# Dear houseguest, I can't \*wait to hear this one explained. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 19, 2008, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138 "2008-01-19T09:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/41 "2008-01-21T03:57:19Z")
[QUOTE=Marlitharn] You gay you deserve it, and a whole lot more. [/QUOTE] Matt, sorry for the bad guest. In defense of the first response I took a look at his threads: > [@](#): > > Bumbo baby seats safety warning - huh? > > Bless you, anonymous little old lady! > > Slugzilla invaded my kitchen. > > Am I missing something with this Laffy Taffy joke? > > Help me tweak this recipe… > > Functioning with one-fourth of a stigmata? > > Reports of my son’s death are greatly exaggerated > > Emily Dickinson/Yellow Rose of Texas/Somebody slap me, please > > Post the funniest thing you’ve ever seen an animal do. > > This purse bites. > > My son has completely lost his freaking mind.[long] > > Why don’t they remake Zombies Ate My Neighbors? > > My hair smells like hay. > > My cat’s farts smell like evil insidious Death This doesn’t smell like the work of a bigot. And his last activity was shortly after he posted that message. I’m gonna defend the guy for now, because I’ve been guilty of making stupid sarcastic remarks that were mistaken as well. Oh yeah, and his sig is a world conquering bunny. Nothing evil there. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/42 "2008-01-21T04:44:56Z")
I’d give him the benefit of the doubt for now, because Zombies Ate My Neighbors was an awesome and totally underappreciated game. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/43 "2008-01-21T06:31:24Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] I’d give him the benefit of the doubt for now, because Zombies Ate My Neighbors was an awesome and totally underappreciated game. [/QUOTE] Invincible Chainsaw Guy! Run! Mostly only popular for possibly the first-ever interactive upskirt. Yes, video game upskirt. There was a playable female character, and a trampoline, see… By the way, **jjjjjimmmm** , can I borrow a condom if I’m \*not \* staying over? I need a better understanding of how this houseguest/prophylactic borrowing business works. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/44 "2008-01-21T10:37:21Z")
Why the big deal about laundering the stains, **jjimm**? Are you saying you don’t routinely strip the guest bed after it’s been slept in? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/45 "2008-01-21T11:10:05Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Why the big deal about laundering the stains, **jjimm**? Are you saying you don’t routinely strip the guest bed after it’s been slept in? :eek: [/QUOTE] I do indeed; I just don’t want to know in advance that they bear the guests’ “watermarks”. “Don’t ask, don’t tell”, as **eleanorrigby** wisely asserts. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/46 "2008-01-21T19:03:18Z")
So **matt\_mcl** , did you ever get an explanation from this houseguest gone willy-nilly? [QUOTE=bbs2k] Oh yeah, and his sig is a world conquering bunny. Nothing evil there. [/QUOTE] I also looked at **her** homepage. She’s a 911 dispatcher. Her posts also show that she logs on at work (presumably there are not calls every second) and so anyone could’ve posted that. She usually remembers the shift key too. I’m with ya on defending her until she returns to do it herself. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/47 "2008-01-22T02:39:19Z")
[QUOTE=bufftabby] I also looked at **her** homepage. She’s a 911 dispatcher. Her posts also show that she logs on at work… [/QUOTE] What difference does a posters sex have? I hate this petty pedantic correction, s if we ahould all somehow know what every members sex is. Do you have a cite that **Marlitharn** posts from work all the time? Timestamps? 😕 It’s been two days and doubtless a few emails and PM’s. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/48 "2008-01-22T02:42:17Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] \ By the way, **jjjjjimmmm** , can I borrow a condom if I’m \*not \* staying over? I need a better understanding of how this houseguest/prophylactic borrowing business works. [/QUOTE] Do you really want to borrow a condom? Wouldn’t you prefer it if he just gave it to you? I suspect he would. 😃 So, **matt** how’d it go with Rude-o the Houseguest? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/49 "2008-01-22T02:51:28Z")
[QUOTE=bufftabby] \I also looked at **her** homepage. She’s a 911 dispatcher. Her posts also show that she logs on at work (presumably there are not calls every second) and so anyone could’ve posted that. She usually remembers the shift key too. I’m with ya on defending her until she returns to do it herself. [/QUOTE] Well, FTR, my reply stands to the person who posted that, with the idea in mind that a co-worker might have been nosing around here via her account, and couldn’t resist posting. ---
