# Haha- fuck you Oafrah! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 30, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606 "2007-10-30T18:25:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/201 "2007-10-31T01:09:58Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] “Bullshit. She never said anything like that. You’re either totally misunderstanding something else she said, or deliberately making shit up because you’ve got some bizarre grudge against the woman.” [/QUOTE] Of course! It all makes sense now: **Wee Bairn** is Oprah’s **Peter Morris**! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/202 "2007-10-31T01:12:43Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] So what would you say of one who caved in to peer pressure on a message board? [/quote] There is a distinction between giving in to peer pressure and simply taking good advice. Clearly, you have yet to learn this. [QUOTE=Wee Bairn] Why does me calling someone known to no one here a childish name bother you anyway? [/QUOTE] I was simply noting that it makes you look petty and small-minded; if you can live with that, it’s no skin off my nose. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/203 "2007-10-31T01:14:37Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] 😃 Thank you, **Miller** – I physically needed a thorough-going belly laugh tonight. 😃 [/QUOTE] If that gave you belly laugh, you must shit yourself watching “According to Jim”… ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/204 "2007-10-31T01:19:54Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] There is a distinction between giving in to peer pressure and simply taking good advice. Clearly, you have yet to learn this. I was simply noting that it makes you look petty and small-minded; if you can live with that, it’s no skin off my nose. [/QUOTE] Do tell, why is it taking good advice to stop calling her Oafrah? Is she going to sense it and smite me? Unless she’s on this board, who is it harming? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/205 "2007-10-31T01:21:10Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] Do tell, why is it taking good advice to stop calling her Oafrah? [/QUOTE] Did you not understand that part where I noted it makes you look petty and small-minded? ---
**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:** [October 31, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/206 "2007-10-31T01:22:14Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] Do tell, why is it taking good advice to stop calling her Oafrah? Is she going to sense it and smite me? Unless she’s on this board, who is it harming? [/QUOTE] You, though you lack even half the wit to comprehend why. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/207 "2007-10-31T01:24:25Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Did you not understand that part where I noted it makes you look petty and small-minded? [/QUOTE] It was a petty rant and is admittedly a very old, very petty gag. But it amuses me. And like I’m gonna type a name as stupid as Oprah fifty times? ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/208 "2007-10-31T01:26:09Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] You, though you lack even half the wit to comprehend why. [/QUOTE] You would think after eight count em eight attempts at humour in this post, that you would have succedded at least once. I read philosphy. Idiots don’t read philosophy. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/209 "2007-10-31T01:30:16Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] I read philosphy. Idiots don’t read philosophy. [/QUOTE] quoting a funny movie don’t make you funny. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/210 "2007-10-31T01:41:02Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] I read philosphy. Idiots don’t read philosophy. [/QUOTE] Sure they do. It’s called community college. _I keed I keed!_ ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/211 "2007-10-31T01:48:52Z")
[QUOTE=wring] quoting a funny movie don’t make you funny. [/QUOTE] I’m just glad I didn’t ten responses thinking that post was serious. But this thread is evidence of an intersting dynamic on this board. You make a post that goes against the collective mindset, and not only do 100 people jump in to call you stupid, but with some weirdly heightened vitriol. It’s not like I said the Holocaust never happened, I said I don’t agree with one aspect in the life of a famous person who wouldn’t spit on me if she walked by. And probably 2 of the 100 even give a shit about Oprah, its just here’s achance to show how smart I am, or witty or whatever. Add to that posters like\*\* miller\*\* who exposed himself as a chickenshit by railing on me for my comments, and then when **Dio** at least partially agreed with my sentiments what did he do? He then asked Dio a question with no venom, very politely, full of repsect- and why? Because he’s too gutless to do battle with **Dio** , who would rip him another asshole (I don’t blame him though, I wouldn’t want to battle him either.) Point being, same “crazy” view, two different posters, one gets five pages of assualt, the other polite respect. And **miller** I’ll supply your response so you don’t have to bother- \*\*Dio \*\* is unquestionably deserving of your respect, I am not. And I agree 100%. He is my personal favorite, one who I have never disagreed with his posts, so I agree with you on that apsect, but the point still stands. Person A says the Holocaust never happend, put him the loony bin. Person B who you like/fear/whatever says it, oh, uh that’s different. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/212 "2007-10-31T01:55:46Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] So she didn’t say the quote, or I didn’t present it properly? [/QUOTE] You didn’t present it properly. File for future reference. Plus it did nothing to bolster your case. File THAT for future reference, too–in future, when come back, bring relevant cites. And pie. > [@Wee Bairn](#): > > OK, who ever approved that at NW is stupid too. Why? Be specific. Show your work. > [@Wee Bairn](#): > > nd is a big phony by claiming over and over she was on top of the daily events. In spite of repeated requests, you have yet to produce a cite that shows that she in fact DID claim “over and over” to be “on top of the daily events”. Your Wiki article says nothing like that. > [@Wee Bairn](#): > > I watch the goddamn show every fucking day, I hear it over and over. “My post is my cite”? Uh huh. And may I ask–if you despise her so much, why do you watch her show every fucking day? > [@Wee Bairn](#): > > please address what you feel the problem to be with the above. that and my opinion that the money could have been better spent on a less opulent school for more kids are the claims I have made. For a minute drop the grandstanding and address, por favor. So you’re changing your OP? You are no longer Pitting her for running a pedophile’s paradise– **now** you’re Pitting her for spending too