# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/41 "2000-10-13T12:42:13Z")
Y’know, this _was_ the perfect question for IMHO, until Drain Bead showed up. NOW it belongs in General Questions! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/42 "2000-10-13T14:20:52Z")
Possibly at shooting free throws, but since the devil is always on fire it might get tricky. Dr. Mario would probably be my venue for some serious soul saving. ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/43 "2000-10-13T14:35:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by flodnak \* > **I can whup him at changing a cloth diaper on a squirmy baby. I can whup any male in the known universe at that 🆒** Oh yeah? I’ve got three kids and 5 accumulated years of practice with cloth, bub. Let’s find out. Dawn tomorrow. You bring the diapers and the baby. I’ll bring the pins and the vinyl pants. May the best man win. If the duel includes wringing out the diapers in the toilet, however, I’ll gladly forfeit. ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/44 "2000-10-13T14:37:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rasa \* > \*\*I’d bet I could tell the difference between percussion flaked debitage as opposed to rocks that just broke naturally better than the devil! \*\* ::swoon:: 😃 ---
**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, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/45 "2000-10-13T14:58:06Z")
Never had anyone swoon over that ability before… well, other archaeologists maybe, but that’s about it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/46 "2000-10-13T15:04:26Z")
Apparently at incorrectly predicting the results of NFL games involving the Redskins. :rolleyes: I am getting pretty good at Tiger Woods golf on playstation…but I don’t know that I’d want to risk my soul on it. Oh wait, we’re talking about **Bottle of Smoke’s** soul? Sure, what the hell. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/47 "2000-10-13T16:42:16Z")
That’s the spirit, **Gazoo!** Here, want to try out my fiddle? ---
**Author:** ![andyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@andyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andyman)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/48 "2000-10-13T17:13:36Z")
Quoting **Star Wars** lines! > [@](#): > > “But I wanted to Tashi station and pick up some power converters!” > > “TK-421, why aren’t you at your post” > > “Now don’t get cocky!” Yes, folks, I am a geek! ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/49 "2000-10-13T17:30:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*That’s the spirit, **Gazoo!** Here, want to try out my fiddle? \*\* Thanks, but I don’t think I could top that stirring rendition of _Ring of Fire._ ---
**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/50 "2000-10-13T18:20:46Z")
I could kick his cloven-hoofed ass at Asteroids for the old 2600. And whup him silly in a game of Kevin Bacon (actually, I’m out of practice- but I would ask for the soul of Burgess MEredith to get me back in shape (who, by the way, has a number of 2)) And, if he wanted to go all or nothin’, I’d send him back to the sulfrous depths with my near-perfect rendition of Whitney Houston’s Greatest Hits. jbeelzebub ---
**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 14, 2000, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/51 "2000-10-14T04:32:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mullinator \* > \*\*Possibly at shooting free throws, but since the devil is always on fire it might get tricky. \*\* If my theory about Shaquille O’Neal being the devil in disguise proves true, you’d definitely beat him from the free throw line. Anyone see Kazam? I’m telling you, Shaq is the devil. And Alonzo Mourning is actually Don Geronimo. \*end hijack. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/52 "2000-10-14T05:52:25Z")
I would like to think that I could beat the devil in useless Trivia. If he’s like most of us Americans, I’m willing to bet I could smoke him in Geography. I’d work him at Mortal Kombat 4, but I might not win for sure… after all, aren’t video games His invention? I suppose, the one thing I would destroy him at picking up on the ladies… have the worst success rate around… _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Renton\_lvr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@Renton\_lvr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renton_lvr)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/53 "2000-10-14T06:05:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andyman \* > \*\*Quoting **Star Wars** lines! > > > [@](#): > > > > “But I wanted to Tashi station and pick up some power converters!” > > > > “TK-421, why aren’t you at your post” > > > > “Now don’t get cocky!” > > Yes, folks, I am a geek! > > \*\* Hell I could beat you at Star Wars quotes…Tosche Station is the name you’re lookin’ for. 🙂 I think I could beat the devil at Free Cell. ---
**Author:** ![jabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabe)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/54 "2000-10-14T08:17:39Z")
I’d go up to the devil and his minions and say, “I challenge you to a duel” satan, “we are more than equal to a duel, senor, seeings how you wont live past the first contest. Do you choose pistols, swords, or bare fists?” me, “drink.” I could beat the devil by reciting Chris Farley movies, poorly. JB /highjack/ jb\_farley, if friends of mine were on these boards, they would swear you were me. The name that I go by is JB, and I have a hardon for everything Chris Farley. Weird, huh? ---
**Author:** ![andyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@andyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andyman)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/55 "2000-10-14T13:57:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Hell I could beat you at Star Wars quotes…Tosche Station is the name you’re lookin’ for. > > I think I could beat the devil at Free Cell. Well, shoot, I never said he couldn’t beat me at spelling. Hooked on Phonics worked for me! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/56 "2000-10-14T22:04:35Z")
I doubt very much the devil can play music on his throat better than I can. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2000, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/57 "2000-10-15T16:20:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jabe \* > \*\*I could beat the devil by reciting Chris Farley movies, poorly. \*\* Are you kidding? The Devil WROTE Chris Farley’s movies! ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/58 "2000-10-15T18:03:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Renton\_lvr \* > I think I could beat the devil at Free Cell. Me too! Me too! ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/59 "2000-10-15T21:10:31Z")
Bowling and hula-hooping, no question. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679/60 "2000-10-16T05:38:56Z")
I could beat the Devil in a spelling bee. I’m don’t have the world’s greatest typing skills, but I am an excellent speller. Um, if the devil has ever been a bookseller, I bet I could beat him in finding books based solely description. Whenever someone comes to my bookshop and says, “I want this book, but I don’t know the title and I don’t know the author, but the story is…” my coworkers come and get me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-good-enough-to-whup-the-devil-at-anything/36679.md?page=4)