# Boy. I'm getting. Tired. Of. These. Periods. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2005, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-im-getting-tired-of-these-periods/329433 "2005-11-04T05:52:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-im-getting-tired-of-these-periods/329433/21 "2005-11-04T22:32:01Z")
What’s? Your? Point? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-im-getting-tired-of-these-periods/329433/22 "2005-11-04T23:05:09Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Worst. Doper. Ever. \> insert appropiate smiley to lessen the pain of my snark \< There is no emoticon to express what I’m feeling. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-im-getting-tired-of-these-periods/329433/23 "2005-11-05T01:26:55Z")
~Only opened thread to bitch about menstruation~ ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-im-getting-tired-of-these-periods/329433/24 "2005-11-05T01:32:34Z")
Y’know, I’m getting tired of all these damed periods, too. Girl’s gonna bleed to death! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-im-getting-tired-of-these-periods/329433/25 "2005-11-05T02:55:11Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > It shouldn’t need to. It’s the periods that the OP is complaining about, and that writing style _long_ predates CBG. All the OP says is that the cliche is annoying and isn’t cute anymore. Sounded to me like it was the quote as much as the periods. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-im-getting-tired-of-these-periods/329433/26 "2005-11-05T04:25:51Z")
I came here to bitch about bloatedness, cramps, a hysterical crying jag the other night, and that Costco-sized bag of potato chips I was trying to consume in its entirety for dinner last night, and another crying jag, plus did I mention the bloatedness? Now I can’t even gripe about that. It’s not fair! I thought this was a perfectly good menstrual bitch session. Worst. Thread title. Ev– ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-im-getting-tired-of-these-periods/329433/27 "2005-11-05T05:36:35Z")
I just wanted to say that I admire you, **Walloon** , for your capitalization of the thread title. It’s obvious your veins run doper blue. ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-im-getting-tired-of-these-periods/329433/28 "2005-11-05T07:32:33Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > BTW, I seem to remember hearing that the Comic Book Guy only started doing this after subject lines like ‘Two Bad Neighbors: WORST EPISODE EVER’ had become a running joke on the **alt.tv.simpsons** newsgroup. _Bolding mine._ Shouldn’t that be Alt. TV. Simpsons! newsgroup? ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-im-getting-tired-of-these-periods/329433/29 "2005-11-06T00:24:54Z")
I. Want. A. Hysterectomy. NOW! Oops. nevermind ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-im-getting-tired-of-these-periods/329433/30 "2005-11-06T03:52:08Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Y’know, I’m getting tired of all these damed periods, too. Girl’s gonna bleed to death! I don’t trust anything that bleeds for 6 days and doesn’t die. -Mr. Garrison [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-im-getting-tired-of-these-periods/329433.md?page=1)