# A Thread for the Mueller Investigation Results and Outcomes (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093 "2017-10-28T20:14:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 235
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4682 "2018-05-18T18:31:04Z")
I didn’t imply you had a drive to correct anything. (Which is a good thing, nothing positive would come out of that.) More about relieving your urges, really. Not very zen, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4683 "2018-05-18T18:56:47Z")
Speaking of urges… Once when I was a girl around 10 years old, I was walking to school on my own. I became suddenly aware that an old, beige Volkswagen Beetle had pulled abreast of me and slowed to match its pace to mine. The driver was a middle aged male. He was motioning me over to the passenger’s side of the vehicle. I kept a safe distance as he unrolled the passenger’s window with my parents’ admonitions ringing bright in my ears: Keep away from strangers. But this fellow was already asking directions to an area I knew well. I wanted to help. I took one step closer so my directions could be heard, still far out of his reach. But as I did so, my peripheral vision caught activity in the man’s lap. It took a beat (so to speak) for my brain to register that the man was playing with his exposed penis. I glanced back at his face just as an involuntary look of utter disgust and contempt crossed mine. I watched his half grin break into a wide smile as he got off on my predictable reaction. As he drove hastily away, I tried to memorize the license number but my mind was too unsettled in the moment. Ever since I realized that **F-P** is the man in the beige Beetle, just playing with himself and looking for a reaction of disgust from those who try to aid his understanding, I find it very easy to disregard his pointless, self-pleasuring posts. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4684 "2018-05-18T18:59:23Z")
That’s quite a lot of typing just to make the point that you’re disregarding something. You must be really _really_ disregarding it. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4685 "2018-05-18T19:01:23Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > That’s quite a lot of typing just to make the point that you’re disregarding something. You must be really _really_ disregarding it. I dunno about her, but I’m more pointing and laughing at how small and disfigured your penis is. So to speak. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4686 "2018-05-18T19:03:36Z")
When you’ve reached the small dick insult level you’re pretty much scraping the bottom of the barrel, I would think. But then, I’m not familiar with your ordinary standards. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4687 "2018-05-18T19:05:45Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > Your frustration is understandable. But you need to learn to suck it up, IMO. I don’t recall asking for your opinion. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4688 "2018-05-18T19:09:09Z")
Don’t feed the TrumpSucking Troll. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4689 "2018-05-18T19:09:15Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > When you’ve reached the small dick insult level you’re pretty much scraping the bottom of the barrel, I would think. > > But then, I’m not familiar with your ordinary standards. It’s comedic concept association - your blatant trolling was analogized with an exhibitionist man, and so I bypassed the entire analogy to bring the end points of the line of thought together (trolling - exhibitionist - penis) in combination with the situation you present (trolling - idiocy/lying - mockery) to stitch them together into something that is not actually happening. (This may come as a surprise to you, but I can’t actually see your penis from here.) I even said “so to speak” to highlight the fact that I was clearly fumbling the juggle of situations and phrases, and knew it. I realize that it’s generally a bad idea to explain the joke. But, again, intelligence of melted butter. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4690 "2018-05-18T19:10:48Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > Don’t feed the TrumpSucking Troll. To be entirely honest, I’d be thrilled if somebody resumed a line of conversation that was actually on topic. Unfortunately I can’t think of anything like that myself, so I’m killing time. (And humor.) ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4691 "2018-05-18T19:24:55Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I don’t recall asking for your opinion. You would profit from using it, though. And I’m generous that way. > [@begbert2](#): > > It’s comedic concept association - your blatant trolling was analogized with an exhibitionist man, and so I bypassed the entire analogy to bring the end points of the line of thought together (trolling - exhibitionist - penis) in combination with the situation you present (trolling - idiocy/lying - mockery) to stitch them together into something that is not actually happening. (This may come as a surprise to you, but I can’t actually see your penis from here.) I even said “so to speak” to highlight the fact that I was clearly fumbling the juggle of situations and phrases, and knew it. Your intention was obvious. But the specific imagery wasn’t chosen by accident. It has a certain appeal to people of one type of mentality. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4692 "2018-05-18T19:25:12Z")
Well, uh… hey! What about that Manaforts son-in-law is flipping on him? You think that when he decided to rat out his ex father-in-law he did his best Tony Soprano impression in front of Mueller, saying “now that I am no longer doing the job on his daughter, I’m now gonna fuck the old man”? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4693 "2018-05-18T19:34:18Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > You would profit from using it, though. > > And I’m generous that way. Good old Barmy; Often wrong but never in doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4694 "2018-05-18T19:35:39Z")
Do you have, like, a cliché dictionary that you consult, or is that just your thing? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4695 "2018-05-18T19:45:35Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > … > Ever since I realized that **F-P** is the man in the beige Beetle, just playing with himself and looking for a reaction of disgust from those who try to aid his understanding, I find it very easy to disregard his pointless, self-pleasuring posts. Good analogy. I don’t understand why so many men here seem to enjoy helping F-P get off. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4696 "2018-05-18T19:45:51Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > When you’ve reached the small dick insult level you’re pretty much scraping the bottom of the barrel, I would think. > > But then, I’m not familiar with your ordinary standards. To paraphrase Willie Sutton: _“That’s where the **Fotheringay-Phipps** was…”_ ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4697 "2018-05-18T19:47:15Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Well, uh… hey! What about that Manaforts son-in-law is flipping on him? You think that when he decided to rat out his ex father-in-law he did his best Tony Soprano impression in front of Mueller, saying “now that I am no longer doing the job on his daughter, I’m now gonna fuck the old man”? I’m more interested to learn what Judge Ellis’s ruling will be in Manafort’s motion to dismiss in the Eastern District of Virginia case. I sincerely doubt Mueller would have overstepped his authority and judges often posture for the benefit of a watchful public, so I’ll be surprised if the ruling is anything but to leave the case with the Special Counsel’s office – especially since Judge Ellis now has an unredacted copy of Rosenstein’s August memo. ETA: I doubt it would be any skin off the Mueller team’s nose even if Judge Ellis rules to move the case to the Virginia Eastern District US Attorney’s Office. It would have the practical effect of distributing Mueller’s workload and further decentralizing his authority – something Mueller has been actively doing on his own. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4698 "2018-05-18T19:55:50Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > That’s quite a lot of typing just to make the point that you’re disregarding something. You must be really _really_ disregarding it. Cyrus, you’re being like that again. Settle down. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4699 "2018-05-18T20:11:54Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > Do you have, like, a cliché dictionary that you consult, or is that just your thing? I do. It’s called, “1001 Ways to Tell A Fatuous Bore to Fuck Off.” Guess what #1001 is. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4700 "2018-05-18T20:43:20Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I do. Well that would explain it. Though I was actually leaning to the other explanation. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/4701 "2018-05-18T22:23:02Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > Your intention was obvious. Not to you, apparently, but then again you’re incredibly stupid. > [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > But the specific imagery wasn’t chosen by accident. It has a certain appeal to people of one type of mentality. No, no it really doesn’t. Small and disfigured isn’t anybody’s thrill. Unless… you? No, actually, I honestly would rather not know. Oh, and feel free not to reply. You small and disfigured comments get no better no matter how often you flash them at us. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093.md?page=234) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093.md?page=236)