# Free Electricity From the Sun **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 30, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054 "2001-03-30T02:17:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [April 2, 2001, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054/101 "2001-04-02T12:44:09Z")
**SCORE!!!** ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2001, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054/102 "2001-04-02T12:56:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Cynical \* > \*\ ***SCORE!!!** \*\* you forgot some essential elements: The pot/kettle/apples/oranges reference, reference to oneself in the third person and, of course: :rolleyes: Otherwise, it simply cannot be a **fatherjohn** [sup]TM[/sup] posting. ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2001, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054/103 "2001-04-02T13:13:18Z")
Don’t forget “sorry to have sunk your ‘battleship.’” And quoting someone only to snip the entire thing with some “witty” comment. Skimming over the links **coosa** provided, I found something in [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=8323) which I think sums up my feelings here perfectly. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TomH \* > \*\*I’m genuinely disturbed to learn that he’s an adult. Everything in the tone and quality of his posts suggested to me that he was fifteen or sixteen. Maybe he posts drunk or something? \*\* I thought for sure this guy was college-aged at best. (Not actually _in_ college, mind you, just college-aged.) ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2001, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054/104 "2001-04-02T14:37:07Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Mr Cynical_ > THANK YOU GOD! Well, thank you Lynn Bodini, at least. Same person? Can I stop calling myself The AlbertRose now? ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2001, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054/105 "2001-04-02T15:39:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sofa King \* > **YWalker** , you’re like, a girl? I think I want to have sex with you now. Woo-hoo! I’ve been virtually propositioned! 😃 \*\*\*\* Shudder \*\*\*\*\* … but in a _ **fatherjohn** _ thread. \*\*\*\*\* Shudder \*\*\*\*\*\* :eek: It just seems so dirty. Maybe we can try a less objectionable thread. Maybe one on bestiality or devouring your young, or something?😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054/106 "2001-04-02T19:27:27Z")
Geez, and I was hoping she’d be won over by my _Walrus and the Carpenter_ parody in the other thread! 😉 ---
**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:** [April 2, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054/107 "2001-04-02T19:47:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*I thought for sure this guy was college-aged at best. (Not actually _in_ college, mind you, just college-aged.) \*\* Looks about as old as Yale to me. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2001, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054/108 "2001-04-02T20:17:51Z")
In hindsight, I’m actually disappointed in myself that I didn’t have him pinned down earlier. 1. ‘john’ in the name. 2. childlike enthusiasm when he thinks he has made a point. 3. uncanny ability to ignore valid points/questions that show him to be wrong “How to spot formerly banned trolls/morons in their new incarnations on the SD.” **Coldie** , when does that online seminar start? Sign me up in advance. ---
**Author:** ![KP235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@KP235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KP235)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054/109 "2001-04-03T03:35:20Z")
Ok, I’ll probably be the last one to drive a nail in this coffin but I really did want to get this in earlier… I’m sorry to see **fatherjohn** leave so abruptly, as I did want his input on something. Through reading this thread I completely understand why he isn’t around (under that name) anymore. I did think it kinda creepy that he isn’t a teenager, but to each there own I suppose. Back to what I wanted his advice on, my F-150 is getting kind of up there in age, and I was thinking of replacing it. I came across [this](http://hometown.aol.com/kp235/), and I wondered what he thought. It seemed cool to me, intimidating, yet understated. I guess I’ll never have his input now. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054/110 "2001-04-03T03:42:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KP235 \* > **I’m sorry to see fatherjohn leave so abruptly** Please, pleeeeeeeze tell me you’re kidding, OK? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054/111 "2001-04-03T04:07:59Z")
The things you miss…a somewhat-energy-related Board meltdown and self-destruction. Damn, wish I’d been here. ---
**Author:** ![KP235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@KP235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KP235)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054/112 "2001-04-03T04:22:05Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by thedoorsrule1045 \* \*\* [QUOTE Please, pleeeeeeeze tell me you’re kidding, OK? \*\*[/QUOTE] Well YA! I mean, if you’d click the link, I think you’d see I was kidding. (Or maybe not, I’m good at telling jokes that only I find funny) P.S. I did think that was a funny one! ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054/113 "2001-04-03T19:57:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KP235 \* > \*\*P.S. I did think that was a funny one! \*\* BWAHAHA! Isn’t that Mr. Cynical’s truck?!?! ::fleeing:: ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2001, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054/114 "2001-04-04T00:29:00Z")
Oh, man. John the Cyberian! I first tangled with that character years ago, on Opal’s old Fathom board. It was a grindingly interminable debate over the Khazars - don’t ask -, a subject very near and dear to his heart. He’s a real specimen. (Ah yes, and who could ever forget that he’s a diehard, stalwart Republican?) Reading his latest contributions, and in my leaned and experienced opinion, since that time John has lost a lot of his … how do you say? chops, game, moves, razzamatazz. I think he must be getting old. Maybe he should think about hanging it up for good. ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2001, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054/115 "2001-04-04T00:33:15Z")
Oh, man. John the Cyberian! I first tangled with that character years ago, on Opal’s old Fathom board. It was a grindingly interminable debate over the Khazars - don’t ask -, a subject very near and dear to his heart. He’s a real specimen. (Ah yes, and who could ever forget that he’s a diehard, stalwart Republican? ) Reading his latest contributions, and in my leaned and experienced opinion, since that time John has lost a lot of his … how do you say? chops, game, moves, razzamatazz. I think he must be getting old. Maybe he should think about hanging it up for good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-the-sun/60054.md?page=5)