# Before I close down tonight , this is for Kambucta :- **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 19, 2002, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478 "2002-04-19T07:13:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/41 "2002-04-20T17:29:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by deeward \* > **I have special reasons for appreciating him and it’s hard to talk about it.** Oh c’mon, you can tell us. We’re all friends here. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/42 "2002-04-20T18:21:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by deeward \* > \*\*And,…I’ve been thinking about this:- \*\* Still having punctuation troubles, **deeward**? Remember what **racinchikki** said: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by racinchikki \* > **deeward, you only need to use the colon _or_ the dash. Not both.** I can ovelook some of the apostrophes that are in the wrong place, but Good God, man! You need only use ONE of the punctuation marks! Only ONE! NOT both! Now, goodness knows I’m not a grammar Nazi, but after you’ve been told how to make it look more presentable? Or at least I \*\*[assume/b] you’ve read these posts… _goes off to scream out the window_ ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/43 "2002-04-20T19:02:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kamandi \* > I saw Engelbert drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic’s. > > His hair was perfect. BWA-HAHAHAHAHAHA! Thanks, **Kamandi**! ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/44 "2002-04-20T20:08:18Z")
**Coldy** –did you actually _read_ the website you linked to? Unintentional Comedy central! > [@](#): > > FOR THE ULTIMATE Thatcher enthusiast Oxford University Press have released a CD Rom cataloguing all Lady Thatcher’s public statements since 1945. Costing a cool £293.75, the CD Rom contains transcripts of speeches, interviews and articles. So, **Coldy** , are you **THE ULTIMATE Thatcher enthusiast**? [sub]Also, I weep at what my alma mater will do to make a quid or two…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/45 "2002-04-20T20:37:34Z")
Umm…Duke _WHOOSH!_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/46 "2002-04-21T04:42:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by deeward \* > \*\*Kambuckta:- I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! \*\* psst let me give you a little hint. This type of hissy fit is much more effective if you start off with loudly stomping your foot and then flailing your fists at the brute’s chest while saying I hate you, you beast. Finish it off with flinging yourself across a fainting couch and daintily dabbing your feverish brow with a white lace hankie. It’s all in the presentation baby! ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/47 "2002-04-21T05:18:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > \*\*Umm…Duke > > _WHOOSH!_ \*\* **Michael** : Next time, I’m including the 😉 smiley. Damn that convention of no smilies in the Pit… ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/48 "2002-04-21T12:28:26Z")
**Coldfire** , you ignorant pissant! Margaret Thacher cannot hold a candle to Barbara Bush. I wish you would manage to pull your head out of your ass long enough to realize this. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/49 "2002-04-21T13:23:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DAVEW0071 \* > \*\ ***Coldfire** , you ignorant pissant! > > Margaret Thacher cannot hold a candle to Barbara Bush.\*\* Two words, gentlemen: Dolly Madison. ---
**Author:** ![white-tigeress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f475e1/32.png) [@white-tigeress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/white-tigeress)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/50 "2002-04-21T18:31:26Z")
I do not intend to become a member of the Humperdink appreciation society either. Is the guy still alive.?? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/51 "2002-04-21T18:32:17Z")
Englebert Humperdink sucks. I don’t mean he sucks, I mean he’s the suckiest suck that ever did suck. Plus his name is stupid. Why oh WHY did he CHOOSE that as his stage name? He gives me the major creeps, like I have to scrub my eyeballs and ears out with clorox. He’s so syrupy and icky…eeeewwww… ---
**Author:** ![deeward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@deeward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deeward)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/52 "2002-04-22T02:34:51Z")
Let me say how sorry I am that these converstaions ever happened. I would like to ask that we put an end to it all right now. I know that it is my fault, and I should never have brought the subject up in the first place. I’d like to apologize to anyone who I’ve inconvenienced or otherwise annoyed here. I want to apologize to you especialy, Kambucta ; forgive me for having childish fits. To tell you the truth , I was actually getting dramatic for the fun of it, and I see now that I wasn’t so funny. Seriously, this is all begin to hurt so much; I hope we can put an end to it. I hope you all accept this peace offering, and hope this will be the end to this crazy discussion. I say again:- forgive me. I’m out of here. ---
**Author:** ![Redboss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/53 "2002-04-22T04:09:37Z")
Please release me, Let me go. ‘Cause I don’t love you any more. To something thing Would be a sin So release me And let me go Agin’ copyright 1970 C. Porter and S. Sondheim Redboss ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/54 "2002-04-22T06:06:08Z")
Oh deeward, of course you’re forgiven. I didn’t REALLY think you hated me, just for not appreciating Mr. Humperdink. Now what can I think of for a ‘creative’ sort of penance??? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/55 "2002-04-22T08:08:04Z")
Tie her to a chair and force her to listen to _Welsh Pride: The Collected Works of Tom Jones_, perhaps? 😉 [sub]Yeah, I made that title up.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/56 "2002-04-22T16:33:21Z")
**Coldie** , Tom Jones sucks too. All of them suck. ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/57 "2002-04-22T17:13:08Z")
Yeah, but Bob Goulet, now there’s a champion. ---
**Author:** ![blanx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@blanx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blanx)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/58 "2002-04-22T18:09:55Z")
Perhaps we should have a scale of obsession, to rate a poster’s fixation on a particular issue/person. The question, and I open this to the floor for debate, is what the units of measurement should be? I’m thinking a logarithmic scale, measured in JRT’s… but hey, that could just be me. Or, perhaps, degrees deeward? blanx ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/59 "2002-04-22T21:47:34Z")
Yes indeed, ‘Degrees Deeward’ sounds like a marvellous indicator. I’m DEFINITELY adding that one to my SDMB vocabulary. ---
**Author:** ![Truth\_Seeker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Truth\_Seeker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truth_Seeker)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478/60 "2002-04-22T22:35:33Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Deeward_ > \*\*I see now that I wasn’t so funny. \*\* I beg to differ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-close-down-tonight-this-is-for-kambucta/104478.md?page=4)