# I AM NOT THE "GRAPIST"!!! **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/101 "2004-12-01T22:35:19Z")
Okay, you’re not the grapist, but I _am_ Sam. ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/102 "2004-12-01T22:51:30Z")
no, Sam **I** am ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/103 "2004-12-01T23:11:48Z")
I do not like green eggs and ham! -lv ---
**Author:** ![MinniePurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@MinniePurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinniePurl)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/104 "2004-12-01T23:44:59Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > i 707411y 49|233!!!1 i7 4150 |/|4|\<35 up p|-|0|2 7|-|3 707411y 5u(|\ > 57upid 5d|/|b 4||d 7|-|3i|2 “//3’|23 5|/|4|273|2 7|-|4|| 7|-|47” 477i7ud3. It’s like he’s trying to speak to me, I know it! ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/105 "2004-12-02T00:04:22Z")
I am not, and you can’t make me. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/106 "2004-12-02T00:11:11Z")
I admit it! I _am_ Captain Rainbow! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/107 "2004-12-02T00:45:44Z")
Well, fine, just so long as you don’t post any prose. I, on the other hand, am not naked. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/108 "2004-12-02T00:53:04Z")
Shouldn’t this thread be over in Grape Debates? ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/109 "2004-12-02T02:50:57Z")
[I am Spock](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0786861827/ref=dp_primary-product-display_0/103-7804616-8535066?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=507846&s=books). ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/110 "2004-12-02T03:19:17Z")
This post has been muted by the Trappist. … ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/111 "2004-12-02T03:27:48Z")
I am not the most witty, charming, intelligent, self-effacing, good-looking man on the planet. ☹ … just the second most… 😃 … after William Hung. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/112 "2004-12-02T03:37:21Z")
> [@](#): > > I AM NOT TH “GRAPIST”!!! > > * * * > > I hav bn posting on svral mssage boards for a long time now, and my posts ar ALWAYS purpl. Th only xcptions ar thos boards with a colord background which dosn’t allow crtain colors to b read when posted. Other than that, it’s pretty much an ingraind habit to coloriz my posts bfore clicking Submit. > > I don’t rmmbr your nams, but for thos who calld me a “grapist”, plase try to rmmbr that I wasn’t hr whn you had that prson on board, and I don’t vn know who it is! From what I understand, this “grapist” would quot othr poples posts and turn thos purpl, and I’m not doing that! I’m simply following on of my own traditions. On other boards, if I wr to post in any color othr than purpl, people would think I was sick or something! It’s my thing, a signatur of sorts. Can’t a girl lik purple??? > > Lt m ask you this: Would you rathr s m posting in yllow? > > Or perhaps, I have stolen all the “Es” from this OP. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/113 "2004-12-02T04:07:52Z")
> [@SandyHook](#): > > I have stolen all the “Es” from this OP. You down wit’ OP E’s? Susan ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/114 "2004-12-02T04:13:01Z")
> [@SandyHook](#): > > I have stolen all the “Es” from this OP. ixnay on the editingway. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/115 "2004-12-02T04:14:48Z")
> [@susan\_foster](#): > > You down wit’ OP E’s? > > Susan 😕 I though OP E’s a character on the _Andy Griffith Show?_ ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/116 "2004-12-02T04:21:58Z")
> [@Spongemom](#): > > HEE-HAW!!! I have bCLOP CLOP CLOPeen posting on several message bo BRAY! ards for a long time now, and my posts are ALWAYS purple. The oGIVE ME SOME DAMN HAY!nly exceptions are those boards with a colorI DON’T FEEL LIKE PLOWING TODAY!ed background which doesn’t allow certain colors to be read when posted. Other than that, it’s pretty much an ingrained habit to colorize HEE-HAW! my posts before clicking Submit. > > I don’t remember you_HORSE IMPRESSION: “NEIGH!”_ r names, but for those who callI’M OUT OF WATER ed me a “grapist”, pleaseHEE-HAW! try to remember that I wasn’t here when you had that person on board, and I don’t even know who it iTIME TO MATE WITH A HORSE AND MAKE INFERTILE OFFSPRING!s! From what I understand, this “grapist” would quote other people’s posts and turn _those_ purple, and I’m not doing that! I’m simply following one of my own traHEE-HAW!ditions. On other boards, if I were to post in any color other than purple, people would think I was sick or something! It’s my _thing_, a signature of sorts. Can’t a girl likeCIRCLE-RUNNING TIME! purple??? This post has been chaoticed and donkied by **chaoticdonkey**! ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/117 "2004-12-02T04:32:52Z")
> [@Spongemom](#): > > 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. > > I don’t remember your names, but for those who called me a “grapist”, please try to remember that I wasn’t here when you had that person on board, and I don’t even know who it is! From what I understand, this “grapist” would quote other people’s posts and turn _those_ purple, and I’m not doing that! I’m simply following one of my own traditions. On other boards, if I were to post in any color other than purple, people would think I was sick or something! It’s my _thing_, a signature of sorts. Can’t a girl like purple??? > > Let me ask you this: Would you rather see me posting in yellow? > > Or perhaps, white? 😃 This post has been gilded by the **Lily**! ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/118 "2004-12-02T05:16:25Z")
> [@Spongemom](#): > > 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. > > I don’t remember your names, but for those who called me a “grapist”, please try to remember that I wasn’t here when you had that person on board, and I don’t even know who it is! From what I understand, this “grapist” would quote other people’s posts and turn _those_ purple, and I’m not doing that! I’m simply following one of my own traditions. On other boards, if I were to post in any color other than purple, people would think I was sick or something! It’s my _thing_, a signature of sorts. Can’t a girl like purple??? > > Let me ask you this: Would you rather see me posting in yellow? > > Or perhaps, white? 😃 This post has been watched by the **Nightwatcher**! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/119 "2004-12-02T05:19:50Z")
You can put colors inside quote tags? Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/120 "2004-12-02T05:24:19Z")
Me, susan, nightwatch & lily, apparently. You, not. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463.md?page=7)