# FYI: A message for you Obama haters **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 21, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-a-message-for-you-obama-haters/661598 "2013-06-21T23:03:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-a-message-for-you-obama-haters/661598/21 "2013-06-22T10:32:41Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That’s silly. He’s never even been to Miniva. So, this guy walks into a bar and sits at one end of the bar. He sees two lovely women at the other end and tells the bartender to give them whatever drink they desire. The bartender tells him he’s wasting his money. The man tells him he doesn’t think so. The barender nods and gives the beautiful women the drinks they ask for. This happens five times. The sixth time the man asks the bartender to send drinks to the women, the bartender tells him he’s really wasting his money because those two are lesbians. The man thanks the bartender for the information, stands up, walks over to the two beautiful women and asks, “So, what part of Lesbia are you from?” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-a-message-for-you-obama-haters/661598/22 "2013-06-22T11:23:57Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > The tempo is also important, a slow and somber lowering shows special respect, whereas a quick perfunctory lowering is less dignified and implies less significance. These would best be described as “half-fast”. Also, care should be taken in determining exactly how low the flags should be placed. Flying them 2/3 of the way up the pole would be described as “half assed”. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-a-message-for-you-obama-haters/661598/23 "2013-06-22T14:13:34Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Could someone call **John** a cab? I’ve been called worse. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-a-message-for-you-obama-haters/661598/24 "2013-06-22T16:11:02Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > You guys are all missing the meta on this. It was about as appropriate a response to the OP as I could think of. Irregardless of how unique that term “half mast is”, that was the only ting I got out of the OP. Irregardless? Oh man, you’re really asking for it now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-a-message-for-you-obama-haters/661598/25 "2013-06-23T21:29:46Z")
How dare you bring facts into this! Next thing you’ll be trying to say that Obama is not actually going from house to house taking people’s guns from them, or that he isn’t forcing everyone to follow Sharia law, or that he’s actually an American citizen, as if anyone would believe any of that… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-a-message-for-you-obama-haters/661598.md?page=1)