# Get off your cross, Giraffe **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 10, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225 "2006-06-10T18:45:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/41 "2006-06-11T00:32:19Z")
Can giraffes fly like [Peter O’Toole](http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_product.asp?affiliateID=41&adID=200&master_movie_id=4417&sku=)? Save yourself, **Big G!** You can do it! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/42 "2006-06-11T00:38:23Z")
What noise does a Giraffe make when it sneezes? _pitHOOey!_ What nut do discerning Giraffe’s prefer? _pitachioes_ ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/43 "2006-06-11T00:39:52Z")
You did not see an apostrophe in this former English teacher’s last post. Did not. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/44 "2006-06-11T00:57:22Z")
_::: Points at apostrophe and laughs. :::_ ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/45 "2006-06-11T01:14:46Z")
I am certain that **Giraffe** wrote a very clear post telling **Ellis Dee** precisely where to put his sports OPs. But he restrained himself. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/46 "2006-06-11T01:18:51Z")
This is the silliest Pit thread I’ve ever read. Dude, only do the green stuff!!! The brown blotter’s got _strychnene_ in it!!! ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/47 "2006-06-11T01:24:53Z")
[QUOTE=Zoe] You did not see an apostrophe in this former English teacher’s last post. Did not. [/QUOTE] You mean, the a_pit_strophe? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/48 "2006-06-11T01:31:36Z")
This persistent pursuit of puns is positively pithological. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/49 "2006-06-11T01:43:22Z")
**Pit** h off. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/50 "2006-06-11T01:53:10Z")
Look at what you started, **tomndebb**. LOOK!! The puns! The horrible, horrible puns! If you had even a shred of human decency, you would be ashamed of yourself right now. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/51 "2006-06-11T02:05:33Z")
Human decency? I’m a Mod. Besides, puns are the only form of humor that do not rely on disparaging people. We should embrace them as the highest form of humor. I certainly think that no one in this thread has been PUNished by the wordplay. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/52 "2006-06-11T02:08:04Z")
Now you’re just puntificating. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/53 "2006-06-11T02:20:18Z")
I’m personally hoping it continues for quite a while – the Google ads for plush Little Giraffe toys are intriguing. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/54 "2006-06-11T02:24:50Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] Besides, puns are the only form of humor that do not rely on disparaging people. [/QUOTE] Unless you count the person telling the pun. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/55 "2006-06-11T02:25:38Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] I’m personally hoping it continues for quite a while – the Google ads for plush Little Giraffe toys are intriguing. [/QUOTE] Well the Google ad I’m getting says, worryingly, **The One Prophesised by all.** ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/56 "2006-06-11T06:45:10Z")
What, has the Great Urinal Sandwich incident already passed from the boards’ collective conciousness? ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/57 "2006-06-11T21:38:33Z")
Ellis Dee - Hey, I had a thread moved, and you don’t hear _me_ grumbling about it! … Um, if you were trying to drum up sympathy for your cause…well, you failed. Sorry, bub, can’t win 'em all. (If you’re looking for a place where the mods never do anything, there’s always DDRFreak. Of course, you probably won’t like what that leads to… 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/58 "2006-06-11T22:08:29Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] Well the Google ad I’m getting says, worryingly, **The One Prophesised by all.** [/QUOTE] Mine is "Buy the new book “How Democrats Can Take Back Congress’ today!” ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/59 "2006-06-11T22:10:54Z")
[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] Mine is "Buy the new book “How Democrats Can Take Back Congress’ today!” [/QUOTE] We’ve developed an algorithm that targets your politcal bent. And, can target it in like a laser-guided 500 lb. bomb. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225/60 "2006-06-11T22:15:03Z")
[QUOTE=Smeghead] What, has the Great Urinal Sandwich incident already passed from the boards’ collective conciousness? [/QUOTE] We save that up for special occasions, that and the 13 year old. I’ve just had a thread moved, twice. Not that I’m suggesting the mods don’t know what they are doing. Not me, no. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-your-cross-giraffe/360225.md?page=4)