# county **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 13, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802 "2003-12-13T19:08:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/81 "2003-12-15T16:53:21Z")
Nope, Monkey’s got a gun and he knows how to use it. There is no forwards and backwards, there is simply “what happened.” As far as evolution is concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/82 "2003-12-15T17:00:01Z")
No fucking kidding? I was making it _up_ numbskulls! You don’t think I rejected my “belief” in evolution due to **county**!?!?! Of course there is no forward and backward. It was a fucking hyperbole. It made for a good rant. He probably has more than two brain cells, and his myelin sheaths aren’t cardboard either. ```auto :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: //-\\ :rolleyes: \ - / :rolleyes: :rolleyes: X \ :rolleyes: :rolleyes: //|\\ \---- :rolleyes: :rolleyes: / | \ ------------------|++ \\- :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: | ------------------_++_//- :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: / \ ---- :rolleyes: :rolleyes: / \ :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ``` ---
**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:** [December 15, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/83 "2003-12-15T17:38:00Z")
Irony, thy name is [county](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=4350716#post4350716). Compare that post to [this asinine one from the previous day](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=4347889#post4347889). **county** , if you’re intent on improving your posting style, you need to work on your consistency. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/84 "2003-12-15T17:39:05Z")
By the way, thanks for killing hamsters with your stupid smiley art. You do realize that Pages take longer to load because of that shit, right? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/85 "2003-12-16T04:58:18Z")
**Jeff Olsen** : > [@](#): > > “she was the first person who ever jumped in my face” > > Well, count your lucky stars. I am surprised you have gotten this far in life and can make a statement like that. There are quite a few intolerant people out there and many like to spout off. > [@](#): > > Yeah right, did you track down your waffles? > > What are yu gonna do, put your life on hold and become Jim Rockford for some second hand furniture? > > No, people usually get away with shit like that but that’s ok becuase in the end they get what’s coming to them (or not). I don’t see how those two statements are inconsistent. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/86 "2003-12-16T05:55:16Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by county_ > No, people usually get away with shit like that but that’s ok becuase in the end they get what’s coming to them (or not). I’d say that statement is pretty inconsistent all by itself. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/87 "2003-12-16T06:55:45Z")
I think he meant that they get away with stuff in the short term, but in the long term, their karmic debts end up bankrupting them. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/88 "2003-12-16T07:00:18Z")
Yeah, that made sense, but then he tags that paranthetical “or not” on to it. So he’s saying it’s okay that they get away with stuff in the short term, because they _may or may not_ get some sort of karmic come-uppence in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/89 "2003-12-16T08:07:30Z")
All right, but I still don’t see how the “getting away with it” statement is inconsistent with, or even related to, the “intolerant people like to spout off” statement. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/90 "2003-12-16T09:29:50Z")
I agree with **Rilchiam**. One thing to add, though. I think the (or not) is a hedge against someone jumping on him three months from now for advocating violence. I can just imagine it: _ **county** , you said they’d get what’s coming to them for stealing a waffle iron. Is an axe handle coming to them? Huh?!_ ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/91 "2003-12-16T11:59:58Z")
**Ilsa** , I just read the other thread for the first time – until you had called **county** stupid or a moron for about the fourth time and then I stopped. You were attacking **him** – not just disagreeing with his ideas. If you focused a little more on what he had to say and addressed _that_ rather than playing with awkward or mangled (or stolen) metaphors, you might have a point somewhere. I disagree strongly with county’s views on disciplining children and he has said things in other threads that put me off. I would like to be able to take your side, but you make that impossible with your shrillness. Damn! What a waste! **County** gets pitted and I can’t enjoy the feast. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/92 "2003-12-16T17:30:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*I don’t see how those two statements are inconsistent. \*\* The first one can be taken as self-parody. In the second, he’s just being an ass. ---
**Author:** ![Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercury)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/93 "2003-12-16T18:44:29Z")
**Ilsa\_Lund** , I gotta say that I think calling someone the “haploid offspring of a pig and a goat” is one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard. Implying that someone you think is stupid has trisomy 21 (Down’s Syndrome) is one of the least funny. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/94 "2003-12-16T23:04:00Z")
If it weren’t for its implication, Trisomy 21 would make a GREAT band name! (I’ve thought this for years, too!) ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/95 "2003-12-17T00:15:23Z")
I could have easily gone sailed through life not knowing what the hell Trisomy 21 was. This better get me a free drink somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Obsidian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/51bf81/32.png) [@Obsidian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obsidian)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/96 "2003-12-17T02:32:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by county \* > \*\*No, Ilsa, your attack started before that post. Additionally, you failed to reference the fact that my post concerning how “that is how it should be” was subsequently clarified, with an apology from me for not being specific enough. Your position cannot be supported and you continue to mischaracterize what actually was said, when it was said and how it was said. \*\* You know, I don’t happen to agree with you on the subject discussed, but I got your clarification just fine and considered the matter settled. I only called you a moron because I thought you were essentially disagreeing with your own statement just to be contrary and/or piss me off. Had I known the shitstorm I’d start, I’d have kept my mouth shut. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/97 "2003-12-17T02:50:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*I could have easily gone sailed through life not knowing what the hell Trisomy 21 was. > > This better get me a free drink somewhere. \*\* It will. You can at least be grateful to me for that! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/98 "2003-12-17T02:58:32Z")
I thought you were thru here Ilsa, but since you are back, how about an apology. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/99 "2003-12-17T03:02:18Z")
_For pitting you?_ ---
**Author:** ![born\_too\_late](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802/100 "2003-12-18T00:41:17Z")
I hate to break this to ya, **Ilsa** , but you come across as a poor-impulse-control, anger-management-flunking attention-whore. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county/218802.md?page=6)