# Esprix **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 22, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251 "2001-09-22T22:39:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/181 "2001-09-24T16:59:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dalovindj \* > \*_Now I aint defendin’ that cat AMPM, I came here alone_ \*\* Don’t think so. Looks to me like you brought along your dead horse. The one you keep beating. And, somehow, turning the nice Pro- **Esprix** tone of the hijack of this thread into yet another of your anti- **Esprix** screeds seems…tacky, somehow. Un-groovy, in your parlance. Uncool. How can I translate this into your native language? **::** thinks… **::** I have it! **Non-Fonzie-like!** Dead-horse beatings make Fonzie, well, not cry since the Fonz is too cool to cry, make Fonzie think you’re as uncool as Potzie. And the line about **Esprix** being the “biggest downer” or however you phrased it is just so self-evidently wrong that it’s just plain too silly to respond to. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/182 "2001-09-24T20:36:18Z")
great post, fenris. i have to say, however, that IMHO, dj is strayin perilously close to ralph malph territory. talk about non fonzie like! ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/183 "2001-09-24T21:01:33Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve seen esprix absorb some pretty serious shit and let it flow off him like water off a duck’s back, because he beleived in what he was discussing. Wait…I don’t understand. If he _absorbs_ the shit, how does it “flow like water” off of his back? I think I just got a bad mental picture… Oh, and **dj** , don’t get me wrong, I totally dig your style. But honestly, just let this one slide off like a shitty duck…or absorb the duck’s shit…or…something… I’m confused. My head hurts. I think I ate a bad Scorpo-nut. I’m taking my ball and going home! ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/184 "2001-09-24T22:03:24Z")
Ok, See, dj, once there were these seven little dwarves who worked in a mine… Oh, fuck it! ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Juliet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cc9497/32.png) [@Lady\_Juliet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Juliet)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/185 "2001-09-24T22:06:09Z")
Teehee, I feel all warm and tingly inside just from reading this. Yes I know, weird things make me happy. Oh how I would love to have those skills of Esprix. Gotta hand it to ya, you told him off damn well. You have now made my _Posters I admire in almost every respect_ list. In fact, you’ve probably already made that list for most of the people here, but I’m just a young old newbie, so my list is fairly short from my lack of time here at the SDMB. You should feel special. 😃 So it’s official **Esprix** , you’re cool in my book. ---
**Author:** ![CyberHippy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@CyberHippy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberHippy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/186 "2001-09-24T22:57:32Z")
Sheesh! I come in here looking for a fight, and once again a hockey match breaks out… ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/187 "2001-09-24T23:28:18Z")
Grudge? This aint a grudge. A grudge lasts REAL long, like years. This is just some weekend fun. Some folks like him, and I even read those threads and my verdict is still: He’s a whiny bitch. I got no real grudge. It’s just, the guy starts a pit thread about me over a joke I made, learns it’s a joke, and then insults me as he admits he’s wrong? He’s gonna get some bashin’ from me every time. 2 days is a very short period of time. (Especially when you’re on a forced vacation for 2 weeks due to terrorist action.) 2 pit threads is appropriate. Especially when one is about me, and the other is about him. But now I’m bored, he ain’t worth anymore keystrokes, and I’m outta this thread. 1. DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/188 "2001-09-25T00:39:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dalovindj \* > But now I’m bored, he ain’t worth anymore keystrokes, and I’m outta this thread. > > 1. > > DaLovin’ Dj So why bother with more? “You’re not worth my time, so I’m leaving!” Pah. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/189 "2001-09-25T00:54:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dalovindj \* > \*\*5000. > \*\* 5000? Five Thousand? Five Zero Zero Zero? Five Capital Oh Capital Oh Capital Oh? 133+ 5p34k? \<133+ 5p34k +r4||514+0r\> sooo \ No. 😕 **::** Gets out phrasebook, searches for cryptic numerical phrase. Fails. Guesses. **::** um…“10000?” Linguistically challenged Fenris ---
**Author:** ![toshirodragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e68b1a/32.png) [@toshirodragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toshirodragon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/190 "2001-09-25T02:36:10Z")
Sorry I am late! I had to get the kid fed, washed, and in his jammies… then I had to do all that with my son! 😃 I got chocolate chip cookies and Coke… \ _mumble, mumble, mumble_ Damn Esprix you need to meet my bud Crz you too would get along GREAT! Oh yeah, almost done reading Gay Guy III… did the butler do it?? ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/191 "2001-09-25T02:45:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by dalovindj \* > > \*\*5000. > > \*\* > > 5000? > > Five Thousand? If you type out “five thousand” using the Wingdings font, all will become clear. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > And, finally, a big welcome to **jkusters** , my housemate! (Bitch knows too much, gotta kill him in his sleep…) Welcome, **jkusters**. I loved the “Can’t sleep, tramp will kill me post.” I was just wondering what’s up with the “JOhn” signature. Maybe I’ll run that through Wingdings and see what comes up. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/192 "2001-09-25T02:59:04Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by JeffB \* > \*\* > If you type out “five thousand” using the Wingdings font, all will become clear._\* ☹ Nope. If I type it as “5000” I get a sort of [sub]teeny tiny[/sub] filing cabinet and three big file folders If I try it as “five thousand” I get: an X holding a pick-axe A )( with a crossbar forming a curvey H A four diamonds in a + shape A giant square-ish M with a [sub]3[/sub] at the bottom right. A big diamond Two jagged waves, one above the other An empty box A square-ish diamond A tiny diamond A lazy 69 A solid box and an Omega over a line. And Wingdings two and three were worse. I feel like I’m trying to read hiroglyphics. I still don’t geddit. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/193 "2001-09-25T04:34:25Z")
Guess were just not hip enough… ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/194 "2001-09-25T04:38:39Z")
Well, I know \* I’m \* absolutely crushed. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/195 "2001-09-25T05:15:16Z")
Hey, who crushed **Arden**? Clumsy bastards, watch where you’re going, huh?? ::: picks up Arden and gently fluffs her ::: ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/196 "2001-09-25T05:17:44Z")
Hope it wasnt me…Sorry Arden… ---
**Author:** ![jkusters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jkusters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jkusters)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/197 "2001-09-25T05:24:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JeffB \* > \*\*Welcome, **jkusters**. I loved the “Can’t sleep, tramp will kill me post.” I was just wondering what’s up with the “JOhn” signature. Maybe I’ll run that through Wingdings and see what comes up. \*\* Oh, there’s a reason for it, alright. And it has nothing to do with Wingdings. Honestly, it’s a very boring and mundane reason, but I thought you all might like to speculate wildly about it first before I reveal the ultimately disappointing answer. -JOhn. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/198 "2001-09-25T05:35:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*Hey, who crushed **Arden**? Clumsy bastards, watch where you’re going, huh?? > > ::: picks up Arden and gently fluffs her ::: > [@](#): > > Hope it wasnt me…Sorry Arden…\*\* Aww… you guys 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/199 "2001-09-25T05:39:21Z")
I know the reason, JOhn. I hate to backspace, too. I am so frequently JUli that I considered just going with it for awhile. Am I right? ---
**Author:** ![tisiphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tisiphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tisiphone)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251/200 "2001-09-25T05:39:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jkusters \* > \*\* > Honestly, it’s a very boring and mundane reason, but I thought you all might like to speculate wildly about it first before I reveal the ultimately disappointing answer. > > -JOhn. \*\* Boy, he’s been well briefed, hasn’t he? :speculating wildly: Vow to dying elderly parent? Some obscure god none of us have heard of? As a result of alien abduction you are unable to type your name without capitalizing the first two letters? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix/83251.md?page=11)