# ARE ALL GUYS SELFISH BUGGERS? CONTINUED/ REVISED **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 3, 1999, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373 "1999-12-03T21:26:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![NITWATCH2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@NITWATCH2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NITWATCH2)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/61 "1999-12-08T06:44:00Z")
\*\* I still need pratice. * * * The Night Watch always knows things. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/62 "1999-12-08T06:59:00Z")
You need a lot of things a lot worse than practice. Please tell me you live in an area with frequent power outages. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/63 "1999-12-08T06:59:00Z")
Nope. You don’t need any more coding practice; you need to stop entirely. You do, however, need to learn how to make a point with words and words alone. Why don’t you practice conversation for a while and then come back for some rational discourse. Unless you enjoy butting your head against the wall. * * * “Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I’m worried about the difference between wrong and fun.” ~P.J. O’Rourke~ ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 1999, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/64 "1999-12-07T19:14:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Unless you enjoy butting your head against the wall. Oh, great, Unc, now I’ve got the image of that kid from _Parenthood_ running up against a wall with his head in a trash can. ## “Hold on Justin, I’ll get you get you some dip…” “Bodie, I noticed you stopped stuttering.” “I’ve been giving myself shock treatments.” “Up the voltage.” -_Real Genius_ ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 1999, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/65 "1999-12-07T19:55:00Z")
BTFW, what the goddamned hell does, “The Night Watch always Knows things,” mean? * * * “Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I’m worried about the difference between wrong and fun.” ~P.J. O’Rourke~ ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 1999, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/66 "1999-12-07T20:11:00Z")
Oh, Unc. Just throw him some raw meat, why dontcha? You are one of the only folks I know who deliberately feeds jerks for fun. You’re eeeevil. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 1999, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/67 "1999-12-07T20:33:00Z")
Sorry, andros. I sometimes find it amusing to twist the knife, so to speak. I have been accused many times of having a puckish sense of humor. * * * “Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I’m worried about the difference between wrong and fun.” ~P.J. O’Rourke~ ---
**Author:** ![MarkSerlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@MarkSerlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkSerlin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/68 "1999-12-08T01:03:00Z")
Agreed. Conversation done. It’s not worth my time anymore. I do find it remarkably interesting though that some of the posters not only checked the sign up times of Nitwatch and AnitaJ, BUT took time to locate and trace the times all of us signed on and signed off then went and located the test site where Nitwatch praticed the code. WHEW! Can we say obscessive compulsive and paranoidal? * * * Mark “Think of it as Evolution in action.” ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/69 "1999-12-08T01:24:00Z")
Obsessive compulsive and paranoidal. Wow, you know what? I really can say that. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/70 "1999-12-08T01:39:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I do find it remarkably interesting though that some of the posters not only checked the sign up times of Nitwatch and AnitaJ, BUT took time to locate and trace the times all of us signed on and signed off then went and located the test site where Nitwatch praticed the code. WHEW! Can we say obscessive compulsive and paranoidal? ## Yup. I can also say _BUSTED_. Leslie Irish Evans [http://leslie.scrappy.net](http://leslie.scrappy.net) ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/71 "1999-12-08T03:37:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Also, not ALL guys like the ‘natural scent’ down there … which is THEIR problem … > [@](#): > > so a scented douche or some lightly applied perfume can work wonders. Yeah, for causing infections up to and including Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, which causes sterility. You think women should sacrifice their physical health and childbearing capability for your delicate sense of smell? That’s pretty sick. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/72 "1999-12-08T05:19:00Z")
