# Clarification Inside: Clearing the air and revealing PMs **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 17, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452 "2009-09-17T15:14:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/21 "2009-09-17T17:49:31Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > I thought I might give a shit about this thread when I opened it. Turned out I was wrong. You are so biting, horrible and mean. I love it. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/22 "2009-09-17T17:54:02Z")
I _still_ don’t care about any of this. In fact I hate Oakminster wholeheartedly for bringing all of this stupid bilge to the surface in the beginning. I hope both of you never post again. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/23 "2009-09-17T18:03:46Z")
Oh my aching head. Dudley, who gives a shit, really? The entire drama was already played out. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/24 "2009-09-17T18:04:06Z")
Well I, for one, will be able to sleep well tonight. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/25 "2009-09-17T18:33:40Z")
Well, don’t let the door shove anything up your ass on your way out! [sub]How’s that?[/sub] ---
**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:** [September 17, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/26 "2009-09-17T18:56:10Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > If your interpretation of this: > is genuinely this: > > then your life must be very difficult. Why are you calling my mother a whore like that? Damn man, you’re cold. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/27 "2009-09-17T19:07:54Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > I _still_ don’t care about any of this. In fact I hate Oakminster wholeheartedly for bringing all of this stupid bilge to the surface in the beginning. > > I hope both of you never post again. As the Rolling Stones sang… “_You can’t always get what you want_” Sometimes, as they observed, it is possible to obtain what you need. What you need is a swift kick in the ass. I hope you get that real soon, asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/28 "2009-09-17T20:01:51Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Well, don’t let the door shove anything up your ass on your way out! > [sub]How’s that?[/sub] Pretty much on par with the rest of your “me too” posts. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/29 "2009-09-17T20:21:55Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Again, tempest in a teapot. Drama Queen badges handed out all around. I thought they got tiaras? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/30 "2009-09-17T21:08:16Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I thought they got tiaras? Once you collect enough badges, you can \*\*trade them in \*\*for a tiara. It’s a common misconception. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/31 "2009-09-17T21:10:42Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > As the Rolling Stones sang… > > “_You can’t always get what you want_” > > Sometimes, as they observed, it is possible to obtain what you need. What you need is a swift kick in the ass. I hope you get that real soon, asshole. Somehow I knew this would be your reaction. You probably start screaming if the knives and forks aren’t perfectly linear in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/32 "2009-09-17T21:14:35Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > Somehow I knew this would be your reaction. You probably start screaming if the knives and forks aren’t perfectly linear in the morning. Who is screaming? I said you need a kick in the ass. You do. You’re an idiot. You’re also an asshole, and I calmly pointed out that objective fact. Now, I’m calmly inviting you to kiss my ass. I’m also laughing at you. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/33 "2009-09-17T21:16:25Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Who is screaming? I said you need a kick in the ass. You do. You’re an idiot. You’re also an asshole, and I calmly pointed out that objective fact. > > Now, I’m calmly inviting you to kiss my ass. I’m also laughing at you. I object to idiot. And I wouldn’t kiss your ass if it was shitting platinum ingots. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/34 "2009-09-17T21:23:20Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > If you don’t care about this, I can appreciate that… why you would, I have no idea. I should have stopped at this line. Now I just feel dumber for having read through the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/35 "2009-09-17T21:34:58Z")
Hasn’t kindergarten already gone back in session? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/36 "2009-09-17T21:37:02Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Who is screaming? I said you need a kick in the ass. You do. You’re an idiot. You’re also an asshole, and I calmly pointed out that objective fact. > > Now, I’m calmly inviting you to kiss my ass. I’m also laughing at you. Ladies and gentlemen, **Oakminster** , the Walter Sobchak of the SDMB. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/37 "2009-09-17T21:41:53Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Hasn’t kindergarten already gone back in session? Where d’you think they’re getting internet access from? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/38 "2009-09-17T21:58:40Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Don’t take any wooden nickels and write if you get work. Sorry, this is supposed to be followed by “Hang by your thumbs.” A wooden nickel for spotting the reference. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/39 "2009-09-17T22:05:15Z")
1. Kanye West showed up and said, “Imma let you finish, Oakminister, but Dudley overreaction was the best overreaction of the year.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452/40 "2009-09-17T22:06:40Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > 1. Kanye West showed up and said, “Imma let you finish, Oakminister, but Dudley overreaction was the best overreaction of the year.” This meme is probably going to run its course within a month, but right now it’s still freaking hilarious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-inside-clearing-the-air-and-revealing-pms/510452.md?page=3)