# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/61 "2011-05-25T06:29:39Z")
What the fuck is a hifamite and why does that make Paul McCartney a bad musician? What a waste of electrons this turned out to be… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/62 "2011-05-25T06:33:38Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Why do you hate walruses so? Goo-goo-ga-joob! ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/63 "2011-05-25T06:33:53Z")
stick around. this might yet convert into a racist-slant discussion. wait till someone starts arguing for chuck berry, or jacko, or james brown. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/64 "2011-05-25T12:14:37Z")
> [@Omegaman](#): > > I am currently in possession of a flying rats ass. > > I’m choosing to hold on to it until something better comes along. Thread win. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/65 "2011-05-25T12:59:16Z")
If this was posted 5 years ago, we’d have the answer to the question about needing him or feeding him when he’s 64. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/66 "2011-05-25T13:05:28Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Whats with writing “mr” in the subject line of both posts? I think I figured it out. It doesn’t call it the subject. It calls it the “title.” And his title is “Mr.” Obvious troll is obvious. And bad. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/67 "2011-05-25T13:10:06Z")
No seriously, people seem to be saying that the OP’s username is in reference to something, and I don’t know what it is. Google and Wiki aren’t helping. Help a doper out? ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/68 "2011-05-25T13:25:05Z")
banville. The expectation is he will be banned. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/69 "2011-05-25T13:39:06Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > banville. The expectation is he will be banned. Oh. I thought there was more to it. He doesn’t seem to post much, so he’ll probably just fade away. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/70 "2011-05-25T14:06:57Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Oh. I thought there was more to it. > > He doesn’t seem to post much, so he’ll probably just fade away. I agree. I should have written “the expectation appears to be”, because I don’t share it. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/71 "2011-05-25T15:12:01Z")
Banned name! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/72 "2011-05-25T15:46:56Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#): > > more than half actually, much more than john. > > is that you, yoko? Well, pop includes more than the Beatles. He also wrote Badfinger’s hits, and Peter and Gordon’s, and probably other people’s. For all I know he’s Prince. But the rest of the world put together has written considerable pop music, too, so I only give Macca credit for half. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/73 "2011-05-25T15:47:22Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Banned name! You win. I groaned.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/74 "2011-05-25T16:00:37Z")
_When I get older, losing my touch Many years from now Will I still write songs that make the people cheer Or will they be painful to hear? All my best songs are years in the past; Why can’t I write more? Will you still try me - Will you still buy me - When I’m 64?_ ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/75 "2011-05-25T16:21:43Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > He doesn’t seem to post much, so he’ll probably just fade away. Or perhaps he’ll be banned on the run. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/76 "2011-05-25T16:50:55Z")
**Shodan** just made a pretty decent joke. I’m ready, now, Lord. I’ve seen signs and wonders… ---
**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:** [May 25, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/77 "2011-05-25T16:57:05Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > _When I get older, losing my touch > Many years from now > Will I still write songs that make the people cheer > Or will they be painful to hear? > All my best songs are years in the past; > Why can’t I write more? > Will you still try me - > Will you still buy me - > When I’m 64?_ Well, since he released _Memory Almost Full_ two weeks before he turned 65, I guess he expected the answer to be “yes, of course.” Also, what **'luci** said… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/78 "2011-05-25T22:44:03Z")
He’s a poor old ex-rocker who keeps getting taken to the cleaners by conniving gold-diggers. I feel sorry for him. Lay off the poor sap. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/79 "2011-05-26T05:55:20Z")
Yeah, that would suck, being all rich and stuff, hot chiquitas throwing themselves at you. Lucky thing nothing like that ever happened to us, huh, **Bos**? Good to be reminded how fortunate we are, otherwise, we might forget. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039/80 "2011-05-26T08:41:16Z")
I once said that he’s a smarmy, gladhanding butthole. Having said that, I still recognize that in his day, he was a phenomenal musician and songwriter. Not only that, he doesn’t seem to be hurting anybody, so I reckon we can let him live, for now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039.md?page=5)