# Dear Mr. Rolleyes **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 14, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975 "2012-11-14T13:13:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/21 "2012-11-15T10:02:58Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I never thought of smilies as racist before. Can we have a “Kenyan Pickaninny President” one, please? That would be … illogical. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/22 "2012-11-15T12:21:31Z")
> [@digs](#): > > No, no, you order _fi’_, you no get eyeroll! We must kill all the punners now, while there is still time. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/23 "2012-11-15T12:34:41Z")
oh-oh. Stay alert and keep your eyes peeled: this thread might lens itself to pun-ishment. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/24 "2012-11-15T13:01:28Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > oh-oh. Stay alert and keep your eyes peeled: this thread might lens itself to pun-ishment. “eyes” “lens”? Pretty bad, Dude. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/25 "2012-11-15T13:08:42Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > “eyes” “lens”? > Pretty bad, Dude. > > :rolleyes: I know. Reread it after my 5 minute edit time was up. Note to self: wake up prior to attempting puns. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/26 "2012-11-15T13:59:20Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > I know. Reread it after my 5 minute edit time was up. Note to self: wake up prior to attempting puns. Sigh. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/27 "2012-11-15T14:05:41Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Sigh. > 🙂 Not “s-eye”? Ok, wish I was awake enough to have posted: "Keep your eye peeled. This thread lens itself to pun-ishment. :rolleyes: …_sprints away quickly._.. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/28 "2012-11-15T14:35:37Z")
The hell were we talking about? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/29 "2012-11-15T14:36:33Z")
I turned off the smileys. Made my reading experience much better. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/30 "2012-11-15T14:40:38Z")
> [@MegaBee](#): > > I turned off the smileys. Made my reading experience much better. Now if I can figure out how to turn off puns… ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/31 "2012-11-15T14:59:12Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Now if I can figure out how to turn off puns… I don’t support the loss of punctionality. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/32 "2012-11-15T15:07:39Z")
Kaiser Wilhelm’s motto was: “I bide my time.” ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/33 "2012-11-15T15:14:00Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Kaiser Wilhelm’s motto was: > > “I bide my time.” Not “I b-eyed my time.”? 😃 …_again, sprints out quickly.._ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/34 "2012-11-15T15:34:07Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > Not “I b-eyed my time.”? > > 😃 …_again, sprints out quickly.._ Al Gore invented the internet for _this?_ ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/35 "2012-11-15T15:38:59Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Al Gore invented the internet for _this?_ :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/36 "2012-11-15T16:50:32Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > Ok, wish I was awake enough to have posted: > > "Keep your eye peeled. This thread lens itself to pun-ishment. You’re learning. You’re a good pupil. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/37 "2012-11-15T17:39:12Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > You’re learning. You’re a good pupil. There can only be two. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/38 "2012-11-15T18:16:25Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Al Gore invented the internet for _this?_ I laughed out loud over this as I went about my errands. Thanks, Furryman, for having a good outlook on this thread, for not trying to socket to us or give us a lashing. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/39 "2012-11-15T18:22:44Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > Thanks, Furryman, for having a good outlook on this thread, for not trying to socket to us or give us a lashing. WTH is Furryman? Oh, the OP. Yeah. What’s up with him? ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975/40 "2012-11-15T18:35:35Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > WTH is Furryman? > > Oh, the OP. > Yeah. > What’s up with him? Eye rollage has caused stress to Furryman. Furryman may need to take a vacation; pack his sweater, perhaps fly to some tropical eye lens. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mr-rolleyes/640975.md?page=3)