# Add my name to the FUCK YOU MANHATTAN petition **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 9, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744 "2003-06-09T23:46:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/21 "2003-06-10T00:36:07Z")
You know, I had to edit that post three times before submitting to get rid of a typo. When I first typed it, it said **Clogboy**. Then I fixed it, and it said **BigSmellyJerk**. Then I fixed it again, and it said **Coldfire**. Then I got it right. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/22 "2003-06-10T00:38:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Loopus \* > **manhattan** is now my personal hero. If I used a sig, I would put “Stupidity is not a religion” in it. I personally prefer “Since when is ignorance considered a point of view” IIRC from a dilbert strip. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/23 "2003-06-10T00:40:05Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/24 "2003-06-10T00:40:53Z")
Oh, for the days of “ **Ben** , something big and important and dangerous is going to happen at your worksite tomorrow. God told me this in a dream. Do not go, I implore you!” Or whatever it was that **Foggie** said. It sure cast some serious doubts on his prophesying abilities:D ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/25 "2003-06-10T00:45:31Z")
Man, it’d almost be worth it to see the Devils win tonight. Almost. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/26 "2003-06-10T00:57:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hodge \* > \*\*Man, it’d almost be worth it to see the Devils win tonight. Almost. \*\* I’m with you. On your wavelength, too. . . Tripler But then again, I have a personal bias. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/27 "2003-06-10T01:08:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manhattan \* > \*\*Stupidity is not a religion. \*\* Can I put my name on the **Manhattan is God** petition? (Hey, what’s this warm, squishy stuff on my nose?) ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/28 "2003-06-10T01:11:42Z")
Having read the linked thread, I concur with **Manhattan** that the OP’s beleiefs are stupid. To the OP: Dude, you watch waaaaaaaay too much bad science fiction. Get a library card, read some books–I recommend a stiff dose of Carl Sagan, Martin Gardner, and James Randi. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/29 "2003-06-10T01:37:54Z")
Based upon your prediction in that closed thread… I predict that you soon be told to “_double your medication_”. ---
**Author:** ![ratty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@ratty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratty)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/30 "2003-06-10T01:41:42Z")
Is this guy serious? This guy can’t possibly be serious. Did you _read_ his “vision”? If this guy is serious it’s one of the saddest things I’ve ever read. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/31 "2003-06-10T01:51:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manhattan \* > \*\*My apologies, **KGS** – you’re right of course. At some point in the future humans will band together to deflect a meteor, which meteor will travel back in time to crash a Space Shuttle and make the Ducks win the Stanley Cup. Oh, and _The Matrix_ is prophesy, not a movie. > > Stupidity is not a religion. \*\* Oh, sweet jesus, you’re a genius. We need an applause smile. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/32 "2003-06-10T01:55:04Z")
Well, the hockey game is currently in the second intermission, and i’m strongly predicting a Devils win. (It’s much easier when you’ve already watched the first forty minutes. :)) Of course, i’ll look like an even bigger idiot if the Ducks mount a comeback, but with NJ’s defense i just don’t see it happening. And i’ll be very happy if the Devils hoist the Stanley Cup. It was galling enough to see the denizens of Disneyland win the Baseball World Series. If the Ducks win the hockey, it will just encourage Anaheim in the belief that it’s a real city. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/33 "2003-06-10T02:05:26Z")
This is freaky. **I** had a vision just last week that a dog’s ass would learn to speak, and it would speak of things which have yet to pass. I now realize that it was probably just a metaphor, and **KGS** is not actually a talking dog anus. More likely a tape worm with a megaphone. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/34 "2003-06-10T02:36:17Z")
Now if Manhattan hadn’t close that thread, would the Ducks have won? I guess we’ll never know. Nice going. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/35 "2003-06-10T02:42:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*IThe fucking bastard. He looks like Evil Jesus IRL and he frightens me. \*\* I thought he looked like Jesus Fucking Christ IRL. At least on Halloween. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/36 "2003-06-10T02:43:59Z")
Well, I did see a black cat walk by, and then another one that looked just like it… 😃 Ok, apparently this is just turning into a dogpile thread and I’m going to ask a mod to close it. I have that perrogative, see? Since this is the Pit and not GD, I am not going to defend myself or entertain questions about my personal beliefs. All I will do is refer you to this line in my OP: _“I have to go now to watch and see if the Ducks really do win tonight…or if I have to revise my theories a bit.”_ The Ducks lost. Now I have to back to my notes and see what went wrong. By comparison, when Jesus Christ told me something that turned out NOT TO BE TRUE, it destroyed my fucking life. But that’s a different story. ## I request that this thread be closed. Thank you. KGS “I should have won. I made the first move. The game itself is flawed.” – John Nash ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/37 "2003-06-10T02:48:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KGS \* > Oh, and Achenar, if you’re reading this, I have no problem at all with what you said, in fact I laughed when I read your post. I know full well that my theories are FAR left field, and I accept that and even enjoy it. But it’s a far different thing to say you disagree than to call a person “STUPID”… Yeah… well… I almost never read The BBQ Pit, but I did this time, expecting to see something about that exact thread. I’m still not quite sure what to think, but let’s just say that saying that I disagree is somewhat of an understatement. 😃 Also… (on preview) Oops. I guess I’d better get this in fast, before the thread closes. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/38 "2003-06-10T02:50:07Z")
Oh, and I forgot one thing. Something NOBODY seemed to mention for some reason. I made a mistake and posted in the wrong forum. It was an honest mistake. I apologize. Despite the whackyness of the OP, it was really going somewhere. If I had posted in GD, it would have been fun. If manny moved it to GD, instead of just locking it, it would have been fun. If manny had just closed it and not called me “stupid” and a bunch of other names, I would have reopened the thread in GD (with a contrite apology, maybe) Instead, manny called me STUPID. I have issues with the word STUPID. It is not a word to be used against me lightly. If it were anyone else but a mod, though, I wouldn’t let it bother me. They have the perrogative to use that word. They don’t have to respect my beliefs. Manny’s job is to make sure nobody insults anyone in GQ. He is a figure of authority, who committed a crime against a person he is elected to protect, a crime which HE IS APPOINTED TO PREVENT. Like a dirty cop. Or a pedophile priest. Or John Ashcroft/GWB/et al. **Manhattan** you are a disgrace. I cannot respect you, not now or ever. That is all I can say, because I have run out of time. Maybe I’ll start a GD thread and we’ll have fun with “Matrix Theory”. Or maybe not. I’m too pissed to decide and I have to be somewhere right now. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/39 "2003-06-10T02:55:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KGS \* > \*\*The Ducks lost. Now I have to back to my notes and see what went wrong. > \*\* What went wrong is you based your “religion” on MOVIE. > [@](#): > > \*\* > By comparison, when Jesus Christ told me something that turned out NOT TO BE TRUE, it destroyed my fucking life. But that’s a different story. \*\* Perhaps you misunderstood what Jesus said. Or maybe someone when into the future and changed it? If you can be wrong about the Ducks then why can’t Jesus make a mistake? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744/40 "2003-06-10T02:58:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KGS \* > \*\*Now I have to back to my notes and see what went wrong. > \*\* What went wrong is you took notes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-my-name-to-the-fuck-you-manhattan-petition/180744.md?page=3)