# Oh the horror! First Bowling Green, now Atlanta! When will it end? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 9, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373 "2017-02-09T04:37:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/101 "2017-02-21T03:56:14Z")
OK Folks, Welcome back to today’s edition of\* Unscramble the Scandal\*! It’s everybody’s favorite game show where you have to take today’s scandal as broadcast by the Trump Administration and find out where it came from! As usual, scandals usually start out as broadcasts on rightwing news sources that are then filtered through our exclusive Trumpian Presidential Twittterscrambler in order to become Today’s Scandal! We welcome back our current champion who was able to astutely note that the President’s latest Sweden twitter came shortly after the broadcast of a Tucker Carlson Interview on Fox News about-you guessed it!-Sweden! Now for Today’s Scandal!.. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/102 "2017-02-21T03:59:32Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > And now Trump is spreading the " no go" zone malarkey. Why am I not surprised it’s just before the release of the new and improved Muslim ban? He’s trying to blame it on “the media” just like everything else. The fact is, he is just stupid and lazy. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/103 "2017-02-21T04:05:54Z")
Woman on friend’s FB page: “There was too an incident in Sweden last month! Look it up!” So we look it up. Yup, some right wing extremists attacked some refugees. Not a peep out of the woman after that. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/104 "2017-02-21T04:32:17Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > I sit with Sweden. Me too! As soon as I find that Allen wrench… ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/105 "2017-02-21T05:10:03Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > What a surprise, Trump is [doubling down on his attack against Sweden](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/world/europe/trump-pursues-his-attack-on-sweden-with-scant-evidence.html?_r=0), based on no evidence apart from a poorly researched biased “documentary” that made shit up. Or he’s reporting that a Møøse once bit his sister… ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/106 "2017-02-21T05:20:04Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Me too! > > As soon as I find that Allen wrench… Can you please explain the allen wrench reference to me? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/107 "2017-02-21T05:28:26Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Can you please explain the allen wrench reference to me? [sitting](http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10362944/) [with](http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S09172030) [Sweden](http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S59129063/) ---
**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:** [February 21, 2017, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/108 "2017-02-21T10:43:58Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#): > > Or he’s reporting that a Møøse once bit his sister… There was also that incident on the train involving Inga from Sveden and a live gorilla. That poor girl. And all she wanted was help with her rucksack. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/109 "2017-02-21T10:59:47Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > The spirits of the Atlanteans are strong - it will rise again. I hear too many spirits is bad for that, actually. Better to drink only a moderate amount. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/110 "2017-02-21T11:56:34Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > OK Folks, Welcome back to today’s edition of\* Unscramble the Scandal\*! > It’s everybody’s favorite game show where you have to take today’s scandal as broadcast by the Trump Administration and find out where it came from! > As usual, scandals usually start out as broadcasts on rightwing news sources that are then filtered through our exclusive Trumpian Presidential Twittterscrambler in order to become Today’s Scandal! > > We welcome back our current champion who was able to astutely note that the President’s latest Sweden twitter came shortly after the broadcast of a Tucker Carlson Interview on Fox News about-you guessed it!-Sweden! > > Now for Today’s Scandal!.. And people buy this, and accept it. Trump supporters, I mean. Remember when the American people were smart? I miss those days, let’s Make America Smart Again! ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/111 "2017-02-21T14:40:25Z")
Here is Swedens contribution to the border wall > **[IKEA Börder Wåll provides Trump with affordable construction option](https://www.dezeen.com/2017/02/03/ikea-mexico-border-wall-provides-donald-trump-affordable-construction-option/)** > > A spoof of an IKEA flat-pack furniture kit shows how to cheaply build Donald Trump's proposed Mexican border wall. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/112 "2017-02-21T14:54:42Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Can you please explain the allen wrench reference to me? All you need to assemble that Börder Wåll is an allen wrench. That’s true for hundreds of the Swedish home store’s chairs, bookcases, other furniture. Ikea ships almost every item with an allen wrench, to the extent that [people wonder what they should do with all of them](http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20080620/how-can-i-reuse-or-recycle-ikea-allen-keys). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/113 "2017-02-21T17:02:43Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Ikea ships almost every item with an allen wrench, to the extent that [people wonder what they should do with all of them](http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20080620/how-can-i-reuse-or-recycle-ikea-allen-keys). Take up bicycling, where there’s no such thing as too many Allen wrenches. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/114 "2017-02-21T21:00:55Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > The “presser” was a word salad of crazy. I tried to read a transcript, to see if it made more sense. It didn’t. Fucking pathetic. He likes to brag on his great mind and how much he knows, but the mish mosh of jibber jabber only confirmed that he was even more stupid and ignorant than I thought. In between the incomprehensible bullshit lines, it was just a bunch of whining, false claims, and attacks. Considering how low my opinion of him already was, all I can say is “holy shit”. I’ve worked in research labs for 20 years. A good percentage of colleagues have PhDs; they’re commonplace. I’ve never heard one brag about how, like, smart they are or how they have the best brain–trust them. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever heard Bill Gates bragging about how rich he is, either. I guess having a baby carrot for a penis makes you insecure. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/115 "2017-02-22T03:32:02Z")
OMG Sweden, are you fucking kidding me? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/116 "2017-02-22T03:40:33Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > I’ve worked in research labs for 20 years. A good percentage of colleagues have PhDs; they’re commonplace. I’ve never heard one brag about how, like, smart they are or how they have the best brain–trust them. > > Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever heard Bill Gates bragging about how rich he is, either. > > I guess having a baby carrot for a penis makes you insecure. You know what they say, "tiny hands, tiny ‘carrot’ "😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mogle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mogle/32/12021_2.png) [@Mogle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mogle)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/117 "2017-02-22T10:39:21Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > You know what they say, > > "tiny hands, tiny ‘carrot’ "😃 But at least it’s orange. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373.md?page=5)