# In which I pit Zabali\_Clawbane and other bad parents **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 5, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-zabali_clawbane-and-other-bad-parents/222855 "2004-01-05T18:33:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-zabali_clawbane-and-other-bad-parents/222855/61 "2004-01-06T12:20:22Z")
[I have addressed the OP in this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=233403) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-zabali_clawbane-and-other-bad-parents/222855/62 "2004-01-06T12:20:47Z")
I merged the two threads. **Zabali** , there really was no need to open up a second thread, this one will do. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-zabali_clawbane-and-other-bad-parents/222855/63 "2004-01-06T12:27:38Z")
Ok, that was surreal. One moment my thread was on the Pit’s list, the next it was gone. Heh. Thanks **Coldy** ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-zabali_clawbane-and-other-bad-parents/222855/64 "2004-01-06T12:38:04Z")
I just want to check… am I permitted to call the OP a fucking idiot? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-zabali_clawbane-and-other-bad-parents/222855/65 "2004-01-06T12:46:17Z")
Man those thread merges screw with my head. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-zabali_clawbane-and-other-bad-parents/222855/66 "2004-01-06T13:24:59Z")
Another sure sign of the speckle-bellied fuckwit: > [@](#): > > It also appears that I need to appologize for questioning a poster with signficantly more post than me. That appears to be a sin. OK, I am not really sorry for that. Yes, because everything is run like the Stonecutters. :rolleyes: BTW, you need to apologize for being an unmitigated asshat not your post count. Given the quality of your discourse, your low post count is commendable. You may also want to use spell-check if you’re going to be a dick about other people’s spelling. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-zabali_clawbane-and-other-bad-parents/222855/67 "2004-01-06T13:45:47Z")
Every time I reread the OP, it gets more and more outrageous. As do the defenses to the arguments of everyone who pointed out what crap it was. If you follow **culture’s** reasoning\* you’d have to put all possible qualifiers, limitations, and parameters into one sentence. Can’t follow any statement with a clarifier in the _very next sentence_; can’t present your case in a series of well-thought-out steps. Nope, got to put it _all_ in one sentence, or **culture** will take the proposition and run it off the end of the pier. Even I can’t produce run-on sentences of that magnitude. \*I agree, “reasoning” is too kind a word for what was issuing from **culture’s** cloaca. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-zabali_clawbane-and-other-bad-parents/222855/68 "2004-01-06T13:53:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by culture \* > \*\*Munch, are you kidding yourself or do you realize that what you are posting was not part of the original post that I was addressing? Let’s not talk about what happened later, let’s talk about what was posted on 12:40 1-05-2004, and how a reasonable reader would interpret that post and its context (which includes what was posted before but not what was to be posted an hour in the future). > \*\* Wow. I know you’re most likely still lurking, because that’s what pathetically feebleminded Pitters do. 1. There’s no way of me knowing what Z\_B posted after her 12:40 1-05-2004 post, because you have still refused to provide a link to the thread in question. Therefore… 2. The only things that Z\_B said that I have to work with _were quoted by you in the OP_. This means that your above statement reflects the fact that not only do you have a hard time paying attention to others’ posts, you have a hard time remembering what you yourself have written. Reading comprehension - it’s not just for breakfast anymore. 3. I truly hope you take everyone’s suggestion that you owe Z\_B an apology to heart. This was a most ill-advised Pitting, and could have simply been cleared up with a follow-up request for clarification in the thread of dispute (still unlinked). Bringing this up here was a terrible idea - Pit threads are not something to be lightly taken up, especially when directed at a fellow board member. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-zabali_clawbane-and-other-bad-parents/222855/69 "2004-01-06T13:56:55Z")
[Link to the thread that **culture** quoted.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=233192&perpage=50&pagenumber=1) BTW people, my intials are **Z\_C** not Z\_B. Not a big deal, I know you are talking to me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-zabali_clawbane-and-other-bad-parents/222855/70 "2004-01-06T14:23:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Who\_me? \* > \*\*I just want to check… am I permitted to call the OP a fucking idiot? \*\* Yes, but you have to provide a comprehensive “statement of limitations” that lists every Doper that you feel is _not_ a fucking idiot. Anyone you leave out will be included. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-zabali_clawbane-and-other-bad-parents/222855/71 "2004-01-06T17:37:05Z")
Also, I thought I’d confirm my gender. I am female.[My profile.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=32114) ---
**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:** [January 6, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-zabali_clawbane-and-other-bad-parents/222855/72 "2004-01-06T20:58:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Who\_me? \* > \*\*I just want to check… am I permitted to call the OP a fucking idiot? \*\* Take a number. ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-zabali_clawbane-and-other-bad-parents/222855/73 "2004-01-07T03:48:01Z")
Okay I am a little late to this pile on but **culture** you are an ass babe. I think **Zabali** is one of the coolest moms to walk the face of the Earth! ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-zabali_clawbane-and-other-bad-parents/222855/74 "2004-01-07T04:48:13Z")
**Zabali-Clawbane** : I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your children. You have my deepest condolences not only for your loss, but for having to read this idiotic thread about you. I hope you can just erase it from your memory banks because it’s not worth you getting upset over. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-zabali_clawbane-and-other-bad-parents/222855.md?page=3)