# Everyone quit paying attention to Jack Batty **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2001, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-quit-paying-attention-to-jack-batty/52366 "2001-01-30T04:05:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-quit-paying-attention-to-jack-batty/52366/1 "2001-01-30T04:05:24Z")
I mean, really … enough is enough. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-quit-paying-attention-to-jack-batty/52366/2 "2001-01-30T04:10:43Z")
Snooooopy this is wrong, you can’t do this. Give Jack the spotlight and take it away five minutes later? It’s like showing a child a puppy and then saying “Nope, we’re putting it to sleep.” I don’t think so, Snoooop. I am not going to quit paying attention to Jack Batty. In fact, the very idea of not paying Jack his dues has incensed me. [Gladiator mode]I shall my vengenance, in this thread or the next.[/Gladiator mode] ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-quit-paying-attention-to-jack-batty/52366/3 "2001-01-30T04:13:46Z")
Damn skippy. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-quit-paying-attention-to-jack-batty/52366/4 "2001-01-30T04:14:18Z")
Sorry, I wasn’t paying any attentin to him in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-quit-paying-attention-to-jack-batty/52366/5 "2001-01-30T04:16:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\*Snooooopy this is wrong, you can’t do this. Give Jack the spotlight and take it away five minutes later? It’s like showing a child a puppy and then saying “Nope, we’re putting it to sleep.” > > I don’t think so, Snoooop. I am not going to quit paying attention to Jack Batty. In fact, the very idea of not paying Jack his dues has incensed me. [Gladiator mode]I shall my vengenance, in this thread or the next.[/Gladiator mode] \*\* You shall your vengeance? Where, by chance, are you going to shall it? What are the laws pertaining to shalling vengeance? Do you have the proper waivers signed? ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-quit-paying-attention-to-jack-batty/52366/6 "2001-01-30T04:17:02Z")
Who’s Jack Batty? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-quit-paying-attention-to-jack-batty/52366/7 "2001-01-30T04:33:16Z")
[Dr. Seuss mode]I shall shall it here. I shall shall it there. I shall shall it in a box. I shall shall it with lox. I shall shall it with a fox. I shall shall it with Courtney Cox. I shall shall it for a sexual favor. I shall shall it with and without a waiver. I shall-[/Dr. Seuss mode] Oh wait. This is about Jack Batty, not me… ---
**Author:** ![Silly\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Silly\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silly_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-quit-paying-attention-to-jack-batty/52366/8 "2001-01-30T05:02:29Z")
I promised him a lapdance. Can’t I do that still?? ---
**Author:** ![slackergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@slackergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slackergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-quit-paying-attention-to-jack-batty/52366/9 "2001-01-30T05:19:57Z")
OK. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-quit-paying-attention-to-jack-batty/52366/10 "2001-01-30T07:56:34Z")
Who’s Jack Batty?!? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-quit-paying-attention-to-jack-batty/52366/11 "2001-01-30T16:23:49Z")
Jesus, **Snooooopy** , you’re vicious when you’re sexually satisfied. That’s the last time I play Cupid for you. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-quit-paying-attention-to-jack-batty/52366/12 "2001-01-30T16:26:58Z")
God knows I’ve tried to stop paying attention to Jack but it has become a sort of addiction even though I know no good will come of it. It’s like I’ve got the barrel of the gun in my mouth and I like the taste of the metal. (my apologies to Robert Downey Jr.) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-quit-paying-attention-to-jack-batty/52366/13 "2001-01-30T21:11:39Z")
Dang it! I’ve already paid attention to Jack Batty. If everybody’s gonna quit doing it, can I get a refund? ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-quit-paying-attention-to-jack-batty/52366/14 "2001-01-30T21:18:48Z")
I paid attention to Jack Batty, but he’s jealous because my [muscles](http://www.lava.net/~alexman/superbowl2001/pages/DSC00115_JPG.htm) are bigger than his. (That’s why he’s got his arm in front of mine!) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-quit-paying-attention-to-jack-batty/52366/15 "2001-01-31T05:30:38Z")
Is everybody not paying attention to **Jack Batty**? I can’t hear you guys not paying attention! I am very cross!