# Gee, Dexter, do you get pissy over ALL harmless jokes, or just mine? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 20, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-dexter-do-you-get-pissy-over-all-harmless-jokes-or-just-mine/285728 "2005-01-20T15:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-dexter-do-you-get-pissy-over-all-harmless-jokes-or-just-mine/285728/101 "2005-01-22T00:39:10Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Well, no one can deny that you don’t have a way with words. Come on, that was refined. My first response was going to be, “You’re a fag!” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-dexter-do-you-get-pissy-over-all-harmless-jokes-or-just-mine/285728/102 "2005-01-22T00:42:40Z")
> [@Demo](#): > > Come on, that was refined. My first response was going to be, “You’re a fag!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-dexter-do-you-get-pissy-over-all-harmless-jokes-or-just-mine/285728/103 "2005-01-22T00:49:07Z")
> [@Demo](#): > > [Strunk and White’s _Elements of Style_](http://www.bartleby.com/141/) OH! > > :: lightbullb goes off over head :: OH! Sorry, my bad(I think?) Isn’t the light bulb supposed to go _on_ when a moment of clarity is achieved? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-dexter-do-you-get-pissy-over-all-harmless-jokes-or-just-mine/285728/104 "2005-01-22T00:51:38Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > What, you want to take a poll? 'Twas clear to me. Not a great writer like Steinbeck, nor even a lesser writer like King. That sentence was not so intricate as to be hard to unravel; I blame the complainer’s sloppy reading. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-dexter-do-you-get-pissy-over-all-harmless-jokes-or-just-mine/285728/105 "2005-01-22T01:57:47Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > 'Twas clear to me. Not a great writer like Steinbeck, nor even a lesser writer like King. That sentence was not so intricate as to be hard to unravel; I blame the complainer’s sloppy reading. Well aren’t _you_ a pretty boy? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-dexter-do-you-get-pissy-over-all-harmless-jokes-or-just-mine/285728/106 "2005-01-22T06:19:04Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > **Snooooopy** …why not just admit “defeat” and _axe_ that this thread be closed… (italics mine) You mean **ASK**. Cheh. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-dexter-do-you-get-pissy-over-all-harmless-jokes-or-just-mine/285728/107 "2005-01-22T06:20:18Z")
Should have bolded the offending word. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-dexter-do-you-get-pissy-over-all-harmless-jokes-or-just-mine/285728/108 "2005-01-22T07:20:10Z")
> [@Flamsterette\_X](#): > > (italics mine) > > You mean **ASK**. > > Cheh. In this instance, I “axe” just might be appropriate. If **county** were here, he could give this thread the handle, too! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-dexter-do-you-get-pissy-over-all-harmless-jokes-or-just-mine/285728/109 "2005-01-22T07:33:39Z")
I stand by my earlier statement nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-dexter-do-you-get-pissy-over-all-harmless-jokes-or-just-mine/285728/110 "2005-01-22T13:37:04Z")
My god you’re a complete and utter asshole, **Demo**. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-dexter-do-you-get-pissy-over-all-harmless-jokes-or-just-mine/285728/111 "2005-01-22T13:57:35Z")
> [@Flamsterette\_X](#): > > (italics mine) > > You mean **ASK**. > > Cheh. Nope. In this case **axe** seems more appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-dexter-do-you-get-pissy-over-all-harmless-jokes-or-just-mine/285728/112 "2005-01-22T14:49:33Z")
This thread certainly turned into a nasty mess. Not necessarily nastier than many but decidedly pointless in bile flung. Locked. TVeblen Pit mod [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-dexter-do-you-get-pissy-over-all-harmless-jokes-or-just-mine/285728.md?page=5)