# Do you ever think it's not worth casting you pearls before swine? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2005, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224 "2005-11-22T08:29:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224/21 "2005-11-23T05:37:11Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Ever get an idea for a discussion, or start to compose a contribution to an ongoing discussion, and then think, what the heck!, these guys won’t get it and don’t deserve it? Well, I have initiated fourteen threads. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224/22 "2005-11-23T07:15:05Z")
Do you get all those lofty ideas because of the blood rushing to your brain from having your head up your ass? Was that a stupid question? Oooh! What’s that shiny thing… ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224/23 "2005-11-23T11:23:24Z")
Save your pearls. Some day you may need them. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224/24 "2005-11-23T13:21:41Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > (slaps forehead) Oh, you meant the **secret** forum! Whooosh! Boy, I missed that one! Tschoh! :rolleyes: What is the first rule about the secret forum? ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224/25 "2005-11-23T14:37:24Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Tschoh! :rolleyes: What is the first rule about the secret forum? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224/26 "2005-11-23T21:08:18Z")
Mine wisdoms is to much fur teh leiks of youse peopleses! Me is smart! S -M - R - T! 😛 \* ooooo, shiny…\* ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224/27 "2005-11-24T01:26:00Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Well, I have initiated fourteen threads. Never mind. Some people are just not blessed with the spirit of enquiry, the thirst for knowledge and understanding. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224/28 "2005-11-25T20:11:57Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Never mind. Some people are just not blessed with the spirit of enquiry, the thirst for knowledge and understanding. Either that, or you’re just a dick 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224/29 "2005-11-26T02:28:55Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Either that, or you’re just a dick 😛 No personal insults in MPSIMS, **zoid**. If you want to deride another poster, please do so in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224/30 "2005-11-26T03:42:35Z")
Perhaps I should have said that 14 threads initiated out of more than 17,000 posts made indiactes that **tomndeb** doesn’t show great initiative. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224/31 "2005-11-26T05:31:18Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Perhaps I should have said that 14 threads initiated out of more than 17,000 posts made indiactes that **tomndeb** doesn’t show great initiative. mmmm? You asked whether anyone had ever thought of initiating a thread, then reconsidered on the grounds that their brilliance would be missed by the rest of the readership. I simply pointed out that while I have contributed erudition and wit to threads that needed elevation on 16,990 occasions I have only chosen to initiate fourteen threads of my own. Now, what is _your_ ratio? ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224/32 "2005-11-26T05:39:07Z")
> [@Atticus Finch](#): > > Shuuuuut uuuup… \ Actually, Carl…and Homer said that to Lenny. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224/33 "2005-11-26T05:39:59Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > I have contributed erudition and wit to threads that needed elevation on 16,990 occasions I have only chosen to initiate fourteen threads of my own. Such immodesty does not become you, Thomas! > [@tomn](#): > > Now, what is _your_ ratio? As Churchill said, I only trust the statistics I make up myself. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224/34 "2005-11-26T15:13:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Such immodesty does not become you, Thomas! Modesty is a function of social mores. I prefer to concentrate on humility–the accurate assessment of one’s worth that neither overvalues (arrogance) nor undervalues (false modesty) a person. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224/35 "2005-11-26T18:01:41Z")
Actually, sometimes I go to post, and as I’m composing the post, I realize that folks here aren’t going to get what I’m trying to say. Then I realize it’s more my ability to articulate my thoughts than it it is someone else’s ability to understand those thoughts which prevents the desired communication from occurring. But that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224/36 "2005-11-26T23:45:53Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > No personal insults in MPSIMS, **zoid**. If you want to deride another poster, please do so in the Pit. You’re right - I meant it jokingly but it was still out of line. I apologize. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-its-not-worth-casting-you-pearls-before-swine/332224.md?page=1)