# Case files? We don't need no stinking case files! (Gitmo related) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 26, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097 "2009-01-26T19:11:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/141 "2009-01-28T20:31:53Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I believe, without checking, that that was **sqrlcub** , or some such. Yeah, that was the guy. He had an OP about hearing someone in his backyard, and said he was going to check it out, then didn’t post again for a day or two. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/142 "2009-01-29T03:45:46Z")
Ah yes, now I remember. What was **Freak freely** ’s meltdown about, then? Anyone have a link to the final thread? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/143 "2009-01-29T03:51:53Z")
There was a poster named **Freak Freely**? Well, _shit_! Is there one named **Far Out** , or **Groovy**? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/144 "2009-01-29T05:14:18Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Ah yes, now I remember. What was **Freak freely** ’s meltdown about, then? Anyone have a link to the final thread? [Ask, and ye shall receive.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=37697) ---
**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:** [January 29, 2009, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/145 "2009-01-29T06:37:39Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > [Ask, and ye shall receive.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=37697) Thanks-I remember now! _shudder_ I can’t see **Rand Rover** being that entertaining, though. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/146 "2009-01-29T13:58:09Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Thanks-I remember now! _shudder_ > I can’t see **Rand Rover** being that entertaining, though. OK, here’s a mini-meltdown just for you by request, Guin. While you were up posting to the SDMB in the middle of the night last night, I was asleep in a bed that cost more than your car, in a house it would take you three lifetimes to afford, next to a beautiful woman who loves me and close to a baby who loves to spit up on me. Right now I’m on my way to an office where people trust me and rely on me to provide good advice. They appreciate the time I spend on their matters because they know I have lots of other stuff going on, too. Every day I have a new and interesting problem to solve, and I learn more and become better at my job. All of this is a direct result of my life philosophy, which involves taking responsibility for outcomes in my life and constantly working to improve myself. Meanwhile, you are probably still in bed dreaming up threads about the latest outrage or the mildly bad thing someone involved in the bush administration may have thought about doing. If you even go to work today, it will be at some boring and repetitive job where you could be replaced tomorrow if the powers that be chose. Hopefully it’s not too late for you to change, Guin. Go forth and read some Rand and commit the sin of wallowing in self-pity no more. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/147 "2009-01-29T14:08:00Z")
Christ. What a pompous asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/148 "2009-01-29T14:36:24Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Christ. What a pompous asshole. 1. Yes. So? 2. It was an intentional meltdown post, so “I’m rich, bitch, fuck you!” is de rigeur. 3. Earlier this week I bought a shirt and tie that cost more than any suit you own (if you own any suits). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/149 "2009-01-29T14:49:03Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > 1. Yes. So? > > 2. It was an intentional meltdown post, so “I’m rich, bitch, fuck you!” is de rigeur. > > 3. Earlier this week I bought a shirt and tie that cost more than any suit you own (if you own any suits). Cite? Talk is cheap on the internet, where nobody knows you’re a dog, but everyone knows you’re a jackass…as the saying goes. Hell, I slept in an emperor-sized bed with swan-feather pillows and velvet sheets, and woke up to a breakfast, made by my personal chef and served by my butler to me in bed, consisting of three eggs from my flock of genetically-reconstructed dodoes and toast from artisanal bread made in a mud oven by an old woman in Chile (who I personally financially support just for the bread) who bakes it from a recipe her Inca ancestors used. Prove me wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/150 "2009-01-29T14:51:09Z")
In the considered words of the family proctologist … who gives a shit? Expensive suits, cars, houses doesn’t keep you from being an asshole. Quod erat demonstrandum … (I know how much Latin makes your little peepee stiff). ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/151 "2009-01-29T14:54:14Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > 1. Earlier this week I bought a shirt and tie that cost more than any suit you own (if you own any suits). No, you didn’t. And anyway, this is just sad. It’s like the Internet equivalent of the college freshman who cleverly drops his SAT and ACT scores into conversation to impress the shit out of people, pathetically unaware that nobody is impressed, and furthermore he’s making himself look like a total douchebag. Oh my, woo woo, you own an expensive shirt and tie. I’m sure nobody else around here owns an expensive shirt and tie. You really showed us, you expensive shirt-and-tie-purchasing fiend. Really, just embarrassing. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/152 "2009-01-29T14:54:25Z")
Publilius Syrus ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/153 "2009-01-29T14:59:07Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Cite? Talk is cheap on the internet, where nobody knows you’re a dog, but everyone knows you’re a jackass…as the saying goes. > > Hell, I slept in an emperor-sized bed with swan-feather pillows and velvet sheets, and woke up to a breakfast, made by my personal chef and served by my butler to me in bed, consisting of three eggs from my flock of genetically-reconstructed dodoes and toast from artisanal bread made in a mud oven by an old woman in Chile (who I personally financially support just for the bread) who bakes it from a recipe her Inca ancestors used. > > Prove me wrong. 1. I’ll email you a copy of the receipts. 2. My kitchen remodel cost more than the amount you’d be able to leave your kids if you didn’t spend another dollar from now until the day you die. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/154 "2009-01-29T15:04:41Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > No, you didn’t. > > And anyway, this is just sad. It’s like the Internet equivalent of the college freshman who cleverly drops his SAT and ACT scores into conversation to impress the shit out of people, pathetically unaware that nobody is impressed, and furthermore he’s making himself look like a total douchebag. Oh my, woo woo, you own an expensive shirt and tie. I’m sure nobody else around here owns an expensive shirt and tie. You really showed us, you expensive shirt-and-tie-purchasing fiend. > > Really, just embarrassing. Seconded. My toes are curling and I already thought he was a douchebag. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/155 "2009-01-29T15:07:22Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > In the considered words of the family proctologist … who gives a shit? > > Expensive suits, cars, houses doesn’t keep you from being an asshole. You know what helps him being an asshole? Responding to his desperate pleas for attention. DNFTA. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/156 "2009-01-29T15:14:21Z")
I’ve never understood why posters like Rand Rover have to either a) let us all know that they’re away to do something vital like sleep, in the middle of a thread or b)… > [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > 1. My kitchen remodel cost more than the amount you’d be able to leave your kids if you didn’t spend another dollar from now until the day you die. …let us know how much they earn, as if it’s a measure of the worth of their argument. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/157 "2009-01-29T15:16:13Z")
I don’t think we’re in “straight to The Wall” territory here, but six months at the Jane Fonda Aerobics and Re-education Camp is clearly indicated. And I think we can close nominations for the SDMB 2009 Douchebag of the Year Award. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/158 "2009-01-29T15:16:37Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > You know what helps him being an asshole? Responding to his desperate pleas for attention. DNFTA. Seriously. If he really was that awesome RL, he’d have neither the time nor the inclination to dick around with plebeian douchebags like us. I guess he just really likes trolling liberals in his off-time. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/159 "2009-01-29T15:18:06Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > I’ve never understood why posters like Rand Rover have to either a) let us all know that they’re away to do something vital like sleep, in the middle of a thread or b)… > > …let us know how much they earn, as if it’s a measure of the worth of their argument. :dubious: It’s telling that he thinks it is though. Puts that living in poverty damn hippy Jesus in his place. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097/160 "2009-01-29T15:26:47Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > You know what helps him being an asshole? Responding to his desperate pleas for attention. DNFTA. And yet his legal arguments about the Gitmo detainees, here in the Pit, are as strong and as well-supported as your own in GD. Amazing, ain’t it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/case-files-we-dont-need-no-stinking-case-files-gitmo-related/483097.md?page=9)