# Fairytale of New York warning **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 26, 2017, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairytale-of-new-york-warning/805301 "2017-12-26T06:10:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairytale-of-new-york-warning/805301/61 "2017-12-28T05:54:35Z")
> [@Lucky\_13](#): > > Am the OP of the thread in question, here with my .02. > > I started the thread thinking I was only perpetuating a harmless holiday SDMB tradition, completely clueless that each poster adding a line of the song = whole song, therefore copyright infringement. I stand corrected. And no, I don’t feel insulted - I thought he was calling the thread “shit,” not me or any other Doper. > > (walks away, “I Started A Joke” playing in the background) That started the whole world laughing… _flees_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairytale-of-new-york-warning/805301/62 "2017-12-28T15:22:56Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Then, at the appointed hour and at the appointed location ( the Wollman Rink’s south end in Central Park, NYC ) at the stroke of 7:45 PM EST, the _M.I.T._ ( Members In Toto™ ) shall issue their findings. Toto too? Can I request “Africa”? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairytale-of-new-york-warning/805301/63 "2017-12-28T18:05:22Z")
^ You might as well, you’re not in Kansas any more. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairytale-of-new-york-warning/805301/64 "2017-12-28T18:59:31Z")
Well, Oz never did give nothin’ to the Tin Man that he didn’t already have. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairytale-of-new-york-warning/805301/65 "2017-12-28T19:18:34Z")
Have we now crossed the Tropic of Sir Galahad then? ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairytale-of-new-york-warning/805301/66 "2017-12-28T22:40:49Z")
I’d call over my horse and ride out of here at this point, but he has no name… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairytale-of-new-york-warning/805301/67 "2017-12-28T23:14:50Z")
You ran calling _ **Wildfire** _, right? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairytale-of-new-york-warning/805301/68 "2017-12-29T23:17:01Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Toto too? Can I request “Africa”? Of course! But it seems that America beat you to it !!! Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairytale-of-new-york-warning/805301/69 "2017-12-30T02:58:41Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > You ran calling _ **Wildfire** _, right? The horse used to be called “Jim,” and you didn’t want to mess with around with him ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairytale-of-new-york-warning/805301/70 "2017-12-30T04:02:36Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > The horse used to be called “Jim,” and you didn’t want to mess with around with him Well, Midnight was a champion; he is the only bronc I couldn’t ride. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairytale-of-new-york-warning/805301/71 "2017-12-30T18:31:37Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > And we moderators are liable to **strike down jerks** at our whim. You can’t win, samclem. If you strike me down, I shall become more jerkish than you can possibly imagine. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairytale-of-new-york-warning/805301/72 "2017-12-30T19:46:30Z")
These aren’t the jerks you’re looking for. Move along…move along… Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairytale-of-new-york-warning/805301.md?page=3)