# Here I am, minty green. Something you want to say? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 9, 2002, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400 "2002-12-09T01:04:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/41 "2002-12-09T15:57:21Z")
I told my GF that the personal engraving kit would pay off! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/42 "2002-12-09T15:57:42Z")
All Your Turds Areā€¦ Aw, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/43 "2002-12-09T16:01:13Z")
Wow, is it just me or did this thread make anyone else hungry? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/44 "2002-12-09T16:29:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enderw24 \* > Jesus Christ, **minty** , would you stop hijacking this thread? Moses in high heels dancing naked on a wet bar, **Ender** , could you _be_ any more offensive with that anti-Christian comment?šŸ˜‰ [sub]1. If itā€™s of any concern to anyone, I didnā€™t know ā€œturdburglarā€ was an anti-gay slurā€¦and unless and until we hear back from the poster in question, Iā€™m inclined to believe it wasnā€™t meant as such.[/sub] [sub]2. Pie. Here is your pie, **Tibs** ;)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/45 "2002-12-09T16:48:16Z")
Is that a veiled ā€œBurke and Hareā€ reference? ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/46 "2002-12-09T16:55:16Z")
This shit is pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/47 "2002-12-09T17:02:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBill \* > \*\*All Your Turds Areā€¦ > > Aw, nevermind. \*\* How about When come home bring back ā€¦ Aw, nevermind. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/48 "2002-12-09T17:08:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*2. Pie. Here is your pie, **Tibs** šŸ˜‰ \*\* Say, is that a custurd pie? ---
**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:** [December 9, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/49 "2002-12-09T17:15:53Z")
Geez, I had no idea ā€œturdburglarā€ and ā€œfartknockerā€ were anti-gay, I just always thought they were goofy kindergarten insults. Iā€™m gonna have to see a cite for that, Mr. A. Nemo. So far we just have your word for it. And I notice there are a number of intelligent, educated, worldly-wise people here who have never heard that it was anti-gay, either. So pray enlighten us. Fight our ignorance. Cite? I mean it, Iā€™m not kidding ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/50 "2002-12-09T17:19:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spoke- \* > \*\*Say, is that a custurd pie? \*\* How much would it cost to turn that custard pie into n\*\*\*\*\* pie? ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/51 "2002-12-09T17:22:29Z")
What about **chocolate starfish**? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/52 "2002-12-09T17:25:00Z")
_Bonesmuggler_? ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/53 "2002-12-09T17:25:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dalovindj \* > \*\*This shit is pathetic. \*\* Cite? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/54 "2002-12-09T17:34:12Z")
whoops, lol spoke. ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/55 "2002-12-09T18:16:40Z")
For the record, turdburglar is not necessarily anti-gay, in just the same way that calling **A Nemo** a queer is not necessarily an insult to homosexuals. It perhaps could be used in an anti-gay context, but that clearly wasnā€™t the context I was using. Also, Iā€™d like to add: bonesmuggler. tee hee. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/56 "2002-12-09T18:26:55Z")
> [@](#): > > It perhaps could be used in an anti-gay context, but that clearly wasnā€™t the context I was using. But context and intent doesnā€™t mean anything when the kids want you to be a homophobe . . . Mother-fucking bitch-ass retarded cock-suckers. . . DaLovinā€™ Dj ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/57 "2002-12-09T18:39:46Z")
zah? ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/58 "2002-12-09T18:41:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eternal \* > For the record, turdburglar is not necessarily anti-gay Gotta weigh in here: that term is most definitely an anti-gay invective, as anyone who has not been living in a cave for the last 50 years should know. > [@](#): > > , in just the same way that calling **A Nemo** a queer is not necessarily an insult to homosexuals. WTF? You got taken to task for using an anti-gay slur, so now youā€™re gonna use _more_ of them? Asshole. > [@](#): > > It perhaps could be used in an anti-gay context, but that clearly wasnā€™t the context I was using. Bullshit. Thatā€™s like saying you werenā€™t using ā€œniggerā€ in an anti-black context.:rolleyes: > [@](#): > > Also, Iā€™d like to add: bonesmuggler. tee hee. What are you, five years old? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/59 "2002-12-09T18:46:08Z")
well **blowero** then by your standard, many of the people who posted in this thread have been living in a cave for the past 50 years. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400/60 "2002-12-09T18:54:14Z")
> [@](#): > > zah? Is that German or something? Either way, I assume it was directed at my post. I was pointing out that there is a lynching society running around these parts that often sees homophobes where there are none. The latter part of my post was supposed to be illustrative. Can one assume from my string of insults that I am bigoted against mentally disabled blow-job giving people with asses like a dog who have sex with mothers? I think not. Some of my closest friends are . . . nevermind. The underlying question is: When does a witty hack turn into a homophobic slur, and who should decide when this line has been crossed? The kids around here draw the line with excessive zeal and far too often where it is unwarranted. They do their cause harm in my eyes with this misplaced oversensitivity. Dalovinā€™ Dj [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-am-minty-green-something-you-want-to-say/141400.md?page=4)