# A blatant ethnic slur by Tranquilis **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 17, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574 "2002-05-17T16:06:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/41 "2002-05-17T21:00:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hyperelastic \* > \*\*Based on the posts to this thread, I now realize that it’s considered funny to be mean to people in the Pit. I really don’t have the stomach for it, so I’ll confine myself to more civilized forums in the future. Y’all have fun. \*\* This **cracked** me up! I actually laughed out loud. Enjoy your more civilzed forums, where you can start a thread criticizing someone for an imaginary offense and not have anyone be mean to you. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/42 "2002-05-17T21:03:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hyperelastic \* > \*\*Based on the posts to this thread, I now realize that it’s considered funny to be mean to people in the Pit. I really don’t have the stomach for it, so I’ll confine myself to more civilized forums in the future. Y’all have fun. \*\* :rolleyes: Now, I _did_ complety reject the premise of your OP, and then I completely dismissed your (non)rebuttal. Hell, I never even got around to calling you naughty words (mostly because that would’ve been like sandblasting a soupcracker), and that’s _mean_? Hoo-boy, have you lived a sheltered life! ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/43 "2002-05-17T21:04:01Z")
As a half German, a German lover and a lover of German porn, I am forced to inform Scylla that it’s: Scheisse Videos and that I’m offended that he would imply that these are some how WRONG or outside the norm. You wanna talk about nationalities that get no slack? TELL SOMEONE YOUR FAMILY’S ORIGINAL NAME WAS HISTLER. j ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/44 "2002-05-17T21:06:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > \*\*No, no no. It’s a picture of your Mom (although now that you mention it the resemblence **is** startling.) > \*\* “Psst. Hey buddy. Do you have any naked pictures of your wife?” “No, of course not!” “Do you want to buy some?” ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/45 "2002-05-17T21:12:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Beeblebrox \* > **I feel so disenfranchised, all my ancestors are English so I can’t really play the mob game. Geoffrey the fish?, “Knuckles” Morris?, Rupert Two Toes?** Oh, C’mon! There _has_ to be a good set of UK gangs or _something_ around. Sure, y’all missed out on the publicity and all, but I’m morally certain that some enterprising soul over there realized that cooperation works better than competition… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/46 "2002-05-17T21:18:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Beeblebrox \* > \*\*I feel so disenfranchised, all my ancestors are English so I can’t really play the mob game. Geof \*\* How come you damn limey football thugs gotta muscle in on everyone else’s stereotypes, huh? Man, that gets a bug up my ass! [sub]although I did learn, from quoting you, how to make little bitty text appear in my message – sweet![/sub] Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/47 "2002-05-17T21:21:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kalashnikov \* > \*\*I am **so** jealous… I haven’t been called to the pit at all. > But I would hope that my first “calling out” would be over a more interesting topic. \*\* Ah, be patient young grasshopper… Hell I had to wait about 3200 posts befre I lost my cherry (2700 or so, plus 500 or so lost in the Winter of Our Lost Content), so you’ve a bit of time to polish your weapons and practice your arguements. May _your_ pitting be worthy of your tallents… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/48 "2002-05-17T21:27:25Z")
I’m Irish, Italian **and** German. So I guess the only reason I haven’t tried to use my organized crime connections to conquer the world is that I drink too much. Oh, and **beeblebrox**? Haven’t you ever heard of [the Piranha Brothers?](http://www.ironworks.com/comedy/python/piranha.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/49 "2002-05-17T21:32:28Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/50 "2002-05-17T21:32:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Beeblebrox \* > \*\*I feel so disenfranchised, all my ancestors are English so I can’t really play the mob game. Geoffrey the fish?, “Knuckles” Morris?, Rupert Two Toes? > \*\* But, on the bright side, you can play up the “cheerful cockney pickpocket” angle. