# Not another day of this shite! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 14, 2000, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164 "2000-09-14T08:48:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/101 "2000-09-15T14:31:10Z")
Believe me, I speak enough French to get around, and I never saw a Parisian appreciate my efforts - unless they were friends already, of course. “Kindness of strangers” is an alian concept in Paris. What the hell is this thread coming to, anway? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/102 "2000-09-15T14:49:27Z")
By God, Coldfire, you’re right! Why, back in my day, we used to get into flame wars that lasted for _years_! None of this namby-pamby ‘apologizing’ and ‘recognizing that we were wrong’! No, sir! When you got into a flame war, you kept throwing insults and making nasty remarks regardless of whether the facts were on your side or not! By God, back in time of the Big One- the UseNet Nazi Debacle of '83- we’d never let a flame war die! Why, if someone tried to pull out and give up, we’d spam their e-mail account with nasty messages! We’d send them threatening snail mails! We’d kidnap their children and hold them hostage until they agreed to keep the war going! None of this pissy little “Oh, it looks like we were wrong, let’s make up and be friends” crap back then. No, sir! Why, when your father was a boy, we used to make him write a flame a day, just for practice! Now you damned kids with your Nintendos and your civility… why, what’s the world coming to? Where’s my Geritol? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/103 "2000-09-15T15:00:27Z")
Couldn’t agree more, John. You ass spelunker. ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/104 "2000-09-15T15:03:37Z")
I remember the days when flame wars went on and on, when no quarter was given and none was asked for. Back when men were men. All I need now is a rocking chair and a blanket to keep my legs warm… ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/105 "2000-09-15T15:16:59Z")
Come off it - I’d made seven postings without so much as swearing and still got threatened with being banned for life, my ISP being sued, excommunication and so forth. No way can you conduct a protacted flame sesh under those conditions. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/106 "2000-09-15T15:44:10Z")
You’re all jive talkin’ monkey butlers anyway! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/107 "2000-09-15T15:48:17Z")
You know, I’ve never seen a BG’s song crossed with a simpsons joke before. ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/108 "2000-09-15T16:09:39Z")
Gary, perchance it was because you arrived with a bunch of yak felching, tea drinking, pansy asses. How was anyone to know you weren’t a tea drinker? ---
**Author:** ![Kvallulf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Kvallulf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kvallulf)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/109 "2000-09-15T16:55:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joachim Pieper \* > \*\* > Can someone translate ‘Blowtorch’ into my ‘english cant’ for me? That one has me confused! \*\* Joachim Pieper was an Infamous Nazi on the Eastern front in WWII. He had this habit of burning peaseants out of the homes, then having them killed to prevent any partisan attacks on his troops, hence the nickname “Blowtorch”. He also had several allied troops murdered, after they had become P.O.W.s. I think the Allies had him hung. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/110 "2000-09-15T17:37:28Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Kvallulf \* \*\* > [@](#): > > Joachim Pieper was an Infamous Nazi on the Eastern front in WWII…\*\* That’s one of the great things about this board. There’s always somebody who either knows it or knows where to find it, regardless of the topic. This thread did wuss out pretty fast. It could be moved to MPSIMS if our favorite (Sorry, “favourite.” When in Rome…) Wooden Shoeser hadn’t used a crudity in the title. That IS a crudity, isn’t it? And is it pronounced the same as “shit” or does it rhyme with “kite?” This thread has gotten so cozy it might be too wimpy for MPSIMS, even. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/111 "2000-09-15T19:38:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joachim Pieper \* > \*\* > Can anyone explain why the statue of Liberty was build by the French? Are they internationally-renowned statue builders? Am I missing something? If I wanted a big statue, the French wouldn’t be at the top of my list, I have to say… \*\* It was a gift. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/112 "2000-09-15T22:52:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > **It could be moved to MPSIMS if our favorite (Sorry, “favourite.” When in Rome…) Wooden Shoeser hadn’t used a crudity in the title. That IS a crudity, isn’t it? And is it pronounced the same as “shit” or does it rhyme with "kite?"