# Bush = Bad **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 14, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582 "2003-04-14T06:41:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJ555_The_Golfer)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/1 "2003-04-14T06:41:11Z")
Discuss. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/2 "2003-04-14T06:43:32Z")
Been drinking tonight? ---
**Author:** ![TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJ555_The_Golfer)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/3 "2003-04-14T06:44:24Z")
Discuss. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/4 "2003-04-14T06:51:13Z")
Have a shower, and fuck yourself. ---
**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 14, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/5 "2003-04-14T07:11:37Z")
Discuss. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/6 "2003-04-14T07:15:25Z")
Bush == bad. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/7 "2003-04-14T07:16:40Z")
**Track = Field** Discus. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/8 "2003-04-14T07:19:46Z")
Ron=Jeremy Disgust. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/9 "2003-04-14T07:21:11Z")
**wind = sudden** This gust. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/10 "2003-04-14T07:25:59Z")
Damned = Frisbee Disc cuss. ---
**Author:** ![Doc\_Nickel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@Doc\_Nickel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doc_Nickel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/11 "2003-04-14T07:50:52Z")
You suck = lame shit Diss cuss’d. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/12 "2003-04-14T07:56:08Z")
Save = Everyone Disk us. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/13 "2003-04-14T07:56:40Z")
Bush = Bad Yeah, that sounds about right. Discussion over. Clinton = Worse Maybe, but I’ll bet he took a shower first. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/14 "2003-04-14T08:03:58Z")
Brooklyn = Introduction “Dis Gus”. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/15 "2003-04-14T08:06:43Z")
Actually, **TJ Hooker** made a common C blooper: He used = instead of == in a comparison context. As C is as permissive as a stoned hippy, it happily assigned the value referenced by Bad to the place in memory referenced by Bush. As the = operator always returns a true result when used in a conditional context, the conditional code will always be executed and he’ll probably have fubared his code by losing a variable’s value. I believe most lints will catch that error, so proper use of a code auditing tool should reduce the problems he has while coding drunker than an Irish sailor. And, to jump on the bandwagon: Romans = Sport Discus. ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/16 "2003-04-14T08:20:48Z")
**Superman = Clark Kent** Disguise. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/17 "2003-04-14T08:25:15Z")
At which point the rules change and I retire. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/18 "2003-04-14T08:29:38Z")
He showered. He’s still fucked. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/19 "2003-04-14T09:22:32Z")
Under = Pants ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582/20 "2003-04-14T09:25:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Derleth \* > Actually, **TJ Hooker** made a common C blooper: He used = instead of == in a comparison context. As C is as permissive as a stoned hippy, it happily assigned the value referenced by Bad to the place in memory referenced by Bush. As the = operator always returns a true result when used in a conditional context, the conditional code will always be executed and he’ll probably have fubared his code by losing a variable’s value. That’s why you always put the constant on the left. [sub]This C Programming Tip brought to you by **friedo** and the number **0**.[/sub] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-bad/168582.md?page=2)