# Let's misinterpret each other's posts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385 "2005-11-23T04:42:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/121 "2005-11-24T04:01:28Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > So what’s wrong with black helicopter pilots? Why are you calling them nuts? Racist. Oh I knew this would happen sooner or later. As soon as a comment is made about someone who \*just happens \* to be a minority you play the race card. What a knee-jerk jerk. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/122 "2005-11-24T04:06:08Z")
I have a game called Race Cards. You move little plastic race cars around the game board based on the draw of some cards. Rather boring game actually. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2005, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/123 "2005-11-24T05:23:02Z")
> [@Racer72](#): > > I have a game called Race Cards. You move little plastic race cars around the game board based on the draw of some cards. Rather boring game actually. Criminy. another NASCAR hater. Look, there’s a lot more to it than a bunch of taxicabs going around in circles, there’s a huge amount of strategy involved, and the fans aren’t just a mob of redneck yahoos. Y’all. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/124 "2005-11-24T05:50:24Z")
I’m tired of your Good Ole Boy space program, anyway. Go back to Florida! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/125 "2005-11-24T13:08:04Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > My cat’s breath smells like dates, figs, and black-helicopter conspiracy nuts. are those nuts roasted or raw? shelled or unshelled? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/126 "2005-11-24T13:10:49Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > I have a game called Race Cards. You move little plastic race cars around the game board based on the draw of some cards. Rather boring game actually. just because you always lose, doesn’t mean it’s boring. I mean, had you taken an art class instead of shop, maybe you’d be better at drawing cards ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/127 "2005-11-24T13:11:10Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > are those nuts roasted or raw? shelled or unshelled? The uncola nut is used raw not roasted. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/128 "2005-11-24T15:07:43Z")
> [@Harmonious Discord](#): > > The uncola nut is used raw not roasted. That just not right, you can get really sick if you eat the Turkey Raw. Make sure you roast it well. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/129 "2005-11-24T15:26:59Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > That just not right, you can get really sick if you eat the Turkey Raw. Make sure you roast it well. Not to be Junior Mod or anything, but I thought troll accusations were a major faux pas here? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/130 "2005-11-24T15:30:34Z")
> [@Electronic Chaos](#): > > Not to be Junior Mod or anything, but I thought troll accusations were a major faux pas here? There’s a rule about posting in a foreign language. If you want to impress us, try making a coherent argument _in English_. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/131 "2005-11-24T15:42:23Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > There’s a rule about posting in a foreign language. If you want to impress us, try making a coherent argument _in English_. Yum, I love english muffins, who’s running out to bring me some? ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/132 "2005-11-24T15:53:27Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > Yum, I love english muffins, who’s running out to bring me some? Dumbass, everyone knows puffins don’t live in England. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/133 "2005-11-24T16:05:33Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > Dumbass, everyone knows puffins don’t live in England. Wha? Scotty Pippen moved to Nashville? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/134 "2005-11-24T16:17:04Z")
> [@Harmonious Discord](#): > > No! The poster paid through the teeth, because of the large bill. Duh! If he had a bill, he wouldn’t have teeth. What, never looked at a duck before? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/135 "2005-11-24T16:51:58Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Duh! If he had a bill, he wouldn’t have teeth. What, never looked at a duck before? :rolleyes: Really now, I thought we were above spreading [urban legends](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_071.html) ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/136 "2005-11-24T20:40:35Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > Wha? Scotty Pippen moved to Nashville? Of course not. Fool of a Took. ---
**Author:** ![wisernow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/137 "2005-11-24T20:52:31Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Duh! If he had a bill, he wouldn’t have teeth. What, never looked at a duck before? :rolleyes: Are you saying duck don’t have teeth? Do you hate animals? ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/138 "2005-11-24T21:27:14Z")
> [@wisernow](#): > > Are you saying duck don’t have teeth? Do you hate animals? He loves them, in the same way **Hal** does. ---
**Author:** ![Angels\_Flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@Angels\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angels_Flight)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/139 "2005-11-24T21:43:44Z")
Hal, as in the Shakespearean prince? I thought he was dead. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/140 "2005-11-25T01:08:52Z")
> [@Angels'Flight](#): > > Hal, as in the Shakespearean prince? I thought he was dead. Yeah, I saw that play once. Kubrick adapted it into a space-age drama. Creepy, but interesting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385.md?page=8)