# Can we violate every rule if we say "whoosh"? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 25, 2009, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-violate-every-rule-if-we-say-whoosh/507615 "2009-08-25T08:08:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-violate-every-rule-if-we-say-whoosh/507615/21 "2009-08-26T16:36:23Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Is a poster allowed to violate the rules of the Board by questioning another poster’s couching a rules violation in the guise of a question about the rules?😛 Only on a treadmill. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-violate-every-rule-if-we-say-whoosh/507615/22 "2009-08-28T01:53:43Z")
**DrDeth** seems to have a hard-on for the humble, but now-maligned, [‘whoosh’](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11478524&postcount=34). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-violate-every-rule-if-we-say-whoosh/507615/23 "2009-08-28T04:26:24Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > **DrDeth** seems to have a hard-on for the humble, but now-maligned, Ah it’s the person who stole the Maltese Falcon. That was a serious thread, where a fellow poster had a real problem. So, there’s two choices: 1. You didn’t understand the word “defalcation” and thought I made a funny typo. 2. You thought it’d be funny to shit in a serious thread. Which is it? i.e. the defalcator.:p:p ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-violate-every-rule-if-we-say-whoosh/507615/24 "2009-08-28T04:33:31Z")
> [@Sapo](#): > > That or “with all due respect”. As in “with all due respect I hope you suffer a painful death as would suit an unredeemable asshole like you”. Well, at least it works in Dilbert. Well, the line _is_ “with all **due** respect.” Never in the dialogue do they ever quantify how much respect is actually due. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-violate-every-rule-if-we-say-whoosh/507615/25 "2009-08-28T13:28:41Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Some people “get it” very readily, and some others need a bit more explanation. Obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-violate-every-rule-if-we-say-whoosh/507615/26 "2009-08-28T16:43:22Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Well, the line _is_ “with all **due** respect.” Never in the dialogue do they ever quantify how much respect is actually due. Right. Every time I have been forced into a position where I must say “with all due respect”, my brain is quietly adding “(zero)”. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-violate-every-rule-if-we-say-whoosh/507615/27 "2009-08-28T17:01:45Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > **DrDeth** seems to have a hard-on for the humble, but now-maligned, [‘whoosh’](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11478524&postcount=34). So basically, any form of sarcasm, or irony. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-violate-every-rule-if-we-say-whoosh/507615/28 "2009-08-28T17:04:51Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > So basically, any form of sarcasm, or irony. That was neither- at best it was a cheap shot on a play on words to get a chuckle in a serious thread. We love sarcasm and irony around here. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-violate-every-rule-if-we-say-whoosh/507615/29 "2009-08-28T17:57:52Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > That was neither- at best it was a cheap shot on a play on words to get a chuckle in a serious thread. > > We love sarcasm and irony around here. As long as you think it’s funny and not misplaced. What’s next, requesting all jests be marked as such, à la the departed **Smashy**? ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-violate-every-rule-if-we-say-whoosh/507615/30 "2009-08-28T20:17:18Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > As long as you think it’s funny and not misplaced. What’s next, requesting all jests be marked as such, à la the departed **Smashy**? Not fair: Smashie was a well-marked jest. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-violate-every-rule-if-we-say-whoosh/507615/31 "2009-08-29T01:57:34Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Not fair: Smashie was a well-marked jest. 😃 _gasp_ You cracked a joke in this serious thread? How dare you! ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-violate-every-rule-if-we-say-whoosh/507615/32 "2009-08-29T14:51:27Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > _gasp_ > You cracked a joke in this serious thread? How dare you! \ I am sooooooooooo sowwy. Now, where’s the ice cream? 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-violate-every-rule-if-we-say-whoosh/507615.md?page=1)