# Lets take stuff out of context. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693 "2006-08-29T17:29:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IntelInside](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a5b964/32.png) [@IntelInside](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IntelInside)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693/1 "2006-08-29T17:29:31Z")
[Jessica Simpson’s own publicist admits that Simpson can’t sing.](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/29/jessica.simpson.ap/index.html) [QUOTE=Simpson’s publicist, Rob Shuter] She can talk, she can croak out a few sentences. She sounds a little off, but, you know, she can’t sing. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693/2 "2006-08-29T17:59:23Z")
[Quote=IntelInside] Lets take stuff [/quote] So, you’re advocating stealing? Oh, real nice… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693/3 "2006-08-29T18:10:54Z")
Mick Jagger killed JFK **and** RFK: “You shouted out ‘who killed the Kennedys?’ when, after all, it was . . . me.” ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693/4 "2006-08-29T18:40:49Z")
[QUOTE=IntelInside] **Let’s take stuff out** [/QUOTE] :eek: Won’t you please think of the children ! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693/5 "2006-08-29T18:46:08Z")
Sheesh, I thought this was about Jessica Simpson and I was gonna say, “Hey, I thought she just played the sax!” but I see it’s not that kind of thread. ---
**Author:** ![IntelInside](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a5b964/32.png) [@IntelInside](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IntelInside)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693/6 "2006-08-29T18:47:07Z")
[QUOTE=Pixisis] > [@me](#): > > Let’s take stuff out Won’t you please! [/QUOTE] I’m not bashful. Sure! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693/7 "2006-08-29T19:06:23Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] I … was … Jessica Simpson and I … played the sax! [/QUOTE] Ah-_HA!_ I _knew_ it! I _knew_ there was something fishy going on with you! ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693/8 "2006-08-29T19:09:46Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Ah-_HA!_ I _knew_ it! I _knew_ there was something fishy going on with you! [/QUOTE] Who you callin’ fishy?! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693/9 "2006-08-29T20:18:37Z")
[Bush Pays Back Supporter Ken Lay as only Bush knows how.](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/05/business/05cnd-lay.html?ex=1167710400&en=bf71715b27ec1381&ei=5087&excamp=GGBUkenlaydeath) ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693/10 "2006-08-29T20:31:58Z")
I saw a greeting card yesterday at work, it stated: > [@](#): > > You’ve always been more than a cousin to me… :eek: I didn’t look inside. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693/11 "2006-08-29T21:14:18Z")
> [@](#): > > So, you’re advocating stealing? Oh, real nice… I’d hardly describe your plan to kidnap Sandra Oh as real nice. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693/12 "2006-08-29T21:17:03Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] I’d hardly describe your plan to kidnap Sandra Oh as real nice. [/QUOTE] I think this is really cruel. Just because Sandra Oh didn’t win the Emmy is no reason for kidnapping. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693/13 "2006-08-30T09:41:18Z")
That’s no reason to kill Sandra- sorry, that was Lord Lucan (really obscure) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693/14 "2006-08-30T10:00:20Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] I.. was.. fishy… ! [/QUOTE] I wondered what the smell was. ---
**Author:** ![bundykala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bundykala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bundykala)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693/15 "2006-08-30T10:38:48Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I… smell… . [/QUOTE] Well, it looks like \*\*Mindfield \*\* isn’t the only culprit. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-take-stuff-out-of-context/370693/16 "2006-08-30T10:55:41Z")
[QUOTE=bundykala] Well, it looks like \*\*Mindfield \*\* isn’t the only culprit. [/QUOTE] Look, Armitage and Rove I can understand, but what the _hell_ does **Mindfield** have to do with it?