# I just told some Shriners to go to hell **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 24, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394 "2003-10-24T20:33:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/41 "2003-10-26T11:56:35Z")
I will go to church in a little while and I will put an extra dollar in the collection plate. I would rather do this than put it in a hat on the street. God will forgive me. ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/42 "2003-10-26T12:11:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hlanelee \* > \*\*I . God will forgive me. \*\* Maybe, Maybe not - depends on your God. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/43 "2003-10-26T12:25:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hlanelee \* > \*\*I will go to church in a little while and I will put an extra dollar in the collection plate. I would rather do this than put it in a hat on the street. God will forgive me. \*\* “Nor will people say ‘Here it is’ or ‘There it is’, for the Kingdom of God is within you.” — Jesus ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/44 "2003-10-26T13:32:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by county \* > \*\*Well, if he was wearing one of those little hats with a tassle then fuck him, you did the right thing, he shouldn’t be out in public with that tassled hat. Looks like a damn terrorist or something. \*\* You’re an egregious idiot, you know that? Either that, or you’re trying to be funny and failing miserably. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/45 "2003-10-26T13:41:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DreadCthulhu \* > \*\*Let get this straight \*\* hlanelee \*\*: You told high ranking freemason to go to hell?? Good luck finding a job anytime soon. \*\* ROTFLMAO: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?action=newreply&postid=4147957](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?action=newreply&postid=4147957) > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hlanelee \* > \*\*I lost my job in March and have been looking for work since. I’m back in school now, but I could still work part-time. The fuckers at the Walmart in two cities aren’t accepting applications. I guess if I had swum across the Rio Grande they would talk to me!☹ ☹ ☹ \*\* ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/46 "2003-10-26T13:41:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ludovic \* > \*\*Blonde wrote: > > It doesnt sound idiotic at all. Intersection-based charities are extremely annoying, and IMunsubstantiatedO, dangerous. > > If they would just keep off the intersections I would at least consider donations, but as it is I completely pretend they don’t exist, even if they are talking to me. \*\* For some reason it creeps the hell out of me when people approach my car – it’s like I’m trapped, seeing as I’m at a red light and all. It’s almost okay if it’s firefighters, but there are various church and school groups that are out doing this ALL THE TIME around here and it scares the hell out of me to see these people, including kids no older than 12, dodging cars. If you knew how people drove around here you’d be worried too. The Shriners are okay, but I never see them out collecting here. And I won’t give to some other mysterious church group on the spur of the moment, because whatever good thing they’re trying to do, I’d have ethical problems with giving money to groups which are diametrically opposed to people like me. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/47 "2003-10-26T13:49:18Z")
May I add to this? I think the OP is really sorry that he/she lost their shit on the Shriner guy. I feel for the OP- if you’re down on your luck that bad and every single penny counts, it tends to make you stressed to the point of being irrational. I hope things look up for you soon. I do agree that if you see the guy again you should apologize, but otherwise just take it as a lesson that you lost your shit over what’s really a non-offense and you need to get it together FAST before you do something worse (or violent). ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/48 "2003-10-26T20:10:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DreadCthulhu \* > \*\* And \* Evil Captor \*, yes the Freemasons are trying to take over the world, along with their allies like the Artic Nazi’s, the Illumnati, Amway, The World Zionist Conspiracy, ect,(Hey, I gotta know my competion.) \*\* For the record, Dread Cthulhu, although i realize your post was in jest, I don’t know much about the anti-Masonic stuff and the conspiracy stuff, etc. I encountered the story in the general media when it broke back in the 80s and was amazed at how little coverage it got back then. I’m just not very interested in the conspiracy stuff. Nyarlothep gibber gibber! Gabba-gabba hey! Aiee! ---
