# It's time to officially Pit Joe Paterno and the Penn State football program. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 7, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167 "2011-11-07T14:23:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 173
**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:** [February 21, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3442 "2012-02-21T05:00:27Z")
> [@Huerta88](#): > > **Rum-filled** chocolate covered cherries. Mmm… Rum-filled chocolate covered cherries… (just trying to get us off Page 69 as soon as possible) If you’re reading this, post _something_. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3443 "2012-02-21T05:32:48Z")
No one may have noticed had you not mentioned it. And yes, it is possible that might prompt a surge of juvenile japes, but we are far too mature and proper a crowd to descend to such. Wait, **Vinny** isn’t here, right? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3444 "2012-02-21T05:41:17Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Some excellent points made by **q78** ; I’ll just add that of course it’s hard for **SA** to keep track of everything he said, when, as I believe someone said a while back, he is responsible for mor than ten percent of all the posts. As of now, he’s posted 423 times in this thread for 12.3% of all responses. You’ll also be unsurprised to find Huerta88 at 378 or 11% of the total; however, Starving does beat the combined total of #3-#6. I clock in at a whopping 14, including this post. Sometimes I feel that’s about a dozen responses more than was necessary. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3445 "2012-02-21T15:10:56Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > As of now, he’s posted 423 times in this thread for 12.3% of all responses. > > You’ll also be unsurprised to find Huerta88 at 378 or 11% of the total; however, Starving does beat the combined total of #3-#6. > > I clock in at a whopping 14, including this post. Sometimes I feel that’s about a dozen responses more than was necessary. I know my total is 2.5 responses that actually got through to SA, and a couple dozen that were pointless. Well, unless they helped others here deal with a tragic event, and persistent ignorance here (both hard on the emotional health). ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3446 "2012-02-21T15:30:50Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > No one may have noticed had you not mentioned it. And yes, it is possible that might prompt a surge of juvenile japes, but we are far too mature and proper a crowd to descend to such. Wait, **Vinny** isn’t here, right? When I first read this, I saw it as “a surge of juvenile **rapes** ”, and I thought “He didn’t really go there, did he?” ---
**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:** [February 21, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3447 "2012-02-21T16:09:36Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > When I first read this, I saw it as “a surge of juvenile **rapes** ”, and I thought “He didn’t really go there, did he?” Our friend goes a number of places he shouldn’t, but that, most assuredly, is not one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3448 "2012-02-21T16:14:02Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Or we could amend it even further and say that if someone was told by an eye witness that they saw some vague, ill-defined activity that they presumed to be sexual taking place the day before… Um… is this a fair description of the event? “Vague, ill-defined activity that they presumed to be sexual?” Really? That’s the best, most fair-minded way to described what he saw? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3449 "2012-02-21T16:23:46Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Um… is this a fair description of the event? “Vague, ill-defined activity that they presumed to be sexual?” Really? That’s the best, most fair-minded way to described what he saw? Now you’ve done it. I hope you’re prepared for a treatise on rhytmic slapping sounds, the strain of 60 year old thigh muscles and cardboard toilet paper tubes. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3450 "2012-02-21T16:26:48Z")
The internet is a series of interconnected toilet paper tubes. ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3451 "2012-02-21T16:29:09Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Um… is this a fair description of the event? “Vague, ill-defined activity that they presumed to be sexual?” Really? That’s the best, most fair-minded way to described what he saw? Welcome to the jungle **Bricker** , we’ve got fun and games. Feel free to stick around and call this loon out on his (tirelessly) repetitive ritual of inventing evidence that is 180 degrees at odds with the only, you know, evidence. Maybe explain to him the concept of what a “witness” is and why he doesn’t get to be one. Perhaps point out that the only eyewitness’s testimony has consistently been to seeing “intercourse” from six feet away. And for God’s sake if “due process” comes up again, can I tap out and let you handle that? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3452 "2012-02-21T16:39:54Z")
Hmm. Can you work in some “liberal hypocrisy” angle? Gotta use the right bait. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3453 "2012-02-21T16:41:00Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Um… is this a fair description of the event? “Vague, ill-defined activity that they presumed to be sexual?” Really? That’s the best, most fair-minded way to described what he saw? I hope you packed a lunch. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3454 "2012-02-21T16:42:49Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Our friend goes a number of places he shouldn’t, but that, most assuredly, is not one of them. Went to New York City, once. Nope. Nope nope nope. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3455 "2012-02-21T17:40:53Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I hope you packed a lunch. Remember the good old days when we were allowed to just draw up a lawnchair and make popcorn? I miss those days. :settles in on the couch:: :eats pita and tzatziki: : offers some to **Bricker** , in case he forgot his lunch:: ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3456 "2012-02-21T21:50:49Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Now you’ve done it. I hope you’re prepared for a treatise on rhytmic slapping sounds, the strain of 60 year old thigh muscles and cardboard toilet paper tubes. Paper towel tubes. Winning! ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3457 "2012-02-21T21:53:41Z")
One more post and we will be off of page 69… ETA: That did it! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3458 "2012-02-21T22:35:01Z")
> [@Huerta88](#): > > Welcome to the jungle **Bricker** , we’ve got fun and games. Oh please. Welcome to the jungle, we’ve got what it takes. The coach says it was steamy fun But it’s statutory rape. Well we’ve got salacious quotes An’ old men screwing goatze Sandusky gonna cop a plea, and then that’s just all she wrote ! Oh the jungle, welcome to the jungle, where We Are Penn State. ( Apologies to Axel Rose. Who is a fucking saint next to the staff of that Athletic Department… ) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3459 "2012-02-21T23:17:43Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > One more post and we will be off of page 69… > ETA: That did it! Anyone ever notice how the number ‘70’ kinda looks like an older guy bumping up against a ten-year-old kid’s butt? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3460 "2012-02-21T23:40:51Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Anyone ever notice how the number ‘70’ kinda looks like an older guy bumping up against a ten-year-old kid’s butt? Shut up, you, or **SA** will come in again with his paper towel roll to prove this can only be page 11. Perfectly innocent, you know. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/3461 "2012-02-22T01:00:20Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Shut up, you, or **SA** will come in again with his paper towel roll to prove this can only be page 11. Perfectly innocent, you know. Let’s review that “proof” for old times sake: **SA** : Consider the experiment in which you take a paper towel tube… **the internet** : Uh, ok, we’ve considered it **SA** : I just proved it was impossible **the internet** : Uh, you did? When? **SA** :When I told you to consider that experiment. I’ve shown it was impossible. **the internet** : Shouldn’t your proof involve more than pure speculation, like maybe actually trying the experiment? **SA** :You are all like Nancy Grace **the internet** : Uh, ok. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167.md?page=172) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167.md?page=174)