# I pit DrDeth **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 28, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971 "2021-02-28T19:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 48
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/944 "2021-05-16T13:20:40Z")
Should have made it TokyoWaner, so as to avoid the pain medication confusion. I promise we wouldn’t call you **TokyoWanker** if you did. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/945 "2021-05-16T13:23:08Z")
And how do I know you aren’t calling me that now? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/946 "2021-05-16T13:27:58Z")
Because I didn’t call you **TokyoWanker** , of course! You get the Tokyo-wan thing, right (it’s okay if you don’t)? ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/947 "2021-05-16T13:29:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > It didn’t get through to him. At this stage nothing further is getting through to anyone. I’ve said my piece. At this point it’s getting too tedious for even me so I’m sure no one will miss not having to read a several thousand paragraph rebuttal to the latest trash from Dougout Doug’s best friend’s son. DD. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/948 "2021-05-16T13:33:13Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > You get the Tokyo-wan thing, right (it’s okay if you don’t)? Of course! I laughed. For those who don’t speak Japanese, 湾 wan is bay and ASL made a rather clever pun It does go along well with LHoD’s ~~accusations~~ observations of a wank-off. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/949 "2021-05-16T13:51:43Z")
Petition to change the forum tagline to “We just like to argue!” ---
**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/950 "2021-05-16T14:57:29Z")
Ok, that’s fine, drop it. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/951 "2021-05-16T15:04:03Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I doubt very seriously that, were they alive, even McArthur and @DrDeth’s father would still be talking about this. I wouldn’t be so sure that if MacArthur was alive, he wouldn’t care about protecting his reputation. Years after he had retired from the navy, Bull Halsey was still zealously trying to influence published history about his role in the Pacific war, and even attempted to enlist former colleagues in an effort to bash the reputation of an eminent WWII historian. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/952 "2021-05-16T17:31:40Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I did not say that. He arrived as a civilian and was sworn in on the same day. You just have no reading comprehension. Oh, that was nice of them. Usually you have to go through 8 weeks of boot camp, but they flew him straight into a war zone untested. Your dad must have been really special. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/953 "2021-05-16T17:33:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > {…} Usually you have to go through 8 weeks of boot camp, but they flew him straight into a war zone untested. {…} That’s only if you don’t fail your saving roll. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/954 "2021-05-16T18:04:06Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Oh, that was nice of them. Usually you have to go through 8 weeks of boot camp, but they flew him straight into a war zone untested. Your dad must have been really special. The only way this makes sense is if he was a reservist who somehow managed to not be called up to active duty during the summer of '41. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/955 "2021-05-16T18:24:47Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > Long story short, I started off as “TokyoPlayer” because I was on another forum, but as anyone reading the thread so far realizes I’m far too tedious to be a player. Hence, the change to the current name. And it was for Tokyo Bay, one of my favorite places, connected to Japanese history. I always wondered why you never ever talked about pastry. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/956 "2021-05-16T18:47:30Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I always wondered why you never ever talked about pastry. I hope I won’t offend TokyoBaker by saying that Japanese pastry isn’t very good. Too much mayonnaise and azuki beans for my taste. I still remember standing outside a boulangerie in Himeji trying to sound out/decipher ポッくデニス (pokkudenisu for the kana-challenged). We ultimately decided it was “pork danish”. I guess “pig-in-a-blanket” sounded unappetizing. It wasn’t horrible, but it wasn’t good. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/957 "2021-05-16T19:09:12Z")
When my older sister lived there she said that there coffee places that had great coffee and wonderful pastry. Sit down places not bakeries. But this was in the early '70s, so those place might be gone now? ---
**Author:** ![CardboardBoxx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardboardboxx/32/7079_2.png) [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/958 "2021-05-16T22:09:24Z")
I always assumed he was baying at the moon, as that’s how much sense his posts normally make. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/959 "2021-05-16T23:07:43Z")
> [@naita](#): > > Petition to change the forum tagline to “We just like to argue!” I had a friend who frequently referred to me as “litigatious.” After I looked that up in the dictionary, I argued, “That’s not true!” Which, you know… Slowly I’ve come to accept that he is correct. Or at least, I enjoy watching other people argue. It’s the only explanation for why I’m here. Perhaps this is the value that unites us all? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/960 "2021-05-17T00:05:11Z")
Meh, I just like to ominously lord over everyone, panoptically. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/961 "2021-05-17T02:03:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Your dad must have been really special. Talk about apples that don’t fall too far from the tree… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/962 "2021-05-17T05:10:14Z")
Again, you are wrong and show your lack of reading comprehension. You mean, you could not volunteer for the army in a war zone? They would not accept you? They would insist you go back to the states and sign up there? Why do you even care? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/963 "2021-05-17T05:21:04Z")
“Back in the 80s when I was in college working on my EE degree, my favorite professor was pregnant. She was cautioned by other professors to avoid sleeping with an electric blanket.” What college did you graduate from? What was the name of the professor? What was the name of her kid? What brand of electric blanket? Can you prove any of your statement? Do you have a signed and notarized statement from the professor saying that is what happened? **See how fucking silly this is?** You used a off the cuff personal anecdote to illustrate a point. I do not really care if it happened or not. It does not really matter. It was mildly entertaining. Should I start personally insulting members of your family? Accusing them of crimes? Calling them names? That would be a asshole thing to do, yet you do it and are not ashamed of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=49)