# Manny, quit tossing your junk in my backyard **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 23, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483 "2003-04-23T01:33:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/21 "2003-04-23T04:08:58Z")
Wow, this is lame, both of you ain’t got game, get out of this here place, 'cause my rhymes kick your rhymes face! WORD! ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/22 "2003-04-23T04:44:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > \*\*Better be sure you get it through your head, > This is supposed to be a Seussian rhyming thread. > It seems to that in your latest gem, > your rhyming is beneath even that of Eminem. \*\* You’ve got an advantage; Your kid brought you far You’ve all of the Seuss books on My PDA in a bar. But Seuss is a piker (tho admittedly fun). In terms of a challenge, He’s like a bad pun. Just wait for tomorrow, Or Thursday at latest. I’ll prove my true mettle– That I am the greatest. For I’ve an idea That’ll beat by a mile A mod-centric rant In Olde English style. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/23 "2003-04-23T05:20:13Z")
BRAVO! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/24 "2003-04-23T13:50:50Z")
There once was a man in Nantucket . . . Oh never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/25 "2003-04-23T15:49:05Z")
In the Pit **Manny** I think we got something to say so you It’s early morning and we really should be doing our jobs The Dope keeps us amused But I feel we’re all being abused Oh **Manny** I just don’t think we can take any more You lure us away from work, commanding us not to be a Jerk You stole our minds and that’s what really hurts The Chicago Reader if you read it really tells the news But we read Cecil’s column and it totally took away our blues We laughed at some of your jokes Our loyalty you didn’t need to coax Oh, **Manny** We just can’t survive any more You lure us away from work, reminding us not to be a Jerk You stole our minds and that’s what really hurts All we needed was a board to lend us a guiding hand But you turned us into Dopers and **Manny** what a tyranny, You drove us mad All you did was wreck our brains And leave us gibbering in the drains Oh, **Manny** We just can’t survive any more You lure us away from work, teaching us not to be a Jerk You broke our minds and that’s what really hurts ---
**Author:** ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/26 "2003-04-23T16:23:51Z")
I’ve read through this thread And found it quite nice But now in my head I can do nothing but ryhme I’ve read two more threads And found them to be wanting becuase in my head THEY DON"T RHYME! (really, I’me having a hard time reading other threads now because I keep trying to find the rhythym and rhyme) :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/27 "2003-04-23T17:11:47Z")
The wonderful thing about Seuss Is that his rhyming’s quite loose No matter how absurd Just make up a word And hitch it up like a caboose. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/28 "2003-04-23T22:33:19Z")
I dragged this up from an older thread: CECIL FEVER I must down to the boards again, to the message boards and the guys, And all I ask is a smart-ass post and a cruel wit that is sly, And the trolls kick’d and the Mods’ good grace and Cecil’s jokes a making, And a merry tale of TV shows and what’s better: clutch or braking. I must go down to the boards again, where General Questions lie, And in Great Debates, the tempers flare and opinions truly fly; And the words get hot and the insults grow over thoughts of wrong and right; And the loudmouth schmucks get shot to bits when they cannot give a cite. I must down to Café town where the Spider-Man thoughts are thick; And the typos fly and talk is cheap and wise guys act real slick; They pine for Wilma Flintstone and Betty, Barney’s wife; And some of us sigh and rolls our eyes and say: “Hey, get a life!” The Humble Opinions aren’t so humble as the posters fight for space; And the polls ask dumbass questions, like “what’s your favourite race?”; But it’s in the Pit where my blood runs hot and I dare to try my luck; Because it’s good to laugh at the mixed-up dopes and their obligatory “fucks”. I must down to the boards again, to the vagrant poster’s life, And all I ask is a smart-ass joke dissing some guy’s wife. - Bryan Ekers, with apologies to John Masefield. ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/29 "2003-04-24T14:13:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manhattan \* > \*\*For I’ve an idea > That’ll beat by a mile > A mod-centric rant > In Olde English style. \*\* ::sua waits eagerly, wearing his sackcloth and eating his mutton:: ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/30 "2003-04-24T14:16:50Z")
It’s apparently his birthday today. Cut him some slack. You know how the mind is the second thing to go. ---
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/31 "2003-04-24T14:59:32Z")
A message board mod, name of Manny, Had cognizance that was uncanny. …Whenever some guy, …Went slightly awry, Mod Manny would ban the man’s fanny. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/32 "2003-04-25T03:21:15Z")
The needs of the many, Said Spock, Sarek’s son, Outweigh those of few Or even just one. My job pays many dollars- this board pays me none and I’ve not found ways yet to pay bills in “fun.” So my poem must wait, that son of a gun, 'Sides, Chaucer does translate by ounces, not tons. ---
