# "guests" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 23, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927 "2004-03-23T16:58:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [March 23, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/61 "2004-03-23T23:40:40Z")
> [@sailor](#): > > This one works though: [http://will.invade.Iraq.forfood.org/](http://will.invade.Iraq.forfood.org/) I think you mean “oil”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/62 "2004-03-24T00:19:30Z")
But will we require guests to [remove their shoes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=242854) ? ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/63 "2004-03-24T01:19:26Z")
jarbabyj, :rolleyes: Do you not understand parody(which the OP is, a parody of the elitist attitude towards people who can’t affof the $5)? Just because a thread contains humor doesn’t mean it’s A JOKE THREAD IN THE PIT HOLY SHIT THE SKY’S FALLING CALL THE MODS JOKE THREAD IN THE PIT. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/64 "2004-03-24T01:50:09Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Oh yeah, and re: the OP: if it’s a joke, it’s a fairly stupid one. If not, well, it’s even more stupid. I’m not sure if this is a joke or a troll, either way I’m NOT HAPPY. > [@Una Persson](#): > > Well, it’s either a joke thread which is going to have an unpleasant ending, or an incredibly insensitive and boorish thread, which is going to have a differently unpleasant ending. > > Let’s see what’s behind Door Number 3. Door number three is this thread is going to get closed, with a stern warning to **Trunk** not to do it again. I don’t want to see people trying to stir up diviseness between board members, especially about something as petty as this. Lynn For the Straight Dope ---
**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:** [March 24, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/65 "2004-03-24T03:32:06Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > Door number three is this thread is going to get closed, with a stern warning to **Trunk** not to do it again. I don’t want to see people trying to stir up diviseness between board members, especially about something as petty as this. > > Lynn > For the Straight Dope I apologize, Lynn. I was actually just trying to make a humourous game-show type reference, not flame the OP or be divisive. In fact, that was kind of opposite my intent, as I was trying to point out it wasn’t a good topic for that reason. Guess I did not write clearly enough, as usual. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/66 "2004-03-24T03:41:27Z")
> [@Jojo](#): > > Hey, I _like_ being a guest. > > We are the freewheelin’ anarchists of the straight dope. Wherever we lay our hats, that’s our home. Every night, we hitch our wagon to a star. We don’t play by the rules but we get things done. We are the working class, the proletariat. > > Charter members have sold out to The Man. They are under the knuckle of the Establishment. Come the revolution, they will be the first ones against the wall. > > Guests UNITE! Be proud in your guestdom. Proclaim it from the hills. I’m reaching for the Neil Young CD as we speak . . . man, it’s been years since I spray painted a copper . . . I’m a guest in my own Internet home ! . . . I’m being evicted from my spiritual home ! . . . Guests are people, too ! . . . Freedom for Tooting ! ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/67 "2004-03-24T03:48:09Z")
> [@Una Persson](#): > > I apologize, Lynn. I was actually just trying to make a humourous game-show type reference, not flame the OP or be divisive. In fact, that was kind of opposite my intent, as I was trying to point out it wasn’t a good topic for that reason. Guess I did not write clearly enough, as usual. I didn’t take **Lynn’s** comment as a reprimand to you, **Una** , but rather as her agreeing with you and riff-ing off of your scenario. 🙂 Fenris ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/68 "2004-03-24T04:03:56Z")
Two hours later and the thread’s still open. Someone musta lost the key, huh? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/69 "2004-03-24T04:56:26Z")
> [@](#): > > May I modify this and use it as a sig? Please? Er, sure, but not beyond all recognition, if you don’t mind. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/70 "2004-03-24T05:05:26Z")
“Freewheeling anarchist”? I like that! I’m not a guest, I’m an anarchist! ---
**Author:** ![Denis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Denis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Denis)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/71 "2004-03-24T06:08:34Z")
When come back to trainwreck, bring credit card! Honestly, OP (no, I won’t type your name, because you’re a dumbass), joke threads are verboten in the Pit. It’s your (dumb) ass! ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/72 "2004-03-24T06:57:39Z")
> [@Interrobang!?](#): > > . . . > > So you can subscribe anytime before April 21 and still get this month free. Excellent. Thank you for the information, which I must’ve missed (I only read the thread’s beginning, and I didn’t have any questions, so I didn’t read further…). /me wonders if Lynn forgot to click “Close Thread.” ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/73 "2004-03-24T12:14:08Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Can we call it an attempt at a humorous, preemptive social commentary on the inevitable jackholes who are going to bitch and moan about some sort of ill-perceived class distinction between Charter Members, Members and Guests and call it a day? Munch wins the prize. Come on. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/74 "2004-03-24T14:06:01Z")
Woohoo! ---
**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:** [March 24, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/75 "2004-03-24T16:52:16Z")
:: **Hamlet** \* walks into the thread, knowing it’s closed\* Grabbing a bag of cheetos, I take off my pants and shirt, and plop myself down on the overstuffed chair. I grab the remote and begin stuffing cheetos into my gaping maw and taking swigs of beer. When I get the NCAA tournament on the t.v., I put down the remote, put my hands in the top of my pants, sit back, and let rip with a huge belch.\* AHHHHHHHHHH!!! This is the life… _scratching myself_ I sure am glad all the riff raff are gone. _farting_ Finally, a place to be alone and relax. _picking my nose_ Nothing like letting your hair down in a closed thread. _scrathing myself again._ ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/76 "2004-03-24T17:58:33Z")
Most great and glorious **Lynn** when come back, close thread. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/77 "2004-03-24T18:09:53Z")
[This guy](http://will.close.thread.forfood.org/) seems willing enough… ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/78 "2004-03-24T18:24:49Z")
> [@Mycroft Holmes](#): > > Oh, and I assume your location means you’re form “Balmer”. Just more proof that eating too many crabcakes messes with your brains. 😃 For the better, man. For the better. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/79 "2004-03-24T19:20:01Z")
> [@GaWd](#): > > What the fuck? > > Let the elitism begin… :rolleyes: Hey, I was really hoping that we could all have a number with our “Charter Member” tag. You know, like “Charter Member #17”, so we could REALLY lord it over the higher numbered schmucks. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927/80 "2004-03-24T19:30:11Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Hey, I was really hoping that we could all have a number with our “Charter Member” tag. You know, like “Charter Member #17”, so we could REALLY lord it over the higher numbered schmucks. Damn good idea, Chefguy. You should petition the admins and see if maybe they won’t auction off the lower 100 “charter Member” numbers to make even MORE money for their losing business model of the SDMB. Great Idea. Sam [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/235927.md?page=5)