# Are you good enough to whup the devil at anything? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 12, 2000, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679 "2000-10-12T15:32:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lawmill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lawmill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lawmill)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/21 "2000-10-12T23:50:03Z")
> [@](#): > > I could maybe whip him head to head in Gran Turismo on the Playstation If you’re looking for a real challenge, [www.granturismo.com](http://www.granturismo.com) has quite a few online race series. I thought I was really good, until I met some of the online racers. I might have a chance playing soccer against Lucifer. If he can just possess Luis Figo or someone else who’s really good though, I wouldn’t have a chance. ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/22 "2000-10-13T00:05:31Z")
I can sleep pretty damn well… and whine… and sit… ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/23 "2000-10-13T00:10:54Z")
I could out apathy the Devil. Not that I care to. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/24 "2000-10-13T00:33:48Z")
uuummm. I could probably misspell more words accidentally. I could do a better bleach and color job. And I’d probably be better a corrupting minors. Lotsa practice there. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/25 "2000-10-13T00:45:17Z")
Video games: The original Super Mario Bros. for the original Nintendo. I can beat that game in about 8 minutes, warping at 1-2 and again at 4-2. Or Bubble Bobble. I was pretty good at that game. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/26 "2000-10-13T01:28:39Z")
Bottle, since it’s your soul in question, and you’re the first Doper to acknowledge my existence in the “Hiya stranger” thread (and cuz you’re a Pogues fan), I’d bet I could tell the difference between percussion flaked debitage as opposed to rocks that just broke naturally better than the devil! Ooo now there’s a skill that’s in demand. BTW, took me like 3 tries to post here, kept saying “The administrator has blocked your IP.” Wonder what my IP did to arouse the wrath of the Administrator! ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/27 "2000-10-13T01:43:22Z")
I can karoke his ass right off the stage. Clean… I mean Rasa. I got the same error message. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/28 "2000-10-13T02:11:46Z")
Erm…I dunno. _thinks a bit_ I imagine it’s possible that I know more country music lyrics than the devil does. Would that work? ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/29 "2000-10-13T02:41:05Z")
I can whup the devil at ending small talk at parties: “So, what do you do?” “I’m studying hyperbolic 3-manifolds and ways to find lower bounds on their volume.” \ ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/30 "2000-10-13T03:14:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kat \* > \*\*Erm…I dunno. _thinks a bit_ I imagine it’s possible that I know more country music lyrics than the devil does. Would that work? \*\* Are you joking? The Devil _created_ country music! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/31 "2000-10-13T03:18:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rhythmdvl \* > \*\*I’ll whoop his butt at lurking on the SDMB! \*\* Sorry, Rhythm…_Satan’s_ got you beat by at least 3000 posts. Thank you for playing, please try again. I could beat the devil at his own game. I mean, I’m so evil, Satan (Prince of Darkness, not OUR Satan) sold me _his_ soul! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/32 "2000-10-13T04:17:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Cynical \* > \*\*Sit me and Old Scratch down at the table with a bottle of Jim Beam, and a stack of boolean logic equations. Face us off one quation at a time. Last one finished has to take a shot. > > I’d put the Devil on his ass, and bang his wife while he was passed out. > > 😃 \*\* Well, I guess that depends on whether she’s an exclusive whore. I guess most of us could do pretty well at a drinking-holy-water competition against the powers of darkness. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/33 "2000-10-13T05:14:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Finagle \* > > **Well, I guess that depends on whether she’s an exclusive whore.** You’re half right… She is QUITE exclusive, thanks… * * * Yer pal, [Satan](http://www.members.tripod.com/jmspoofe/sdmb/satan.jpg) \*TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING: Six months, four days, 3 hours, 7 minutes and 59 seconds. 7485 cigarettes not smoked, saving $935.65. Extra time with Drain Bead: 3 weeks, 4 days, 23 hours, 45 minutes. **I slept with a moderator!** \* ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/34 "2000-10-13T05:50:32Z")
Stunts, by Broderbund. I’m the best fucking racer ever on this game. Sadly, that may be about it. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/35 "2000-10-13T06:04:57Z")
Aren’t you supposed to challenge the supernatural with more gentle-man like activities? A duel with swords? A battle of wits? A battle of wits might be interesting. I probably couldn’t beat the devil at chess, though. So how about a game of Candyland? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/36 "2000-10-13T07:23:56Z")
I’d mop the floor with him at miniature golf. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/37 "2000-10-13T07:32:16Z")
I could probably kick his ass at falling in love at first sight. I do that way too much… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Thrashbarg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Thrashbarg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrashbarg)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/38 "2000-10-13T07:40:33Z")
Betcha I could die better! Not that there’s a ‘better’ way to die, I guess… but I bet he/she/it couldn’t do it. I’d win!! On the other hand…I’d be dead. Um…nevermind. By the way, this my first post 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/39 "2000-10-13T10:21:51Z")
Yes. In a contest of Love For All Humanity The devil hate humanity and want to see them all consigned to enternal torment. I only feel that way about most of them. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/40 "2000-10-13T11:27:47Z")
Assuming the devil is male (hey, everyone refers to him as “him”, right?), I can whup him at changing a cloth diaper on a squirmy baby. I can whup any male in the known universe at that 🆒 Hell, I can whup most of the females in the western world at that… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679.md?page=3)