# Idiotic statements made by cow-orker this morning. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 31, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419 "2004-12-31T13:38:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/21 "2004-12-31T20:46:08Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > The real tragedy here, is that he has two kids. One of my favorite Chris Rock bits is “Whoever you don’t like is going to end up in your family. If you don’t like gays, you’ll have a gay son. If you don’t like Puerto Ricans, your daughter’s coming home with ‘Livin’ la vida loca!’” After a lifetime of listening to his bullshit, his kids might rebel and become the world’s revenge on him. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/22 "2004-12-31T21:06:45Z")
My hairdresser said almost the same thing yesterday: “Do you think this is God’s way of thinning out the population?” I just laughed, and said “No, I don’t think God had anything to do with this.” I hope she was offended at being laughed at. I couldn’t so much more than that because my hair was full of chemicals. I’m sure I’ll hear this again, and I’m still trying to come up with a scathing comeback. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/23 "2004-12-31T21:08:09Z")
“Say”, not “so.” ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/24 "2004-12-31T21:21:41Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > My hairdresser said almost the same thing yesterday: “Do you think this is God’s way of thinning out the population?” > > I just laughed, and said “No, I don’t think God had anything to do with this.” > > I hope she was offended at being laughed at. I couldn’t so much more than that because my hair was full of chemicals. > > I’m sure I’ll hear this again, and I’m still trying to come up with a scathing comeback. “Well, if that’s what’s on his agenda, I’d watch my back if I were you. You never know when He might call on _you_ and your loved ones.” Optional add-on: “You dumb, insensitive bitch.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/25 "2004-12-31T21:38:34Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > “Say”, not “so.” “Say.” It ain’t “so.” 😃 I’m so full of astonishment that so many died so needlessly in so short a time that I have no room for more astonishment that some nutwhacks think it’s a good thing. I can only hope that Christians with Good Christian Hearts are still in the majority, though recent evidence seems to suggest otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/26 "2004-12-31T21:58:23Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > Logic is to the religious as sunlight to vampires. :::: mutters about the “some” that he knows **gobear** forgot to include ::: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/27 "2004-12-31T21:59:32Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > My hairdresser said almost the same thing yesterday: “Do you think this is God’s way of thinning out the population?” > > I just laughed, and said “No, I don’t think God had anything to do with this.” > > I hope she was offended at being laughed at. I couldn’t so much more than that because my hair was full of chemicals. > > I’m sure I’ll hear this again, and I’m still trying to come up with a scathing comeback. You are my new hero. I am never brave enough to reply back to people who say things like this, particularly not when they are doing things to my hair. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/28 "2004-12-31T22:07:21Z")
> [@Cicada2003](#): > > You are my new hero. I am never brave enough to reply back to people who say things like this, particularly not when they are doing things to my hair. No shit. I will go along with any insane issue that bubbles out of your pea brain for the entire interval that you are holding a pair of scissors to my noggin. I can always tender my rebuttal when it comes time to offer you a tip. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/29 "2004-12-31T22:28:20Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > Besides, what was your co-workers reaction when God took out that redneck guitar player earlier this month? Did he even mention it? You’re as big a dumbfuck as the person this rant was authored about. Also, as other people have pointed out, Dimebag wasn’t a redneck. Though arguably\*, Tex Abbott was… Sam \*- as long as redneck equals “comes from Texas” and “sings country music”. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/30 "2004-12-31T23:09:06Z")
> [@GaWd](#): > > You’re as big a dumbfuck as the person this rant was authored about. Also, as other people have pointed out, Dimebag wasn’t a redneck. Though arguably\*, Tex Abbott was… I was being facetious. Jesus, you people… ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/31 "2004-12-31T23:16:17Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > I was being facetious. Jesus, you people… You were being facetious about the gruesome killing of Dimebag Darrell only 3 weeks after his death? That really improves your position on the matter… :rolleyes: ‘Jesus you people’, yourself. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/32 "2005-01-01T08:09:52Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > “Say.” It ain’t “so.” 😃 > > I’m so full of astonishment that so many died so needlessly in so short a time that I have no room for more astonishment that some nutwhacks think it’s a good thing. I can only hope that Christians with Good Christian Hearts are still in the majority, though recent evidence seems to suggest otherwise. Yeah, too bad there are no Christian organizations in these countries providing food & shelter & other forms of disaster relief. :rolleyes: Google up World Vision & Salvation Army. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2005, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/33 "2005-01-01T08:49:29Z")
I’d ask why God hates Jerry Orbach so. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/34 "2005-01-01T08:50:01Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory's idiot co-worker](#): > > Who’s to say that Korea wasn’t testing a nuclear missile? > [@](#): > > Originally posted by the **[_New York Post_](http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/37270.htm)** > _A 9.0 quake releases the equivalent energy of 32 billion tons of TNT, or more than 2 million times the force of the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima._ Holy shit! North Korea has a 32 _ **gigaton** _ nuke! Man, we are really fucked now. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/35 "2005-01-01T16:15:46Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > then he did some ethnic cleansing in Asia…" I heard something like this from one of my co-workers. She prefaced it by “I know this sounds harsh but…” and ended with “it’s just population control.” Yep, the tsunamis were just a way to keep the population levels down over there. Then she went on and on about how no animals were harmed because “they just know.” Longest lunch break ever. From now on, I make sure my mp3 player is always charged. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/36 "2005-01-01T23:31:20Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > Logic is to the religious as sunlight to vampires. Do you have a cite for that? Or a way of proving your statement, using, say, symbolic logic? (I loves me some Lewis Carroll! 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/37 "2005-01-02T00:44:58Z")
Ask your cow-orker about explaining this: [http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=53383](http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=53383) > [@](#): > > Car Nicobar’s famous church flattened by tsunami: > [India News]: Port Blair, Jan 1 : The famous John Richardson church in Car Nicobar in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has been completely destroyed by the giant tsunami that also killed thousands in the pristine archipelago. > > “Nothing remains of the church,” moaned pastor Silvanus, who has just been rescued by navy from Car Nicobar, part of the archipelago which has 572 islands, islets and rocks in the Bay of Bengal. > > Officially named the St. Thomas Cathedral Church, it was established in the 1930s during British colonial rule and was one of the oldest and most distinguished churches in the region. > > The name John Richardson comes from late local hero and missionary Bishop John Richardson who spread Christianity across the Andamans, was a legendary do-gooder and was even nominated to parliament by India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. > > He died in 1978 and this year a special statue dedicated to him and a stadium named after him were to open in Car Nicobar. But everything was washed away by the tsunami. Why bring that up? Because the few Christians in the area affected also did suffer too and there is also this: The Mosque in Aceh, the sacred place of the Moslems in that area, still remains in place… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/38 "2005-01-02T01:00:16Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > :::: mutters about the “some” that he knows **gobear** forgot to include ::: > > 😉 Certain exceptions noted, what place does logic have in a discussion of the metaphysical (that’d be “above physical” here)/preternatural? “Why God can’t have green hair\*: Five Proofs” … not so much.😃 [sub]Cecil’s hair is no doubt white, on account of having to deal with us Teeming Millions since 1973…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/39 "2005-01-02T02:29:08Z")
After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the local paper observed that several churches were destroyed, but a whiskey warehouse was left intact: “If, as they say, God spanked the town for being over frisky, Then why did He burn the churches down and spare Ho Ta Ling’s whiskey?” ---
**Author:** ![unsungun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/87869e/32.png) [@unsungun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unsungun)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-statements-made-by-cow-orker-this-morning/282419/41 "2005-01-02T02:43:52Z")
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