# Incompetent motherfucker **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 18, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incompetent-motherfucker/619150 "2012-04-18T14:05:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incompetent-motherfucker/619150/81 "2012-04-25T03:57:37Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > As a matter of complete anticlimax – all three stories ran today, which means they all go on the April invoice. No harm, no foul. > > Oops. That’s not an Oops… that’s a Woo-hoo! (of course, getting a real contract with a kill fee would be a Woo to the power of Woo-hoo…) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incompetent-motherfucker/619150/82 "2012-05-18T15:15:07Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > My objection is that if you make a business deal with several possible outcomes, you have no reason to hitch when one of those possible outcomes occurs. There’s no crying in baseball. So, **Rand** , did you somehow not foresee that when you became a lawyer, someone might pressure you into doing _pro bono_ work? Did your eyes kind of glaze at that bit? Were you misinformed and then failed to inform yourself? I guess what I’m asking is, were you incompetent or idiotic? ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incompetent-motherfucker/619150/83 "2012-05-18T15:23:15Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > So, **Rand** , did you somehow not foresee that when you became a lawyer, someone might pressure you into doing _pro bono_ work? Did your eyes kind of glaze at that bit? Were you misinformed and then failed to inform yourself? I guess what I’m asking is, were you incompetent or idiotic? Did you really just open a month-old thread so that you could talk about a totally different thread?? …with Rand Rover? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incompetent-motherfucker/619150/84 "2012-05-18T15:28:02Z")
And in other news, it’s sunny and chilly in Calgary today. Back to you, **Derleth.** ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incompetent-motherfucker/619150/85 "2012-05-18T15:49:29Z")
I’ll trade you. It’s sunny and hot and windy here today. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incompetent-motherfucker/619150/86 "2012-05-18T17:17:05Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Did you really just open a month-old thread so that you could talk about a totally different thread?? Meh. Figured he might get tired of the ‘u r teh ghey’ stuff that he’s brought down on his head recently. (I’d say “sue me” but Rand might not get the sarcasm.) ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incompetent-motherfucker/619150/87 "2012-05-18T17:50:32Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > So, **Rand** , did you somehow not foresee that when you became a lawyer, someone might pressure you into doing _pro bono_ work? Did your eyes kind of glaze at that bit? Were you misinformed and then failed to inform yourself? I guess what I’m asking is, were you incompetent or idiotic? If you think I’m being a hypocrite, then make an argument for that position and I will respond. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incompetent-motherfucker/619150/88 "2012-05-19T03:18:28Z")
So… I came here to commiserate with my fellow freelancers, instead I find this has turned into the **Rand Rover** show. Oh well… That’s why we can’t have nice things here. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incompetent-motherfucker/619150/89 "2012-05-19T03:30:11Z")
Just fighting ignorance. It’s taking longer than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incompetent-motherfucker/619150/90 "2012-05-19T03:40:22Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Just fighting ignorance. And bravely, I might add. Word is you’re up for the Bronze Loaf. ---
**Author:** ![Bamboo\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Bamboo\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bamboo_Boy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incompetent-motherfucker/619150/91 "2012-07-13T10:49:52Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Speaking of which, why does anybody choose to bicker with **Rand Rover**? He’s not making an argument. He’s making up a position so he can disagree with someone he wants to disagree with. You won’t get anywhere with a counterargument because there’s no argument. It’s the same in every thread. I have also wondered about this. It’s true- but I find reading the inevitable pile up fills me with a strange mixture of irritation and glee. RR says something audacious and irritating, and I marvel at that. A pile up of retorts follows, which are typically both true and funny. An itch gets scratched. RR will come back and double down, again something to marvel at. Pile on ensues, etc. Makes me feel like I’m sitting in a folding web chair with a bowl of popcorn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incompetent-motherfucker/619150.md?page=4)