**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/49 "2003-10-26T20:17:34Z")
Don’t the children have enough hospitals as it is? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/50 "2003-10-26T20:58:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MC Master of Ceremonies \* > \*\*Don’t the children have enough hospitals as it is? \*\* I’m going to assume you’re missing the point and **not** trolling. It’s not the number of hospitals, it’s the care that’s given and the research that is done there. All that has to be funded somehow, and we do that by private donations and by support of civic groups of **all** kinds, not just the Shriners. Sorry if I am being a bit terse here, but I have made the point before that a very rewarding part of what I do is to help sick children feel better. I did a clinical rotation at Scottish Rite Hospital in Atlanta and let me tell ya’ it was an eye-opener. Sorry that we got away from the original intent of the thread, but this needed to be said. I hope that all of you who have little ones never need the services of a Scottish Rite or St. Jude’s, but if you ever should, thank the Lord they will be there, and thank Him also for everyone who ever placed a quarter in one of those cups or firemen’s boots. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/51 "2003-10-27T02:31:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Evil Captor \* > \*\*For the record, Dread Cthulhu, although i realize your post was in jest, I don’t know much about the anti-Masonic stuff and the conspiracy stuff, etc. I encountered the story in the general media when it broke back in the 80s and was amazed at how little coverage it got back then. \*\* You think I was posting in jest?? 😕 And of course you didn’t hear much about it; the Mason’s friend in The World Zionist Conspiracy control the media. Still, their children’s hospitals do much good work, making it an even more nefarious cover-up. ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/52 "2003-10-27T03:14:03Z")
Is it fair enough to say that anti-Mason jokes get really, really old really, really fast? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/53 "2003-10-27T13:35:03Z")
Question: Why do y’all keep saying that the OP yelled at an **old** man? Can you only be a Shriner after a certain age? ---
**Author:** ![Dryga\_Yes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Dryga\_Yes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryga_Yes)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/54 "2003-10-27T14:41:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\*You’re an egregious idiot, you know that? Either that, or you’re trying to be funny and failing miserably. \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem. \* > \*\*I’m going to assume you’re missing the point and not trolling. \*\* Captain Can’t-spot-a-joke and his trusty sidekick decide to rescue the thread\*!!!\* ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/55 "2003-10-27T17:08:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dryga\_Yes \* > _Captain Can’t-spot-a-joke and his trusty sidekick decide to rescue the thread!!!_ \*\* Quoted in the same thread as **Q.E.D.** is an undeserved honor, but thanks! 😃 Q ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/56 "2003-10-31T11:59:29Z")
I see this thread has about died out. I am on vacation in Maryland, and will soon be in Las Vegas. Otherwise I would have been on this like Ugly on an Ape. It has all been said before. The Shrine does good work (BTW I joined at age 40). Make a note of the phone number in case you ever need it. Great care. Free. Never a “need” or religious test. No questions about being related to a Mason. Help a kid. Break a crutch. Write down the number. (I will be staying at the pyramid-shaped hotel in Vegas. If ever a building was calling out for a Shrine temple, this one is it.) ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/57 "2003-10-31T20:58:49Z")
Tubalcaine! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/59 "2018-01-05T05:24:38Z")
[Here](https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=6493) is what Charity Navigator has to say about Shriner’s Hospitals for Children. I’m guessing you probably might need that “bwanket”. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/60 "2018-01-05T05:26:26Z")
Hey! Everyone knows it’s the ASPCA that raises money for the fat cats. They don’t even lie about it. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394/61 "2018-01-05T05:36:47Z")
> [@Hugh\_Jardon](#): > > I hate those fucking Shriners, St. Jude and Wounded Warrior commercials!! Every fucking time there is a commercial break, you are guaranteed to see one or all of them before the program continues. Using retarded fucked up kids and fucked up veterans to mooch money. Way to go fucktards!! I betcha only one or two percent goes to the fucked up kids and vets. The rest goes to the rich fat cats. Won’t give anything to these greedy moochers!!! And no I wouldn’t wuv a bwanket!!! First post for ya trock? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-told-some-shriners-to-go-to-hell/209394.md?page=4)