# MortSahlFan: Come on down, you twat! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 4, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483 "2020-02-04T16:46:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/81 "2020-10-17T19:17:41Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > …I also actually know and knew who Mort Sahl was… Apologies if I am misinterpreting this statement, but Mort Sahl is still Mort Sahl, having turned 93 last May. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/82 "2020-10-17T19:20:17Z")
🙂 Mort Sahl the celebrity has not been Mort Sahl for most of my life, but yes, he is still alive. But no need to apologize, my writing was far from clear on that part. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/83 "2020-10-18T09:54:32Z")
I wonder why he didn’t get an ATMB announcement like two other usual suspects did this morning… ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/84 "2020-10-18T18:07:42Z")
TIL: parlous. Thanks, **kaylasdad99**! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/85 "2020-10-18T23:19:50Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > TIL: parlous. > > Thanks, **kaylasdad99**! I thought it was a typo of the word perilous. Why do we even need two words for the same thing? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/86 "2020-10-18T23:33:04Z")
Oh you pleonastically tautological son of a whore, you!!!1! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/87 "2020-10-18T23:42:02Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > > > TIL: parlous. > > > > Thanks, **kaylasdad99**! > > I thought it was a typo of the word perilous. Why do we even need two words for the same thing? Sometimes “perilous” doesn’t adequately convey the gravity of the situation. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/88 "2020-10-19T00:05:02Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Oh you pleonastically tautological son of a whore, you!!!1! You, sir, must have me confused with my brother, the barrister. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/89 "2021-03-11T15:36:10Z")
> [@Do You Believe Stanley Kubrick's "Mysterious Messages"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-stanley-kubricks-mysterious-messages/937646/6): > > I don’t know anything about space, and don’t really have an opinion about faking the moon landing, but it could just be Stanley throwing out references for fun, maybe make a point, maybe “troll” his audience. However, going by just what the US government has admitted to, its not beyond the realm of possibility. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/91 "2021-03-11T16:10:16Z")
No Comment, just the link? ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/92 "2021-03-11T16:36:54Z")
I honestly thought he had been banned at some point until I saw him pop up in another thread today. No idea why. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/93 "2021-03-11T17:03:50Z")
Can’t be bothered. That’s his MO. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/94 "2021-03-11T17:59:52Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > No Comment, just the link? I would have thought that his belief that it was possible the US government faked the Apollo moon landings contained sufficient commentary on its own. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/95 "2021-03-12T00:40:05Z")
A lot of us don’t click on links unless the person posting them has given us a hint of what it is. Besides which, we need to know why you posted it, and what you think of it. Look, you know better. We’ve had a history of drive-bys where (often conspiracy crazies) just drop a link to [ObamasKenyanVacation](https://NoDontClickOnThisYouFool.sheesh), and that’s supposed to…what, _pwn dose libs?_ … eta: I’d also like to point out that I’m a huge fan of mid-20th century comedians. But thanks to this thread, I’ve done some research, and I’m not a huge Mort Sahl fan… ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/96 "2021-03-12T03:44:47Z")
> [@digs](#): > > A lot of us don’t click on links unless the person posting them has given us a hint of what it is. Besides which, we need to know why you posted it, and what you think of it. > > Look, you know better. We’ve had a history of drive-bys where (often conspiracy crazies) just drop a link to [ObamasKenyanVacation](https://NoDontClickOnThisYouFool.sheesh), and that’s supposed to…what, _pwn dose libs?_ But you don’t have to click on anything. The link shows a preview of Mort’s message and shows exactly what he said. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/97 "2021-03-12T04:04:06Z")
But it wasn’t enough, and “exactly what he said” was pretty much the opposite of what was revealed once you clicked and read the thread. I mean, the preview of Mort’s message says “I don’t really have an opinion about faking the moon landing”… but not if you read his thread. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483/98 "2021-03-12T06:07:38Z")
Me too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortsahlfan-come-on-down-you-twat/847483.md?page=4)