# I wish to declare war on a foreign country. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 6, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464 "2011-06-06T01:15:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/221 "2011-06-20T20:56:33Z")
I wouldn’t blame him for leaving and never coming back. It’s only what we deserve. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/222 "2011-06-20T20:57:37Z")
> [@Le\_Jacquelope](#): > > _Pats you on your head_ > Keep telling yourself that. > I’ve decided to outsource the task of flaming you to you. > Division of labor, comparative advantage, you know how it is. See? I told you were gonna run out of material… ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/223 "2011-06-21T01:45:48Z")
Please be sure to put Jackie back in his box when you’re done playing with him. ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/224 "2011-06-21T02:06:06Z")
And don’t forget to feed him. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/225 "2011-06-21T07:05:24Z")
But not after midnight. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/226 "2011-06-21T10:20:57Z")
> [@Le\_Jacquelope](#): > > I’m going to repeat to you every rime you respond: you’re nothing to anyone. Revery rime I respond? Ruh-oh Raggy! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/227 "2011-06-21T10:57:55Z")
> [@Le\_Jacquelope](#): > > I’m going to repeat to you every rime you respond: you’re nothing to anyone. You’ll always be something to me, **Alka Seltzer**. I haven’t decided what yet, but at the moment “the person who introduced me to the phrase ‘strawberry jelly dildo’” is a frontrunner. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Jacquelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Le\_Jacquelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Jacquelope)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/228 "2011-06-21T16:21:16Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > Revery rime I respond? Ruh-oh Raggy! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz… what? Oh yeah, you’re still nothing. Zzzzzzzz… ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/229 "2011-06-21T18:28:30Z")
Yep, his responses are getting shorter and less thought out… Poor puppy. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/230 "2011-06-21T20:08:23Z")
Shorter maybe, but can they be any less thought out? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/231 "2011-06-21T20:15:35Z")
I guess the batteries in his [insult-a-thon](http://www.amazon.com/Insult-Button/dp/B000WW7BBW) are running out. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/232 "2011-06-21T21:07:08Z")
> [@Le\_Jacquelope](#): > > Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz… what? Oh yeah, you’re still nothing. Zzzzzzzz… Wow. That was uncalled for. Thirty-four “z’s” is just hurtful. I can see going to thirty, but thirty-four? You made me cry. Sad face. ☹ It also hurts that he didn’t recognize the Scooby Doo bit, but less so. Knew it was a long shot in a text only format, but he could’ve said something about it. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Jacquelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Le\_Jacquelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Jacquelope)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/233 "2011-06-22T06:56:41Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > Yep, his responses are getting shorter and less thought out… > > Poor puppy. > [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > I guess the batteries in his [insult-a-thon](http://www.amazon.com/Insult-Button/dp/B000WW7BBW) are running out. It’s now 232 responses and you still don’t understand that you simply aren’t worth any better. _Pats you on your head_ Then again you think you are worth better. Now you absolutely will respond with more of your lame unoriginal insults. I command it. Obey. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Jacquelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Le\_Jacquelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Jacquelope)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/234 "2011-06-22T06:58:25Z")
The only question is… why? What is it about “two genders, one set of rules” that spooks you and drives you into tirades, flame campaigns and general paranoia? _snicker_ Not that I expect anything more than denials, of course. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/235 "2011-06-22T07:01:45Z")
> [@Le\_Jacquelope](#): > > The only question is… why? > > What is it about “two genders, one set of rules” that spooks you and drives you into tirades, flame campaigns and general paranoia? > > _snicker_ Not that I expect anything more than denials, of course. Blow me. There, fixed it. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/236 "2011-06-22T07:02:37Z")
equally=/=identically ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/237 "2011-06-22T07:12:03Z")
So just to be clear, you have once again posted your asinine premise in the pit rather than GD because your only response to a well thought out rebuttal will be of the form “I am SMART! You are a DODO HEAD!” If I have misrepresented your position please open a GD thread where we can discuss the merits of your position without personal insults. If your only intention is to throw personal insults at anyone who disagrees with you, carry on… ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/238 "2011-06-22T09:45:43Z")
It’s actually an interesting question that the OP has posed, because it assumes that Dopers are universally male. How sexist is _that_? 😃 kam…a sheila…middle-aged and not being abused by any gendered inequities. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/239 "2011-06-22T09:48:37Z")
> [@Le\_Jacquelope](#): > > It’s now 232 responses and you still don’t understand that you simply aren’t worth any better. > > _Pats you on your head_ Then again you think you are worth better. > > Now you absolutely will respond with more of your lame unoriginal insults. I command it. Obey. Yeah? Well the jerk store called, and they’re running out of you. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464/240 "2011-06-22T09:59:15Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > It’s actually an interesting question that the OP has posed, because it assumes that Dopers are universally male. > > How sexist is _that_? 😃 > > kam…a sheila…middle-aged and not being abused by any gendered inequities. > > 😛 We can change that buddy \ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-declare-war-on-a-foreign-country/584464.md?page=13)