# Explanation / apology for Green Bean **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2002, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910 "2002-11-21T10:51:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/61 "2002-11-22T00:42:24Z")
I went back to 9:49am this morning in this thread, and a rough count gives: Anti- **F-X** posts: maybe 3 Pro- **F-X** , or neutral posts: 7 Posts that have nothing to do with **F-X** , even if she is mentioned obliquely: 27 I see this as a highjacking, not a pile-on. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/62 "2002-11-22T00:43:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gorgon Heap \* > \*\* **UncleBill** , I somehow doubt your typo will make you look bad. Although, we may need to confirm your little decleration with **Geo**. \*\* Well, we are newlyweds, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/63 "2002-11-22T01:01:03Z")
My point presicely, madam. And to continue the hyjack, as has been mentioned, since earlier this afternoon when som,e kind folks called me out and said I was “pretentious”, which is, I think, pretty much where the threadactually ended, I have to say (if you missed it in other threads) that I can’t wait to see you guys again in the city. OH! Sorry. Please continue with whatever may be going on in this thread now. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/64 "2002-11-22T01:02:31Z")
Wow, I didn’t realize I was so damn tired. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/65 "2002-11-22T03:07:12Z")
I’d say that since **Flamsterette\_X** put this into MPSIMS, we’re just noodling around being mundane and pointless. And if we’re going to rate people on their turgidity and torpidity, we should also examine their turbidity. I think that many of our fellow posters can be likened to suspended solids in water. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/66 "2002-11-22T03:19:27Z")
We were in Key West again last weekend, and the storms had churned up the water so much there was like zero visibility. Can you say Trifecta? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/67 "2002-11-22T03:30:46Z")
You know, I guess I have just absolutely nothing at all to say. ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/68 "2002-11-22T04:15:57Z")
I just wanted to say give a golf clap to **FlamX** for an attempt to explain herself/apologize while at the same time not backing down or grovelling upon the approach of the peasants with pitchforks and torches. I also would like to give a boldface **kudos** to **GreenBean** for a very classy reply. I’m in a distinct minority apparently as I generally disagree with 9.5 out of 10 things she has ever said, and if I were the “pitting” kind of person, would have hauled her into the pit several times. I was expecting a very different OP and a very different reply when I opened this and was surprised on both counts. I would elaborate much more but this thread has already been dubbed as “dead meat”, and god forbid I go against the grain. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/69 "2002-11-22T04:33:57Z")
You know, I have met **Flam** a few times and she is a very nice person. She may not be YOUR kind of person, but _I_, personally, like her. A lot. Now I understand that some of you might not like her posting style, and that is perfectly fine, but I don’t think she deserves being roasted over a fire for this. She made a mistake, she owned up to it and (in THIS thread) sincerely apologized. We all make mistakes. Would that we ALL should apologize when we make mistakes. Can we just give this one a rest now? Please? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/70 "2002-11-22T04:38:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scotticher \* > Can we just give this one a rest now? Please? Judging by **UncleBill** ’s post tally from about 4 hours ago, and by a quick skim of the intervening posts, looks like we basically had been doing so. 🙂 I’m just disappointed I missed seeing him in a kilt… ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/71 "2002-11-22T04:52:07Z")
I made my Doper kilting debut in Chicago, a year ago August. Then showed again at DTF in LA, NYDope last January, and then again in Chicago last spring. You still have a fair-to-middlin chance to see either me or **thinksnow** or any number of others. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/72 "2002-11-22T04:52:17Z")
> [@](#): > > You know, I guess I have just absolutely nothing at all to say. Me too. Or would that be - “Me neither?” I dunno. G’nite. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/73 "2002-11-22T04:59:07Z")
Well. I guess you think I stand corrected. However, since the intervening posts seem to be mostly hijack posts, with the exception of one who appeared to be parodying something or other to do with the OP, I don’t think I am out of line in defending **Flam.** Hijacking in this manner on this board in this manner is usually a statement in and of itself, and we all know what it means. It appears to me that this is the case here. With the exception of **TurboDog** , of course. Thank you, honey! ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/74 "2002-11-22T05:01:33Z")
Um…sorry, I should have used the quote function. My post was to **DeniseV** …sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/75 "2002-11-22T05:04:12Z")
**Scotticher** : Hmm, I don’t know - most of the “we’re pointedly ignoring this” posts seem to be along the lines of one liner non-sequiturs, like “I like pie”, “when come back bring pie”, “my cat’s breath smells like cat food”, and so on. I just figured this was an amusing hijack and discussion, personally - wasn’t intending to correct anyone, either. **UncleBill** : I’ve been lurking here quite a while, but only delurked not long before the last ChiDope - ah well, will have to catch the next one and hope some Doper guys are sporting kilts. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/76 "2002-11-22T05:45:54Z")
Okay, I can see that you might have seen it that way, and I apologize to you. I don’t agree that that was the way it was meant, but I can understand why you saw it that way. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/77 "2002-11-22T12:44:49Z")
Don’t be sorry, it was a long day for me yesterday, and I probably wasn’t reading closely or something either. Looking at it from your perspective, I can see why you would post as you did, and think your intention was noble. (And in that light I’m sorry to bump the thread again, but thought this was a worthwhile thing to post.) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/78 "2002-11-22T14:44:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Turbo Dog \* > \*\*I also would like to give a boldface **kudos** to **GreenBean** for a very classy reply. I’m in a distinct minority apparently as I generally disagree with 9.5 out of 10 things she has ever said, and if I were the “pitting” kind of person, would have hauled her into the pit several times. I was expecting a very different OP and a very different reply when I opened this and was surprised on both counts. > \*\* What would you have pitted me over? (Not trying to start something…I’m genuinely curious!) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/79 "2002-11-22T15:17:10Z")
Seventy-seven posts so far, and STILL no one has offered an **Explanation for Green Bean**. Damn misleading thread titles. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910/80 "2002-11-22T15:23:25Z")
Well, **Ike** , you see … When a mommy green bean and a daddy grean bean get together in a special way… And nine months later the stork comes and everyone loves the new baby! Or **Green Bean** , as the case may be. One never knows with reproducing vegetables. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology-for-green-bean/137910.md?page=5)