# I Pit Those Who Think Quoting Passes for Wit.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711>\
**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:** 7\
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**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 2, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/121 "2005-05-02T03:37:48Z")

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[Feh. My president can eat your president.](http://www.cthulhuforpresident.com/)

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**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/122 "2005-05-02T17:33:07Z")

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I am the Walrus?

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**Author:** ![Corii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Corii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corii)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/123 "2005-05-02T17:37:59Z")

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> [@Scumpup](#):
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> Let the quoting begin.

This reminds me of a Monty Python skit… 😃

“His majesty is like a steam of bat’s piss.”

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**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 3, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/124 "2005-05-03T00:27:02Z")

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> [@FinnAgain](#):
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> Pshaw, evidently you are not one of the Illuminati. [Ignorant of the great Papoon indeed!](http://www.firesigntheatre.com/papoon/)

I just wish to say that the esperanto version is one of the most amusing things I have seen since eating the blue moss.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/125 "2005-05-03T01:19:00Z")

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> [@Scumpup](#):
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> Why doesn’t he try being the guy who realizes I don’t give a fuck about his opinion of my maturity level?

Whereas the entire board is deeply concerned with your opinion of people who make pop culture references.

Grow the fuck up, dude. You’re embarassing the other comic book fans.

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**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/126 "2005-05-03T02:23:19Z")

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> [@pravnik](#):
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> “A facility for quotation covers the abscence of original thought.”
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> - Dorothy Sayers

“Blow me Dorothy” Scarecrow

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**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-think-quoting-passes-for-wit/301711/127 "2005-05-03T02:38:43Z")

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Worst. Pitting. Ever.

-Joe, hadda do it

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