# I Screwed Up And I Apologize **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 25, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104 "2004-10-25T20:05:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/81 "2004-10-26T15:02:32Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Nothing. You’re an adjective. I was talking about the noun. Actually, **jjimm** , Elysian is not an adjective, as much as American is not an adjective. Elysian = from Elysium, American = from America. But I get your point. Sorry, but it’s been a rough morning. btw, I really love your little cat. As a fellow cat lover, may I say your cat is a beautiful furball? I’ve meant to tell you that for a while and hadn’t got the chance. ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/82 "2004-10-26T15:03:31Z")
> [@Twiddle](#): > > Of course I had to get up and walk out of _Blade 2_ because I was so disturbed by that movie 😃😃😃 AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/83 "2004-10-26T15:16:26Z")
> [@Elysian](#): > > Actually, **jjimm** , Elysian is not an adjective, as much as American is not an adjective. Elysian = from Elysium, American = from America. But I get your point. Sorry, but it’s been a rough morning. I just looked it up and [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=elysian) says the noun part doesn’t exist. But I do get your point. By the way, you might not believe me, but it was a complete coincidence that I used a reference to Elysium. I was going to put “Valhalla”, but changed my mind at the last minute. Though of course I might have been subliminally influenced by your username. I certainly didn’t mean to insult you at all. > [@](#): > > btw, I really love your little cat. As a fellow cat lover, may I say your cat is a beautiful furball? I’ve meant to tell you that for a while and hadn’t got the chance. Ah, thanks a million. I think she’s a [total cutie](http://www.crowaptok.com/images/duvet3.jpg), but I’m very biased. ---
**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/84 "2004-10-26T15:25:50Z")
I, too, think she’s very cute. I also think she’d be smashing with hollandaise sauce. And baked baby buttock bagels. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/85 "2004-10-26T15:46:43Z")
> [@Standup Karmic](#): > > I, too, think she’s very cute. I also think she’d be smashing with hollandaise sauce. And baked baby buttock bagels. How DARE you! Hollandaise would ruin her. Garlic and white wine at least, with roasted silverskin onions. Nothing’s too good for my kitty. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/86 "2004-10-26T17:18:58Z")
> [@Oy!](#): > > Ah, you run into a lot of children who are the victims of gourmet cannibalism, do you? No but reading the news lately (particularly the recent massacre of hundreds of children in Russia) has given me far too many images of crushed children’s skulls to find the OP all that funny. Obviously his intentions were humerous but I still think he went way over the top in his response. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/87 "2004-10-26T17:27:11Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Garlic and white wine at least, with roasted silverskin onions. White wine with cat? You’re thinking dog which, although greasy has quite a delicate flavor. Cat is rather gamey and while it is technically a white/pink meat is better complemented by a rose or, hell, MD 20/20 Orange Jubilee. But I do agree about the onions–WallaWallas are nice also if you’re having _kitten_. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/88 "2004-10-26T17:32:28Z")
Mmmmmm… kitten. That’s some tasty litter! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/89 "2004-10-26T17:50:50Z")
Heathens. Nothing beats a good cat stew. And a hearty burgandy will really bring out the flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/90 "2004-10-26T19:55:44Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Gotta agree that coconut is nasty. I used to agree, until I had drop-dead fresh coconut straight off the tree in Fiji. I have no idea why a coconut turns nasty within hours, but the fresh stuff is ambrosia. 'Course, now the typical coconut we get here in the States is even worse by comparison. I used to just not care for German chocolate cake; now I think it’s formed diaper filling. As far as kids go, I find them too fatty for my taste, generally. ‘Less you get one o’ them third world starvation kids. But they tend to be gamey, and their tummies pop when you cut into 'em. Point is, the good stuff is rare, so I avoid the whole category. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/91 "2004-10-26T20:11:01Z")
Although _I_ do not think an apology is really needed, it is a sign of class that one is proffered. A colleague was in Vietnam doing research on some species of monkey. In the course of things he ate dog (inadvertently and often). When he returned to the US and was back at work he had trouble keeping a straight face when clients asked how their dog looked (after he had done a physical exam). ---
**Author:** ![Blackacre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Blackacre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackacre)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/92 "2004-10-26T20:13:33Z")
I thought it was well done, mate. Good show! =D BA ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/93 "2004-10-26T20:47:04Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I used to agree, until I had drop-dead fresh coconut straight off the tree in Fiji. I have no idea why a coconut turns nasty within hours, but the fresh stuff is ambrosia. 'Course, now the typical coconut we get here in the States is even worse by comparison. I used to just not care for German chocolate cake; now I think it’s formed diaper filling. I can believe that. It might be a characteristic of tropical fruit. I always hated pineapple, but I had only ever tasted the stuff from a can. When I tasted a fresh one, it was honestly a whole 'nother creature. Delicious. Now you’ve got me interested in trying a fresh coconut. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/94 "2004-10-26T22:20:24Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > .Ah, thanks a million. I think she’s a [total cutie](http://www.crowaptok.com/images/duvet3.jpg), but I’m very biased. **Jjimm** , she’s a beauty. And I don’t just say that because I have her slightly more chubby [twin](http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4ce07b3127ccea9d7866fc3330000002611). She really is a beautiful girl - very expressive eyes. Ava ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/95 "2004-10-26T22:39:11Z")
You’re a classy guy, Doc. Even when being completely disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/96 "2004-10-26T22:54:42Z")
Maybe I’m just hormonal, but that post had me laughing my goddamn ass off. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/97 "2004-10-26T23:02:24Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > I had intended to provide an odd laugh, something like Charles Addams. I had wanted to give people a grin and then feel slightly guilty for finding it funny. Iwent too far. I disgusted and repulsed people. For which I say to you, “Bravo, sir!” Your post would be regarded as a fine work of art over at [alt.tasteless](http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&safe=off&group=alt.tasteless). Your only error was choosing a particular thread whose subject appealed to people who are easily offended and who, with respect to certain topics, have no sense of humor. People of such character that there is a real chance that many of them will not even read your apology because it was posted in the Pit. In fact, at one time I would have disagreed with the characterization of that choice as erroneous. I would have said that these people needed their bubbles burst and that you had done them a favor, albeit one that they did not recognize. But then, I am a grizzled veteran of the alt.tasteless/rec.pets.cats usenet wars of the late twentieth century. While I maintain my iconoclastic ideology, I have also acquired a practical sense of decorum during my advancing years and recognize the virtue of restraint and, failing that, penance. However, I suggest that in the future if you are again inspired thusly, use the “New Thread” button rather than the “Post Reply” button and you may find a more appreciative audience. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/98 "2004-10-26T23:03:42Z")
I don’t laugh out loud that often at the Dope, particularly at posts that don’t involve screwed-up English, but I did then. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a thread title that _asked for it_ in quite the way the wording of that one did. ---
**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/99 "2004-10-27T04:08:57Z")
You’re a class act, **Doc**. Apologize when you’ve offended someone? Kids could learn worse. 🙂 _I wasn’t offended but then I am an afficianado of black humor_ ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104/100 "2004-10-27T04:57:32Z")
> [@Berkut](#): > > I’m going to have to go against the other opinions posted in this thread. > > I found that post very offensive. Mainly, this part: > … > I’m sorry, but coconut is fucking _nasty_. Cracked my ass up. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-screwed-up-and-i-apologize/271104.md?page=6)