# Is scumpup pro-alcoholic douchebag? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 21, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699 "2012-12-21T03:42:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/1 "2012-12-21T03:42:02Z")
Putting it here in The Pit as it will inevitably end up here. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/2 "2012-12-21T03:55:04Z")
> [@Docta\_G](#): > > Putting it here in The Pit as it will inevitably end up here. In his defense, I have read his posts when he wasn’t drinking, and alcohol isn’t his problem. ---
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/3 "2012-12-21T03:56:19Z")
That’s a defense? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/4 "2012-12-21T04:08:11Z")
Dunno, but there’s no defense for your complete failure of a pitting. Never mind the complete lack of content, but not even a link? GTFO ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/5 "2012-12-21T04:08:34Z")
Cite? CMC ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/6 "2012-12-21T04:10:30Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > Dunno, but there’s no defense for your complete failure of a pitting. Never mind the complete lack of content, but not even a link? Actually [that’s kind of the point](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=676233). ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/7 "2012-12-21T04:29:17Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Actually [that’s kind of the point](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=676233). Ah, makes much more sense in that context. But still, not everybody has seen that thread, so t’row us a bone 'ere! Two fails don’t make a… uh, non-fail… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/8 "2012-12-21T04:31:35Z")
> [@Docta\_G](#): > > Putting it here in The Pit as it will inevitably end up here. Is he “A man walks into a bar. He’s an alcohol and it’s destroying his family.”? ---
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/9 "2012-12-21T04:33:28Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > Ah, makes much more sense in that context. But still, not everybody has seen that thread, so t’row us a bone 'ere! Two fails don’t make a… uh, non-fail… You don’t deserve that moniker. Go cultivate your garden. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/10 "2012-12-21T04:41:52Z")
> [@Docta\_G](#): > > You don’t deserve that moniker. Go cultivate your garden. Deserve’s got nuthin to do with it. But I’ve cultivated a nice cactus in my garden for you to go fuck. You still get a big FAIL on the weak Pitting-parody attempt. ---
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/11 "2012-12-21T04:47:56Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > Deserve’s got nuthin to do with it. But I’ve cultivated a nice cactus in my garden for you to go fuck. > > You still get a big FAIL on the weak Pitting-parody attempt. Well said, but you must cultivate your garden. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/12 "2012-12-21T04:49:27Z")
I think the question is, why does **scumpup** keep wondering why everyone thinks he is a pro-alcoholic douchebag? ---
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/13 "2012-12-21T04:51:01Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I think the question is, why does **scumpup** keep wondering why everyone thinks he is a pro-alcoholic douchebag? Could be because he’s an alcoholic douchebag. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/14 "2012-12-21T04:59:30Z")
> [@Docta\_G](#): > > Well said, but you must cultivate your garden. Alright, once I could take, but now that it’s twice, you’re gonna have to fill me in on the “garden cultivating” reference. Some other thread you presume everybody has read? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/15 "2012-12-21T05:01:00Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > Alright, once I could take, but now that it’s twice, you’re gonna have to fill me in on the “garden cultivating” reference. Some other thread you presume everybody has read? Jeez, I though you _wrote_ Candide, and you admit you’ve never even read it? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/16 "2012-12-21T05:01:57Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > Alright, once I could take, but now that it’s twice, you’re gonna have to fill me in on the “garden cultivating” reference. Some other thread you presume everybody has read? I think it’s something like throwing stuff in the quarry. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/17 "2012-12-21T05:03:27Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Jeez, I though you _wrote_ Candide, and you admit you’ve never even read it? _Tony Orlando and Dawn_ did that one, right? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/18 "2012-12-21T05:05:57Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > _Tony Orlando and Dawn_ did that one, right? Duh! ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/19 "2012-12-21T05:06:55Z")
So a cactus walks into a bar. Bartender says, “what’ll you have”? The cactus says, “the strongest stuff you got. I just want to get fucked” ---
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699/20 "2012-12-21T05:08:14Z")
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