# I got a rock. Good grief. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699 "2006-11-01T05:41:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Octagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@The\_Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Octagon)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/21 "2006-11-01T15:12:14Z")
Pfft. I spend an hour carving the damn pumpkin real scary and hurried home to find there were no little kiddles trick or treating. I know they’re there; they’re always screaming outside my window. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/22 "2006-11-01T15:17:28Z")
J thunder, you got an invitation to the thread? There has to be a mistake, there were two lists one for those to invite and one for those not to. You were put on teh wrong list Seeing as you are here, help model for the Jackolantern. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/23 "2006-11-01T15:17:54Z")
Of all the \*\*JThunders \*\*in the world, you’re the JThunderest. ---
**Author:** ![RogueRacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RogueRacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueRacer)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/24 "2006-11-01T17:29:42Z")
Now you just need a piece of string to wind around your rock. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/25 "2006-11-01T17:37:36Z")
[QUOTE=RogueRacer] Now you just need a piece of string to wind around your rock. [/QUOTE] And a shoehorn. The kind with teeth. Susan ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/26 "2006-11-01T17:46:19Z")
[QUOTE=RogueRacer] Now you just need a piece of string to wind around your rock. [/QUOTE] because everyone wants a rock to wind a piece of string around. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/27 "2006-11-01T17:55:39Z")
[QUOTE=Askia] It’s Mrs. Hagemeyer now. And of all the kids she misses, deo you know who she misses MOST? ME! [/QUOTE] Not once she sees the eggshells I got her for a wedding present, you won’t be. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/28 "2006-11-01T18:02:29Z")
If you’ve had some trouble with a scissors, a rock is exactly the thing you’d want. Just beware of anyone with paper. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/29 "2006-11-01T18:03:18Z")
Dr. Spock? **IN PERSON?** ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/30 "2006-11-01T18:17:17Z")
And the nice man from the Humane Society? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/31 "2006-11-01T18:36:01Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] There, there. Come and join me in the pumpkin patch. I just know this one is the most sincere! [/QUOTE] That’s a good story. I put it somewhere up there along with the one about the man with the flying reindeer. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/32 "2006-11-01T19:22:45Z")
I’m ashamed. All I could think was Twisted Sister’s “I Wanna Rock!” ROCK!!! ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/33 "2006-11-01T20:41:22Z")
Watched this with the family for the countlessth time last night. The conclusion was WTF is with the WWI flying ace interlude?! Not the whole hallucination, but primarily the end. He climbs into a deserted farmhouse and poof! he is at the party. And then when they leave the party, it sure looks like they are walking out Charlie Brown’s front door. And boy, that Lucy sure has long heels! We discovered that watching the show was more enjoyable if you tried to replicate the characters’ harn/arm gestures - especially a wiggly little number Linus does in the patch. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/34 "2006-11-01T20:46:01Z")
I love mankind, it’s people I can’t stand… good grief. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/35 "2006-11-01T20:58:06Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] I can’t stand it. I just can’t stand it. Any more of this and I’ll be needing psychiatric help. [/QUOTE] Sorry to hear about your Halloween old pal. But anyway, my folks are going to my aunt’s for Thanksgiving dinner. They wanted me to come along, but I told them that my old pal “Thun” would be MORE THAN HAPPY to have me over for the holiday! In fact, I knew you wouldn’t mind if I invited some of my own friends along as well. Well, thanks for the invite. We’ll be there Thanksgiving Day at about 3, 'kay? See you then! ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/36 "2006-11-01T21:07:52Z")
Blockhead. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/37 "2006-11-01T21:37:29Z")
The weather’s changing, chum. Mind the snow snakes. Be of good cheer. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/38 "2006-11-01T23:11:20Z")
[QUOTE=ftg] But at least you got a rock. There was a little boy being dragged around by a group of girls tonight. I asked where his bag was and they said he wasn’t allowed sugar. What? Being hauled from house to house in a turtle costume and get bupkis? [/QUOTE] ??? [sub]I don’t remember that part![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/39 "2006-11-02T08:53:31Z")
“You didn’t tell me you were going to kill it!” ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699/40 "2006-11-02T12:46:51Z")
Was it ever explained where Linus came up with the Great Pumpkin belief? Seems like the sort of thing that Calvin’s dad would make up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-rock-good-grief/378699.md?page=3)