# Jack Batty, what the hell...? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-what-the-hell/723179 "2015-06-22T20:49:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-what-the-hell/723179/21 "2015-06-23T16:18:16Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Your irony meter is oversensitive. …Just like everything else in your country. Coming from the guy who had a massive hissy fit when U.S. Dopers joked about [annexing Alberta](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=744428), this has officially fried my irony meter. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-what-the-hell/723179/22 "2015-06-23T16:29:36Z")
> [@andros](#): > > I used to play bass for “Freepish and Palindicative.” > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > What a coincidence. I was rhthym guitar for Fuckstick Conga Line. So then who was the lead singer for _Diarrhea-stained Post-it Notes_? ---
**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 23, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-what-the-hell/723179/23 "2015-06-23T16:29:53Z")
> [@andros](#): > > I used to play bass for “Freepish and Palindicative.” Ah, the “FaP Four”. Great cover band. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-what-the-hell/723179/24 "2015-06-23T18:06:25Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > So then who was the lead singer for _Diarrhea-stained Post-it Notes_? Justin Bieber. It’s right there in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-what-the-hell/723179/25 "2015-06-23T18:16:48Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’ll respond when I think of something of something of substance. You, sir, are no Doper. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [June 23, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-what-the-hell/723179/26 "2015-06-23T18:37:42Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Coming from the guy who had a massive hissy fit when U.S. Dopers joked about [annexing Alberta](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=744428), this has officially fried my irony meter. ☹ Huh. I forgot about that thread. I made a number of salient points that i’m reasonably proud of. Your incorrect interpretation of my reaction is not my concern. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-what-the-hell/723179/27 "2015-06-23T19:16:03Z")
OP, this was very kind of you. I’m sure you made **Jack Batty’s** day. **Andros** , don’t worry, if you put some effort into it, someone will Pit you too! Although, isn’t there that “asshole” thread in the Pit? I bet you’re in that! Everyone’s in that. Except me. I’m not even an asshole in the Dope. Oh woe, :o ---
**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:** [June 23, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-what-the-hell/723179/28 "2015-06-23T19:45:56Z")
It occured to me on the drive home that my somewhat passive-aggressive response to Jackmannii was misplaced. Aggressive-aggressive is more appropriate, though it’s not really his fault he’s too addled to appreciate the implications of the hypothetical discussed in the thread he linked - his mother smoked far too much crack while pregnant; though that’s not really _her_ fault, she was simply self-medicating after taking too many beatings from her pimp and her country lacked a rational public health-care option. If I may say, an organic insult-slide covering Jackmannii, his mom and his country takes some minor modicum of skill, whereas his “hyuk, hyuk, you t’ru a _hissy fit_, herp derp!” is the sort of underwhelming volley one might expect from the Deputy Assistant Cabin Boy of the USS _Shitheel_, a posting Jack only got because of family connections. His mom was the anchor. 😛 Anyway, since this was started as a joke thread (thank you for the kind words, ddsun), I’ll only respond for as long as it lasts to insults that are both _filthy_ and _clever_. Bring your A Game or don’t waste the bandwidth - there are cat photographers starving in Africa who need it. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-what-the-hell/723179/29 "2015-06-23T20:05:21Z")
Typical Canadian dodge there, **Ekers**. I see through your politeness: “Sure, I’ll argue with you Jack, but the argument you brought seems to be broken. Here’s one I think we’ll all enjoy…” Transparent attempt to distract us away from your adequacies. Brown slack wearing, donut-eating, healthcare having, flag-folding, culturally aware, cosmopolitan curd juggler[sup]1[/sup]. [sup]1[/sup]_obligatory poutine reference_ ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-what-the-hell/723179/30 "2015-06-23T21:09:33Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > . . . His mom was the anchor. . . . All this time I’d been wondering what “Anchor Babies” was supposed to mean. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-what-the-hell/723179/31 "2015-06-24T00:14:17Z")
Sigh. I hate it it when two of my fave posters quarrel. On the other hand. **Jack** and **Bryan** are both eloquent chaps, so their interaction may be entertaining. Sooo … popcorn, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-what-the-hell/723179/32 "2015-06-24T01:38:24Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The degree to which this sentence is mangled (coming from a poster sneering at our beloved “literacy-challenged republic”) did not actually fry my irony meter, but it did briefly push the needle into the red zone. The sentence is grammatically correct and highly evocative. It paints vivid imagery with pointed cultural references. You gotta come hard as shit if you’re gonna call it out. You’re simply outclassed, methinks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-what-the-hell/723179.md?page=1)