# I Pit Those Who Think Quoting Passes for Wit. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 29, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711 "2005-04-29T14:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/21 "2005-04-29T14:58:47Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > But \*punners \* still go to a Bad Bad Place. Detroit? Disclaimer : My internal humor logic nearly demanded I make a punny reply, but in the spirit of this thread, I managed to overcome that directive to provide you with the reference above. We now return you to your regularly scheduled banter. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/22 "2005-04-29T14:59:38Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Detroit? I lived there for a long time, even after GM closed. It’s a Bad enough Place to send punners, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/23 "2005-04-29T15:03:07Z")
I, for one, welcome our…Ah, forget it. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/24 "2005-04-29T15:04:00Z")
No soup for you!!! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/25 "2005-04-29T15:05:00Z")
Lighten up, Francis. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/26 "2005-04-29T15:06:06Z")
You are soooooo good looking! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/27 "2005-04-29T15:06:54Z")
> [@holmes](#): > > **Pup** it was a joke. It was an attempt to illustrate how far you had taken a discussion about the retcon of the Golden Age of Heroes way too seriously. > > Again the ‘normal’ response to being compared to CBSG would have been either to respond in kind or to bring it down a notch… What is CBSG, please? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/28 "2005-04-29T15:07:09Z")
Reference this, holmes. _grabs crotch_ ---
**Author:** ![Phatlewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Phatlewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phatlewt)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/29 "2005-04-29T15:09:01Z")
There aren’t any original ideas left. Everything has been done. One may as well pay homage to the good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/holmes)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/30 "2005-04-29T15:10:55Z")
CBG/CBSG : Comic Book Shop Guy. ---
**Author:** ![KeithP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/85e7bf/32.png) [@KeithP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithP)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/31 "2005-04-29T15:11:35Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > You’re the dumbass who still salts his conversation with bons mots from **Seinfeld.** > > Let the quoting begin. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/32 "2005-04-29T15:12:01Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Reference this, holmes. > _grabs crotch_ So is that meant to refer to your own crotch, a Michael Jackson Reference, or are you referencing grabbing someone else’s crotch… a Michael Jackson reference. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/33 "2005-04-29T15:17:05Z")
> [@holmes](#): > > CBG/CBSG : Comic Book Shop Guy. Thank you - ignorance duly fought. 🙂 (Although ignorance of “The Simpsons” = shamefully exposed.) Can’t have everything, I suppose. As you were, chaps. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/34 "2005-04-29T15:39:24Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > So is that meant to refer to your own crotch, a Michael Jackson Reference, or are you referencing grabbing someone else’s crotch… a Michael Jackson reference. > > 😃 I was referencing a little-known oil by **Piter Breugel the Somewhat Past the First Flush of Youth**. It is called **Jesus Admonishes the Pharisees.** Anaamika was correct in stating > [@](#): > > Also, you should choose your audience with care. If the person you’re talking to never watches whatever show it’s obvious they won’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![quietman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/958977/32.png) [@quietman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quietman)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/35 "2005-04-29T15:43:55Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Reference this, holmes. > _grabs crotch_ “…Is this true?” “Yes. This man has No Dick!” _I’d quote Shakespeare, but you won’t understand that either…_ ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/36 "2005-04-29T15:47:09Z")
> [@quietman](#): > > “…Is this true?” > > “Yes. This man has No Dick!” > > _I’d quote Shakespeare, but you won’t understand that either…_ But you’d be a dick whether we are discussing **Ghost Busters** or **Hamlet**. It is both your gift and your curse. ---
**Author:** ![esquimalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@esquimalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/esquimalt)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/37 "2005-04-29T15:55:13Z")
Seven years of college down the drain. ---
**Author:** ![quietman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/958977/32.png) [@quietman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quietman)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/38 "2005-04-29T15:57:08Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > But you’d be a dick whether we are discussing **Ghost Busters** or **Hamlet**. It is both your gift and your curse. [quote] “Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin’s back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid’s music.” A MidSummer Night’s Dream, Act 2, scene 1. _I can but add education. Personality is the realm of God._ ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/39 "2005-04-29T16:08:58Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > What is broken in your head that makes you believe such tiresome parroting makes you appear hip/witty/ironic? Turn it off. But…this parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! He’s expired and gone to meet his maker! He’s a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!! [sub]I don’t watch the Simpsons or Seinfeld…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/40 "2005-04-29T16:11:39Z")
CYRANO (imperturbably): Is that all? THE VISCOUNT: What do you mean? CYRANO: Ah no! young blade! That was a trifle short! **You might have said at least a hundred things** By varying the tone … like this, suppose, … Aggressive: ‘Sir, if I had such a nose I’d amputate it!’ Friendly: ‘When you sup It must annoy you, dipping in your cup; You need a drinking-bowl of special shape!’ Descriptive: ''Tis a rock! … a peak! … a cape! –A cape, forsooth! ‘Tis a peninsular!’ Curious: ‘How serves that oblong capsular? For scissor-sheath? Or pot to hold your ink?’ Gracious: ‘You love the little birds, I think? I see you’ve managed with a fond research To find their tiny claws a roomy perch!’ Truculent: ‘When you smoke your pipe … suppose That the tobacco-smoke spouts from your nose– Do not the neighbors, as the fumes rise higher, Cry terror-struck: “The chimney is afire”?’ Considerate: ‘Take care, … your head bowed low By such a weight … lest head o’er heels you go!’ Tender: ‘Pray get a small umbrella made, Lest its bright color in the sun should fade!’ Pedantic: ‘That beast Aristophanes Names Hippocamelelephantoles Must have possessed just such a solid lump Of flesh and bone, beneath his forehead’s bump!’ Cavalier: 'The last fashion, friend, that hook? To hang your hat on? ‘Tis a useful crook!’ Emphatic: ‘No wind, O majestic nose, Can give THEE cold!–save when the mistral blows!’ Dramatic: ‘When it bleeds, what a Red Sea!’ Admiring: ‘Sign for a perfumery!’ Lyric: ‘Is this a conch? … a Triton you?’ Simple: ‘When is the monument on view?’ Rustic: 'That thing a nose? Marry-come-up! ‘Tis a dwarf pumpkin, or a prize turnip!’ Military: ‘Point against cavalry!’ Practical: ‘Put it in a lottery! Assuredly ‘twould be the biggest prize!’ Or … parodying Pyramus’ sighs … ‘Behold the nose that mars the harmony Of its master’s phiz! blushing its treachery!’ –Such, my dear sir, is what you might have said, Had you of wit or letters the least jot: But, O most lamentable man!–of wit You never had an atom, and of letters You have three letters only!–they spell Ass! And–had you had the necessary wit, To serve me all the pleasantries I quote Before this noble audience … e’en so, You would not have been let to utter one– Nay, not the half or quarter of such jest! I take them from myself all in good part, But not from any other man that breathes! ``` -- Edmond Rostand ``` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711.md?page=3)