# Milum is a babbling fountain of shit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 29, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293 "2003-10-29T19:44:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![flonks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ab097/32.png) [@flonks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flonks)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/141 "2003-11-05T06:41:20Z")
By doing a web search on Milum you give this guy waaaaay to much attention … ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/142 "2003-11-05T09:13:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tomndebb \* > \*\*Actually, I suspect that the acronym is folk etymology and I really doubt the definition given. More likely is that plonker comes from the verb (or interjection) “plonk” meaning to use filters on one’s mail software when reading a newsgroup to hide any submissions from another poster. (Or to use the “Ignore” feature in vB or UBB for the same purpose.) While I have not yet found a satisfactory citation to support me, my guess is that “plonk” is taken from old target shooting slang in which one “plonked” tin cans for fun and training. > > [quibble] **Milum** would, in this instance, be the plonkee, not the plonker. [/quibble]\*\* “Plonker” was originally slang for “penis” in England, but has since mutated into a mild insult (as mentioned above). It was massively popularised in the UK by the comedy _Only Fools and Horses_, and was said repeatedly by the character [Del-boy](http://www.geocities.com/delboy_the_great/) to his brother: “Rodney you plonker!” Thus I conclude **milum** , in our context, is indeed a plonker. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/143 "2003-11-05T09:18:33Z")
Just a little one, though. ---
**Author:** ![Milum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Milum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milum)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/144 "2003-11-05T12:15:06Z")
That’s it! I grow tired of tiny house dogs nipping at my heels. Tonight when the man-in-the-moon looks down into this godforsaken dark dank pit he will only see withering snakes and anti-humans. His search for the Milum will be in vain. The good and just Milum will be gone, leaving only his sorrow for the sorry vile lot that remains. Good-bye…forever. ---
**Author:** ![flonks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ab097/32.png) [@flonks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flonks)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/145 "2003-11-05T12:16:56Z")
Promises, promises, only promises … ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/146 "2003-11-05T12:32:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Milum \* > **I grow tired of tiny house dogs nipping at my heels.** You sound just like **Libertarian**. But he always comes back, too. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/147 "2003-11-05T12:34:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Milum \* > \*\*That’s it! > > snip > > Good-bye…forever. \*\* Buh Bye, now! ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/148 "2003-11-05T12:53:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Milum \* > \*\* > The _good and just_ Milum will be gone, leaving only his sorrow for the sorry vile lot that remains. > Good-bye…forever. \*\* Yeah, but I bet the one we’re talking about returns. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/149 "2003-11-05T13:13:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Milum \* > \*\*Good-bye…forever. \*\* And the board is one little bit closer to perfection. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/150 "2003-11-05T18:37:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Priceguy \* > \*\*And the board is one little bit closer to perfection. \*\* Nah, just a little more loaded down with Milum’s [BS](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=4195866#post4195866). ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/151 "2003-11-11T02:48:23Z")
Not only he refuses to leave but he persists in his delusions. > [@](#): > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=4213594#post4213594](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=4213594#post4213594) > > I know for a fact that I am liked by a few. > (Well maybe not a few but at least one or two.) Milum liked by one or two? What an optimistic delusion! Make that one or none. My money is on none. ---
**Author:** ![Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/152 "2003-11-11T04:01:32Z")
The following is a quote by Milum attempting to “put me down”. He’s assuming that Australia is some sort of radical left wing pinko socialist commie training ground as part of his put down. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Milum \* > \*\*You; having lived all these years in a PC world of bureaucratic control with no hope of excape from the smothering benoveloence of your socialist government. Your long suppressed desire to throw up must have become unbearable. > > And then along comes Bush. Straight talking Bush. A man without pretense, a man with honor and with an honest concern for the plight of all the people of this world and the courage to advance upon tyrants. > > No wonder you threw up. All the vile serpents and toxic lizards of socialism inside you were expelled when you wrote that therapeutic tirade against President Bush. That’s the first step…a cleansing.\*\* Milum, I’m a pretty “out there” kinda guy when it comes to my eclectic tastes and humour - but man - you make me look like I’m totally fucking middle of the road. For the sake of all that is good about the United States, and her people - stop being a mouthpiece on behalf of America. ---
**Author:** ![\_possum\_stalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b77776/32.png) [@\_possum\_stalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_possum_stalker)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/153 "2003-11-11T04:17:19Z")
Dear Australia, Europe, and the Rest of Almighty Creation, ``` We'd like to apologize for **Milum**'s recent comments. I know he implied that you were filled with vile serpents and toxic lizards, and that your women were retarded. Please understand that this man does not represent us in any way. We believe his remarks may be attributable to a state of utter batshit insanity. Sorry for the inconvenience, the United States of America ``` ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/154 "2003-11-11T04:26:09Z")
I would just like to point out that I made **Milum’s** enemies list. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293/155 "2003-11-11T04:42:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Milum \* > The good and just Milum will be gone, leaving only his sorrow for the sorry vile lot that remains. > > Good-bye…forever. Well, Sméagol, kin-murderer, was never _that_ much more “good and just” than Gollum, anyway, so it was hardly any loss. And now that Goll… Milum has returned to make a liar of himself, we should no longer have to worry about him pretending to _be_ good and just–simply cranky, ill-informed, and bilious. (Sort of the way he’s always been.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milum-is-a-babbling-fountain-of-shit/210293.md?page=7)