**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 22, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/50 "2008-01-22T03:14:11Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] I hate this petty pedantic correction… [/QUOTE] To hear that from you, of all people, really takes the cake. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/51 "2008-01-22T03:49:55Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] W\ I hate this petty pedantic correction,\ [/QUOTE] Then you, my friend, are on the wrong message board. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/52 "2008-01-22T05:30:53Z")
Memo to self: Log off from work computer before going on a 3 day weekend. That wasn’t me. Post reported. eta: Ok, I can’t report posts made under my username. Can someone help me out here? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/53 "2008-01-22T05:34:09Z")
[QUOTE=Marlitharn] Memo to self: Log off from work computer before going on a 3 day weekend. That wasn’t me. Post reported. eta: Ok, I can’t report posts made under my username. Can someone help me out here? [/QUOTE] Done. WB. 🙂 (Sorry bout the jerk, hope you find them and get to chew them out.) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/54 "2008-01-22T06:22:05Z")
It could be worse; there could be rumours of what you like to do with sheep floating around here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/55 "2008-01-22T07:19:57Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] It could be worse; there could be rumours of what you like to do with sheep floating around here. 😃 [/QUOTE] Actually, I think I’d prefer that. At least the sheep thing was _witty_. Anyway, thanks to all y’all who looked at my posting history and figured that probably wasn’t me, and gave me the benefit of the doubt. I do indeed do all my posting from work, since I don’t have internet access at home at the moment, and didn’t see this until I logged on tonight. If I ever find the perpetrator there will be much smackdown administered. :mad: \<— (mean supervisor face) Enough hijacking. Everyone point and laugh at **matt\_mcl** ’s clueless houseguests! ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/56 "2008-01-22T14:02:52Z")
So is anyone else concerned that we haven’t heard from Matt since Saturday night? I hope his houseguests didn’t get all ticked off and leave him tied to the radiator. Now THAT would be rude. Matt! If you can reach the keyboard with your nose, let us know you’re all right!! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/57 "2008-01-22T14:22:21Z")
[QUOTE=Marlitharn] Actually, I think I’d prefer that. At least the sheep thing was _witty_.\ [/QUOTE] And it’s followed him around for years. This isn’t the kind of thing you want following you around (the question comes to my mind - do you work with someone who thinks what they posted was funny, or someone who truly believes that?) ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/58 "2008-01-22T16:06:28Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] (the question comes to my mind - do you work with someone who thinks what they posted was funny, or someone who truly believes that?) [/QUOTE] Especially if said person is a 911 dispatcher as well. If they truly believe that, what will their response be if a gay person calls up and says “Help, my partner was just beat up by a couple of guys!” “You’re gay, you deserve it,” and hang up? ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/59 "2008-01-22T18:26:07Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] What difference does a posters sex have? I hate this petty pedantic correction, s if we ahould all somehow know what every members sex is. Do you have a cite that **Marlitharn** posts from work all the time? Timestamps? 😕 It’s been two days and doubtless a few emails and PM’s. [/QUOTE] Twasnt pedantic my dear, twas gleaned from her homepage. And posting from work? Why, search the posts she’s made; she says it herself! I did my research before accusing anyone of being a duck…I mean, a bigot. Can you say the same? Apologies for the hijack, but I won’t be faulted for the quality of my research! ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138/60 "2008-01-23T02:15:36Z")
[QUOTE=bufftabby] Twasnt pedantic my dear, twas gleaned from her homepage. And posting from work? Why, search the posts she’s made; she says it herself! I did my research before accusing anyone of being a duck…I mean, a bigot. Can you say the same? Apologies for the hijack, but I won’t be faulted for the quality of my research! [/QUOTE] Again, the sentiment was posted, and I spoke to the person who posted it. It just so happens that another Doper was Hal Bristoned, so the comment was not directed at them. Get it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-houseguest-i-cant-wait-to-hear-this-one-explained/434138.md?page=4)