# Now hear this: I did not mooch off my mother-in-law. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 7, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826 "2006-09-07T20:27:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/21 "2006-09-07T22:33:23Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] Sorry, you can’t Pit another poster and then have the thread locked when it doesn’t go the way you want. [/QUOTE] I didn’t get the impression that this was a pitting of **hajario**. There was no mention of his name in the title, no name-calling, no whinging. **Rilchiam** used his post as an example. It certainly fit the bill. I don’t think anyone can deny the truth to the statement. And yet again, **Giraffe** comes across as a total asshole. At least he’s consistent. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/22 "2006-09-07T22:35:33Z")
And now, because you’re all hyperdefensive about it **Rilchiam** , it sounds like **hajario** might have been onto something. IME, people who protest loudest are generally the ones with most to hide or a guilty conscience, or both. Now, where’s the original thread that sparked all this off??? I’m intrigued now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/23 "2006-09-07T22:47:34Z")
[QUOTE=kambuckta] And now, because you’re all hyperdefensive about it **Rilchiam** , it sounds like **hajario** might have been onto something. IME, people who protest loudest are generally the ones with most to hide or a guilty conscience, or both. [/QUOTE] Shall I mail you my bank statements and rent receipts for the past two years? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/24 "2006-09-07T22:49:51Z")
[QUOTE=Ghanima] And yet again, **Giraffe** comes across as a total asshole. At least he’s consistent. [/QUOTE] You misspelled “incontinent”. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/25 "2006-09-07T23:06:22Z")
My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/26 "2006-09-07T23:12:51Z")
Actually, **kambuckta** , what set me off was **haj** framing it as “the next time you live through something more traumatic.” Guess again. There’s a lot I don’t talk about on here. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/27 "2006-09-07T23:28:28Z")
I’d just like to state for the record that I don’t have the slightest clue about any other Dopers’ living arrangements, and I really couldn’t care less. ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/28 "2006-09-07T23:47:54Z")
I didn’t have any idea about Rilchiam’s prior living arrangements, so I’ll admit it, I did some [searching](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384491&page=1&pp=50). [QUOTE=Rilchiam] Really, people. A few years ago, I was cracking up laughing at a certain meltdown in the Pit, and when I showed the thread to Mr. Rilch, he shrugged and said, “That’s what happens when you make the board your life.” Earlier this week, we had a poster leave in a rage because one person didn’t like him. We’ve got pittings, and pittings about pittings, and pittings about those pittings. Interaction here should not be so bloody crucial. [/QUOTE] And I can’t be the only one who finds Rilchiam’s sig a bit ironic: > [@Rilchiam](#): > > Oh well, if you’re going to go around watching everything you say all the time, you’ll never get much said! > > —Lucy Van Pelt ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/29 "2006-09-08T00:37:41Z")
You say “mooching” like it’s a bad thing… ---
**Author:** ![galt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@galt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/30 "2006-09-08T01:47:13Z")
How about just, “the next time you live through something a few clicks more traumatic than having to live at your mother-in-law’s for a few weeks, let’s see how rational your first thought is.” Same brutal message without the horrible implications of mooching. Better? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/31 "2006-09-08T02:17:35Z")
Two things **Rilch** : 1.) I understand the need to defend oneself in the face of not understanding how it’s coming across, while there still being nothing to hide nor a guilty conscience at work. However, sometimes you’ve just got to cut your losses and say inwardly that you won’t give a fuck. 2.) Anyone that can _remember_ a particular Doper’s circumstances from two years ago, without that person being the perennial One Trick Pony, there were other issues of annoyances involved and that said opinion will not be held by everyone. Certainly not even a small minority and definitely isn’t important. Your reputation I’m sure is intact unruffled and you can post forth assuming you’re the better egg. Just my lousy .02 and all. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/32 "2006-09-08T02:56:57Z")
Okay! ---
**Author:** ![parrot\_recipes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@parrot\_recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parrot_recipes)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/33 "2006-09-08T03:17:00Z")
I want to live with **Giraffe!** ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/34 "2006-09-08T03:29:29Z")
[QUOTE=parrot recipes] I want to live with **Giraffe!** [/QUOTE] Because you like incontinence? let me be the first to say “EWWWWW” ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/35 "2006-09-08T03:29:59Z")
[QUOTE=Ghanima] And yet again, **Giraffe** comes across as a total asshole. At least he’s consistent. [/QUOTE] If you’re talking about his refusal to close the thread, that’s pretty standard for situations like this. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/36 "2006-09-08T10:40:26Z")
Was that the one about the spatula and the dog shit? I remember that one, for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/37 "2006-09-08T10:43:27Z")
No! That was **harborwolf** and **Alias**! We don’t even have a kid! ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/38 "2006-09-08T11:02:02Z")
I would like to thank **Rilchiam** for starting this thread because it lead me to **King of Soup’s** post on the God Shitter theory of existance. Teh SDMB is in the key of awesome ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826/39 "2006-09-08T11:02:38Z")
Oh. Well, that’s one rumor put to rest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hear-this-i-did-not-mooch-off-my-mother-in-law/371826.md?page=1)