# elucidator, come on down **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 17, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-come-on-down/503309 "2009-07-17T04:53:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-come-on-down/503309/41 "2009-07-17T19:53:25Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Perhaps more later. Lots of terribly important things to do. :dubious: So when did you start channeling **Starving Artist**? šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-come-on-down/503309/42 "2009-07-17T19:56:10Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > ā€¦Iā€™ve gotten harsher invective from Girl Scouts selling cookies! (OK, I donā€™t like their cookies, didnā€™t want to buy any, but that doesnā€™t make me ā€œcheapā€ or reveal anything about my motherā€¦smartass little fascist bitchā€¦) Hold it. You donā€™t like Girl Scout cookies? You wonā€™t even buy them and give them to others (like me?). Damned commie. Go back to Russia. Freaks like you make America weak. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-come-on-down/503309/43 "2009-07-17T20:12:12Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > :dubious: > > So when did you start channeling **Starving Artist**? > > šŸ˜› Knew youā€™d get it. > [@](#): > > Well, when the day comes that you make me laugh, Iā€™ll let you know if youā€™ve changed my mind. Inadequate compensation. Make me laugh, thatā€™d be more fair. Not gonna work for everybody, tastes differ. Hell, there are people who donā€™t even like me! No, seriously! ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-come-on-down/503309/44 "2009-07-17T20:24:42Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Perfect analogy. **elucidator** does what he does and heā€™s good at it. The comments are throwaways sometimes, but he enlightens other times. This. Politics aside, I enjoy 'luciā€™s posts very much. Enlightened sarcasm is one of the things I love about this board, and nobody does it better. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-come-on-down/503309/45 "2009-07-17T20:32:28Z")
"I love compliments, we all do: burglars, humorists, Congressmen, all of us in the trade. I could live for a week on a single compliment! But I was struck nearly speechless by this complimentary thunderbolt! Never have I heard a compliment so well phrased, or so richly deserved" - Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-come-on-down/503309/46 "2009-07-22T03:16:24Z")
ā€œI hate quotations. Tell me what you know.ā€ Ralph Waldo Emerson ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-come-on-down/503309/47 "2009-07-22T04:21:27Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > :dubious: > > So when did you start channeling **Starving Artist**? > > šŸ˜› Ouch. Thatā€™s gonna leave a mark. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-come-on-down/503309/48 "2009-07-22T05:34:01Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > De gustibus non est disputandum. Although I donā€™t much care for prunes, either, nasty things. Prunes are delicious, though they give me the runs. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-come-on-down/503309/49 "2009-07-22T13:29:55Z")
> [@Mr.Moto](#): > > Hit and miss, big time. I was never fond of Vanilla Fudge, Strawberry Alarm Clock and the Electric Prunes, and this is just a short list. Actually, **elucidator** ā€™s era is better defined by The Kingston Trioā€™s _Tom Dooley_ and the Mitch Miller Orchestra with _The Yellow Rose Of Texas_. _How Much Is That Doggie In The Window_ might be just a touch before his time, though. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-come-on-down/503309/50 "2009-07-22T14:30:28Z")
I concur with this pitting, if only because **elucidator** is capable of better responses. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-come-on-down/503309/51 "2009-07-22T19:49:47Z")
Great. Pitted for being an underachiever. Swell. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elucidator-come-on-down/503309.md?page=2)