# Jayson Blair Exponentially Increases His Ass-Hattedness **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 25, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayson-blair-exponentially-increases-his-ass-hattedness/177323 "2003-05-25T01:09:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayson-blair-exponentially-increases-his-ass-hattedness/177323/41 "2003-05-28T12:57:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anthracite \* > \*\*We have a winner in the “very obscure _Bloom County_ reference game”! You must be ancient, like myself… \*\* I’m not sure _ancient_ is the right word. I do remember Lincoln getting shot, though. ---
**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayson-blair-exponentially-increases-his-ass-hattedness/177323/42 "2003-05-28T14:26:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sauron \* > \*\*Television: Is the caller there? > > Opus: Yes, I’m here, Mr. Donahue. And frankly I’m disgusted with those who oppose penguin lust. Penguin lust is _not_ immoral! It’s _not_ unnatural! It’s a beautiful fact of life! I fully support penguin lust! > > Television: Great. But today’s topic is “nun beating.” > > Opus: Good lord, man. I can’t support that. \*\* **Sauron** , I think I love you.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayson-blair-exponentially-increases-his-ass-hattedness/177323/43 "2003-05-28T15:10:36Z")
So what are you so afraid of? ---
**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayson-blair-exponentially-increases-his-ass-hattedness/177323/44 "2003-05-28T16:03:02Z")
Fear of Dark Lords. 😉 But…Thanks for the lovely reminder that I need to re-read my Bloom County Books. “Please accept these blossoms as a blessing from the bottom of my bloomers.” ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayson-blair-exponentially-increases-his-ass-hattedness/177323/45 "2003-05-28T16:37:44Z")
> [@](#): > > giant screaming field of rolleyes I think I’ve found a new username. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayson-blair-exponentially-increases-his-ass-hattedness/177323/46 "2003-05-28T17:42:03Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Sauron_ > **I’m not sure ancient is the right word. I do remember Lincoln getting shot, though.** For what it’s worth, my great-grandmother (b.1861, d.1962) remembered her father coming home and telling her mother that Lincoln had been shot. And her mother saying “Good”. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayson-blair-exponentially-increases-his-ass-hattedness/177323/47 "2003-05-28T17:52:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lilacs \* > **Fear of Dark Lords. 😉** No no no … you’re afraid that you’re not sure of a love there is no cure for. Does **no one** appreciate the classics anymore? Tell me Keith Partridge did not labor in vain! Gotta love Bloom County, though. Bonus points for that. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayson-blair-exponentially-increases-his-ass-hattedness/177323/48 "2003-05-28T18:05:06Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by japatlgt_ > **If the asshat fits, wear it.** May I please use this as my sig? 😛 ---
**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:** [May 28, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayson-blair-exponentially-increases-his-ass-hattedness/177323/49 "2003-05-28T20:59:01Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Anthracite_ > …nuns beating nuns… Frankly, **Anthracite** , I surprised that you would so cavalierly dismiss the topic of nun-on-nun crime. This is a terrible plague sweeping our society, and I expected you, of all people, to treat it with the seriousness it deserves. ---
**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayson-blair-exponentially-increases-his-ass-hattedness/177323/50 "2003-05-28T21:19:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sauron \* > No no no … you’re afraid that you’re not sure of a love there is no cure for. Does **no one** appreciate the classics anymore? Tell me Keith Partridge did not labor in vain! Actually, **Sauron** , I have an intense fear of the Cassidy brothers, thanks to two older sisters with big, big crushes. Oh the horror! Sorry everyone…there will be no more on this from me. Oh, my first attempted hijack. I’m so ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayson-blair-exponentially-increases-his-ass-hattedness/177323/51 "2003-05-29T07:56:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BrotherCadfael \* > \*\*For what it’s worth, my great-grandmother (b.1861, d.1962) remembered her father coming home and telling her mother that Lincoln had been shot. > > And her mother saying “Good”. \*\* My dad’s JFK anecdote: He was working in a lab when they heard the news on the radio. Cow-orker left to call his adult son and came back looking even more shaken than before. Apparently the son’s reaction had been, “Well, it’s about time someone shot the sonofabitch!” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayson-blair-exponentially-increases-his-ass-hattedness/177323/52 "2003-05-29T12:38:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RexDart \* > \*\*Famed historian of black slavery Eugene Genovese argues in _Roll, Jordan Roll_ that slaves stealing pies from window sills and other such hijinks are a way that the slaves asserted “agency” over their lives, and were little pieces of silent rebellion against the institution. \*\* Or maybe they were hungry. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayson-blair-exponentially-increases-his-ass-hattedness/177323/53 "2003-05-29T12:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anthracite \* > \*\*We have a winner in the “very obscure _Bloom County_ reference game”! You must be ancient, like myself… \*\* Another stellar reason of why I love this board. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayson-blair-exponentially-increases-his-ass-hattedness/177323.md?page=2)