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/51 "2002-05-17T21:38:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kalashnikov \* > \*\* > > Congradulations. > > I am **so** jealous… I haven’t been called to the pit at all. > But I would hope that my first “calling out” would be over a more interesting topic. \*\* Tell me about it. I’ve got something like 1 1/2 times **Tranq’s** post count, and outside of 1 (one) joke Pit thread, 1 (one) very polite “Could you explain what you meant in this other thread” thread and 1 (one) psychotic “Fenris controls the mods, the admins, Cecil and my underpants!” thread (so seriously incoherent that it was deleted for sheer stupidity), I’ve never had a real Pit Thread. Hey! Superelastic Bubble Plastic: I’m Italian American! Tell ya what: if you tell me your ethnicity, I’ll insult it if you’ll start a Pit-Thread about me! Please!? Fenris, always a flamer[sup]\*\*\*\*\*[/sup], never the flamed. [sup]_**[/sup]Not in that sense[sup]**_\*[/sup] [sup]**[/sup]Not that there’s anything wrong with that[sup]**\*[/sup] [sup]\*\*\*\*\*\*\*[/sup]Footnoting is _Fun!_ :D[sup]\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*[/sup] [sup]\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*[/sup]In fact, let’s do _ALL_ our posts as footnotes from now on! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/52 "2002-05-17T21:41:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Beeblebrox \* > \*\*I feel so disenfranchised, all my ancestors are English so I can’t really play the mob game. \*\* You’re forgetting a very important fact. Jack the Ripper has never been identified. Just mention that fact in conversation. A few drinks later mention some strange notes Great Grampa left in his diary. And there’s always Sweeney Todd. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/53 "2002-05-18T00:28:12Z")
who served a dark and a vengeful God. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/54 "2002-05-18T02:00:42Z")
If nothing else, Englishmen invented the modern Vampire story… That should be plenty scary enough. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/55 "2002-05-18T02:26:15Z")
I don’t know. I once told a young impressionable co-op a few things about my godfather who’s with the British Rifle Team, and he somehow wound up with the idea that I’m connected to the British mafia. 🙂 [innocent look] Gee, and as far as I know, I’m not even related to Jane Austen. CJ No, no, dear chap. I’m not sending you to sleep with the fishes. I’m sending you to sleep with the _sheep_. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/56 "2002-05-18T02:34:41Z")
Upon reflection, I may have been too abrupt. I’m tendering an appology to **Hyperelastic** in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=115817). ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/57 "2002-05-18T02:48:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Beeblebrox \* > **I feel so disenfranchised, all my ancestors are English so I can’t really play the mob game.** “The hooligans are loose! The hooligans are loose!” “What if they become ruffians?” – Bill Hicks ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/58 "2002-05-18T07:15:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*what was that about Scottish people? > > WHY I AUGHTA… > > now i’m offended. > > 😃 \*\* 😃 [sup]The men wear skirts[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/59 "2002-05-18T13:35:31Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Hyperelastic \* > \*\* > I’m half Irish, and I think Irish jokes are funny. Why? Because Irish-Americans are no longer discriminated against in the United States, so the stereotype is not hurtful…And just because some other stupid Italian-Americans do think Mafia jokes are funny, that doesn’t make them any less hurtful._\* I’d just like to say, as a half-mick and on behalf of half/full micks around the world, that just because one stupid Irish-American thinks that Irish jokes are funny, it doesn’t make it right. > [@](#): > > **I am rightfully proud of my heritage. I don’t like it when mob movies go out of their way to associate the symbols of the Sicilian culture (especially food) with organized crime. It’s cultural assassination.** But I guess it’s okay for the Irish to be portrayed in movies as drunken priests or drunken, corrupt cops, or having a connection with the IRA, right? > [@](#): > > \*\*I am sensitive to ethnic slurs. \*\* Except when they are made against the Irish apparently. Tranquilis is a kilted squid. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574/60 "2002-05-18T13:43:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Turbo Dog \* > \*\*Tranquilis is a kilted squid. \*\* ::sniff:: It’s true, oh, it’s so true. I am found out. ☹ 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blatant-ethnic-slur-by-tranquilis/109574.md?page=2)