# Diogenes, go take a nap **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 19, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306 "2010-09-19T17:42:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/241 "2010-09-20T22:59:58Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > > Yes you did. > > No he didnt. Guys, guys, can’t we all agree that I have the largest schlong in the SDMB? My post is my cite. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/242 "2010-09-20T23:00:08Z")
> [@Mtgman](#): > > Declarative sentences are fun! > > Enjoy, > Steven No they’re not! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/243 "2010-09-20T23:09:07Z")
Declarative sentences, offered without qualification, threaten the foundations of my personality, unless most people agree with me. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/244 "2010-09-20T23:10:32Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > > [@Mtgman](#): > > > > Declarative sentences are fun! > > > > Enjoy, > > Steven > > No they’re not! :mad: I’ve written declarative sentences before and as my experience is my cite, I assert forcefully that, yes, they are. Case closed. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/245 "2010-09-20T23:13:40Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > > [@Giraffe](#): > > > > No they’re not! :mad: > > I’ve written declarative sentences before and as my experience is my cite, I assert forcefully that, yes, they are. Case closed. People who think this way are all mentally defective. What do you mean, provide a cite? I don’t need a cite. I don’t think that way, and I’m not mentally defective. So people who think that way are mentally defective. Q.E. fucking D. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/246 "2010-09-20T23:36:22Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > ::Checks calendar:: > Yup, right on time. 🙂 [One day short of five years exactly](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=335890) but we can call it a match if you like. Enjoy, Steven ---
**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:** [September 20, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/247 "2010-09-20T23:44:47Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > > [@mhendo](#): > > > > Actually, if the money was being doled out in nickels, as you suggest, it would be impossible for you to have exactly $8.37, because your total would have to be divisible by 5. > > > > Happy to help. 🙂 > > She got two pennies from Rand Rover. **Rand Rover** giving someone money for nothing? That seems unlikely. > [@Mtgman](#): > > > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > > > ::Checks calendar:: > > Yup, right on time. 🙂 > > [One day short of five years exactly](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=335890) but we can call it a match if you like. > > Enjoy, > Steven Cool! I just meant that we have a Dio Pitting about once a month or so, but having one on the five year anniversary is most excellent! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/248 "2010-09-20T23:46:31Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > > [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > > > She got two pennies from Rand Rover. > > **Rand Rover** giving someone money for nothing? That seems unlikely. He charged her a nickel for them. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/249 "2010-09-21T00:03:35Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > > > **Rand Rover** giving someone money for nothing? That seems unlikely. > > He charged her a nickel for them. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/250 "2010-09-21T00:05:22Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Cool! I just meant that we have a Dio Pitting about once a month or so, but having one on the five year anniversary is most excellent! 🆒 I remember that thread well because it was when I began my [humble campaign for him to change his username](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6600978&postcount=22). I don’t talk about it much, but I still think it would be a good idea. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/251 "2010-09-21T00:07:38Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > > [@bucketybuck](#): > > > > No he didnt. > > He might as well have. There’s no room for “might” in a discussion involving Dio. Concepts are _certain_ and _determined_ and _decisive_! Anyway, a few years or decades from now somebody will fuck his daughters and then maybe he’ll relax a bit when they don’t die as a result. ---
**Author:** ![shamblesmaybe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@shamblesmaybe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamblesmaybe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/252 "2010-09-21T00:39:57Z")
Out of interest ('cause I’m new) is that kind of response ok and usual… or just reserved for certain people? It just seems to be a bit harsh and personal. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/253 "2010-09-21T00:46:29Z")
You’ll have to be more specific - there’s a lot of harshness flying around. This being the Pit… it’s both permitted and fun. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/254 "2010-09-21T01:05:36Z")
DtC says “Infertility is not a disability just because a judge says so.” So the settlements are illegal just because a judge says so? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/255 "2010-09-21T01:10:21Z")
Not a valid comparison. That would only work if I said that infertility was not _legally_ a disability. I made no factual assertion about the law. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/256 "2010-09-21T01:11:40Z")
So the settlements are only legally illegal? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/257 "2010-09-21T01:11:53Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Anyway, a few years or decades from now somebody will fuck his daughters and then maybe he’ll relax a bit when they don’t die as a result. It’s incredibly hypocritical for people to say shit lke this to me and then accuse ME of being the jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/258 "2010-09-21T01:12:58Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > So the settlements are only legally illegal? What other kind of illegal is there? ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/259 "2010-09-21T01:15:07Z")
O come on, I just zinged yer ass, bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/260 "2010-09-21T01:28:12Z")
My favorite episode of the Dio Show so far was when someone said that shaving pubic hair was a “feminine” thing to do. Well, Dio wasn’t having any of that! He argued that pubic hair itself is feminine. And, of course, he just wasn’t getting it when people pointed out to him that men, as well as women, have pubic hair. Leading to this classic exchange: > [@Questions for Straight Men about Vagina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-straight-men-about-vagina/547393/118): > > > [@Questions for Straight Men about Vagina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-straight-men-about-vagina/547393/95): > > > > Pubic hair is as feminine as developed breasts. > > Well yeah, until you dig around and find a cock and balls in it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306.md?page=14)