** Rhymes with “kite”. Rent Trainspotting, you’ll get the hang of the pronunciation. As well as some excellent Sean Connery-immitations. **"Thish will rrrenderr ush noe prrroblemsh whatshoeverrr mish Monaypinnee"** Ya know, that sort of shite 😃 And agreed. The rant has died. Alphagene, do your worst. I wanna know how it feels to pull a FreakFreely. **"Oh my god. Is this thing still here? If you lot weren’t posting, it would have long died. Can a mod PLEASE close this thread? I would like to move on, you know."** I feel kinda dirty now. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2000, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/113 "2000-09-16T00:08:29Z")
And just to make it worse, I’ll point out that the Statue of Liberty was originally put in the harbor facing east as a reminder that France was the true home of liberty and democracy and all that jazz. It was supposed to be a constant reminder to all us poor Yanks of what we were missing back in the home country. Then all those European immigrants started showing up and seeing it as a symbol of their wonderful new future… ---
**Author:** ![Joachim\_Pieper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Joachim\_Pieper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joachim_Pieper)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2000, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/114 "2000-09-16T05:16:36Z")
Kvallulf, he killed more than several Allied soldiers. He had them rounded up in a field and then shot. I never knew he had a nick-name, though. He was a very, very bad man, from what we can gather, but I have chosen him as my tag because he was one of the most able commanders in the war. He was under orders to get his Panzers to the river fast, and that’s what he tried to do. At one point he ordered his tanks over a known minefield to save time. At Malmedy, where the 86 American servicemen were shot, he decided he couldn’t afford the time to send them through the horific traffic-jams behind him. Bear in mind he’d come from the eastern front, and you get an idea of the mid-set. Anyway, enough justicifation. Bad man, excellent commander. Take that as you will. I suppose using him as my tag bring my morality into question, but, hey, I can live with that… I’m done, you can all relax again 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Joachim\_Pieper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Joachim\_Pieper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joachim_Pieper)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2000, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/115 "2000-09-16T05:18:38Z")
Oh, and you’re all shit-cradling gutter-monkeys 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/116 "2000-09-16T06:09:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joachim Pieper \* > \*\* > Sophie Marceau. And, next time you’re in France (!), check out the trashy tabloids, 'cos she has the uniquely French habit of taking her clothes off and looking foxy. You know, one of those ‘arty’ actresses. \*\* Virginie Ledoyen is quite the hottie, too: [http://www.anycelebrity.com/actresses/virginieledoyen/images/014.html](http://www.anycelebrity.com/actresses/virginieledoyen/images/014.html) ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/117 "2000-09-18T12:29:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by London\_Calling \* > \*\*Actually Joachim, I’m more purturbed by your train of thought. Statue of Liberty, Eiffel… Sophie Marceau. And now you’re engaging **oedipus** in converstaion ! > > Is there something you’d like to share ? 😉 > \*\* I s’pose I should’ve expected a wisecrack about my monicker by now. By way of explanation, the first time I posted I had just visited a site where you suggest a solution to a [riddle](http://www.riddledujour.com:8080/dujour/). Classical scholars may recall that, as well as shagging his mum :eek:, Oedipus solved the riddle of the Sphinx - so it seemed a good idea at the time. Maybe now would be a good time for me to change my details. _BTW Spohie Marceau is very fit_ ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/118 "2000-09-18T12:42:16Z")
Do not change your name!!! the board needs a Materophile!!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/119 "2000-09-18T12:49:20Z")
That is probably wrong, I think that means Heart-lover… which in itself is pretty sick, Am I right in thinking that it should be Maternophile? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164/120 "2000-09-18T12:53:01Z")
I think the scientific term you’re looking for is “motherfucker” 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-day-of-this-shite/33164.md?page=7)