# OMG, was this ever appropriate... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 30, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147 "2003-03-30T03:05:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/21 "2003-03-30T07:09:18Z")
I have only one question. Why are people getting mad at **vunderbob** for his Canada comment, when the person to whom he was replying - **Reeder** - made the first such comment by using half of his reply to ask an equivalently snide question about Bob’s (supposed lack of) military service? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/22 "2003-03-30T07:52:07Z")
The OP clearly states the color combination is “unfortunate for the message bearer”. Says to me that the message bearer (i.e.: the owner of the vehicle) isn’t a coward. As to how “approprirate” applies here, I don’t know and neither does anyone other than the OP unless y’all have suddenly become mind readers. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/23 "2003-03-30T07:59:40Z")
I was a front line soldier in the KISS Army!!! Maybe the printers were running a special on yellow construction paper. Anti-war folks sometimes have limited funds, ya know. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/24 "2003-03-30T08:17:18Z")
Hey, here’s an idea. Maybe the OP meant “appropriate” as a sarcastic comment? Something along the lines of “appropriate…NOT!” Or is it more fun to just assume the worst and pile on? ---
**Author:** ![sezyou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@sezyou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sezyou)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/25 "2003-03-30T10:28:40Z")
Or just maybe I read something posted and take it as what the OP meant. Silly I know. Funny how you know what the OP meant with “unfortunate”. When I take the same liberty with the word “appropriate” I get delegated to the ranks of sideshow mentalists. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/26 "2003-03-30T12:57:57Z")
**Monty, Reeder, and Sezyou** thank you for your service to your country. That said, feel free to pound sand at any time. Did anyone consider that maybe “appropriate” should have been “inappropriate”, and this was a typo? I’m not the greatest typist in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/27 "2003-03-30T13:46:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Did anyone consider that maybe “appropriate” should have been “inappropriate”, and this was a typo? I’m not the greatest typist in the world. Not when it appears in the thread title AND the OP, no. Care to do any more back-peddling? ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/28 "2003-03-30T13:48:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vunderbob \* > Did anyone consider that maybe “appropriate” should have been “inappropriate”, and this was a typo? I’m not the greatest typist in the world. Like most people, I generally don’t spend a lot of time guessing what words a writer may have intended to use other than those written. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/29 "2003-03-30T13:55:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamadryad \* > \*\*Not when it appears in the thread title AND the OP, no. > \*\* The instance in the title was intentional because it was a hook. The second was not. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/30 "2003-03-30T14:10:02Z")
Well, the OP is absolutely stupid, but it did get “Coward of the County” running through my head, and I love that song. Maybe that was it’s true purpose after all. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/31 "2003-03-30T14:13:47Z")
Oh…thanks a lot **Zette** … ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/32 "2003-03-30T14:48:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vunderbob \* > \*\*The instance in the title was intentional because it was a hook. The second was not. \*\* :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![LogicinMotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@LogicinMotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LogicinMotion)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/33 "2003-03-30T15:12:19Z")
WOW. How many people cannot read and simply want to argue ? Why are you all debating a post that was very clear, and direct in it’s message ? I’d cut and paste it here for you all to see but it’s embarassing. Vunderbob saw something he did not like, he then came here to post about it. He points out what he feels the sign meant, and why the colours used were in fact used… And you all debate the meaning ? Jesus wept ! What else has to be said before you A: Understand his post, and B: Respond in an apropriate manner ? As for my own point of view. I never served in the military so I do not feel I have any comment to make. I personally believe that the only people who have any real opinion about war, are those who are in the military, have served in the military or are involved in politics. Everyone else is relying on somebody else to change things or make things occur. Myself included. Logic. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/34 "2003-03-30T15:27:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leander \* > \*\ ***GunsNSpot** , perhaps _you_ should reread the OP…(who is this Miss Read I keep hearing about, and is she in any way related to Miss Understanding??) \*\* Miss Read is the name of the bitch that poked you in the eye, so that you thought **GusNSpot** ’s name said Gu **N** sNSpot, and caused you to bump into Miss Understanding. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/35 "2003-03-30T17:04:09Z")
Well, vunder: You and Gus can both go pound sound. After all, I’m retired Navy and the Navy’s colour combination is Blue and Gold (\<==i.e, yellow). Last I checked, the Navy’s not a coward. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/36 "2003-03-30T17:26:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamadryad \* > \*\*Not when it appears in the thread title AND the OP, no. > > Care to do any more back-peddling? \*\* What back-peddling? None of his four posts in this thread clearly indicated that he felt the owner of the vehicle is a coward. Lessee, the majority of this pile on has several thousand posts. I though we were trying to disuade the clique theory? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/37 "2003-03-30T17:41:56Z")
Before everyone starts assuming again, I was exaggerating about that several thousand. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/38 "2003-03-30T18:15:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vunderbob \* > Did anyone consider that maybe “appropriate” should have been “inappropriate”, and this was a typo? I’m not the greatest typist in the world. Not given that this is the first time you’re trying to get out of it by claiming it was a typo. I’m trying to remember the last time I meant one thing and typed its complete opposite and I’m coming up short… Also, given that the context of the word in the Thread Title and in the OP are fairly similar, the explanation that you typoed is falling rather short of explaining this. And **Logic** , I have never served in any capacity in the armed forces of this nation, nor am I involved in any policymaking for such, nor am I involved in the governing of this country. I would love to know what makes my opinion about the military action in Iraq any less _real_ than anyone else’s. I promise you my opinion is not a hologram;) Is my opinion of the status of human rights in Cuba and China not real due to my never having lived there and my non-position in this country’s governing bodies? ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/39 "2003-03-30T21:31:32Z")
**Davebear** , that was funny. And appropriate. And when I say “appropriate” I actually mean “appropriate,” not “inappropriate,” though I’m certain this will confuse you to no end. Sorry about that, but I thought I’d use words with their intended meaning rather than the opposite. I know it sounds strange, but after awhile you’ll get used to it. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147/40 "2003-03-30T22:13:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\ ***GusNSpot** , it must be a terrible burden upon you to be The Voice of Reason in pit threads. Prithee tell, good sir, whatever would you do if you were ever shown to be wrong? \*\* You Sir are obviously a speed reading skimmer because I am proven wrong 100% of the time. :::sheesh ::: If there is no wrong, that means there is no right either… right? … No? … Well Damn !!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-was-this-ever-appropriate/165147.md?page=3)