# Flame War Rules **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 3, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973 "2000-01-03T22:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973/81 "2000-01-20T09:23:00Z")
1. Subtract 20 from all forthcoming numbers 😉 * * * Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Rousseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Rousseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rousseau)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973/82 "2000-01-21T02:32:00Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Insist that a poster is a newbie because they couldn’t spot the fact that the thread is two pages already, while hypocritically continuing to post on the second page. Um, I think you kind of missed the point there. Gabriel numbered his rules 94-96, which is what numbers they would have been had they immediately followed the first page (93 was the last number on the first page). Gabe, being new, missed the little “page numbers” at the top and bottom of the threads. Coldfire’s “hypocritical” comment was in no way a commentary on the length of the thread. But you already knew that, right…? * * * The IQ of a group is equal to the IQ of the dumbest member divided by the number of people in the group. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973/83 "2000-01-21T05:44:00Z")
11,473,984. Whaddya mean lighten up? I’ve never participated in a flame war before. Let me have my fun, for crying out loud. * * * The trouble with Sir Launcelot is by the time he comes riding up, you’ve already married King Arthur. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973/84 "2000-01-21T05:49:00Z")
BTW, I am in full compliance with rule #124. * * * The trouble with Sir Launcelot is by the time he comes riding up, you’ve already married King Arthur. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973/85 "2000-01-21T11:08:00Z")
ummmm, are we having fun yet ? ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973/86 "2000-01-21T12:14:00Z")
1. if we are going to do this, we should better do it properly and play it by the rules!!! 2. and of course give every rule the benefit of the annoying doubt (\<- its the “spot the rule” competition, and as a bonus, the “how many rules” award will go to the munchie of the tread). bj0rn - bla ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973/87 "2000-01-21T12:27:00Z")
sdruighs sogog wogj weoigigoweo egoijgjoweg qeg eq, ;lsdaf aflskjsfaj 2354ljj 523j l5 erwq erqw m, qergiewh hiuew. ## And that STILL made more sense than your last post, bj0rn. Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973/88 "2000-01-21T12:38:00Z")
bj0rn: 22 Rousseau: 17 Coldfire: 12 chrisctp: 11 Pariah: 9 The Ryan: 9 moriah: 7 agisofia: 6 Gabriel: 4 Konrad: 4 UncleBeer: 4 jodih: 3 Sylence: 3 RTFirefly: 3 Byzantine: 2 Crick&Watson: 2 mikan: 2 mr thin skin: 2 Rysdad: 2 WallyM7: 2 Alphagene: 1 dlv: 1 Eutychus55: 1 Erroneous: 1 Navigator: 1 Imthecowgodmoo: 1 MoosieGirl: 1 PunditLisa: 1 Mojo: 1 Yue Han: 1 Squee: 1 TVeblen: 1 DrFidelius: 1 Lawrence: 1 PunditLisa: 1 John Corrado: 1 Occam: 1 Frankd6: 1(0) = 154(153) rules so far bj0rn - my dog…im a munchkin(or whatever) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973/89 "2000-01-21T13:15:00Z")
OK, so your aim is to make a list of all contributors to this thread. But… dog? Munchkin? Munchy? ## What on Gods Green Earth are you talking about? Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973/90 "2000-01-21T14:05:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Gods Green Earth and if you dont mind me asking in return, what the bugger are you talking about? bj0rn - rule #1001 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973/91 "2000-01-21T14:20:00Z")
Well, it’s a common expression, unlike the ones you seem to use: “what the bugger” “i sodding told you so” “i dont give a buggering sod” Etc, etc. ## Now explain the dogs and munchkins that keep popping up in your posts. Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973/92 "2000-01-22T06:18:00Z")
1. Calmly point out that someone who can count and list the number of Rules each poster has contributed to this thread has waaaayyyyy to much time on his hands. 😉 * * * The trouble with Sir Launcelot is by the time he comes riding up, you’ve already married King Arthur. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973/93 "2000-01-22T06:19:00Z")
my first smiley. i’m so proud. * * * The trouble with Sir Launcelot is by the time he comes riding up, you’ve already married King Arthur. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973/94 "2000-01-22T06:37:00Z")
Do they have green earth in Iceland? Isn’t that why it’s called Iceland? ::d&r:: -Melin ---
**Author:** ![Rousseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Rousseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rousseau)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973/95 "2000-01-22T20:06:00Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. and of course give every rule the benefit of the annoying doubt (\<- its the “spot the rule” competition, and as a bonus, the “how many rules” award will go to the munchie of the tread). > > bj0rn - bla …and he has trouble finding the meaning in “God’s Green Earth.” By Odin, I’ll never understand this guy. By the way, he has yet to justify the dogs and munckins. I know for a fact that there’s some rule here that says I have to point that out. I would go and read through the entire thread again trying to find out the specific number of said rule, if I was a useless incoherent cave-dwelling Viking. * * * The IQ of a group is equal to the IQ of the dumbest member divided by the number of people in the group. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-war-rules/3973.md?page=4)