# Oh well Got my Thread Locked **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 16, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783 "2006-02-16T12:49:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/61 "2006-02-16T20:02:31Z")
Maybe it would help if you started. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/62 "2006-02-16T20:10:49Z")
> [@SentientMeat](#): > > 3141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609 … > > Tune in tomorrow for the next installment of this gripping tale of conspiracy and wank. I hope you don’t mind my giving away the ending for those who are too busy to get through the whole thing:2 ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/63 "2006-02-16T20:21:26Z")
> [@glee](#): > > - if you take the ‘he’ out of ‘father’ you get ‘fart’ 😃 Take the man out of woman, and you still have wo. I am wo! I am wo! I am…wo! Susan ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/64 "2006-02-16T20:25:58Z")
> [@susan\_foster](#): > > Take the man out of woman, and you still have wo. I am wo! I am wo! I am…wo! > > Susan Whoah. So how _you_ doin’? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Citizen\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Citizen\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Citizen_Bob)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/65 "2006-02-16T20:34:44Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I hope you don’t mind my giving away the ending for those who are too busy to get through the whole thing:2 I have to disagree, my sources say that the next 10 digits are 4330572703, I would have to say “4”, NOT “2” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gooftroopag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gooftroopag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gooftroopag)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/66 "2006-02-16T20:36:30Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Whoah. So how _you_ doin’? 😉 [hijack]Everytime I see your location I can’t help but think “Unseen University **of** Dallas” - yup, I know that place." [/end hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/67 "2006-02-16T22:50:55Z")
> [@gooftroopag](#): > > **mswas** doesn’t claim to be Jesus. He claims to be Christ. I can go with mswas if I act real nice. (pop culture ref.) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/68 "2006-02-16T23:59:38Z")
> [@Citizen Bob](#): > > the next 10 digits are I’m not interested in the next anything. Readers can plow through that themselves in Mr. **Meat** ’s next installment. I was skipping to the end. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Iesous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iesous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iesous)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/69 "2006-02-17T08:47:44Z")
The world for two ain’t ya juz thee smaart wooonn did ya come up wit dat al bye yer shelve ---
**Author:** ![Iesous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iesous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iesous)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/70 "2006-02-17T09:06:24Z")
Get Stuffed!! Eat at Biggie Burger. I see this is a very bright crowd quick hit the lights that what I thought utter darkness. Sorry Guys You have the info if this is a reflection of the host of the board he’s gotta be a real simple guy - The Real Dope! 8ye Cheers ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/71 "2006-02-17T09:28:44Z")
Why do we always get the creepy Christians? Why not a Muslim or a Buddhist for a change? **Iesous** , here’s [some reading for you](http://www.timecube.com/). ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/72 "2006-02-17T10:25:25Z")
> [@glee](#): > > I hesitate to bring any facts (or sense) to this thread but I would like to say that I live in England and I have a set of spoons. > There is also a saying over here “he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth” (meaning your family is well off financially). I hestitate to bring another fact into this thread, but FTR, that is also a fairly common saying in the U.S. There was a popular sitcom in the 1980s based around the life of a rich kid, the title of which was “Silver Spoons.” Also, I used to have a bumper sticker with the words “George W. Bush - Born With A Silver Spoon Up His Nose.” _Note: The second example was provided because I secretly fear that mentions of Bush act as some sort of load-bearing device for the BBQ Pit, and that the forum will collapse entirely if a thread goes by without one._😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/73 "2006-02-17T13:08:28Z")
**Iesous** , weren’t you supposed to wait 3 days before returning? ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/74 "2006-02-17T13:34:48Z")
> [@Corner Case](#): > > I’ve heard all that **once** before, for 20 seconds… and it gave me a headache. > > [sub]Think “once” in Spanish[/sub] Well, if you didn’t “wolf” down your ice cream that wouldn’t happen. [sub]Think “wolf” in German[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/75 "2006-02-17T14:28:19Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > **Iesous** , weren’t you supposed to wait 3 days before returning? Hey, c’mon, this is the hip _new_ Christ. He’s blogging from his cave. His actual return will be greeted with thunderous applause and a storm of podcasts. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/76 "2006-02-17T14:34:13Z")
Actually, if you take the Fat out of Father, it means he doesn’t have to shop at Big & Tall anymore. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/77 "2006-02-17T14:47:05Z")
> [@neutron star](#): > > I hestitate to bring another fact into this thread… There was a popular sitcom in the 1980s based around the life of a rich kid, the title of which was “Silver Spoons.” [my edit] I hesitate to Substitute, but I believe the entire rock band the **Who** were born with plastic spoons in their mouths, thereby nullifying any inferences that the British had the saying first. …at least I’ll get my washing done ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/78 "2006-02-17T14:58:33Z")
Um, except that “The Who” is a British band. Anyways, the [origin](http://www.easternct.edu/smithlibrary/library1/JustAnotherCliche.htm) of “born with a silver spoon in his/her mouth” is Spanish. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/79 "2006-02-17T15:08:34Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > Well, if you didn’t “wolf” down your ice cream that wouldn’t happen. > > [sub]Think “wolf” in German[/sub] But I had to. This was the last boat ride before global warming turned it into the **dry Seine**. I **fear Seine** drying up. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/80 "2006-02-17T15:14:23Z")
Then I turned **fifteen** \* Thinks “fifteen” in English [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783.md?page=5)