# I'm not OK You're not OK **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 23, 2001, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376 "2001-01-23T08:56:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/41 "2001-01-24T02:53:32Z")
I realize that this isn’t exactly a “We love G. Nome” thread but since she is obviously checking this thread periodically, I just wanted to pay her a geniune compliment. In the thread where she commented to manhattan that she didn’t consider him worthy of a name referencing a place so cosmopolitan (or something) she said she would henceforth be referring to him as Humphrey. I don’t know why, but that was one of the absolute funniest things I have ever read on this board. I laughed myself to tears! You just have to read that sentence with a very stuffy, arrogant, dismissive tone! I have actually started using a revised version of the same comment in my everyday life when people act stupid! Just thought I’d add that here rather than start a new thread! Good one, G. Nome. For what it’s worth, I read the bread/jar comment by G. Nome and while it didn’t highly offend me, I did interpret it to mean what manhattan thought it did. And while G. Nome could have cleared maters up immediately instead of being deliberately obtuse, manhattan was a little over the top as he can be quite often. I think the whole thing was just stupid. Not that anyone asked me! ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/42 "2001-01-24T03:54:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by G. Nome \* > **But the thought that he might be the latter almost certainly doesn’t seem as ridiculous to me as it does to AndyGirl and SmackFu etc. They labelled the following photograph JB\_Farley dancing with Cecil Adams.** Well, I’ll take full blame for that caption. I don’t know where-the-hell you got andygirl’s name from in that regard. As far as calling him Cecil Adams – well that started at the Dopefest itself. **He was wearing the friggin’ “Cecil Adams” nametag.**'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/43 "2001-01-24T04:29:17Z")
I dunno, there’s a certain test tube fascination about **G.Nome’s** attempts at outraged victimhood. Considering her long history of unfocused hostility, random attacks and concealing blather, this is just sorta _cute_, y’know? Too bad her flashes of genuine wit and insight are swamped by irrational bile. It’s a damned pathetic waste of resources, IMO, but she chose the role. Actually to all appearances she’s gloried in it; specialized in unprovoked, unexplained blind attacks. I’m gonna sit back and observe, with a naturalist’s interest, this predator’s response to resistence. Her claim to victimhood is pathetically inept, though she’s brought her trademark incoherence and misdirection into play. Hard to muster pity. Even harder to muster respect or regret. Veb ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/44 "2001-01-24T06:32:09Z")
I would just like to point out how cool a word “muster” is. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/45 "2001-01-24T07:41:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andygirl \* > \*\*I would just like to point out how cool a word “muster” is. \*\* It _is_, isn’t it? _Muuuster_. And wouldn’t “Irrational Bile” make an excellent band name? Veb ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/46 "2001-01-24T08:59:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SmackFu \ ***He was wearing the friggin’ “Cecil Adams” nametag.**'nuff said. \*\* Shouldn’t we all get that nametag? I mean - just in case we’re ever in a Tony Curtis “I’m Spartacus - No - I’m Spartacus!” situation? (Oh - BTW “Muster” to us Navy vet dopers has sadly lost its cachet: there it lives as a term for “stand here like stumps while we both bore and insult you all we want.” Um, is “cachet” cool enough a supplicate?) ---
**Author:** ![G.Nome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@G.Nome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.Nome)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/47 "2001-01-24T10:28:37Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by SmackFu \* \*\* > [@](#): > > Well, I’ll take full blame for that caption. I don’t know where-the-hell you got andygirl’s name from in that regard.\*\* There’s probably some truth in Duck Duck Goose Goose’s\* suggestion that I’m just jealous. In fact, the picture where the guy being kissed is looking at the camera could probably serve as a dictionary definition of unadulterated fun. He looks so joyful. The picture was in andygirl’s post in her Cecil Adams link. \*Every time I have to use that name I feel stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/48 "2001-01-24T11:05:11Z")
And I thought _I_ had issues… ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/49 "2001-01-24T11:27:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Every time I have to use that name I feel stupid. What’s your excuse for the name you have now? 😃 (Sorry, couldn’t resist…) ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/50 "2001-01-24T16:22:59Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by G. Nome \* > There’s probably some truth in Duck Duck Goose Goose’s_…\ > \*Every time I have to use that name I feel stupid. \*\* [cleaning splorted tuna fish from keyboard] [reflecting on the Biblical principle that “a soft answer turneth away wrath”] [digging away at Chicken of the Sea embedded in FGHJ] [deciding “ah, fuck it”] Um–a number of possible replies springs to mind. 1. Don’t use it? 2. When have you ever had to use it? 3. Just use **DDG** like everybody else does? 4. Why take a cheap shot at me? I never done nothin’ to you. 5. That’s gratitude for ya–after I trudged through that whole damn 4-page thread, genuinely curious as to the source of your pique, and came up with the best guess I could. 6. Maybe “G.Nome” as a handle is no world-beater, either? 7. Maybe I don’t give a flying fuck what you think, sweetie? 8. Geez. 9. Piss off. 10. You owe me a new keyboard, babe. This shit ain’t cleanin’ up. 11. This whole entire thread–LOL, people! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/51 "2001-01-24T16:40:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by G. Nome \* > > There’s probably some truth in Duck Duck Goose Goose’s\* suggestion that I’m just jealous. > \ > > \*Every time I have to use that name I feel stupid. Life is full of trade offs G. Nome…everytime I read one of your posts, I feel smart. jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/52 "2001-01-24T16:41:14Z")
