# Broomstick - Does His Ass Say rebeW or Not? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 19, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343 "2015-03-19T00:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/301 "2015-08-05T19:48:15Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Missed Edit window. > > Hand propping takes at least 2 people. The old “switch on, contact” thing from the movies. You pull the prop to a compression stroke, turn the switch on, kick your leg up, and pull it down getting the hell out of the way quickly as you do. Not something likely to be done by “anyone” without being trained in it. > > And there’s the previously mentioned part about flying a defective aircraft over potential victims. > Pilots have been known to stay with a disabled aircraft to avoid potentially injuring people on the ground. Sometimes paying with their own life for doing so. Only an idiot would fly a plane known to be unairworthy and risk injury or damage to the innocent victims. Thank you so much for all of this! Like cmyk, I was just watching all of the pretty, pretty lingo fly over my head and admiring the colors. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/302 "2015-08-05T19:55:15Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Thank you so much for all of this! Like cmyk, I was just watching all of the pretty, pretty lingo fly over my head and admiring the colors. “Admiring the colors” ? Hueist. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/303 "2015-08-05T19:56:32Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > “Admiring the colors” ? Hueist. Louist and Dewist, too. Ain’t that just ducky ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/304 "2015-08-05T19:57:54Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > “Admiring the colors” ? Hueist. I like all the colors. Is there a word for being against black and white? Cause I am against black and white. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/305 "2015-08-05T20:19:33Z")
A colorblind pilot who can’t change lanes on an interstate if the toll booth is a minute away, and can’t spare $30 for an EZ pass card because it would starve her family, married to a guy with spina bifida and a Weber logo branded on his ass. Next Hallmark Movie star. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/306 "2015-08-05T20:32:39Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Broomstick has a reputation for posting questionable things. That’s a nice way of saying it. Of course, earlier in the thread you told everyone to move on, not giving a shit. What changed? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/307 "2015-08-05T21:52:45Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > A colorblind pilot who can’t change lanes on an interstate if the toll booth is a minute away, and can’t spare $30 for an EZ pass card because it would starve her family, married to a guy with spina bifida and a Weber logo branded on his ass. > > Next Hallmark Movie star. You forgot her extremely mortal allergy to beans. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/308 "2015-08-05T21:53:18Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Thanks **Morgenstern!** And believe you me, I take **Broomstick’s** post with as much credibility as I could probably throw her, and I’m guessing that’s saying hardly at all. > > There was a thread in ATMB a few months back where a new poster was posting in all green, and that’s when she displayed outrage for those, like her, were colorblind and unable to read what she was posting. I challenged her pretty hard on that one. But still, she doubled down and insisted. The colorblind piloting thing doesn’t bother me, really. You can get a colorblind restricted license. You won’t fly commercially, but you can fly during the day. Plus you can [get a test](https://www.leftseat.com/baggish.htm) to prove that you can tell the difference in the colored signal lights, and thus getting an exemption. The issue that gets me is that she was claiming not to be able to even see the green on white. You can be completely colorblind, and you’d still be able to see it, because this green is much darker than the white around it. There’s a reason why the Ishihara tests are green on red or red on green. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/309 "2015-08-05T22:30:04Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > You forgot her extremely mortal allergy to beans. For someone so deathly allergic, she sure eats a lot of beans. :rolleyes: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13569593&postcount=23](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13569593&postcount=23) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9371716&postcount=14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9371716&postcount=14) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10597427&postcount=27](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10597427&postcount=27) ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/310 "2015-08-06T00:51:56Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > For someone so deathly allergic, she sure eats a lot of beans. :rolleyes: > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13569593&postcount=23](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13569593&postcount=23) > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9371716&postcount=14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9371716&postcount=14) > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10597427&postcount=27](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10597427&postcount=27) Technically, she said she was allergic to “[most legumes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18562838&postcount=63).” This is a perfect example of how she exaggerates things for maximum outrage effect. Obviously, her “most legumes” doesn’t include such major categories as beans and lentils, since she has a bunch of posts in which she discusses how she has survived the lean years on beans & rice, lentil soup, etc. But when it serves her purpose (in an unrelated topic) to be deathly allergic to non-meat proteins, she refers to what is likely a peanut/soybean allergy as “most legumes.” ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/311 "2015-08-06T01:03:12Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > Yes, I saw a documentary about it. I think it was called, um, _Little Miss Sunshine_? It was very popular back in the day. It’s about a teenager who all he wants to do is be a pilot and then somebody tells him he’s colorblind so he can’t be. Luckily his little sister is able to calm him down. > > (It’s possible there was more to the movie than that. But that’s mostly what I remember.) He wanted to be a fighter pilot in the military which presumably has much stricter qualifications than the FAA. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/312 "2015-08-06T01:16:20Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > For someone so deathly allergic, she sure eats a lot of beans. :rolleyes: > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13569593&postcount=23](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13569593&postcount=23) > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9371716&postcount=14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9371716&postcount=14) > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10597427&postcount=27](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10597427&postcount=27) Wow. What a fucking liar. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/313 "2015-08-06T01:31:19Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Wow. What a fucking liar. I don’t think she’s really lying (see my post above for her actual quote about her allergies). It’s just a typical Broomstick exaggeration. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/314 "2015-08-06T01:35:53Z")
> [@Sarahfeena](#): > > I don’t think she’s really lying (see my post above for her actual quote about her allergies). It’s just a typical Broomstick exaggeration. I’m afraid you’ve misspelled “bullshit” up there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/315 "2015-08-06T03:13:06Z")
> [@Sarahfeena](#): > > I don’t think she’s really lying (see my post above for her actual quote about her allergies). It’s just a typical Broomstick exaggeration. In this case, it’s equivalent to lying because she wants to make some point. She’s troubled. ETA: Nah, she explicitly states she’s allergic to beans, in that a trip to the ER would result. She’s a liar. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/316 "2015-08-06T03:26:49Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > In this case, it’s equivalent to lying because she wants to make some point. She’s troubled. > > ETA: Nah, she explicitly states she’s allergic to beans, in that a trip to the ER would result. She’s a liar. Where does she say that? ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/317 "2015-08-06T03:41:48Z")
I searched out of curiosity. You might not be surprised to hear that it wasn’t difficult to find a [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18493736&postcount=17) where she lists her food allergies: [QUOTE=Broomstick] Allergies/intolerances (not going to go into the nuances here): tomatoes oranges green peas lentils (all varieties) barley peanuts corn (that one is complicated and now under question) Yeah, it kind of sucks. [/QUOTE] I don’t think I’d characterize green peas, lentils, barley, and peanuts as “most” legumes, but in any case she did not list beans. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/318 "2015-08-06T03:43:26Z")
> [@Sarahfeena](#): > > Where does she say that? [She says she’s allergic to most legumes, aka beans.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18562838&postcount=63) > [@When a hunter says "I eat what I kill"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-hunter-says-i-eat-what-i-kill/726611/63): > > Really? I can’t eat a lot of the high-protein vegan foods (I’m allergic to most legumes, and in, quick trip to the ER so I don’t die allergic). Is it moral to condemn me to chronic protein deficiency for someone else’s moral stance? […snip] ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/319 "2015-08-06T03:49:25Z")
If I say I’m allergic to most grains (as in a quick trip to the ER or I’ll die) allergic, then find out I’m only moderately allergic to oat and maaaaybe barely, wouldn’t you call that a lie more than an exaggeration? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/320 "2015-08-06T03:54:05Z")
> [@Sarahfeena](#): > > I searched out of curiosity. You might not be surprised to hear that it wasn’t difficult to find a [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18493736&postcount=17) where she lists her food allergies: > > I don’t think I’d characterize green peas, lentils, barley, and peanuts as “most” legumes, but in any case she did not list beans. She also mentions (in your quoted post) as being allergic or intolerant to lentils but in one of the other threads (the middle one from above) she says “I ate beans and lentils, too.” Here’s the list of [edible legumes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Edible_legumes). I’d find it very odd for someone to claim that they’re allergic to ‘most legumes’ but just happen to be able to eat the only ones people actually associate with the word legume, like peanuts and beans and soy (tofu) and even lentils. Maybe she was living on Honey Locust and lablab, because we all see those at the local mega mart. ETA, I’m “intolerant” of quite a few things as well (Oral Allergy Syndrome) but ya know what I do… I don’t eat them. I’ve managed to go my almost my entire life without eating green beans or or peas or just about all fruit (raw, things like jelly are fine). But having my throat get all itchy because I took a small bite of an apple is really uncomfortable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343.md?page=17)