# nearly got in a fight for calling a girl a common piece of shit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 23, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157 "2008-11-23T22:21:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Riddle\_doodle\_do](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Riddle\_doodle\_do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riddle_doodle_do)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/1 "2008-11-23T22:21:30Z")
most people would not conisder me that common, and this girl was behind me and was saying that I smelt bad, then realised it wasnt me, then she apologised, but the way she was trying to say I smeld bad was annoying, so when she said I didn’t, I was like no, I smell of Armani aftershave and prada shower gel, you common piece of shit if you saw the way she was dressed you would have understand, I just know that it was the easiest way to piss her off, I couldn’t really criticise her in any other way other than looking more trampish than myself, and it really did work in annoying her. basically she had friends that were like how dare you in an angry manner, and I thaught I was going have to defend myself but they backed down very quickly after they saw I wasn’t by myself 😕 people! ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/2 "2008-11-23T22:28:12Z")
I don’t understand why you continued the conversation after she apologized. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/3 "2008-11-23T22:33:36Z")
[I think both you and the “common piece of shit” need to read this book.](http://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/0671723650) ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/4 "2008-11-23T22:35:26Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > I don’t understand why you continued the conversation after she apologized. I think I understand, a bit. What if he _had_ smelled bad? I had a friend that worked in a fish market. He was always self concious about any odor he may have on him. (I never smelled anything). But, I can imagine someone that may smell something bad on him being classless enough to mention it, and I would hope that if that happened, he would tell her that she was lacking in the class department. Which is what Riddle Diddle Do did…although a bit more harshly than most would have. There is something to be said for not sinking to levels… ---
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/5 "2008-11-23T22:36:40Z")
Is calling someone a “common piece of shit” worse than just calling them a “piece of shit?” Is that opposed to calling them a “special piece of shit?” ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/6 "2008-11-23T22:40:37Z")
I’m sure your unnecessary “common piece of shit” comment went down as well as when I called a woman a “racist whore”. She was indeed acting racist, but my exasperated comment was OTT and got me and my companions thrown out of the pub. That sort of thing is best left unsaid - and in your case, particularly unnecessary since she had apologised. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/7 "2008-11-23T23:08:02Z")
Getting into it with a people in a pack who evidently feel they are powerful because they outnumber you is never a good idea. You’re dealing with the lowest form of scum. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/8 "2008-11-23T23:14:41Z")
Are you seriously trying to garner sympathy for the way you acted? I’ve met baboons with better manners than that. Seeing as we are not in the Pit, I shall stop here. ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/9 "2008-11-23T23:30:06Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Are you seriously trying to garner sympathy for the way you acted? I’ve met baboons with better manners than that. Seeing as we are not in the Pit, I shall stop here. I knew that there was a reason I liked you **Auto**. ---
**Author:** ![Riddle\_doodle\_do](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Riddle\_doodle\_do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riddle_doodle_do)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/10 "2008-11-23T23:45:22Z")
OK autoclus u can move this if u want ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/11 "2008-11-23T23:46:57Z")
Riddle, they have online journals for this type of entry. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/12 "2008-11-23T23:50:25Z")
Movd to the pit becuz that’s wer it shud be. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/13 "2008-11-24T00:06:44Z")
The moral of the story, boys and girls is that… 1. You shouldn’t accuse anyone of being smelly unless you’re 100% sure that they are indeed smelly (this can be verified by shoving you head under their armpit and taking a deep whiff) 2. Never call someone a common piece of shit unless you’ve got your posse there to intimidate their posse. 3. All the Armani aftershave and Prada shower gel in the world can’t magically endow you with good manners… though at least you’ll smell good. ---
**Author:** ![Collaborator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Collaborator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Collaborator)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/14 "2008-11-24T00:08:39Z")
Next time be sure to add that she’s “homely” as well. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/15 "2008-11-24T00:09:29Z")
Common piece of shit vs. pretentious piece of shit…hmmm… Can we just root for it to go the distance? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/16 "2008-11-24T00:12:30Z")
> [@dgrdfd](#): > > Is calling someone a “common piece of shit” worse than just calling them a “piece of shit?” Is that opposed to calling them a “special piece of shit?” I believe it’s calling them a common piece of slit that offends them more. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/17 "2008-11-24T00:17:04Z")
I think it’s actually being a common piece of shit that really pisses them off. Someone who knew they weren’t a common piece of shit would just do the Miss Manners blank stare thing. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/18 "2008-11-24T00:31:01Z")
Where do I apply to get my pieces of shit ennobled? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/19 "2008-11-24T01:50:29Z")
Both the OPer and the Olfactory Judge in his OP need lessons in manners. I can’t recall the last time anyone in my immediate presence was accused of smelling badly. Perhaps the Riddle Doodle Do needs to start hanging around a more sophisticated crowd. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157/20 "2008-11-24T01:52:27Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Where do I apply to get my pieces of shit ennobled? Silly, one doesn’t apply to get his shit ennobled. One is _invited_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-got-in-a-fight-for-calling-a-girl-a-common-piece-of-shit/474157.md?page=2)