# Ed, WTF?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 23, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650 "2009-01-23T15:46:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/27 "2009-01-23T17:22:09Z")

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> [@Quick, Giraffe, before some asshole locks this.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/82):
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> We’ve had this discussion in the past. We don’t draw distinctions between real threats, implied threats, hypothetical threats, metaphorical threats, or any other kind of threat. There are few lines you can’t cross in the Pit but this is one of them. No threats.

Ed, that is bullshit way out of proportion with what I would expect from you. Are you feeling OK? Sapo could have sassed a musclebound TSA guy in uniform with that “threat” and still gotten on the plane on time.

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