much money on one of her schools? Fine, fine, whatever, just trying to keep the OPs straight here. > [@Wee Bairn](#): > > Now instead of abstract dismissals Yes, let’s not discuss anything in the abstract here, because that would be, like, _debating_, and we can’t have that–we’re here to vilify a plutocrat, dammit! > [@Miller](#): > > But you know what? You’re right. It won’t fucking matter. Because even if you do somehow find a quote where Oprah claims that she, personally, teaches every lesson in the school, cooks all the meals, and wipes the asses of every single one of her students, the fact of the matter is that she’s still done more to make a positive change in these girls life than you have ever done for anyone, anywhere, under any circumstance, and your constant harping on her for building a fucking school with her own money, as if that’s some sort of fucking character flaw, reveals you to be a petty, bitter little shit who wouldn’t know a decent act if it pushed you in front of an oncoming train. The absolute worst thing you can pin on Oprah Winfrey here is engaging in hyperbole, and you’ve managed to transform that into a four page embarassment for yourself. Congratulations, dickhead. You’re a real winner. [applauds] Preach it, brother! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/213 "2007-10-31T01:58:33Z")
\ you know that **wee bairn** is an anagram for\*\* ewe brain\*\*? My work here is done. \ I suggest you go to Africa, work at this school and suffer 300 thread count sheets–they ain’t all that comfy. Why are the poor not allowed minor, trivial luxuries? Is it bad for their character? How very Victorian of you. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/214 "2007-10-31T02:03:38Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] And like I’m gonna type a name as stupid as Oprah fifty times? [/QUOTE] Why do I strongly suspect you won’t see the burning irony inherent in this? ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/215 "2007-10-31T02:05:16Z")
Ah. And now we arrive at the inevitable “you’re all against me!” whine. [QUOTE=Wee Bairn] I said I don’t agree with one aspect in the life of a famous person [/QUOTE] :dubious: What you said was: > [@](#): > > - Haha- fuck you Oafrah! > Maybe now you’ll realize when you go so far as to put your goddamn stupid name in 20 feet high letters on a school (to glorify yourself) for young girls in a dangerous country, maybe you’ll actually, oh I don’t know, have a fucking clue what’s going there? It seems like the students would be safer on the streets of South Africa than in your little “haven”. How it works is, when you don’t want responsibility you just write a fat check- that way you don’t really have to know what the hell is going on, but when you act like you actually layed the bricks yourself, you need to you know, be actually involved and what not. Don’t take all the fucking glory and then shun the blame, your “I take full responsibility” crap notwithstanding. What does that mean exactly, anyway? > > Your little tearfest/photo-op was priceless, and you went so far as to give the students your personal cell phone number so that they can contact you if needed! What a useless move that was! Do young poor girls in South Africa have phones to call you, and if so, can they or their parents afford the long distance bill? And the fucking mindless parents and kids praising Oafrah afterward- did that reek of Jim Jones and his followers or what? > > How did the teachers for the school get hired exactly? Were background checks done? If this were at some daycare in the States, there’d be real talk of prosecution of the owner, but you’ve obviously done something (money perhaps?) that the goddamn stupid parents are actual praising you, saying its not your fault, that you’re a victim as well- poor Oafrah! Our daughter got beaten and fondled, but that’s nothing compared to what Oafrah is going through now! How much in hush money is standard now, for the beating and molestation of ones daughter? Haha fuck you!\* Hardly the minor quibble with one aspect of Oprah’s life that you suddenly seem to think it was. Sounded more like borderline libellous “Oprah is lazy, stupid, a braggart, a liar, a poser, and an enabler of molesters who eschews personal responsibility for her actions”. “Disagreeing with one aspect of her life” would be more like, “Geez, why does she wear those friggin’ big COLLARS!?” ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/216 "2007-10-31T02:15:03Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Why do I strongly suspect you won’t see the burning irony inherent in this? [/QUOTE] Oh but I do. Most of my latter posts are phrased to take the piss out of others who think they’re so clever, outwitting some drooling idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/217 "2007-10-31T02:16:32Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] \ you know that **wee bairn** is an anagram for\*\* ewe brain\*\*? My work here is done. \ I suggest you go to Africa, work at this school and suffer 300 thread count sheets–they ain’t all that comfy. Why are the poor not allowed minor, trivial luxuries? Is it bad for their character? How very Victorian of you. [/QUOTE] eleanorigby is an anagram for big- something. **ddg** the school incident = one aspect of her life. but again- because its wasteful! She can buy them all solid gold toilets, its her money, but I can call it wasteful if I want- whats so hard to get about that? and why is she taking “full responsibility” for something not at all her fault **miller**? ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/218 "2007-10-31T02:23:31Z")
and **ddg** , I would love to respond one by one like you did, but I taint smart enought to figure out to how do it that way, and writing it down would be time consuming. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/219 "2007-10-31T02:25:16Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] [QUOTE=Frank] Obsess, much? [/QUOTE] not by choice, obviously I thought. [/QUOTE] What, are you handcuffed to your grandmother? Is every room in your house equipped with a TV that plays nothing but the Oprah show and lacks the ‘off’ button? How utterly helpless are you, that you can’t choose to **not** watch a show you hate?? ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606/220 "2007-10-31T02:26:56Z")
[QUOTE=Orual] What, are you handcuffed to your grandmother? Is every room in your house equipped with a TV that plays nothing but the Oprah show and lacks the ‘off’ button? How utterly helpless are you, that you can’t choose to **not** watch a show you hate?? [/QUOTE] At work my sup watches at the same time I’m on lunch. She’s a huge fan, so I can be an asshole and ask her to turn from a show she loves, or I can tolerate it, or I can sit in the car for an hour. Being a _tolerant_ person (rare in this post), I watch it while making snide comments- about her weight, her being in the closet, etc. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-fuck-you-oafrah/424606.md?page=12)