a lot less fun). So, if he has a new name, what is it? Here are a few possibilities:

---Mordecai. He is quite TBM, I believe, and he registered right about the time that Schryver left.
---Antischock8. This seems less likely to me, since, if I'm not mistaken, Antishock8 is a critic. Then again, Schryver is a notorious flip-flopper, who has gone exmo and returned to the Church at least once (I believe).
---Mr. Itchy. I kind of doubt this, since Schryver never really seemed quite so malicious as this, but the time frames do seem to fit.

I was just curious what guesses or theories others were interested in positing....

No guesses on my part, but he did post a reply on the "Who should be a pundit" thread over there:

http://www.mormonapologetics.org/index. ... opic=19360

So he's around, I suppose.

(whew - got my first post out of the way!)

Could Will Schryver have morphed into "Hammer?"

I don't know much about Hammer, but from your (Mister Scratch's) blog, we read:

Hammer is the peculiar, hardcore-TBM, utterly Flintstonian poster on the fittingly named MADboard who is so annoying, prejudiced, and boneheaded that he is barely tolerated by the other TBMs. (Charity is perhaps alone in seeing zero problems with Hammer.) He has been known to support such uber-orthodox views as BKP's sanctioned whitewash of history, and MMM.

I know Schryver was boneheaded, but did he ever qualify for those other adjectives?

Good question, Scratch. As a long-time chozah/provis/schryver watcher (and snooper), I have to say I miss William. He could put his foot in his mouth like nobody else, and it takes balls to do that.

Mordecai doesn't fit. His posts are pretty boring and he's a true believer of intelligent design, much like old Lognormal was. Although Will was a skeptic of evolution, he was never so married to a single alternative.

Hammer -- another no. He's just plain obnoxious. Will made me laugh all the time.

I think Will Schryver just gave up the message board thing. Honestly, I don't see anybody else quite like him.

Soo sad. :(

skippy the dead wrote:No guesses on my part, but he did post a reply on the "Who should be a pundit" thread over there:

http://www.mormonapologetics.org/index. ... opic=19360

So he's around, I suppose.

(whew - got my first post out of the way!)

Welcome aboard, skippy. :-) Would you wear a different nick, if we saw you on MAD?

harmony wrote:
Welcome aboard, skippy. :-) Would you wear a different nick, if we saw you on MAD?

Thanks! I've been lurking for quite some time, and thought maybe I'd join in a bit.

And yes, you would be correct about a different nick on MAD. ;o)

Good question, Scratch. As a long-time chozah/provis/schryver watcher (and snooper), I have to say I miss William. He could put his foot in his mouth like nobody else, and it takes balls to do that.

Oh, come on, Dude. You always have Juliann.

skippy the dead wrote:No guesses on my part, but he did post a reply on the "Who should be a pundit" thread over there:

http://www.mormonapologetics.org/index. ... opic=19360

So he's around, I suppose.

(whew - got my first post out of the way!)

No because Will's post was from Nov. 3. What happened was that someone resurrected an old thread. Will's last post is Nov. 22, 2006.

beastie wrote:

Good question, Scratch. As a long-time chozah/provis/schryver watcher (and snooper), I have to say I miss William. He could put his foot in his mouth like nobody else, and it takes balls to do that.

Oh, come on, Dude. You always have Juliann.

And me! Don't forget about me.

asbestosman wrote:

beastie wrote:

Good question, Scratch. As a long-time chozah/provis/schryver watcher (and snooper), I have to say I miss William. He could put his foot in his mouth like nobody else, and it takes balls to do that.

Oh, come on, Dude. You always have Juliann.

And me! Don't forget about me.

Oh, asbestosman, you're much too nice to be grouped with Will or Juliann. It takes a special kind of individual to be grouped with them, and bless your heart, you're nowhere near their caliber.