# Eric the Half-a-Bee **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 3, 2003, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298 "2003-10-03T09:14:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/21 "2003-10-03T19:12:29Z")
Thank you, **Biffy**. Thank you. I can now rest easy knowing that I am not omitting part of the canonical works - that Eric the Half-a-Bee is Apocrypha. I am… at peace. ---
**Author:** ![Skillet38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Skillet38](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skillet38)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/22 "2003-10-03T22:54:13Z")
can I just say that this is my first appearance in this thread ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/23 "2003-10-03T23:01:24Z")
Well, at least it was better than Eric’s appearance in this thread which was, let’s face it, half-assed. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/24 "2003-10-03T23:27:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skillet38 \* > \*\*can I just say that this is my first appearance in this thread \*\* No, I’m sorry, there’s no time. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/25 "2003-10-03T23:31:15Z")
It’s a _man’s_ life in the British army! ---
**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/26 "2003-10-03T23:38:25Z")
Stop this nonsense right now. Do you hear me? Nobody loves a good laugh more than I do. Except perhaps my wife. Oh yes, and Capt. Jamison. Come to think of it, most people enjoy a good laugh more than I do. ---
**Author:** ![Sikander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Sikander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sikander)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/27 "2003-10-04T01:54:02Z")
BURMA!!! Sorry, I panicked. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/28 "2003-10-04T02:54:10Z")
No, you didn’t, you came here for an argument. ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/29 "2003-10-04T05:51:53Z")
But it’s my only line! ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/30 "2003-10-04T20:58:37Z")
I like traffic lights. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/31 "2003-10-04T21:04:31Z")
Mary Whitehouse has taken Umbrage, Wales isn’t swinging at all (no suprise there), and Monty Python has taken the credits! ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/32 "2003-10-04T21:18:17Z")
Well, that’s about it for tonight, ladies and gentlemen, but remember, if you’ve enjoyed the show just half as much as we enjoyed making it, then we’ve enjoyed it twice as much as you. Ha ha ha ha ha. ::THUD:: ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/33 "2003-10-04T21:45:17Z")
The larch. The larch. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/34 "2003-10-04T21:46:08Z")
Come on there luv, drop 'em! ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/35 "2003-10-04T22:04:42Z")
Run rings around you, logic-wise! ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/36 "2003-10-04T22:26:34Z")
What’s brown and sounds like a bell? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/37 "2003-10-04T22:42:44Z")
Dung! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/38 "2003-10-04T22:51:24Z")
Poor Flopsy’s dead, and never even called me “Mother”… ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/39 "2003-10-04T23:01:17Z")
Silence all of you! I am in charge here. Stand up! Sit down! Go “ooo.” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-the-half-a-bee/205298/40 "2003-10-04T23:09:31Z")
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