# Get off his nuts already! \[Matthews re: JFK\] **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 6, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573 "2012-01-06T01:02:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/1 "2012-01-06T01:02:22Z")
Chris Matthews, of MSNBC, _really_ needs to get out of John F. Kennedy’s butthole. He (Kennedy) was not the second coming of Jesus Christ. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/2 "2012-01-06T01:05:23Z")
Is being “on someones nuts” really a slang term for being overly enamored with someone? If a person really admired me, I’d think I would appreciate it most if they did not stand on my testicles. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/3 "2012-01-06T01:12:56Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Is being “on someones nuts” really a slang term for being overly enamored with someone? If a person really admired me, I’d think I would appreciate it most if they did not stand on my testicles. 😛 I’ll leave it to your powers of intuition and contextual reasoning. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/4 "2012-01-06T02:08:04Z")
What’s the question? Where’s the debate? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/5 "2012-01-06T02:43:41Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > What’s the question? Where’s the debate? _Well…_ Since this isn’t posted in GQ _or_ GD, neither a question nor a debate are to be found in my OP. This seems rather straightforward. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/6 "2012-01-06T03:11:29Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Chris Matthews, of MSNBC, _really_ needs to get out of John F. Kennedy’s butthole. He (Kennedy) was not the second coming of Jesus Christ. You know Matthews has a book about JFK on the NYT best seller list, don’t you? Think he might be promoting it, just a little? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/7 "2012-01-06T05:16:49Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > You know Matthews has a book about JFK on the NYT best seller list, don’t you? Think he might be promoting it, just a little? Yes I know, so he has his Kennedy-worship amped up into overdrive but he always is like that. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/8 "2012-01-06T06:47:09Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > …_really_ needs to get out of John F. Kennedy’s butthole. Chris seldom misses a chance to Up the Irish. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/9 "2012-01-06T07:41:30Z")
So which is it - is he on his nuts or in his butthole? I can’t imagine how he could be both places at once. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/10 "2012-01-06T08:08:38Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > So which is it - is he on his nuts or in his butthole? I can’t imagine how he could be both places at once. Never heard of a reach-around? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/11 "2012-01-06T11:26:54Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > _Well…_ Since this isn’t posted in GQ _or_ GD, neither a question nor a debate are to be found in my OP. This seems rather straightforward. Even though this is IMHO, not GD, the forum purpose is for debating “less than cosmic topics.” you should give your opinion here and not just “throw stuff out there.” if you want, try again, or I’ll probably throw this in MPSIMS. Also you should be clearer with your thread titles so people know wtf you’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/12 "2012-01-06T14:12:38Z")
I went ahead and edited the thread title to add [Matthews re: JFK] ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/13 "2012-01-06T16:32:05Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Is being “on someones nuts” really a slang term for being overly enamored with someone? If a person really admired me, I’d think I would appreciate it most if they did not stand on my testicles. Yes. On one’s jock. On one’s dick. Quit holding it! Usage: LeBron James is the best player in the league right now. Quit holding it! Heavy rotation in 80’s black slang. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/14 "2012-01-06T19:44:44Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Even though this is IMHO, not GD, the forum purpose is for debating “less than cosmic topics.” you should give your opinion here and not just “throw stuff out there.” if you want, try again, or I’ll probably throw this in MPSIMS. > > Also you should be clearer with your thread titles so people know wtf you’re talking about. I thought I _did_ give my opinion: Chris Matthews goes overboard in his brown-nosing of JFK. Eh? ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/15 "2012-01-06T22:26:12Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I thought I _did_ give my opinion: Chris Matthews goes overboard in his brown-nosing of JFK. Eh? That sounds more like you posting something you feel like sharing with others. Your “that is all” is hardly an invitation to discussion of opinions on the matter. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/16 "2012-01-06T22:36:37Z")
Regardless of whether the OP intended to debate or merely “share” the point, the thread would make for better reading if we were given an _example_ or two of Matthews’ alleged sycophancy. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-his-nuts-already-matthews-re-jfk/608573/17 "2012-01-06T22:40:23Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Regardless of whether the OP intended to debate or merely “share” the point, the thread would make for better reading if we were given an _example_ or two of Matthews’ alleged sycophancy. Do you watch his Hardball? He will give you an example every five minutes. He is currently hawking his book on Kennedy, wherein I assume he reveals his forbidden lust for the man.