# Is Skipmagic always this laughable? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 21, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296 "2008-07-21T20:21:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/121 "2008-07-22T20:36:27Z")
[QUOTE=Telemark] I believe he means that an infinite number of monkeys, given an infinite amount of time, would eventually produce the entire works of Wilde. Your posts would require 4 monkeys and roughly 25 minutes. [/QUOTE] Not true. They are already produced by a single monkey…and usually within a 10-minute span. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/122 "2008-07-22T20:42:38Z")
- Throws peanuts to the real monkeys \* Share them amongst yourselves! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/123 "2008-07-22T20:43:24Z")
See? ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/124 "2008-07-22T20:47:28Z")
Yeah but, Wilde never called anyone FAT! ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/125 "2008-07-22T20:51:52Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] See? [/QUOTE] Well give me something to work with! Your paltry insults so far deserve nothing more than childish responses. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/126 "2008-07-22T21:36:59Z")
You should see him when he dresses up as Oscar Wilde. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/127 "2008-07-22T21:51:49Z")
[QUOTE=Wilson] You should see him when he dresses up as Oscar Wilde. [/QUOTE] Yeah, that Victorian waistcoat really makes him look fat. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/128 "2008-07-22T21:55:16Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Not true. They are already produced by a single monkey…and usually within a 10-minute span. [/QUOTE] Your estimate is quite generous, sir. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/129 "2008-07-22T21:56:06Z")
Huh. ivan’s british. I wonder how he feels about small shops. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/130 "2008-07-22T22:18:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Yeah, that Victorian waistcoat really makes him look fat. Why is it that all fat mods dress like Victorians? It is teh ugly and does not please me. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/131 "2008-07-22T22:21:48Z")
[QUOTE=E-Sabbath] Huh. ivan’s british. I wonder how he feels about small shops. [/QUOTE] You’ll have to explain that. It’s far too obscure for this uncultured heathen. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/132 "2008-07-22T23:12:36Z")
[QUOTE=Harborwolf] Better than “DAAAAAAAAMN.” 😉 [/QUOTE] Which? Fat, I totally agree with you on. I think. This is one of those situations where I’d need to know if it were an admiring DAAAAAAAAMN or a snarkalicious DAAAAAAAAMN, after all. 😉 Fluffy, not so much with the agreeing. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/133 "2008-07-23T01:13:49Z")
Oh. Well, a ‘dummy’ is a rather localized bit of slang, suggestive of England. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/134 "2008-07-23T15:47:56Z")
[QUOTE=Telemark] I believe he means that an infinite number of monkeys, given an infinite amount of time, would eventually produce the entire works of Wilde. Your posts would require 4 monkeys and roughly 25 minutes. [/QUOTE] Hmm - a monkey scale method of grading posts and posters. This could have legs. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/135 "2008-07-23T16:37:29Z")
[QUOTE=E-Sabbath] Oh. Well, a ‘dummy’ is a rather localized bit of slang, suggestive of England. [/QUOTE] [Richard Nixon]Sock it to _me?_[/RMN] ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/136 "2008-07-23T17:57:52Z")
… I suppose, I don’t know. It was just an odd bit of slang, and an owner of a british shop (small) was the first loose association I had with it. Do you think he might be? He’s far more aggressive than SBSO. ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/137 "2008-07-24T06:42:08Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] You’re not brave enough, smart enough, or a good enough speller to be a crusader. [/QUOTE] Indeed. It is well established by now that the main reason for the Saracen victory related to literacy. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296/138 "2008-07-24T06:48:37Z")
[QUOTE=SisterCoyote] Which? Fat, I totally agree with you on. I think. This is one of those situations where I’d need to know if it were an admiring DAAAAAAAAMN or a snarkalicious DAAAAAAAAMN, after all. 😉 Fluffy, not so much with the agreeing. [/QUOTE] He is referring to [Gabriel Iglesias: Hot and Fluffy](http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?&movieid=70072945&trkid=1766) “There are 5 levels of fat. Big, healthy, husky, fluffy, and DAAAAMMMMNNNN!!! I am fluffy.” He has some pretty good stuff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-skipmagic-always-this-laughable/457296.md?page=6)