# I feel it's right for me to pit the WBC **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 26, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879 "2011-06-26T02:37:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![humanafterall](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/humanafterall/32/19654_2.png) [@humanafterall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humanafterall)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/21 "2011-06-26T20:02:20Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Its really hard to know what one might do that can directly and effectively deal with a problem like massive and vicious stupidity. But just for the record, if Mr. Phelps should suddenly be attacked by a squamous, tentacled horror from the Nth dimension, that rends him asunder and gobbles him up…well, you’ll know who to thank. _Cthulu Fthagn!_ ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/22 "2011-06-26T20:07:48Z")
May you be amongst the last to be eaten. ---
**Author:** ![humanafterall](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/humanafterall/32/19654_2.png) [@humanafterall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humanafterall)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/23 "2011-06-26T20:08:44Z")
The same to you, infidel! Who am I kidding Inglip summoned! ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/24 "2011-06-27T12:52:21Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > May you be amongst the last to be eaten. Should that be, “May Phred be among the last to be eaten”? When Cthulu comes, it will be a blessing to be eaten first. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/25 "2011-06-27T13:09:43Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > I think Hitler was a jerk. You won’t believe what Mussolini did to him. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/26 "2011-06-27T13:50:10Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > World Boxing Council? I’d get behind that - they’re nothing but errand boys for Don King. Of course, the other sanctioning bodies are as bad or worse. Pit them all. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/27 "2011-06-27T14:22:25Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > When Cthulu comes Are you trying to tempt his wrath by misspelling his name? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/28 "2011-06-27T17:49:49Z")
They op and others mistakenly believe that Phred and the WBC have religious convictions. That group couldn’t care less about religion. They act the way they do in order to set up law suits and make money. Religion is their loophole, not their purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/29 "2011-06-27T18:58:22Z")
Shirley Phelps-Roper, who is now ruinng the show, is scary. I thik she hoestly believes the shit she is spewing. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/30 "2011-06-27T22:52:50Z")
The World Baseball Classic is _awesome_. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/31 "2011-06-28T05:15:41Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Shirley Phelps-Roper, who is now ruinng the show, is scary. I thik she hoestly believes the shit she is spewing. Well, wouldn’t you if you grew up in the family? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/32 "2011-06-28T12:30:28Z")
OP, you do realize that by Pitting the WBC, you are exactly as bad as they are? Alright, that might not be true at all. But it’s better to ignore them. ---
**Author:** ![humanafterall](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/humanafterall/32/19654_2.png) [@humanafterall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humanafterall)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/33 "2011-06-28T18:44:17Z")
I’m not a lawsuit-mongering hate-filled pedantic prat! ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/34 "2011-06-29T16:53:09Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > They op and others mistakenly believe that Phred and the WBC have religious convictions. > > That group couldn’t care less about religion. They act the way they do in order to set up law suits and make money. > > Religion is their loophole, not their purpose. I concur. No fan of religion, me, but even I don’t lay the Phelps clan at it’s feet. They’re a combination grifter/scam artist family/cult/power trip/mentally ill guy who sufficiently damaged his family enough to make them all mentally ill, too, thing. Religion is just the hook they hang it all on. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/35 "2011-06-29T17:05:39Z")
> [@humanafterall](#): > > I’m not a lawsuit-mongering hate-filled pedantic prat! Why should be the standard? ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/36 "2011-06-29T17:17:55Z")
I know it’s not easy to ignore them, much like it’s hard for me to ignore some of the asshats on this message board, but you gotta try. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/37 "2011-06-29T17:20:15Z")
Okay, what’s the World Boxing Commission done now? Hmm. I’ve been ninja’d, I see. Oh well. This kind of thing depends on not reading past the thread title. I won’t apologize for that. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/38 "2011-06-29T17:23:35Z")
> [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > Yeah, brave stance you’re taking here. Everybody needs to be able to make ONE Pit thread that doesn’t backfire all over them and leave the target smelling like a rose… ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/39 "2011-06-29T17:24:20Z")
I don’t know if the saying exists in English, but over here, we would say “one doesn’t open fire on an ambulance” (IOW, attacking people like the Phelps is so easy that it doesn’t deserve a pitting). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879/40 "2011-06-29T17:28:04Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Should that be, “May Phred be among the last to be eaten”? When Cthulu comes, it will be a blessing to be eaten first. > [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Are you trying to tempt his wrath by misspelling his name? Hey, he could just be trying to keep his head down. I understand the Great One relies pretty heavily on vanity searches. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-its-right-for-me-to-pit-the-wbc/586879.md?page=3)