> [@](#): > > _Posted by TVeblen_ > Too bad her flashes of genuine wit and insight are swamped by irrational bile. **G.Nome** (I still think your name is witty) **you should take note of this.** You stayed out of trouble for a while, now _whether or not you think this is down to you_ you inflame it. _I_ thought the line that started this silliness was a nice elegy for the pseudo-innocence of the 70s, but your posts since make me think I’m giving you too much credit. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/53 "2001-01-24T18:01:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*\*G. Nome \*\* > Evilbeth: I did not search high and low. I was offended accidentally when I put DrMatrix in the search engine. Yeah, that search engine can get offensive. Please try to be more careful. > [@](#): > > I was checking the People Pages out because I wanted to vote in the Beauty Contest. After the D’s I gave up but DrMatrix looked interesting to me - so I checked him out. :eek: You are scaring me. I don’t know if I should be flattered, offended, scared, or what. 😕 I’ve got a question for you (and one for me). 1. What exactly offended you? 2. (Why do I ask a question when I have no reason to expect any kind of coherent answer?) ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/54 "2001-01-24T20:54:01Z")
> [@](#): > > In fact, the picture where the guy being kissed is looking at the camera could probably serve as a dictionary definition of unadulterated fun. He looks so joyful. Hey! That’s me licking Lux! I’m _so_ grateful that you once again brought some attention to the embarrassing evidence of my drunkenness. Thanks so much, G.Nome. In defense of **THespos’s** comment (I don’t even know why I’m doing this, but I’ll give it a shot) - you really had to be there to get the joke. The bar was nearly empty before we got there. **Green Bean** had made awesome nametags for everyone, and **Cecil Adams** and **JDT** both had tags. Our group quickly brought the bar to pandemonium level, and some of us were dancing. That black dude starting hanging around our group, dancing with us and everything, so someone gave him the leftover **Cecil Adams** nametag. If you had actually _seen_ the guy in person, you would understand **THespos’s** comment. He was one month away from meltdown, desperately in need of a liver transplant. I at no point assumed he was gay (merely alcoholic). As soon as he got the tag, he started dry-humping, licking and groping everyone there. And it wasn’t exactly like we wanted him to do that. He seemed to be drawn to **jb\_farley** (understandable; the guy’s a stud) and tried to sexually assuaulted him many times over. The comment that offends you so was not at all in reference to AIDS or HIV; just to the fact that he looked old and sick and seriously drunk, and he was clearly trying to score with some of us. All good now? ---
**Author:** ![G.Nome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@G.Nome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.Nome)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/55 "2001-01-24T23:08:06Z")
Dr Matrix, you great big seafood lover. What can I say? Throw back the little ones And pan-fry the big ones Use tact, poise and reason And gently squeeze them??? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/56 "2001-01-25T01:30:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Dr Matrix, you great big seafood lover. Strange…I’ve never thought of myself as seafood. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![G.Nome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@G.Nome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.Nome)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/57 "2001-01-25T08:46:47Z")
But sometimes people see your legs as the catch of the day, right? Now look what you’ve made me say. Humphrey will be furious. Off to the great de baits. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/58 "2001-01-25T14:16:29Z")
> [@](#): > > He really is a giant turkey wearing a professor’s cap. With a nice looking pecker, I might add. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/59 "2001-01-25T14:41:06Z")
Thank you, Diane. Err…moving swiftly along… Hey, **DrMatrix** , you know it’s only three weeks until Valentine’s Day ? \<…returns to the cheap seats muttering ‘Interflora’……\> ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376/60 "2001-01-25T14:51:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diane \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > He really is a giant turkey wearing a professor’s cap. > > With a nice looking pecker, I might add. > \*\* Alright, I just spewed coffee through my nose all over my computer’s keyboard. I demand restitution! Where do I send the _bill_? Fenris [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-ok-youre-not-ok/51376.md?page=4)