# I am very sorry. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2000, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-sorry/45714 "2000-12-15T07:24:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-sorry/45714/1 "2000-12-15T07:24:23Z")
Here we see me being [an ass.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=957644#post957644) Here we see me [dodging accusations](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=957738#post957738)of being an ass rather than just apologize. Here we see the members of the SDMB [treating me like a decent human being](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=50701)even though I am in fact an ass. I’m very sorry. –John ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-sorry/45714/2 "2000-12-15T07:26:33Z")
I, for one, have been an ass before, so I forgive you, fellow ass. By the way, if I were to kick you or myself, would I also kick ass? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-sorry/45714/3 "2000-12-15T07:40:42Z")
Anybody who admits when they make a mistake is not a true ass. We all have our “off days”. Hope the essay works out for you. All the best 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-sorry/45714/4 "2000-12-15T08:41:35Z")
“One should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, for it is but another way of saying that he is wiser now than he was yesterday.” - Alexander Pope Although I must say I sympathized with your frustration in the original thread. Being a linguistics major, I know what it’s like!! (“Oh, creoles don’t have any grammar.” “You have to teach babies to speak or their language will be degenerate.” “Black English hasn’t got any grammar.” “Sign language is just pantomime.” Etc, etc, etc…) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-sorry/45714/5 "2000-12-15T11:03:42Z")
We can all be asses from time to time. You’re just a very sportsmanlike ass to admit it, John. Shape yo’ ass up, and stop being an ass from now on 🙂 I like saying “ass”. Can you tell? I think everyone in this thread should use the word “ass” at least five times in their post. And now it’s time I got my ass out of here. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-sorry/45714/6 "2000-12-15T11:23:18Z")
I’m not an **ass** I’ve got too much cl **ass** But I can’t p **ass** up an opportunity to s **ass** and invite one and all to kiss my butt… Whaddaya think, Mr. Mod, sir? Did I say **ass** enough? 😃 Sorry for the hijack - it’s just that seeing humility on this board induces mental vertigo…