# Inside jokes don't make you look clever. You look like you got a shiny asshole. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 8, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450 "2005-06-08T14:07:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/61 "2005-06-08T18:35:10Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > **Knowed Out** you know, all this thread has done is allowed you to point people to a thread where you made a slight fool of yourself, and got a slight repremand for calling someone an attention whore in the wrong forum. Well, that’s not _all_ it’s done. It’s given us a nice new shiny asshole toy to play with, and display alongside our 1920’s-style death rays, and our forty-five year old short duration deep sea explorations, and our “GOTCHA YA!'s” and our HI, OPAL’s. Thanks, **Knowed Out**! ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/62 "2005-06-08T18:38:28Z")
Wow, it would be _so_ cool to have a light-emitting anus (LEA)- drop trow, bend over and shout **The Eye of Sauron Watches YOU!** ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/63 "2005-06-08T18:42:21Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > Wow, it would be _so_ cool to have a light-emitting anus (LEA)- drop trow, bend over and shout > **The Eye of Sauron Watches YOU!** Sorta like [this?](http://laserdazzler.net/laser_flashlight.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/64 "2005-06-08T18:42:36Z")
Your asshole may be shiny, but _mine_ has gold plated 24" spinners. Word. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/65 "2005-06-08T18:48:10Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I \*love \* inside jokes. > > I maybe female, but I’m a geek who quotes Monty Python. > > And I find that thread completely stupid. Of course, the thing with Monty Python, is that in any large community such as this, quite a few more than 2 people are going to get it, and truly feel that it makes their day better. I never watched the Simpsons, but I’m sure there’s a lot of people here who have and appreciate the references to that. Not every word on this MB is going to be equally insightful, useful, or profitable to every single person who reads it. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/66 "2005-06-08T19:04:01Z")
Shine on, shine on asshole mine (and bring back pie) I ain’t had no buffin’ since Janu-anus, Febru-anus, Junass, no lie! ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/67 "2005-06-08T19:15:57Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Sorta like [this?](http://laserdazzler.net/laser_flashlight.htm) Yes, precisely. A high-intensity LEA and a stout length of optic fiber, and you could achieve that very effect! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/68 "2005-06-08T19:16:22Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > Not every word on this MB is going to be equally insightful, useful, or profitable to every single person who reads it. What an amazing concept!! You mean I’ve been slugging through all these threads for nothing?! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/69 "2005-06-08T19:23:58Z")
How can anyone call this a stupid thread? This is _way_ too much fun! 😃 Do shiny assholes come in platinum, too? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/70 "2005-06-08T19:32:21Z")
It seems we have a new “inside” catch-phrase. Thanks, **Knowed Out**!! Shiny! I mean, Shiny Asshole! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/71 "2005-06-08T19:34:07Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Do shiny assholes come in platinum, too? Yes. They are also available in a budget model made of stainless steel. ---
**Author:** ![Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58956e/32.png) [@Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoodoo_Ulove)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/72 "2005-06-08T19:37:42Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Do shiny assholes come in platinum, too? Per Google: > [@](#): > > Results 1 - 10 of about 180,000 for anus jewelry. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/73 "2005-06-08T19:46:49Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > Yes. They are also available in a budget model made of stainless steel. Beware of cheap, imported off-brand shiny assholes. They’re frequently made of inferior materials and then given a thin precious metal plating. Despite their low initial cost, those assholes are no bargain. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/74 "2005-06-08T19:55:25Z")
Bargain-hunting for assholes again, huh? Well, that’s all you’ll find, is bargain assholes with faux silverplate anuses when you hang around in Ooooo, look – shiny! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/75 "2005-06-08T20:11:04Z")
> [@Hoodoo Ulove](#): > > Per Google: Thank you _so_ much for fighting tha ignoranz. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/76 "2005-06-08T20:12:26Z")
Okay, I just spent half an hour in the washroom up on the counter with a flashlight in one hand and a mirror in the other. No shine at all. **Knowed Out** , if I had a shiny asshole (if I had a shiny asshole), I’d buy you a house (I would buy you a house). And if I had a shiny asshole (if I had a shiny asshole), **I’D BUY YER LUUUUUUUUV!!1!!!eleven!** ---
**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:** [June 8, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/77 "2005-06-08T20:16:29Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Beware of cheap, imported off-brand shiny assholes. They’re frequently made of inferior materials and then given a thin precious metal plating. Despite their low initial cost, those assholes are no bargain. Yeah, those imitation shiny assholes like nice for about a week, but then they turn all green and grody. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/78 "2005-06-08T20:16:54Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Shiny! I mean, Shiny Asshole! That’s going to make it an entirely different movie than what I expected. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/79 "2005-06-08T20:19:47Z")
Shiny happy assholes holding hands ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450/80 "2005-06-08T20:21:43Z")
goddamn kids today with their fancy ideas and shiny assholes… You’ll understand when experience and the weight of the world makes your asshole dull, scarred and rubbery. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-dont-make-you-look-clever-you-look-like-you-got-a-shiny-asshole/307450.md?page=5)