# Looks like umkay is back, so we may as well get this thread started... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 15, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570 "2013-07-15T16:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/101 "2013-07-15T19:48:24Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > You don’t sound very Oirish **bucketybuck** … We sound like the Scottish, except legible. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/102 "2013-07-15T19:49:26Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > How did you even know about the “back story”? Huh? Somethings not right in this thread. I suspect he went to all the trouble of reading to [post #12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16475333&postcount=12) of this very thread we’re in. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/103 "2013-07-15T19:50:15Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > We sound like the Scottish, except legible. And can’t spell whisky. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/104 "2013-07-15T19:58:27Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I suspect he went to all the trouble of reading to [post #12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16475333&postcount=12) of this very thread we’re in. [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6sa0FDOF1ro5w5po1_500.jpg) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6sa0FDOF1ro5w5po1_500.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/105 "2013-07-15T20:01:21Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I think you’re jumping to conclusions. It must be nice to be able to jump. ---
**Author:** ![Psychopants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Psychopants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psychopants)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/106 "2013-07-15T20:01:35Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > How did you even know about the “back story”? Huh? Somethings not right in this thread. What? I saw the reference to umkay and used my scary search skillz to resurrect the old threads. That back story. ---
**Author:** ![Psychopants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Psychopants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psychopants)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/107 "2013-07-15T20:03:34Z")
I laughed, I cried, I threw up in my mouth a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/108 "2013-07-15T20:05:26Z")
> [@Psychopants](#): > > What? I saw the reference to umkay and used my scary search skillz to resurrect the old threads. That back story. I’m pretty sure \*\*bucketybuck \*\*was just having fun with you, based on the topic of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Psychopants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Psychopants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psychopants)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/109 "2013-07-15T20:14:39Z")
I’m too new here to have any sense of humor. Apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/110 "2013-07-15T20:20:30Z")
> [@Psychopants](#): > > I’m too new here to have any sense of humor. Apparently. Well, be sure to apply for your complementary “I’ve Been Whooshed” T-Shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/111 "2013-07-15T20:22:42Z")
> [@Psychopants](#): > > I’m too new here to have any sense of humor. Apparently. It does accumulate throughout your first year, so until the end of December you only have a pro-rata share of a sense of humor. However, there is a humor bank which other posters can deposit unused humor into, and if you qualify, you can use that. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/112 "2013-07-15T20:31:39Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > As always, people should be careful about believing what they hear on the Internet. But they should also be careful about making accusations and assuming the worst even when they’ve been burned or watched liars do their thing in the past. [Assuming the worst seems to have been the default setting around here for quite a while now.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8969856&highlight=assume+worst#post8969856) ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/113 "2013-07-15T20:32:55Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by TheChileanBlob View Post > > So “cunt” is OK now? I hadn’t heard. > > It’s not just for breakfast anymore. It is on a good day. Have we established whether our new poster eats porridge yet? I feel that is most important to our discussions. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/114 "2013-07-15T20:52:28Z")
Man, this may have serious repercussions on the thread I was going to start about whether or not my wife only loves me for my toe the went numb. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/115 "2013-07-15T21:02:23Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > In Dalmarnock (next door to Rutherglen), [they didn’t bother with the raft](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15110683). Is that near Jalad or Tanagra? ---
**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:** [July 15, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/116 "2013-07-15T21:10:23Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > Or someone learned how to fake an IP address. You can fake IP addresses?!? Oh My God! :eek: > [@Bob Ducca](#): > > You’re thinking of Cleveland. I thought it was Detroit. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/117 "2013-07-15T21:15:49Z")
> [@Psychopants](#): > > I laughed, I cried, I threw up in my mouth a little bit. Well, you’re going to fit right in. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/118 "2013-07-15T21:24:12Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [Assuming the worst seems to have been the default setting around here for quite a while now.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8969856&highlight=assume+worst#post8969856) And _that’s_ why I’ve been so reluctant to tell my story here: I’m an attractive, charismatic, insightful individual, who happens to be octoplegic. In fact I’m entirely mute — and let me tell you, having six eyes confuses the hell out of eye-tracking keyboards. (It took me seven hours to type this.) Oh, the stories I could tell. And I’d love to get some advice about romance, a touchy subject indeed for someone with eight useless flopping limbs. But you Cunty McCunts would just assume I’m sympathy-scamming you. So go to heck! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/119 "2013-07-15T21:27:19Z")
> [@Paranoid\_Randroid](#): > > And _that’s_ why I’ve been so reluctant to tell my story here: I’m an attractive, charismatic, insightful individual, who happens to be octoplegic. In fact I’m entirely mute — and let me tell you, having six eyes confuses the hell out of eye-tracking keyboards. (It took me seven hours to type this.) > > Oh, the stories I could tell. And I’d love to get some advice about romance, a touchy subject indeed for someone with eight useless flopping limbs. But you Cunty McCunts would just assume I’m sympathy-scamming you. So go to heck! If you’re not Scottish, I’m not interested. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/120 "2013-07-15T21:29:00Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [Assuming the worst seems to have been the default setting around here for quite a while now.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8969856&highlight=assume+worst#post8969856) Oh hush, bunny-boiler. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570.md?page=7)