# A mini-pitting

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mini-pitting/688320>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 13, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mini-pitting/688320 "2014-05-13T02:30:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mini-pitting/688320/1 "2014-05-13T02:30:34Z")

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[**http://finance.yahoo.com/news/texas-wyly-brothers-committed-fraud-165329941.html**](http://finance.yahoo.com/news/texas-wyly-brothers-committed-fraud-165329941.html)  
**New rule: Stop giving your money to people named “Wyly” or “Madoff”**

Don’t do business with these guys either:

1. Snidely Ripoff

2. Darth Shyster

3. Lucifer, the Nigerian Prince of darkness

4. Anyone named “the Weasel brothers”

5. Rat Finkleroy

6. Shark Loanman

7. Adolf Mussolini, the pol pot dealer

8. “Big” Willy Suckerton

9. Crock Noselongsky

10. Nogood Rottengrabber

11. Anyone named “Smiley”

12. Anyone claiming that God needs more money

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**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mini-pitting/688320/2 "2014-05-13T03:21:51Z")

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Their names do inspire trust and confidence. So what happened?

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mini-pitting/688320/3 "2014-05-13T12:02:19Z")

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And you’re not fooling anyone by pronouncing it “Coke,” either!

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**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mini-pitting/688320/4 "2014-05-13T14:40:36Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> And you’re not fooling anyone by pronouncing it “Coke,” either!

Ha!

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**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mini-pitting/688320/5 "2014-05-13T18:53:11Z")

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Can we still trust the roadrunner?