The original pinglist was conceived between MikefromOhio and myself as a little way of expressing our growing discontent with the OSS troll.
Every time he stank up a tech thread, I pinged the list as a subtle sign of unnngh. Kinda like the picture of the Pueblo crew "secretly" giving their North Korean captors the finger...
With the list growing and the OSS troll not being a major issue any more on the tech threads, we've expanded the scope significantly--to include idiotic/bizarre/funny postings, trolls, undead threads, and overall silliness.