# LMFAO! The DC police suckered by Onion story! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 30, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114 "2011-09-30T04:29:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114/21 "2011-10-04T03:38:41Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Don’t you understand? **If you tell a joke nobody gets, that means you’re hilarious!** The fact nobody gets it means you’re so much smarter than they are, you can trick them with your humor and biting satire and cunning wit. I think if you tell a joke that lots of people get, except a group which takes it very seriously but should certainly know better - yes, it adds to the hilarity. We’ve now hit recursive pointing and laughing. Now it is socially correct to laugh at the people laughing at others. Expect lots of blogging about how the Onion sucks and so forth nowadays as everyone jumps onto the bandwagon alongside those with actual beef and decide they’ve always been as loud as they have. I give it about a week until it hits another recursion. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114/22 "2011-10-04T20:42:18Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Methinks **Snowboarder Bo** is rapidly approaching **ralph124c** and **gonzomax** levels of “insight” into current affairs. > [@Acsenray](#): > > I can see the merit in this analysis. Then you’re as big an idiot as **Ravenman**. There isn’t any “current affairs” insight here. I didn’t offer any about anything. But I do have a sense of humor, which the two of you apparently lack. And this article (and video) by The Onion was funny and it was funny that the Capitol Police felt compelled to respond seriously to it. You know how you know it’s a joke? It’s a story on a joke website. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114/23 "2011-10-04T21:03:36Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Then you’re as big an idiot as **Ravenman**. There isn’t any “current affairs” insight here. I didn’t offer any about anything. > > But I do have a sense of humor, which the two of you apparently lack. And this article (and video) by The Onion was funny and it was funny that the Capitol Police felt compelled to respond seriously to it. > > You know how you know it’s a joke? It’s a story on a joke website. You \*do \*admit to falsely makeing the Capitol Police out to be “suckered”, when they were \*\*probably \*\*just responding to people who thought the threat was real? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114/24 "2011-10-04T22:11:09Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > You \*do \*admit to falsely makeing the Capitol Police out to be “suckered”, when they were \*\*probably \*\*just responding to people who thought the threat was real? :rolleyes: You _do_ admit to poor spelling skills and even poorer “gotcha” skills when trying to respond to people in the thread who weren’t talking to you in the first place? And have you stopped selling drugs to orphans while dressed as a clown yet? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114/25 "2011-10-04T22:24:40Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > :rolleyes: > > You _do_ admit to poor spelling skills and even poorer “gotcha” skills when trying to respond to people in the thread who weren’t talking to you in the first place? And have you stopped selling drugs to orphans while dressed as a clown yet? My god that’s fucking lame. It’s hilarious, though. I can’t think of a weaker defense of an OP than “But I wasn’t talking to you!”. Classic. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114/26 "2011-10-04T22:49:26Z")
I can admit to poor spelling skills. The difference between you and me is that I can admit to making a lame original posts. I have before. I just wanted to flat out ask you about your OP to see if you were the type of person who can acknowledge their missteps. I guess your not. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114/27 "2011-10-05T04:24:29Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > My god that’s fucking lame. It’s hilarious, though. I can’t think of a weaker defense of an OP than “But I wasn’t talking to you!”. > > Classic. Not nearly as lame as a douchebag like you (and **My FootZZZ** and **Ravenman** , etc.) posting in a thread merely to try and pick a fight because someone saw fit to express that their funny bone was tickled. I’m not sure there’s a scale to cover how lame that is. > [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > I can admit to poor spelling skills. > > The difference between you and me is that I can admit to making a lame original posts. I have before. I just wanted to flat out ask you about your OP to see if you were the type of person who can acknowledge their missteps. > > I guess your not. 😕 Keep guessing. And keep trying to learn how to use the spell checker; you’re bound to get the hang of it someday. In fact, I’ll bet you get the hang of that before you get a sense of humor! Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114/28 "2011-10-05T04:46:46Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Not nearly as lame as a douchebag like you (and **My FootZZZ** and **Ravenman** , etc.) posting in a thread merely to try and pick a fight because someone saw fit to express that their funny bone was tickled. You started a pit thread. You are familiar with what goes on here, right? ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114/29 "2011-10-05T04:58:17Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Congress wanting to build a new dome (stadium) - funny. People holding kids hostage at gun point? Not so much. Next thing you know someone will be making jokes about harming defenseless animals. Oh, [wait](http://blog.boondoggle.eu/WindowsLiveWriter/Buythismagazineorwewillkillthisdog_8464/buyorkilldog%5B3%5D.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114/30 "2011-10-05T15:20:37Z")
Meh. I thought it was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114/31 "2011-10-05T16:09:17Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Meh. I thought it was hilarious. You must be one of those 1% I keep reading about. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114/32 "2011-10-05T16:25:07Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Not nearly as lame as a douchebag like you (and **My FootZZZ** and **Ravenman** , etc.) posting in a thread merely to try and pick a fight because someone saw fit to express that their funny bone was tickled. Your funny bone was tickled because you find bright, shiny objects intoxicating. The police get inquiries on a bogus story, and issue a press release saying the story is bogus. Then you laugh. This is like an eight year old screaming “Hurr-hurr made u look! lol!” ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114/33 "2011-10-05T16:49:07Z")
Please note that no kids were actually taken hostage. No gunshots rang out in the Capitol building. So you were startled, upset, and worried until the other shoe dropped. Oh well. You’ll get over it. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114/34 "2011-10-05T19:58:16Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Please note that no kids were actually taken hostage. No gunshots rang out in the Capitol building. So you were startled, upset, and worried until the other shoe dropped. Oh well. You’ll get over it. hurr hurr. U so funy. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114/35 "2011-10-05T20:09:22Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Not nearly as lame as a douchebag like you (and **My FootZZZ** and **Ravenman** , etc.) posting in a thread merely to try and pick a fight because someone saw fit to express that their funny bone was tickled. If they wanted a fight because you found the story funny, that would be lame. Noting that both your title and the lead sentence of your OP were flat out wrong is very much in keeping with The BBQ Pit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lmfao-the-dc-police-suckered-by-onion-story/598114.md?page=1)