# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/81 "2005-04-30T13:50:05Z")
> [@zagloba](#): > > Maybe so, but I get a kick out of Julian Clary saying “I don’t wish to know that.” Which, for those who _don’t_ know that, was a catch phrase from the Goon Show. You rotten swine! You have deaded me again! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/82 "2005-04-30T13:55:07Z")
> [@esquimalt](#): > > My Brian Hurts Would that be “Life of Brian”? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/83 "2005-04-30T14:54:21Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Why doesn’t he try being the guy who realizes I don’t give a fuck about his opinion of my maturity level? Because it’s clear from this thread and your posts that you _do_ give a fuck, to some degree, about the opinions of myself and others. If you want to impress us with your indifference (and believe me, that makes us wetter than teenage girls in the presence of Mel Gibson or Tom Cruise or, hmmm, who do the teenagers like today… Morgan Freeman), better to just shrug and abandon this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/84 "2005-04-30T15:33:56Z")
Bryan, Admonitions to “grow up” phrased the way you did are something I might accept from a friend or family. Given that you are neither, do please fuck off. I respect your apparently vast knowledge of comic book lore, for what that knowledge is worth, but that only makes you a guy who knows a lot about comic books. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/85 "2005-04-30T15:39:25Z")
You know, **Scumpup** , for someone who described people whose behavior he doesn’t like as “douchebag,” “dumbass,” “asshole,” “annoying,” and “tiresome,” you’ve got a pretty thin skin there. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/86 "2005-04-30T15:54:45Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Bryan, > Admonitions to “grow up” phrased the way you did are something I might accept from a friend or family. Given that you are neither, do please fuck off. Ignoring the request doesn’t make it less applicable, though. Frankly, I hope one of your family members or friends (assuming you have one) registers on this board because growing up is clearly something you desperately need to do. > [@](#): > > I respect your apparently vast knowledge of comic book lore, for what that knowledge is worth, but that only makes you a guy who knows a lot about comic books. Actually, my knowledge isn’t _that_ vast. I just project this seemingly zen-master-like wisdom _by not being a complete flaming asshole_. Try it sometime. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/87 "2005-04-30T17:16:58Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > But \*punners \* still go to a Bad Bad Place. Like the backseat of a Volkswagen? ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/88 "2005-04-30T17:20:30Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Bryan, > Admonitions to “grow up” phrased the way you did are something I might accept from a friend or family. Given that you are neither, do please fuck off. I respect your apparently vast knowledge of comic book lore, for what that knowledge is worth, but that only makes you a guy who knows a lot about comic books. Does **Scumpup** realize that this sounds exactly like a “Larry Groznik” editorial in \*[The Onion](http://www.theonion.com) \*? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/89 "2005-04-30T17:48:42Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > Does **Scumpup** realize that this sounds exactly like a “Larry Groznik” editorial in \*[The Onion](http://www.theonion.com) \*? No. I don’t read **The Onion**. Can you provide a link to the specific editorial you mean? ---
**Author:** ![esquimalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@esquimalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/esquimalt)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/90 "2005-04-30T19:38:55Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Would that be “Life of Brian”? “My Brain Hurts” was actually a running skit on Monty Python’s Flying Circus ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/91 "2005-05-01T00:10:41Z")
Note to self: **Scumpup** wouldn’t enjoy MAD fests. Python, Firesign, and others may erupt without warning. No go away or I shall taunt you a second time! ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/92 "2005-05-01T01:38:12Z")
Help help I’m being repressed! Come see the violence inherent in the system! ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/93 "2005-05-01T02:05:34Z")
“I’d like to know if I could compare you to a summer’s day. Because – well, June 12th was quite nice, and…” ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/94 "2005-05-01T02:46:47Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > No. I don’t read **The Onion**. Can you provide a link to the specific editorial you mean? I can’t link to past editorials without a subscription. Basically, hes like the “Comic Book Guy” from the Simpsons. I didn’t mean it in a bad way, its just that the tone struck me as almost identical to that of those editorials in which he criticizes other comic book fans. You had to be there I guess. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/95 "2005-05-01T03:06:25Z")
Anyone who quotes me is witty in my book. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/96 "2005-05-01T03:32:47Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Anyone who quotes me is witty in my book. That was easy. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/97 "2005-05-01T03:46:22Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > That was easy. Look at me. I’m meta-witty. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/98 "2005-05-01T04:43:03Z")
mmmm? “Meta-” does not mean “half.” ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/99 "2005-05-01T05:15:01Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > mmmm? “Meta-” does not mean “half.” That, however, was _hyper_-witty. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/100 "2005-05-01T11:33:54Z")
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