# Dougie\_monty is an immoral cultist **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 20, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993 "2014-08-20T13:31:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/361 "2014-08-27T16:45:54Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Hint - LET IT GO. Sure. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/362 "2014-08-27T18:03:41Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > I am disappointed. I thought that matter was dead and buried with my apology. Apparently you were going to keep it to use against me at an opportune time.:mad: When you say retarded things people are going to remind you of the retarded things you said. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/363 "2014-08-27T18:54:23Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > When you say retarded things people are going to remind you of the retarded things you said. :mad: “Retarded…” you come up with the most creative boorish things to say; kind of like pulling rabbits out of a hat or chocolates from Forrest Gump ’ s candy box.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/364 "2014-08-27T19:42:25Z")
Forest Gump did not pull rabbits out of his chocolate box. Did you even see the movie? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/365 "2014-08-27T20:47:01Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Forest Gump did not pull rabbits out of his chocolate box. Did you even see the movie? :mad: From beginning to end. And you know better than to ask such a silly question. You know damn well he was talking about the chocolates: “You never know what you’re gonna get.” ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/366 "2014-08-27T20:56:46Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > From beginning to end. And you know better than to ask such a silly question. You know damn well he was talking about the chocolates: “You never know what you’re gonna get.” things just woosh by you all the time. Lighten up - ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/367 "2014-08-27T21:11:50Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > From beginning to end. And you know better than to ask such a silly question. You know damn well he was talking about the chocolates: “You never know what you’re gonna get.” Just mind the chocolate raisins. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/368 "2014-08-27T21:22:51Z")
> [@PorchePine](#): > > Just mind the chocolate raisins. Clue for **dougie** : “pulling rabbits out of [del]a hat or[/del] chocolates from Forrest Gump ’ s candy box.” ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/369 "2014-08-27T22:51:39Z")
> [@PorchePine](#): > > Just mind the chocolate raisins. Golly… I didn’t know THEY were in the box. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/370 "2014-08-27T22:52:55Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Clue for **dougie** : “pulling rabbits out of [del]a hat or[/del] chocolates from Forrest Gump ’ s candy box.” Neat trick of the week! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/371 "2014-08-28T15:14:24Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > You know damn well he was talking about the chocolates: “You never know what you’re gonna get.” As an utterly pointless aside: Anyone else really hate that quote? For plenty of boxes of chocolate – for example, the Whitman sampler – they have a guide on the lid, so you know exactly what you’re gonna get. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/372 "2014-08-28T15:25:38Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > As an utterly pointless aside: Anyone else really hate that quote? For plenty of boxes of chocolate – for example, the Whitman sampler – they have a guide on the lid, so you know exactly what you’re gonna get. For all I can recall, Forrest said that line in the movie, once. And he never had a chance to read the Straight Dope books, so he had no way of knowing the “code.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/373 "2014-08-28T15:28:42Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > For plenty of boxes of chocolate – for example, the Whitman sampler – they have a guide on the lid [Even in the Fifties.](http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/2499/whit53.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/374 "2014-08-28T16:15:51Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > From beginning to end. And you know better than to ask such a silly question. You know damn well he was talking about the chocolates: “You never know what you’re gonna get.” If you “never know what you’re gonna get” then one has to assume that sometimes you might get rabbits. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/375 "2014-08-28T16:33:39Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > If you “never know what you’re gonna get” then one has to assume that sometimes you might get rabbits. or raisins. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/376 "2014-08-28T16:57:59Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > Anyone else really hate that quote? Does it count if I just really hate the entire movie? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/377 "2014-08-28T17:08:38Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Does it count if I just really hate the entire movie? Because it is about a simpleton who just lucks into good fortune because he is just a naturally nice guy? And as such encourages real-life simpletons to take on things well beyond their abilites? Who then get all self-righteous when they fail? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/378 "2014-08-28T18:55:30Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > If you “never know what you’re gonna get” then one has to assume that sometimes you might get rabbits. Now THAT would be a surprise ! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/379 "2014-08-28T18:58:17Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Because it is about a simpleton who just lucks into good fortune because he is just a naturally nice guy? And as such encourages real-life simpletons to take on things well beyond their abilites? Who then get all self-righteous when they fail? Good point, Doc. Nobody should look at Mr. Gump as a role model!:rolleyes: ---
**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:** [August 28, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dougie_monty-is-an-immoral-cultist/695993/380 "2014-08-28T20:07:25Z")
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