# Jesus, I have to pit lissener. Sorry, I know it's old, but he's being a jackass. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 21, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-i-have-to-pit-lissener-sorry-i-know-its-old-but-hes-being-a-jackass/478239 "2008-12-21T23:06:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-i-have-to-pit-lissener-sorry-i-know-its-old-but-hes-being-a-jackass/478239/41 "2008-12-24T00:52:30Z")
Who? ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-i-have-to-pit-lissener-sorry-i-know-its-old-but-hes-being-a-jackass/478239/42 "2008-12-24T01:24:51Z")
[Mary Cassat](http://images.google.com/images?as_q=&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=Mary+Cassatt&as_oq=&as_eq=&imgtype=&imgsz=&as_filetype=&imgc=&as_sitesearch=&safe=off&as_st=y)…fabulous 19th/20th century impressionist painter. I don’t get the reference, though. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-i-have-to-pit-lissener-sorry-i-know-its-old-but-hes-being-a-jackass/478239/43 "2008-12-24T01:28:07Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > . . . ., and I talk about **an obscure artist** entirely too much for some people’s comfort (though hey, I haven’t even mentioned **her** name for months), . . . . > [@elucidator](#): > > Is Cher really “obscure”? > [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > I thought he was talking about Mary Cassatt. > [@elucidator](#): > > Who? > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > [Mary Cassat](http://images.google.com/images?as_q=&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=Mary+Cassatt&as_oq=&as_eq=&imgtype=&imgsz=&as_filetype=&imgc=&as_sitesearch=&safe=off&as_st=y)…fabulous 19th/20th century impressionist painter. > > I don’t get the reference, though. Well, if you _really_ thought elucidator needed to know who . . . . ---
**Author:** ![CallMeKate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@CallMeKate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CallMeKate)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-i-have-to-pit-lissener-sorry-i-know-its-old-but-hes-being-a-jackass/478239/44 "2008-12-26T05:40:27Z")
I really truly wish that the use of the comma would be more closely examined, it seems to me that people have gone comma happy. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-i-have-to-pit-lissener-sorry-i-know-its-old-but-hes-being-a-jackass/478239/45 "2008-12-26T06:00:02Z")
I hadn’t seen any of these latest replies. Since this thread’s been resurrected… > [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > I thought he was talking about Mary Cassatt. I’m confused. Who did you think was talking about Mary Cassatt? T’wernt me Jack. For one thing, I’m a she. And to be absolutely clear I was NOT referring to Cher. I like Cher as an actress, but I’m not into her music, except for a few early songs. I smiled at **elucidator’s** joke but it occurs to me that some people who aren’t as obsessive about my obsession as **Justin\_Bailey** might actually think I’m a Cher fanatic. [Uh, no](http://myspace.com/happyrhodes). Then again, I probably just got whooshed. Too much rum maybe. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-i-have-to-pit-lissener-sorry-i-know-its-old-but-hes-being-a-jackass/478239/46 "2008-12-26T06:10:17Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I don’t hate you. I try to reserve hate for people like [Paul Bernardo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bernardo), Osama bin Laden (and others of his ilk who try to make political statements by committing terrorist acts and depriving innocent people of their lives) and, you know, people like that. > > I respect and admire your your knowledge (and the sheer volume of it) when it comes to movies and music, and I respect the overriding intelligence that makes that knowledge possible. > > But I also think you’re an illogical, hotheaded crackpot in other ways. > > There is no one on this board, however, and most certainly not you, that I hate based on what I know of them so far. ( **Red Shirt** does come close though.) Well played, although your sentiment will hardly find the ears of the likes of **Equipoise**. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-i-have-to-pit-lissener-sorry-i-know-its-old-but-hes-being-a-jackass/478239/47 "2008-12-26T06:20:44Z")
Ok, I am a lame cunt, but I totally missed the ball on that. > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I don’t hate you. I try to reserve hate for people like [Paul Bernardo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bernardo), Osama bin Laden (and others of his ilk who try to make political statements by committing terrorist acts and depriving innocent people of their lives) and, you know, people like that. “Hate” was a hyperbole on my part. I used it in the same way I would say “I hate coconut” or “I hate football.” Of course you should really hate bin Laden and other terrorists and Paul Bernardo more than some random bitch on a message board. Btw, I didn’t need to click on your Wikipedia link. I’ve known who Bernardo was since he and his horrorshow wife Karla were first arrested. In fact, I was following the case before they had a suspect, so I know what they did and why they would be hated. > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I respect and admire your your knowledge (and the sheer volume of it) when it comes to movies and music, and I respect the overriding intelligence that makes that knowledge possible. I’m not near as good as that makes me sound, but thank you very much. I admire your writing talent. > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > But I also think you’re an illogical, hotheaded crackpot in other ways. Ha! That makes us even. “the likes of” 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-i-have-to-pit-lissener-sorry-i-know-its-old-but-hes-being-a-jackass/478239.md?page=2)