# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/161 "2004-12-03T01:25:27Z")
I am not likely to be eaten by a grue. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/162 "2004-12-03T01:45:50Z")
I’m not dead! (Yes, you are, you’ll be stone-cold in a minute…) I’m getting better! ---
**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 3, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/163 "2004-12-03T01:52:28Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > I should hope that you are also not **Jack Dean Tyler**. I swear I typed “Jack Dean Tyler”. I suspect my post was tampered with. Is there a Johnist on the loose? **Green Bean** , In honor of your unfailing rationality, niceness, and inability to seize an opportunity, I am greening your post. > [@](#): > > Spongemom: This is a very special place. Many of our customs are in place because we find that they are conducive to the substantive discussion and debate that distinguish this board. Among those customs are using correct spelling and grammar, and posting in the default font and color. > > You are free to post in purple, of course, but as you’ve found, your posts will likely be met with jokes or ignored. Your OP suggests that you are irked by this. Well, I’m not sure what you expect. You have been gently told that people find your purple postings annoying, yet you insist that you must “break up the monotony.” I don’t think the rest of us find it monotonous. It is rude to enter someone’s house and force your own customs on them. > > Please consider posting in black. Nobody here cares that purple is your “trademark.” We only care what you have to say. ---
**Author:** ![Tio\_Gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Tio\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tio_Gringo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/164 "2004-12-03T02:16:32Z")
I am not a Berliner. ---
**Author:** ![finette6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@finette6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/finette6)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/165 "2004-12-03T02:20:09Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > I am, I said. I am, said I. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/166 "2004-12-03T02:44:50Z")
Spongemom is actually the nom de plume of Barney! ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/167 "2004-12-03T03:42:27Z")
I am not Jack’s cancer. (Wasn’t there an OP somewhere in this thread?) ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/168 "2004-12-03T04:29:09Z")
> [@Green Bean](#): > > **Spongemom** : This is a very special place. Many of our customs are in place because we find that they are conducive to the substantive discussion and debate that distinguish this board. Among those customs are using correct spelling and grammar, and posting in the default font and color. > > You are free to post in purple, of course, but as you’ve found, your posts will likely be met with jokes or ignored. Your OP suggests that you are irked by this. Well, I’m not sure what you expect. You have been gently told that people find your purple postings annoying, yet you insist that you must “break up the monotony.” I don’t think the rest of us find it monotonous. It is rude to enter someone’s house and force your own customs on them. > > Please consider posting in black. Nobody here cares that purple is your “trademark.” We only care what you have to say. This post has been skimmed by the SKIM-OVERER. ---
**Author:** ![Spongemom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Spongemom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spongemom)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/169 "2004-12-03T04:42:52Z")
> [@Green Bean](#): > > **Spongemom** : This is a very special place. Many of our customs are in place because we find that they are conducive to the substantive discussion and debate that distinguish this board. Among those customs are using correct spelling and grammar, and posting in the default font and color. > > You are free to post in purple, of course, but as you’ve found, your posts will likely be met with jokes or ignored. Your OP suggests that you are irked by this. Well, I’m not sure what you expect. You have been gently told that people find your purple postings annoying, yet you insist that you must “break up the monotony.” I don’t think the rest of us find it monotonous. It is rude to enter someone’s house and force your own customs on them. > > Please consider posting in black. Nobody here cares that purple is your “trademark.” We only care what you have to say. Your politeness is much appreciated. Thank you. I now see where you all were coming from, and I will put forth my best efforts in curbing my habit while on this board. I only have one question. How did you decide on your screen name?? ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/170 "2004-12-03T05:50:34Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > I’m not dead! > > (Yes, you are, you’ll be stone-cold in a minute…) > > I’m getting better! You are Mary, Queen of Scots? ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/171 "2004-12-03T09:11:20Z")
