# A Poll for republicans, pharisees, and wingnuts. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 22, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160 "2005-01-22T23:27:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/21 "2005-01-23T02:45:28Z")
The ~ after the w signifies that I am too lazy to type: what the fuck? w~ ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/22 "2005-01-23T03:05:01Z")
**rwj** , in a recent thread I quoted Heinlein as comparing communication to making love, in which the state of the partner (i.e., the person ostensibly hearing or reading your words) is as important to you as your own need to extrude those words. “Self-expression” as compared to successful, communicative speaking or writing, he compared to masturbation. I’d say the majority of the board more or less agrees with the premises you seem to be attempting to put across. But if you’ve noticed a bunch of ridicule, it’s because you didn’t do a very effective job of communicating. But I hope you had a pleasant orgasm! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/23 "2005-01-23T03:11:40Z")
“I’m babbling like a motherfuck!” ---
**Author:** ![rwjefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a6a055/32.png) [@rwjefferson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rwjefferson)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/24 "2005-01-23T03:13:24Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > The ~ after the w signifies that I am too lazy to type: what the fuck? > > w~ Whoosh Maybe we should both back off the Kabong 😛 I will try to take this slowly. my name is rwjefferson. I Am Lazy. I terrible handwriting. If you had the right program, it would print out my name. [hand jive]r~ is short hand for rwjefferson. [/hand jive] Sorry guys, just hanking the Ol’ Kabong. 😃 r~ (rwjefferson) ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/25 "2005-01-23T03:17:32Z")
My cat’s breath smells like cat food. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/26 "2005-01-23T03:23:48Z")
~W ~t ~f??? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/27 "2005-01-23T03:27:43Z")
I burning your tilde! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/28 "2005-01-23T03:37:40Z")
> [@Chewie](#): > > ~W ~t ~f??? ?? Wasn’t this \*\*Scylla \*\* a couple of minutes ago? ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/29 "2005-01-23T03:41:30Z")
In A.D. 2005 Thread was beginning. Captain: What the fuck? Mechanic: Somebody set up us the tilde. Operator: We get post. Captain: What ! Operator: Main screen turn on. Captain: It’s You !! Cats: How are you g~!! Cats: All your coherence are belong to u~!! Cats: I lumped Republicans and ‘pharisees’ together. Captain: The fuck you say !! Cats: Please respond whether you consider yourself to be enlightened. Cats: HA HA HA HA … Gaudere: Move ‘thread’. Gaudere: For great justice. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/30 "2005-01-23T03:57:37Z")
I wish to give George credit where it’s due. At least he pronounced _tyranny_ correctly this time. A couple of years ago, he was still saying “tie-runny.” ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/31 "2005-01-23T03:58:17Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > ?? Wasn’t this \*\*Scylla \*\* a couple of minutes ago? I have no idea what you’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/32 "2005-01-23T04:03:55Z")
> [@Brutus](#): > > In A.D. 2005 > Thread was beginning. > Captain: What the fuck? > Mechanic: Somebody set up us the tilde. > Operator: We get post. > Captain: What ! > Operator: Main screen turn on. > Captain: It’s You !! > Cats: How are you g~!! > Cats: All your coherence are belong to u~!! > Cats: I lumped Republicans and ‘pharisees’ together. > Captain: The fuck you say !! > Cats: Please respond whether you consider yourself to be enlightened. > Cats: HA HA HA HA … > Gaudere: Move ‘thread’. > Gaudere: For great justice. /Golf claps ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/33 "2005-01-23T04:05:51Z")
I thought the “~b” meant the little Dubya sperm swimming toward conflict in Iran? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/34 "2005-01-23T04:27:18Z")
_Waltzing my ~, waltzing my ~, You’ll come a waltzing my ~ with me…_ ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/35 "2005-01-23T04:37:43Z")
Actually, I have to admire the genius of **rwjefferson**! Faced with an apparently unbridgeable conflict between liberals and conservatives over the Bush administration, he cleverly composed a post that had **elucidator** and **Brutus** uniting in posting similar thoughts, in a thread ostensibly about GWB (aka ~b). The subtlety of this approach has not gone unnoticed, sir! Truly a masterpiece of peacemaking on your part! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/36 "2005-01-23T05:45:45Z")
Meanwhile, I’ve apparently been hanked, whatever that is. I wonder if my family will still welcome me next Christmas. > [@](#): > > I terrible handwriting. Well, having had a glimpse of your typing, you’ve got me convinced. Do carry on. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/37 "2005-01-23T06:02:46Z")
I wanna know what a _wingnut_ is over in your part of the woods, because down here it is a derogatory name for a person who is of Asian ancestry. Oh, and as far as the rest of the OP goes… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/38 "2005-01-23T06:07:37Z")
I find my signature necessary for this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/39 "2005-01-23T06:08:23Z")
Wow, **kam** , I’ve never heard wingnut as a derogatory term for Asian here in Queensland or in NZ. Peter Jackson’s film company is Wingnut Productions and it’s definitely not a racist term there. Is it a Melbourne thing? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160/40 "2005-01-23T06:12:22Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > I wanna know what a _wingnut_ is over in your part of the woods, because down here it is a derogatory name for a person who is of Asian ancestry. > > Oh, and as far as the rest of the OP goes… :dubious: And over here in the USA, which is where I assume **rwjefferson** lives, it means (literally) a hardware nut with flaring wings, to make it easy to tighten or loosen by hand. In the context of his post, it has the figurative meaning of “wacko, looney, crazy person”. Hence the occasionally-seen derogatory term “right-wingnuts” for people like Phred Phelps. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-republicans-pharisees-and-wingnuts/286160.md?page=3)