# I pit the narrow minded idiots on this board. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 7, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727 "2006-05-07T02:23:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/101 "2006-05-07T23:37:01Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > Not bear, _cow_. > > - SkipMagic, DVM. Now don’t you be dragging us bears into this! -swampbear, bear (and I have the filched [del]beer coolers[/del] pic-a-nic baskets to prove it) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/102 "2006-05-07T23:40:30Z")
Maybe the great Cossack hero [Taurus Bullba](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056556/) will come to her rescue. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Clam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Happy\_Clam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Clam)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/103 "2006-05-07T23:48:45Z")
This has desteeriorated into a stinking load of bull-s&\*! Well, someone had to say it. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/104 "2006-05-07T23:59:27Z")
Oh, God, it’s descended into puns. Punners go to a Bad Place, I hope you know. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/105 "2006-05-08T00:02:05Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Oh, God, it’s descended into puns. No, it has _risen_ to puns. It started much lower. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/106 "2006-05-08T00:03:33Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Oh, God, it’s descended into puns. > > Punners go to a Bad Place, I hope you know. This thread apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/107 "2006-05-08T00:05:35Z")
> [@Blake](#): > > No, it has _risen_ to puns. > It started much lower. Well, I can’t argue with that! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/108 "2006-05-08T00:19:34Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Oh, God, it’s descended into puns. > > Punners go to a Bad Place, I hope you know. It’s no better than we deserve. 🙂 “I should be punished for every pun I shed until not a puny shred is left of my punnish head !” ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/109 "2006-05-08T00:25:25Z")
> [@Der Trihs](#): > > “I should be punished > for every pun I shed > until not a puny shred > is left of my punnish head !” It be_hooves_ as all to take note of this warning, lest we be punished for heifer and heifer. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/110 "2006-05-08T00:29:34Z")
> [@Blake](#): > > It be_hooves_ as all to take note of this warning, lest we be punished for heifer and heifer. Ouch…if\* you’re \*getting punished, why is \*my \*head hurting? ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/111 "2006-05-08T00:31:18Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Ouch…if\* you’re \*getting punished, why is \*my \*head hurting? It really sucks to be moo right now, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/112 "2006-05-08T00:34:24Z")
You all are being far too harsh on \*\*Mrs. O’Malley’s Cow \*\*. Lest we all forget… to err is human… to pit and leave…(wait for it… waaaait)… bovine. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/113 "2006-05-08T00:39:29Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Ouch…if\* you’re \*getting punished, why is \*my \*head hurting? Too much time locking horns and butting heads? ---
**Author:** ![Spongemom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Spongemom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spongemom)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/114 "2006-05-08T00:43:20Z")
_I’M_ still here. And _I_ wasn’t just corrected on a little protein misinformation, either. So yeah. Tough skin goes a long way, babe. ---
**Author:** ![Spongemom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Spongemom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spongemom)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/115 "2006-05-08T00:44:31Z")
I mean…tough skin goes a long way, Bessie. My apologies for the misinformed pun. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/116 "2006-05-08T01:12:57Z")
> [@Blake](#): > > Too much time locking horns and butting heads? I hear that’s [rampant](http://www.americanphoto.co.jp/pages/onlinecatalog/Adventure/Wildlife/Previews/Plans-36503.jpg) around here. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/117 "2006-05-08T01:26:13Z")
> [@Spongemom](#): > > tough skin goes a long way Indeed. Shoes, coats, glue, pet food… ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/118 "2006-05-08T01:26:49Z")
> [@Spongemom](#): > > _I’M_ still here. And _I_ wasn’t just corrected on a little protein misinformation, either. > > So yeah. > > Tough skin goes a long way, babe. It was a rocky start. You hung in there and became a damn good doper. 😃 It would be bovine if **MOMC** did the same. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/119 "2006-05-08T01:32:30Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > You all are being far too harsh on \*\*Mrs. O’Malley’s Cow \*\*. > > Lest we all forget… to err is human… to pit and leave…(wait for it… waaaait)… bovine. ARRRRRG! You stole my pun! Fine. I have an emergency Pun. Ungulate on to others as you would want them to ungulate onto you. I think I shall smite Quicksilver anyways. I have a back up one for these kind of emergencies. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/120 "2006-05-08T01:33:41Z")
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