> [@finette6](#): > > I am, said I. I do not like green eggs and pie. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/172 "2004-12-03T09:14:18Z")
> [@Spongemom](#): > > Your politeness is much appreciated. Thank you. I now see where you all were coming from, and I will put forth my best efforts in curbing my habit while on this board. I only have one question. How did you decide on your screen name?? Well, I’ve had this handle for the longest time, and will probably continue to have it for the longest time after as well… If anything, though, just choose something you’ll like to look at for _the rest of your life MUAHAHAhahaAHAHAHAHAAH_ [sub]_ahem_[/sub] because you only get one name change. Punny names and those with obscure pop culture references seem to be quite popular. May I suggest **NotTheGrapist**? =P ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/173 "2004-12-03T09:16:39Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > Well, I’ve had this handle for the longest time, and will probably continue to have it for the longest time after as well… If anything, though, just choose something you’ll like to look at for _the rest of your life MUAHAHAhahaAHAHAHAHAAH_ [sub]_ahem_[/sub] because you only get one name change. Punny names and those with obscure pop culture references seem to be quite popular. May I suggest **NotTheGrapist**? =P This post has been read by the reader. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/174 "2004-12-03T09:51:41Z")
> [@Spongemom](#): > > Your politeness is much appreciated. Thank you. I now see where you all were coming from, and I will put forth my best efforts in curbing my habit while on this board. I only have one question. How did you decide on your screen name?? I’m impressed. You considered a rational suggestion rationally, and acted according to your consideration. You also ignored all the mocking. I think you will fit in well here - perhaps better than some of the longer standing members. Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/175 "2004-12-03T12:48:59Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I’m impressed. You considered a rational suggestion rationally, and acted according to your consideration. You also ignored all the mocking. I think you will fit in well here - perhaps better than some of the longer standing members. Welcome! Agreed. Despite **Spongemom** ’s disconcerting lack of taste in television ( 😉 ), she seems to have proven herself as not only not-the-Grapist but an individual cast from, I dare say, the ideal Doper mold. ---
**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 3, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/176 "2004-12-03T15:29:17Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I’m impressed. You considered a rational suggestion rationally, and acted according to your consideration. You also ignored all the mocking. I think you will fit in well here - perhaps better than some of the longer standing members. Welcome! Well said, I sort of assumed that \*\*Spongemom \*\* saw all our joking and left the thread in disgust. To see that she was just patiently waiting for a valid post addressing her OP as deftly as \*\*Green Bean’s \*\* raises my opinion of her vastly. Even more so that she was able to understand the reasoning and even accept it. I, for one, welcome our new \*\*Spongemom \*\* poster! ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/177 "2004-12-03T17:49:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **laina\_f** , with edits by **Cliffy** > _John swears John typed “John Dean John Tyler John”. John suspects John’s post was tampered with, perhaps by John. Is there a Johnist on the loose?_ This post has been Johned by the Johnist! Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go to the John! –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/178 "2004-12-03T17:54:13Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > I, for one, welcome our new \*\*Spongemom \*\* poster! Agreed. I too am impressed by the grace and open-mindedness of **Spongemom Smartypants**. I’d say she’ll fit in well around here, but now I’m worried that she might be too good for us… :o Seriously, welcome **Spongemom**! I hope you stick around. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/179 "2004-12-03T18:43:25Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > This post has been read by the reader. This post has been hosted by the _Reader_. ---
**Author:** ![Spongemom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Spongemom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spongemom)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463/180 "2004-12-03T18:49:08Z")
You guys are great. 🙂 I would like to stick around, but my subscription expires on the 27th of Dec. and if the only way to pay is with a credit card, I won’t be here after that. This is one of very few boards I would be willing to pay to stay on, but I refuse to get myself tied up in the hassles of credit cards. Who knows how many times I’ve emailed various companies with the same complaint… 😉 Anyhow, thanks for the warm welcome. I think I’m gonna go start a new thread now… 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463.md?page=10)