# Ask the guy with poorly constructed answers and lame attempts at humor!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-poorly-constructed-answers-and-lame-attempts-at-humor/23296>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 23, 2000, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-poorly-constructed-answers-and-lame-attempts-at-humor/23296 "2000-06-23T08:52:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-poorly-constructed-answers-and-lame-attempts-at-humor/23296/1 "2000-06-23T08:52:47Z")

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Everyone else is doing it, why not me!? If you need poorly constructed answers, lame attempts at humor, and even just a misspelled word, go ahead and ask!

Hell, I’ll even throw in a badly mangled attempted movie quote for free!

–Tim

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**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-poorly-constructed-answers-and-lame-attempts-at-humor/23296/2 "2000-06-23T09:04:50Z")

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I personally think that you’ve got a very nice sense of humor. Why do you put yourself down?

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-poorly-constructed-answers-and-lame-attempts-at-humor/23296/3 "2000-06-23T10:28:59Z")

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Misspell a word for me, Homer! 🙂

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**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-poorly-constructed-answers-and-lame-attempts-at-humor/23296/4 "2000-06-23T12:06:09Z")

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Oh good!

Could you explain why scientists are WRONG about psi, alien visitations and evolution? So far, all the explanations I’ve seen in here have been way too erudite for me to follow…

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**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-poorly-constructed-answers-and-lame-attempts-at-humor/23296/5 "2000-06-23T13:34:46Z")

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What’s your favorite color?

How long till this thread joins my 8-ball thread in MPSIMS?

Do you think that the “Ask the” trend is overused?

Where is the most stimulating debate in this forum?

Who’s on first?

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-poorly-constructed-answers-and-lame-attempts-at-humor/23296/6 "2000-06-23T13:51:33Z")

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> [@](#):
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> 1. What’s your favorite color?
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> 2. How long till this thread joins my 8-ball thread in MPSIMS?
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> 3. Do you think that the “Ask the” trend is overused?
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> 4. Where is the most stimulating debate in this forum?
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> 5. Who’s on first?
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> [enumeration added by RTFirefly]

I’ll take a stab, until Homer wakes up:

1. Blue…no, yellooooooowwwwwwwww!

2. I’d say, ‘as soon as the mods wake up,’ except David B has already posted this morning.

3. Boy, howdy, is it ever.

4. I’m gonna vote for Bush and the flawed Texas DP system.

5. Absolutely. When you throw the ball to first base, you throw the ball to Who.

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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-poorly-constructed-answers-and-lame-attempts-at-humor/23296/7 "2000-06-23T13:53:19Z")

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explain Existentialism.

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**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-with-poorly-constructed-answers-and-lame-attempts-at-humor/23296/8 "2000-06-23T16:00:05Z")

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[Moderator Hat: ON]

Move along. Nothing to see here.

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David B, SDMB Great Debates Moderator

[Moderator Hat: OFF]