# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/141 "2005-11-25T01:13:51Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > Yeah, I saw that play once. Kubrick adapted it into a space-age drama. Creepy, but interesting. Listen, er, if every post you make is going to descend into a dissection of the works of Verhoeven, then might I suggest you make a quick exit. And don’t let the door… ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/142 "2005-11-25T01:17:01Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Listen, er, if every post you make is going to descend into a dissection of the works of Verhoeven, then might I suggest you make a quick exit. And don’t let the door… Verhoeven was a goddamn genius. I especially liked his symphonies. Da da DA dum! Da da DA dum! ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/143 "2005-11-25T01:19:44Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Verhoeven was a goddamn genius. I especially liked his symphonies. Da da DA dum! Da da DA dum! Look, we can’t help it if your Da is dumb, just don’t share it with us, ok? ---
**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, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/144 "2005-11-25T01:29:52Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > Look, we can’t help it if your Da is dumb, just don’t share it with us, ok? Yeah, and who’re you calling a ho? ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/145 "2005-11-25T01:34:22Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > Yeah, and who’re you calling a ho? Santa Claus, he’s a ho ho ho. ---
**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 25, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/146 "2005-11-25T01:39:58Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > Santa Claus, he’s a ho ho ho. Who are you calling a Ho? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/147 "2005-11-25T02:09:08Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > Who are you calling a Ho? No, Who is on first! ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/148 "2005-11-25T02:13:57Z")
Nope. You’re all wrong. It was C.S. Lewis who first used the mock-Chinaman appellation “Hu Flung Dung” in a letter to his brother Warnie of 1939. ---
**Author:** ![LiQUiDBuD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@LiQUiDBuD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiQUiDBuD)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/149 "2005-11-25T03:21:30Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Nope. You’re all wrong. It was C.S. Lewis who first used the mock-Chinaman appellation “Hu Flung Dung” in a letter to his brother Warnie of 1939. No you’re wrong, the Appellations are not in China man, they’re in the eastern US. Get a map and look for mountains, sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/150 "2005-11-25T03:36:47Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Nope. You’re all wrong. It was C.S. Lewis who first used the mock-Chinaman appellation “Hu Flung Dung” in a letter to his brother Warnie of 1939. I believe you are mistaken here. I don’t think Shane “Warnie” Warne (the Australian cricketer) was any relation to C.S.Lewis. Though I think some English batsmen will agree the He Flung Dung at them. ---
**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 25, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/151 "2005-11-25T12:15:41Z")
Why don’t they have music notation graphics. I want to post this neat sheet music for gazoo by Verhoeven. English batsmen? Bruce Wayne is from the USA. Do you Australians even have comic books? I heard that the Australian Vegga Mite eats all the paper in less than 5 days out there. You also put up with them because they make a nice sandwich spread. BTF ---
**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 25, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/152 "2005-11-25T12:17:59Z")
Oh sorry I meant BWTF. I wouldn’t want to confuse someone. ---
**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 25, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/153 "2005-11-25T14:10:09Z")
> [@Harmonious Discord](#): > > Why don’t they have music notation graphics. I want to post this neat sheet music for gazoo by Verhoeven. … If you really want to build a gazebo, I can recommend several places to get plans. I think 84 Lumber would be much better than the Home Depot. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Seren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/154 "2005-11-25T15:28:02Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > If you really want to build a gazebo, I can recommend several places to get plans. I think 84 Lumber would be much better than the Home Depot. > > Jim 84 lumber? Is that by the same guy that did 76 trombones? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/155 "2005-11-25T15:28:04Z")
> [@Harmonious Discord](#): > > Oh sorry I meant BWTF. I wouldn’t want to confuse someone. If we’re posting and reading this thread, confusion is the least of our worries. But you don’t care that my best friend since kindergarten lives in a state of perpetual confusion and can’t hold a job and the state does absolutely nothing for him except give him food stamps that he uses to buy caviar, do you? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/156 "2005-11-25T15:37:47Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > If we’re posting and reading this thread, confusion is the least of our worries. But you don’t care that my best friend since kindergarten lives in a state of perpetual confusion and can’t hold a job and the state does absolutely nothing for him except give him food stamps that he uses to buy caviar, do you? Well I care! Murdering poor little unborn baby fish! ☹ ---
**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 25, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/157 "2005-11-25T15:57:36Z")
But fishion _is_ a viable long-term energy source, and I’m strongly in favor of relaxing the restrictions on bulding more reactors. ---
**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 25, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/158 "2005-11-25T15:59:05Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Well I care! Murdering poor little unborn baby fish! ☹ At what point can the fish eggs be considered fries? ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/159 "2005-11-25T17:27:57Z")
> [@Harmonious Discord](#): > > At what point can the fish eggs be considered fries? McDonald’s is using fish oil in their fries? ---
**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 25, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/160 "2005-11-25T18:06:41Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > McDonald’s is using fish oil in their fries? Hey, who said I rub fish oil on my thighs? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385.md?page=9)