# I AM NOT THE "GRAPIST"!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 1, 2004, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463 "2004-12-01T07:04:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/41 "2004-12-01T16:25:16Z")

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These are not the droids we’re looking for.

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/42 "2004-12-01T16:27:32Z")

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If colorful nonsense is something you wish!  
Then drop to the pit and flop like a fish!

Spongemom Squarepants!!!  
Spongemom Squarepants!!!  
Spongemom Squarepants!!!

Spongemom  
Squarepants!!!

(Couldn’t stand all that hugeness of font)

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/43 "2004-12-01T16:28:12Z")

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I am not amused

well, actually I am

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/44 "2004-12-01T16:28:55Z")

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[I am not an Austrian Economist.](http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/whyaust.htm)

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/45 "2004-12-01T16:30:51Z")

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I am not Spock. Live Long And Prosper, though.

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/46 "2004-12-01T16:38:59Z")

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I am not the walrus.

Coo-coo-ca-choo.

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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/47 "2004-12-01T16:49:25Z")

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[spoiler]C:  
C:\I have been posting on several message boards for a long time now, and my posts are ALWAYS purple. The only exceptions are those boards with a colored background which doesn’t allow certain colors to be read when posted. Other than that, it’s pretty much an ingrained habit to colorize my posts before clicking Submit.

Bad command or file name  
C:  
C:  
[/spoiler]  
This post has been banished to the Dos Ages.

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**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/48 "2004-12-01T16:53:31Z")

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I am not a number.

I am a FREE MAN!

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**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/49 "2004-12-01T16:53:56Z")

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For all you Molson drinkers…

“I Am Not Canadian!!!”

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**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/50 "2004-12-01T17:02:19Z")

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I do not think, therefore I am not.

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**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/51 "2004-12-01T17:06:43Z")

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I am not John Galt.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/52 "2004-12-01T17:09:21Z")

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I am **Nott.**

When I first saw the moniker **Spongemom,** I wondered if she’s a woman for whom the Today Sponge® contraceptive did not work, hence the name.

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**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/53 "2004-12-01T17:10:23Z")

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I am not someone who especially misses The Grapist.

Having said that, I welcome our new purple overlords.

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/54 "2004-12-01T17:12:49Z")

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I yam not what I yam.

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/55 "2004-12-01T17:14:54Z")

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I am not a model, nor am I up to date.

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/56 "2004-12-01T17:15:19Z")

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I’m not Brian and so’s my wife.

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/57 "2004-12-01T17:21:24Z")

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I’m not an actress, but I play one on TV.

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**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/58 "2004-12-01T17:21:25Z")

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> [@shijinn](#):
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> [spoiler]C:  
> C:\I have been posting on several message boards for a long time now, and my posts are ALWAYS purple. The only exceptions are those boards with a colored background which doesn’t allow certain colors to be read when posted. Other than that, it’s pretty much an ingrained habit to colorize my posts before clicking Submit.
> 
> Bad command or file name  
> C:  
> C:  
> [/spoiler]  
> This post has been banished to the Dos Ages.

This is brilliant.

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**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/59 "2004-12-01T17:50:22Z")

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Anybody know what the hell this is about?

_The Hammurderer is quickly becoming regarded as the worst-received advertising mascot since Kool-Aid’s 1989 discontinuation of “The Grapist,” a huge purple monster who sodomizes thirsty children._

I think it’s connected somehow to The Onion…

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/60 "2004-12-01T18:00:52Z")

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> [@Loopydude](#):
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> Anybody know what the hell this is about?
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> _The Hammurderer is quickly becoming regarded as the worst-received advertising mascot since Kool-Aid’s 1989 discontinuation of “The Grapist,” a huge purple monster who sodomizes thirsty children._
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> I think it’s connected somehow to The Onion…

Yup, The article was about the diecontinuation of the “Hammurderer” character by McD’s. It also mentioned a character called “The Mac Head.”

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