# An over-inflated sense of self-importance. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 30, 2001, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-over-inflated-sense-of-self-importance/66982 "2001-05-30T12:40:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [June 6, 2001, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-over-inflated-sense-of-self-importance/66982/141 "2001-06-06T18:10:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamadryad \* > > And I don’t know how I could have been calling you unclassy when I specifically said that yer clique (which we all know is a well-organized cabal of agents, sworn to follow you from thread to thread and defend your honor\*) was probably TOO classy to read my threads…I was implying that I am so close to actually BEING shit that they wouldn’t sully their CPUs by opening one of my threads. Well, here’s what you and i have in common. Self deprication to a fault. If I could explain why I do it, I’d be a better person. To me you were saying _THEY_, THEY being the black leather german jarbaby cult were classy enough to stay out of the thread whereas jarbaby was not classy enough to stay out. It’s hard to be so hard on myself actually. It requires a lot of assumptions. My life is like the Chris Farley Show. I just pull at my hair all the time and say “i’m so stupid! God!” Anyway. I made some deviled eggs this weekend and replaced half of the yolks with white beans. They taste the same and its considerably lower in fat and cholesterol. Give it a try sometime and tell me what you think 🙂 jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-over-inflated-sense-of-self-importance/66982/142 "2001-06-06T22:38:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamadryad \* > **Better end this post before Crunchy Frog starts cracking on my ego yet again, breaking my heart in 23 places.** Actually, you know what happened? That bug up my ass died last night. I feel so much better today. First off, let me say I don’t know why I kept pushing the topic, when it’s really not that big of a deal. And despite **kabbes** explanation for the hijacks, I’ve come to my own conclusions as to why one would be acceptable and the other not - it’s **Hama’s** thread. If she wants to talk about eggs in her thread, that’s her business. So **Hama** , I hope it’s not to late to bury the hatchet here. I’m sorry for being so pushy and hard-headed about this. I honestly don’t know why I kept pushing it. I could blame it on quitting smoking, stress at work, the hole in the ozone, alien abduction, whatever, but any of those would just be rationalizing away my behavior without really excusing it. Anyway, I hope next time we interact on the board it’s under more pleasant conditions. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-over-inflated-sense-of-self-importance/66982/143 "2001-06-06T23:20:06Z")
I love happy endings in the Pit. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ivorybill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ee59a6/32.png) [@Ivorybill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivorybill)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-over-inflated-sense-of-self-importance/66982/144 "2001-06-07T19:37:45Z")
Actually, it’s farm-fresh eggs that make the real difference. Store-bought just don’t have the flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-over-inflated-sense-of-self-importance/66982/145 "2001-06-07T20:05:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anthracite \* > \*\* > So, I have now decided that I _probably_ was OK in talking about the eggs. Which leads to several other moral questions as well. I mean, is talking about eggs a limited sub-genre? > > I like deviled eggs. \*\* A hijack about deviled eggs, like a motion to adjourn, is **always** in order. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2001, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-over-inflated-sense-of-self-importance/66982/146 "2001-06-07T20:32:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > > A hijack about deviled eggs, like a motion to adjourn, is **always** in order. And I think I can say, without fear of contradiction… I MOVE TO ADJOURN ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-over-inflated-sense-of-self-importance/66982/147 "2001-06-07T21:37:32Z")
Are you KIDDING? We’ve almost got this sucker onto page FOUR. …I want to move to the country with **Hamadryad** and raise up our love-children. On a chicken farm. “So many little eggies, and I’m going to eat them all before I go to sleepie.” – Miss Edie, \*Pink Flamingos. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-over-inflated-sense-of-self-importance/66982/148 "2001-06-08T10:57:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kabbes \* > Actually, I’ve just reread my original post and I can see how what was meant as an illustrative example (i.e. eggs naturally grow out of thread) \ Wait, eggs grow out of _thread_ now??? Jesus, all those philosophers on the “chicken and the egg” thing have been going at it all wrong all these years! ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-over-inflated-sense-of-self-importance/66982/149 "2001-06-08T11:01:36Z")
Oh you haven’t fallen for that old yarn have you? What a yolk! (insert other assorted very old puns here. Or actually, on second thoughts, don’t) pan ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-over-inflated-sense-of-self-importance/66982/150 "2001-06-08T16:31:00Z")
“And we’re the chickens! {wink}” - Babs, “Chicken Run” Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-over-inflated-sense-of-self-importance/66982/151 "2001-06-08T20:11:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > **Actually, you know what happened? That bug up my ass died last night. I feel so much better today.** You know, a friend on ICQ had read this thread, and asked me what was up your ass. I told him it was my ego, which had lodged up there and inflated like a blowfish. If nothing else, I thought you’d enjoy the vivid image. 😃 And yeah, all’s good, I don’t hate anyone in here, everyone in here professes not to hate me (or, if they do, they don’t matter because my Huge Ego of Doom (tm, patent pending, all rights reserved, (c)1970) will annihilate them). I guess it’s time for the group hugs. Y’all go right ahead. I’ll be over here in the corner drinking a really unholy amount of tequila. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-over-inflated-sense-of-self-importance/66982/152 "2001-06-09T00:49:36Z")
_ears perk_ Tequila? Now _that’s_ what I call a happy ending to a Pit thread… screw the hugs, I’m in the corner with **Hama**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-over-inflated-sense-of-self-importance/66982.md?page=7)