# Delayed Reactions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681 "2002-05-01T17:00:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/1 "2002-05-01T17:00:08Z")
Let’s just get it all off our chests, because we didn’t have message boards back then. 1. You’re ridiculous. Depeche Mode is five hundred times better than The Cure, and Music for the Masses is the greatest album ever made…EVER. 2. I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU CANCELED PROBE! That was my favorite show of all time! God! What are you stupid? 3. I never ever liked Eden and Cruz on Santa Barbara. To be honest, I preferred it when the Evil twins Robert and Quinn came to town and wreaked havoc. 4. Get the U.S. out of Vietnam!!! ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/2 "2002-05-01T18:09:49Z")
WHAT?!? You mean we got to wait three years for the second Star Wars movie? What, is George Lucas making it up as he goes along? ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/3 "2002-05-01T18:13:38Z")
Seat belt law. … SEAT BELT LAW! DON’T YOU DARE TAKE AWAY MY CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/4 "2002-05-01T18:17:15Z")
- They’re changing Coke? What the hell are they thinking? - The Freedon Train can kiss my ass. Five bucks for a mach 2 ride through history, I don’t think so. - I’m sorry, but I don’t think America is ready for an anatomically correct Joey Stivic doll. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/5 "2002-05-01T18:21:14Z")
HOLY SHIT THE USS MAINE JUST BLEW UP IN HAVANA ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/6 "2002-05-01T18:23:12Z")
What do you mean, “get out?”! All we did was eat the fuckin apple! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/7 "2002-05-01T18:26:44Z")
Division is too forward-thinking! Down with mitosis! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/8 "2002-05-01T18:28:10Z")
What do you mean, “big bang”? All the time, with the progress. Can’t we just stay settled? ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/9 "2002-05-01T18:29:02Z")
Good lord, has anyone told Elvis he looks ridiculous? ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/10 "2002-05-01T18:29:14Z")
Let there be light? Who died and made you God? ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/11 "2002-05-01T18:31:22Z")
YOU WANT PYRAMIDS? BUILD 'EM YOURSELF ---
**Author:** ![shannybonanny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@shannybonanny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannybonanny)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/12 "2002-05-01T18:47:22Z")
My new Atari is totally rad. Who wants to come play? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/13 "2002-05-01T18:49:26Z")
1. Seagulls? Flock of effin’ loonies is more like it. 2. A stoplight right where we build up speed to enter a freeway? Are you on acid? 3. Producers of _Dallas_… line up for your daily cavity search by fire ants. 4. Mr. & Mrs. Harding, please quit drinking during your pregnancy. ---
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/14 "2002-05-01T18:51:49Z")
Dude. I am _so_ wasted. ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/15 "2002-05-01T19:09:57Z")
No. NOOOOO! Lee, don’t pitch to Steve Garvey! Greg…Will saw what pitch you’re gonna throw. Fastball inside. LET THE GODDAMN GOAT IN. * * * Lead pipes. Right. Good call. Our infrastructure will help our empire last forever! ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/16 "2002-05-01T19:54:11Z")
Woah. You watched _Santa Barbara_??? That was my one soap opera indulgence ever. But, _MOM_, why can’t I have the fluourescent pink leg warmers? You never let me get what I want… ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/17 "2002-05-01T20:16:14Z")
Oh schmoo. I had a paper due in 1993. ---
**Author:** ![Aleq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@Aleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aleq)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/18 "2002-05-01T20:29:16Z")
Nope, I don’t think having sex via the withdrawal method it a good idea, I think I’ll get some REAL birth control! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/19 "2002-05-01T20:40:43Z")
We got **COLOR TV** today! It’s so cool. We’re the first in the whole neighborhood too! Wow! I can watch **Gunsmoke** in **COLOR** tonight! ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681/20 "2002-05-01T20:54:34Z")
We’re gonna be independent whether you like or or not you lime sucking knicker-monkeys! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-reactions/106681.md?page=2)