**Author:** ![Humble\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@Humble\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humble_Servant)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/33 "2003-04-25T14:33:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manhattan \* > \*\*'Sides, Chaucer does translate > by ounces, not tons. \*\* Oooh, you’re gonna do **The Threadcloser’s Tale**? Writen and sayd in simple speche, Middle Inglysch, I pray, as Chaucer writ? This oughta be good. ::hands **Sua** a draughte of ale:: ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/34 "2003-04-25T15:08:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\*It’s apparently his birthday today. Cut him some slack. You know how the mind is the second thing to go. \*\* Given the silliness of this thread, I would think that senility (not to mention the alcohol I’m sure **manny** consumed yesterday) would actually make it **easier** to compose an appropriate poem. Happy belated birthday, **Manny.** Sua ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/35 "2003-04-26T03:11:12Z")
[hijack] There come times of disappointment in ones life. These can be crushing, such as learning that you will: [ul] [li]Never be a major league ball player, becasue you are a klutz[/li][li]Never be a Hollywood heart throb, because you look more like a troll, than a star[/li][li]Never be a professional race car driver, as you just don’t have the necessary skill set.[/li][li]Never date a super model, because of #2 above and the fact that you don’t have $50M in the bank[/li][/ul] To that list I must now add one more. I fear that I will never be a mod here at the SDMB for the simple fact that I can’t ryme more that three words on a good day, and I sure as hell can’t do **Seuss or Chaucer** ☹ **Manny** I bow to your greatness. [/Hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/36 "2003-04-26T06:44:38Z")
I see **Fenris** and **Scylla** and **Manhatten** too! This thread has turned into the rhyming zoo. While my scansion is weak and my rhyming half done… It’s my simple hope that it’s still all in good fun. Seussian rhymes, I’ve often found scrumpcious as tasty as roasted rump roast of glumguncious. Or maybe poached eggs of the rare Floo Floo bird Despite how it’s name is something quite absurd. For though there is much of the Seuss in this rhyme One thing you’ve all lacked that Seuss did all the time. Made up words and animals peppered all of his books. You’ll all just fakers, with your (still pretty neat) Seuss-y hooks! ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/37 "2003-04-26T07:40:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > \*\*You know Fenris, you’re sort of a fool. > You won’t rate threadspotting > By flaming a tool. \*\* He claims tool, yet he won’t look in a mirror. We know his sperm count, which doesn’t make him dearer. His fear of Walmarts has been proclaimed, his erectile issues are made plain. Still he doesn’t see that he’s a dick, for all his bluster he’s quite thick. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/38 "2003-04-26T07:42:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\*“Oh Pot, thou art black!” said ol’ **Scylla** , the kettle > Apparently this thread’s a test of your mettle. > Your end rhymes? They stink > and your meter don’t scan. > That the best you can do? > Looks like you need a hand. > > And by the way, **Scylla** > The Seussian verse > Is to be aimed **Manhattan** or > Incubus at worst. > For a mere slob like you, plain old doggerel’s fine > since your poetry’s Ripple, whereas mine is rare wine. > > Fenris \*\* :_applause_: ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/39 "2003-05-18T21:19:47Z")
The threadspotting feature for at least a few days, this thread has amused me with its Suessian plays. But something about it I find quite mysterious, Not an update in weeks, isn’t anyone curious? Often a thread, tho’ seeming deceased, Is revived when threadspotted, its traffic increased. It runs its full course, its end is quite plain Yet posting continues (and gets quite inane). But this thread is different, it was left unresolved And the suspense has compelled me to now get involved We were promised a poem “In Olde English style” That would transcend Dr. Suess (and it’s been quite a while). Could it have possibly been elsewhere revealed? I mean three days on TS and no one’s appealed. So Manny I ask, did you ever complete it? Could it have been posted and subsequently deleted? I assume that by now the inspiration has faded and this plea for your poem indeed quite belated Of course as a student being late’s what I do And so a very belated Happy Birthday to you. ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483/40 "2003-05-18T21:46:36Z")
This is a thread that irks, A girl who lurks, 'Cause she misses the fun, And then comes undone. So this effort in verse, Untried, unrehearsed, Is a personal mission, To partake in SDMB tradition. Prose is anathema (which has no rhyme) To those who prefer verse and rhythm sublime. I am not Dr Seuss, nor **Fenris** nor **Scylla** , I offer no blimps, no insight, just end-of-line filler. A poor little lurker is all that I am, And I do not like green eggs and ham. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-quit-tossing-your-junk-in-my-backyard/170483.md?page=1)