# New rule proposal

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-proposal/342936>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [February 4, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-proposal/342936 "2006-02-04T01:45:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-proposal/342936/41 "2006-02-05T00:53:43Z")

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Doesn’t matter. It needed correcting either way.

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**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-proposal/342936/42 "2006-02-05T02:10:27Z")

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:rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-proposal/342936/43 "2006-02-05T13:33:26Z")

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> [@Scylla](#):
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> Not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was an excellent dancer.

Adolph danced with Old Hickory  
As if both were possessed by Terpsichore  
But **Lib** said to pit 'em  
'Coz they lacked social rhyt’m

😕  
Anyone got another rhyme for “Old Hickory?”

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-proposal/342936/44 "2006-02-05T14:15:10Z")

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> [@Daithi Lacha](#):
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> Adolph danced with Old Hickory  
> As if both were possessed by Terpsichore  
> But **Lib** said to pit 'em  
> 'Coz they lacked social rhyt’m
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> 😕  
> Anyone got another rhyme for “Old Hickory?”

Which led to much Doperdom bickery.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-proposal/342936/45 "2006-02-05T16:43:47Z")

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> [@Daithi Lacha](#):
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> Anyone got another rhyme for “Old Hickory?”

Discussing the past of Old Hickory,  
Is best done over a good cup of chicory;  
If he was bigot,  
**Lib** will open the spigot,  
And lead to much teasing and snickery.

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-proposal/342936/46 "2006-02-05T22:12:43Z")

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Look, I’m trying like heck to understand why anyone would accuse [Jackson](http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/usia/E-USIA/education/images/pollack.gif) of hating North American Indigineous Peoples.

😕  
😃

Maybe we need to ask the real question: Could the Pit be modified to operate more like Dante intended? We could have 7 Rings Of Pit

1. Infuriating things your S.O. does.
2. Loathsome restaurant servers / deliverypeople /irksome supervisors.
3. Irritable advertisements.
4. Detestable Dopers.
5. Hateful Public Figures ( not limited to the historical faves named in this thread, but all public figures.
6. Things that make you Completely Insane That Must Be Pitted Now.
7. Amusing Faux-Pittings that make copious use of obscenities whilst not really Pitting in the classic, molar-grinding, blood-pressure surging way.

Cartooniverse

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-proposal/342936/47 "2006-02-05T22:22:50Z")

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Some people have WAYYYYYYY too much time on their hands.

Some people take themselves WAYYYYYY too seriously.  
It’s really sad when the twain meet… :eek:

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-proposal/342936/48 "2006-02-06T05:47:40Z")

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> [@DSYoungEsq](#):
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> Some people have WAYYYYYYY too much time on their hands.
> 
> Some people take themselves WAYYYYYY too seriously.  
> It’s really sad when the twain meet… :eek:

I can remember in high school thinking that about hall monitors, busybodies, and such.

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