Whether NITWATCH is Mark or not (and I think it’s obvious to most), those posts have to be the most pathetic display I’ve ever seen on the SDMB, and I was there for the Cyberian wars. Dude, 'fess up already. Try to regain some small microbe of dignity. * * * I used to think the world was against me. Now I know better. Some of the smaller countries are neutral. [Laura’s Stuff and Things](http://members.aol.com/lrconaway) ---
**Author:** ![Anomaly22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Anomaly22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anomaly22)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/73 "1999-12-08T05:41:00Z")
Now this is an interesting post! I’m afraid to respond to it because it looks like if I use code to highlight anything, I reckon I’ll be accused of being some sort of ‘fake’ name the writer is using. If I agree with him, then I’ll probably be damned for the same thing and if I dare disagree with anything most of the other posters have stated, I’ll be tarred and feathered and run off of the board on a rail! I’ll have to think about this some before making a decision. I’ve followed the post back and found out that I have one more thing going against me, … and that is I’m on AOL!!! So is he and so is his supposedly made up companion. (Companions?? Who is the other?) Decisions! Decisions! What to do? \*(Paces around the room, worried frown on face, scratches head concernedly, looks furtively back and forth at the computer then decides to go have a beer.) * * * ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/74 "1999-12-08T14:04:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Can we say obscessive compulsive and paranoidal? No, just wanted proof before I called you a fuckin liar. ## Fuckin liar. \>^,^\< KITTEN Fluff yer hair Beula, I’s feelin frisky - M.S. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/75 "1999-12-08T14:26:00Z")
Hmm. Anomaly registered just two days ago. _Sigh_ Just keeps getting sadder… ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/76 "1999-12-08T17:28:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Now this is an interesting post! No it’s not! > [@](#): > > I’m afraid to respond to it And yet you mastered you fears. Bravo. > [@](#): > > I’ll be accused of being some sort of ‘fake’ name the writer is using. Fancy that. > [@](#): > > I’ll be tarred and feathered and run off of the board on a rail! That’s Fridays. Wednesdays are drawing and quarterings. > [@](#): > > I’ll have to think about this some before making a decision. What decision’s that? Which user name to post under? > [@](#): > > So is he and so is his supposedly made up companion. (Companions?? Who is the other?) The chick with the big hair and that alluring hint of Jovan. > [@](#): > > Decisions! Decisions! You made the wrong one. ## Oh, Lord help me. Something wicked this way comes… “Bodie, I noticed you stopped stuttering.” “I’ve been giving myself shock treatments.” “Up the voltage.” -_Real Genius_ ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/77 "1999-12-08T17:45:00Z")
Flyp…I thought THURSDAY was drawing and quartering. Wednesdays are boiling in oil! Sheesh…do I have to remember _everything_ around here? * * * “There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.” - William James ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/78 "1999-12-08T17:51:00Z")
Crap, I’ve been using Chinese water torture techniques all day today. We really need to post that schedule somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![FLYPWATCH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@FLYPWATCH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FLYPWATCH)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/79 "1999-12-08T17:59:00Z")
Okay, you bugger. _No, I’m not Flypsyde_. **We just both happen to think you’re a damn fool**. _Maybe I did just register today, with the sole purpose of defending someone else’s post. **So what?** _ Perhaps I’ll go get on AOL, as an obvious piece of evidence that I am not the original Flypsyde. Anyway, I don’t have his sparkling intellect or dazzling wit. Perhaps I’ll try to appear more suave and debonair by including British terms: bloody bum buggers. Just you wait 'til my friend ZetteSerlin gets on here and defends me. We’re obviously not the same person either, since I refer to her in the third person. How’s that for firm, grammatical proof? Incidentally, has anyone seen my cologne? Oh yes, once more for good measure. Bugger. * * * The Flyp Watch always knows the Way to San Jose. ---
**Author:** ![FLYPWATCH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@FLYPWATCH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FLYPWATCH)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373/80 "1999-12-09T06:02:00Z")
> [@](#): > > don’t have his sparkling intellect or dazzling wit. Oh, here’s more proof that I’m not Flypsdye; he gets his tags right. [Disclaimer]None of my messages have anything to do with kellibelli. * * * The Flyp Watch always knows the Way to San Jose. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-guys-selfish-buggers-continued-revised/3373.md?page=5)