# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/161 "2006-05-08T11:16:58Z")
I’m a bit lait to this thread - dealing with my friend Angus, who is on the lam in Paris. _“Un vachement probleme”_ he says. It’s women of course. “No worries I tell him. Remember what that other horny stud replied when some bullcrap came his way:” _‘Honi soit qui malley pense’_. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/162 "2006-05-08T11:50:38Z")
Bye Firestarter. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/163 "2006-05-08T13:14:16Z")
[nitpick]It was Mrs _O’Leary’s_ cow that started the fire. If I were **O’Malley** --I’d be over the moon–I’ve never rated a 7 page thread! OK, I’m done now. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/164 "2006-05-08T13:25:19Z")
> [@I Love Me](#): > > SDMB is intellectually, a rather rough neighborhood to be visited at your own risk. For the weaker-minded it’s one _looong_ bout of fearing footfalls and shadows in a deep, dark night. I really like this. I could easily see this as a great sig line. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/165 "2006-05-08T13:27:16Z")
oops-make that a 4 page thread. Dreams of grandeur, apparently… Anyone else have the urge to go reread James Herriot books now? ---
**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 8, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/166 "2006-05-08T13:45:11Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Anyone else have the urge to go reread James Herriot books now? Nope. But Steak au Poivre sounds good for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/167 "2006-05-08T13:46:40Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > [nitpick]It was Mrs _O’Leary’s_ cow that started the fire. > If I were **O’Malley** --I’d be over the moon–I’ve never rated a 7 page thread! How ever did we miss this? Except I thought it was O’Leary’s cow that _didn’t_ start the fire, in cahoots with O’Malley’s cow and Billy Joel. ---
**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, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/168 "2006-05-08T13:47:26Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Anyone else have the urge to go reread James Herriot books now? Well _I’m_ not sticking my arm up her ass. ---
**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, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/169 "2006-05-08T13:50:36Z")
> [@1920s Style "Death Ray"](#): > > How ever did we miss this? > > Except I thought it was O’Leary’s cow that _didn’t_ start the fire, in cahoots with O’Malley’s cow and Billy Joel. We didn’t, we did this on the [first page.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7369759&postcount=19) ---
**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/170 "2006-05-08T14:01:16Z")
> [@Blake](#): > > There were _good_ puns in this thread? Where? > > OTOH we could keep up with the bad puns til the cows come home. "Attention! This is the Straight Dope Humour Police. You are surrounded!! Put down your puns and come out with your hands up!!! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/171 "2006-05-08T14:02:36Z")
Knock, knock. Who’s there? The Interrupting Cow. The Interrupting … moooo! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/172 "2006-05-08T14:03:32Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > Well _I’m_ not sticking my arm up her ass. Bwah! and **Death ray** --It took me a minute. Guess that fire’s been burning since the world’s been turning…cows or no cows. ---
**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, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/173 "2006-05-08T14:09:17Z")
Some disgruntled newbie opens a Pit thread to beef about us, then ride off into the sunset, and in return we hurl manure at her? [Cowabunga, dudes!](http://www.kaldor.no/moo/cowabunga.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/174 "2006-05-08T14:12:08Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Some disgruntled newbie opens a Pit thread to beef about us, then ride off into the sunset, and in return we hurl manure at her? > > [Cowabunga, dudes!](http://www.kaldor.no/moo/cowabunga.jpg) I’m just disappointed. These pathetic “I’m taking my toys and going home” whines usually at least have an entertaining flameout. I mean, if you’re going to give up your dignity anyway, you might as well go all the way and at least give the rest of us someone to laugh at. ---
**Author:** ![Zetetic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/74df32/32.png) [@Zetetic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zetetic)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/175 "2006-05-08T14:14:27Z")
> [@Der Trihs](#): > > Ahem. > > Took that one too. 😛 Well come on, if you come in lait and only skim the thread, you’ve got to expect that some things will go pasteurize… Personally, I think the OP’s problem is that he isn’t (O’)malleable enough to cope with different points of moo… (Yuk, i feel dirty…) Anyway, leading the herd so far: > [@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. Bravo Sir/Ma’am! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/176 "2006-05-08T14:22:11Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > We didn’t, we did this on the [first page.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7369759&postcount=19) Thank you RayH. I didn’t expect this thread to go this far, or I would have quoted the posts instead of just linking them. It seems like we’re just milking this thread at this point. I think it is time to take the bull by the horns and let \*\*Mrs O’Malley’s Cow \*\* know that she can’t leave after this. She is now grazing up toward the famous Sheep thread. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/177 "2006-05-08T14:30:28Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > I think it is time to take the bull by the horns and let \*\*Mrs O’Malley’s Cow \*\* know that she can’t leave after this. She is now grazing up toward the famous Sheep thread. 😕 Why in the world would we want her back? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/178 "2006-05-08T14:32:29Z")
I guess there is no rumen this message board for her. _Vaya cow-n Dios_, **Mrs.O’Malley’s Cow**. May you find better pastures with less bull elsewhere. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/179 "2006-05-08T14:40:15Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > 😕 Why in the world would we want her back? If nothing else she might now be a new SDMB in joke. I mean “Don’t have a Cow” will have a new layer of meaning for now on. Several posters think she is either thin skin or ignorant. So fighting ignorance would work better is she was here. As far a growing a thicker Hide, if she came back after this thread, I think she would have succeeded in growing the thicker hide. After all despite this Op that was guaranteed to end in disaster, the thread that kicked it off, she was just asking some questions. If the responses were less condescending maybe she would have engaged in a back and forth discussion and learned something by it. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727/180 "2006-05-08T14:51:29Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > If nothing else she might now be a new SDMB in joke. I mean “Don’t have a Cow” will have a new layer of meaning for now on. Right. Because it’s vitally important that every one of these pun threads be preserved for all time. Plus, if there’s anything funnier than an in-joke that gets repeated until it makes anyone sane want to claw their ears out with rusty scissors, it’s a _forced_ in-joke resulting from someone’s desperate attempt to preserve one mildly funny moment for all time. > [@](#): > > Several posters think she is either thin skin or ignorant. So fighting ignorance would work better is she was here. As far a growing a thicker Hide, if she came back after this thread, I think she would have succeeded in growing the thicker hide. She can if she wants. She paid her nickel, so she’s got the right to come back for the next eleven months. But it’s up to her - it’s not necessary to go chasing after her. It’s her own decision. > [@](#): > > After all despite this Op that was guaranteed to end in disaster, the thread that kicked it off, she was just asking some questions. If the responses were less condescending maybe she would have engaged in a back and forth discussion and learned something by it. I always wonder when I see threads like that. Do people like **Mrs. O’Malley’s Cow** actually interact with anyone in the real world? Because my friends and acquaintances give me shit sometimes. I’ve always thought that was sort of, you know, normal. I expect to be insulted worse than that if I ask people stupid questions. I don’t buy that it’s necessary to _cow_tow (and yes, I’m sure someone came up with that one before me :)) to the most delicate people around. Turning this place into nothing but rainbows and huggles to make it more comfortable for the 0.1% of the board’s population that - like **Mrs. O’Malley’s Cow** here - has some pathological inability to deal with normal human interaction would make the place worse, not better. You apparently think the rest of us ought to act like kindergarten teachers in order to prevent one or two people a year from getting in a huff when others disagree with them. I think that making it so we’re not allowed to disagree would destroy the entire point of the boards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-narrow-minded-idiots-on-this-board/355727.md?page=10)