# mr \[Paul McCartney is a curse on humanity\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 24, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039 "2011-05-24T18:17:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/21 "2011-05-24T19:09:34Z")
> [@jamesbanville](#): > > Am I the only one who thinks Paul McCartney is a a curse on humanity and should be banged up for the rest of his miserable life? Please tell me this is not so. Wait, I’m confused. Do you want us to please tell you that Paul McCartney is not a curse on humanity, or that you’re not the only one who thinks so? Also, what exactly does getting “banged up” entail? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/22 "2011-05-24T19:13:22Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > How empty must a person’s life be to enable them to build up this kind of resentment toward such a random public figure? I dunno. Ask Mark David Chapman. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/23 "2011-05-24T19:19:53Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Oh. ☹ I was hoping it would be something cool like “mr kite should stab you in the eye until you die” or something along those lines. Interestingly, “mr kite should stab you in the eye until you die” was the proposed title for “Live And Let Die”. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/24 "2011-05-24T19:21:53Z")
Even though I might view McCartney as a high-minded, smug douche, as well as a bit of a hypocrite\* I don’t think he deserves any worse than my impotent derision. - seriously, he gets all pissed off at Toyota for shipping him a Lexus LS600h by air, while conveniently ignoring the fact that his new Lexus is a bloated pig of a car that makes a mockery of the “hybrid” concept. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/25 "2011-05-24T19:28:41Z")
Does it kinda scorch your behind that actually you’re supposed to call him “Sir”? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/26 "2011-05-24T19:32:55Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > I’m assuming it was just “mr” since they usually put brackets around the part that the mod adds (and leave the unbracketed part as was). Correct. > [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Oh. ☹ I was hoping it would be something cool like “mr kite should stab you in the eye until you die” or something along those lines. Hmmm…much better title. Maybe I should re-edit it.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/27 "2011-05-24T19:40:45Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Does it kinda scorch your behind that actually you’re supposed to call him “Sir”? Any true Englishman can put enough scorn into “Sir” to turn it into an insult. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/28 "2011-05-24T19:47:16Z")
so… the “Paul McCartney is a curse on humanity” portion is optional? ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/29 "2011-05-24T19:52:12Z")
No – as I posted in the “Bitchiest song” thread in CS, John Lennon [thought so, too](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Do_You_Sleep%3F) at one point. [lyrics](http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/42608/) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/30 "2011-05-24T20:11:43Z")
It looks like the only other post by Mr. Banville (heh) is #11 in [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=586385) [QUOTE=jamesbanville] \*\*mr. \*\* I am james banville and I was the person who wrote to a minister referring to him as a hifamite, and yes, I am a nutter. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/31 "2011-05-24T20:23:45Z")
I blame Yoko Ono. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/32 "2011-05-24T20:25:31Z")
I myself think Paul McCartney is a very talented musician, albeit with a tendency to write trivial, sappy songs. I really don’t understand the hate a lot of people have for him. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/33 "2011-05-24T20:27:05Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > It looks like the only other post by Mr. Banville (heh) is #11 in [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=586385) Whats with writing “mr” in the subject line of both posts? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/34 "2011-05-24T20:29:26Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Also, what exactly does getting “banged up” entail? Put in jail. Not, you know, the other thing. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/35 "2011-05-24T20:31:32Z")
I’m not in love with McCartney’s solo work (Emitt Rhodes was out-McCartnying McCartney during the early 70s, and with better lyrics) he was a great bassist and singer in the Beatles. His bass playing on Abbey Road, especially, is really phenomenal. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/36 "2011-05-24T20:39:10Z")
\*\* shakes head with confusion \*\* This is the weirdest Pitting I’ve seen in a while. Very strange. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/37 "2011-05-24T20:57:01Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Whats with writing “mr” in the subject line of both posts? Oh, I don’t know. Maybe because he’s a nutter? And possibly a hifamite. That said, this pitting is remarkably sane. McCartney sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/38 "2011-05-24T21:09:17Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > \*\* shakes head with confusion \*\* > > This is the weirdest Pitting I’ve seen in a while. Very strange. In the pouring rain. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/39 "2011-05-24T21:21:08Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > McCartney sucks. More mr pile-ons but no explanation of why. Dope snobbery? ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/40 "2011-05-24T21:25:31Z")
Jeez, lay off him already, he’s been dead for almost half a century! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039.md?page=3)