# Are you a smartass? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 5, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115 "2005-03-05T19:24:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/1 "2005-03-05T19:24:03Z")
Well? Are you? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/2 "2005-03-05T19:26:49Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/3 "2005-03-05T19:35:00Z")
Who, me? No, you must be thinking of some other smartass. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/4 "2005-03-05T19:36:14Z")
Only this one time when I sat in a boiling jacuzzi. Boy, my ass smarted then. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/5 "2005-03-05T20:08:11Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Yes. Typical smartass answer. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/6 "2005-03-05T20:09:58Z")
Who wants to know? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/7 "2005-03-05T20:12:37Z")
> [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](#): > > Typical smartass answer. 😉 Heh. I thought (within the context of the thread, and expected answers) that it might have been too subtle. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/8 "2005-03-05T20:14:47Z")
No. I just play on on the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![sweetfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@sweetfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweetfreak)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/9 "2005-03-05T20:21:37Z")
Is that a rhetorical question? ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/10 "2005-03-05T20:25:04Z")
What’s it to ya? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/11 "2005-03-05T20:46:41Z")
Are you talkin’ to me? ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/12 "2005-03-05T20:47:15Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Yes. (That’s what I was gonna say!) It depends. What’s in it for me? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/13 "2005-03-05T20:49:46Z")
You bet yer fur. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/14 "2005-03-05T20:53:43Z")
Well, nobody loves a smartass. My husband loves me, so I guess that means I am not a smartass. Or maybe it means that I am a smartass, but my husband hasn’t noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/15 "2005-03-05T20:57:53Z")
You got a problem with that? ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/16 "2005-03-05T21:00:48Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Who wants to know? Didn’t you see the OP? Originally posted by **sweetfreak** > [@](#): > > ``` > Is that a rhetorical question? > > ``` Too good of a response, I got nothin’ for you. Originally posted by **Manatee** > [@](#): > > What’s it to ya? What do you care? Originally posted by **Duckster** > [@](#): > > ``` > Are you talkin' to me? > > ``` Yeah I am, Deniro. ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/17 "2005-03-05T21:27:58Z")
Now, now. “smartass” is such an ugly term. I prefer to call it “caustic wit”. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/18 "2005-03-05T21:50:51Z")
> [@Nunavut Boy](#): > > Now, now. “smartass” is such an ugly term. I prefer to call it “caustic wit”. How about ‘smarty pants’ or ‘clever trousers’? ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/19 "2005-03-05T22:50:29Z")
> [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](#): > > Didn’t you see the OP? > > Originally posted by **sweetfreak** Too good of a response, I got nothin’ for you. > > Originally posted by **Manatee** > What do you care? > > Originally posted by **Duckster** > Yeah I am, Deniro. Hey, pal, you’re the one askin’ all the questions. Don’t turn this around on me! ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115/20 "2005-03-05T23:25:46Z")
No I’m not a fuckin’ smart-ass Mr. Stupid. Who would even ask something like that? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-smartass/293115.md?page=2)