# Coldfire... You crazy punk... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 18, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377 "2003-07-18T13:18:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/41 "2003-07-18T14:34:16Z")
**Cold-fire** - I am well aware of that other pathetic thread. You know, just because you don’t post, doesn’t mean you don’t read. Quote:“What the fuck is this about?” If you don’t understand the thread, don’t post to it, you’ll just embarrass your self. Don’t say I didn’t warn you… ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/42 "2003-07-18T14:34:16Z")
Bringin’ in da hay :- Kildare is a rural area. Shouldn’t you be out working in the fields kinda thing. going spacko:- Never heard that before but going nuts etc. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/43 "2003-07-18T14:38:28Z")
All right, tip number two for today: dig _up_, **Tarantula**. It’s not too late to become a normal poster. But it has to start about… right fucking now. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/44 "2003-07-18T14:42:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tarantula \* > \*\ ***Cold-fire** - I am well aware of that other pathetic thread. You know, just because you don’t post, doesn’t mean you don’t read. > > Quote:“What the fuck is this about?” If you don’t understand the thread, don’t post to it, you’ll just embarrass your self. > > Don’t say I didn’t warn you… \*\* 5…4…3… ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/45 "2003-07-18T14:43:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fin\_man \* > \*\*Somebody once said (and forgive if the quote isn’t exact) “It’s better to keep quiet and let them think you are a fool then open your mouth and remove all doubt.” \*\* That would be Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain. **Tarantula** is definitely removing doubt here. ---
**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/46 "2003-07-18T14:45:09Z")
Alright, _fine_. Sheeeh. Way to ruin a bit of fun… Back to GQ with me… ::Puts away stick of butter:: “Hey, Yojimbo! Wait up!!!” ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/47 "2003-07-18T14:46:22Z")
Thanks for the assist, **Yojimbo.**. (Of course, in my head all the Irish dopers talk like Colin Farrell.) ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/48 "2003-07-18T14:48:03Z")
Colin Farrell doesn’t even talk like Colin Farrell. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/49 "2003-07-18T14:48:07Z")
Bringin’ in da hay :- Kildare is a rural area. Shouldn’t you be out working in the fields kinda thing. going spacko:- Never heard that before but going nuts etc. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/50 "2003-07-18T14:53:49Z")
… meanwhile, yojimbo is talking a bit like Gareth Gates 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/51 "2003-07-18T14:56:07Z")
Note: spacko = spaz, spastic. Definitely not PC. ---
**Author:** ![utkik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e8c25b/32.png) [@utkik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/utkik)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/52 "2003-07-18T14:58:54Z")
[minor hijack] **yojimbo** “going spacko” is a well known phrase outside The Pale, it might sound more familiar to you if I said “freakin outta me bleedin chops, wha’”. As for the bringin in de hay jibe … well … D’at’s Right!! (in suitable D’Unbelievables voice) [/minor hijack] For anyone else not in Ireland, sorry people, just taking the piss out of our own crusty dialects, begorrah. Cue green felt suits, red sideburns and Darby O’Gill lurking in the background. ---
**Author:** ![utkik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e8c25b/32.png) [@utkik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/utkik)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/53 "2003-07-18T15:03:35Z")
**Desmostylus** going spacko definitely does NOT mean that where I come from. It means insane temper tantrum, and nothing else. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/54 "2003-07-18T15:19:23Z")
Did someone spike today’s Guinness or what? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/55 "2003-07-18T15:19:27Z")
I think **Demo** is right in the etymology of the phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/56 "2003-07-18T15:20:48Z")
utkik, what’s the difference between a temper tantrum and spazzing out? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/57 "2003-07-18T15:21:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > \*\*Did someone spike today’s Guinness or what? \*\* Nah, it’s way more unusual than that: the sun’s finally come out. Everyone’s terribly giddy. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/58 "2003-07-18T15:24:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by utkik \* > \*\ ***Desmostylus** going spacko definitely does NOT mean that where I come from. It means insane temper tantrum, and nothing else. \*\* What do the slang terms “spaz” and “spastic” mean where you come from? Idiot. ---
**Author:** ![utkik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e8c25b/32.png) [@utkik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/utkik)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/59 "2003-07-18T15:36:31Z")
Right **Desmostylus** , where exactly did I mention ‘spaz’ or ‘spastic’ in my postings? Nowhere. I said ‘spacko’, which, where I come from means temper tantrum. Nothing. Else. It might mean something else where you’re from. If so, so be it. I dont give a shit. See the ‘wanker’ thread thats going on at the moment aswell. Seeing as I have a mentally handicapped sibling I DO NOT think I’d insult her by using slang phrases for her, do you? Now lets drop it, it’s Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377/60 "2003-07-18T15:44:10Z")
utkik, are you insane? Desmo wrote: > [@](#): > > Note: spacko = spaz, spastic. Definitely not PC. You wrote: > [@](#): > > Desmostylus going spacko definitely does NOT mean that where I come from. Now, how exactly does “temper tantrum” not equal “spastic”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-you-crazy-punk/189377.md?page=4)