# On the Closing of the "Is There Favoritism in Great Debates" Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 31, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781 "2011-08-31T20:10:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/81 "2011-09-01T16:33:26Z")
> [@happy lendervedder](#): > > yet again, my balls go unnoticed. … In your pants! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/82 "2011-09-01T16:41:38Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Yet again, my balls go unnoticed. We’re conspiring against you. Soon your balls will be moved to the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/83 "2011-09-01T16:43:41Z")
Do not taunt Happy Closed Thread. And I agree with the general consensus of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/84 "2011-09-01T17:01:13Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Soon your balls will be moved to the Pit. I agree, and that’s what she said. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/85 "2011-09-01T17:13:49Z")
I’ve been on committees with **struggling** - except for the **Christian** part. I am very glad that the thread was closed, if only to prevent further flashbacks. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/86 "2011-09-01T17:40:25Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > You mean like Peter Best? Oh, sorry. I thought you said “former band members.” That would be “Rio,” by Duran Duran. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/87 "2011-09-01T18:11:27Z")
> [@Wilson](#): > > I agreed with **Shodan** once. In the 1960’s. For twenty minutes. > > However, I always agree with Og. I would agree with **Wilson** (but not about agreeing with **Shodan** ), but the Flying Spaghetti Monster would hurt me. BTW, I _always_ agree with the Mods, except for the times when I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/88 "2011-09-01T18:12:59Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I’m anti-salad dressing. > > Debate. So what, you’re in favor of letting naked salads run around? Even baby spinach salads? What are you, some kind of produce pedo? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/89 "2011-09-01T18:19:31Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] That would be “Rio,” by Duran Duran. [/QUOTE] Are you sure it isn’t Levon Helm? ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/90 "2011-09-01T18:22:23Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > So what, you’re in favor of letting naked salads run around? Even baby spinach salads? What are you, some kind of produce pedo? Post reported\* for inflammatory language and being insulting to a SDMBer. If _Naked Juice_ and _Naked Lunch_ are legal, then conflating “baby spinach” with “naked salads” disingeniously implies an impropriety that exists only in the minds of extremist anti-vegetarianists. Are you one of those?!? Baby _carrots_ on the other hand, should be banned, as their phallic shapes incite otherwise decent people to unspeakable acts. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/91 "2011-09-01T18:31:43Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > So what, you’re in favor of letting naked salads run around? Even baby spinach salads? What are you, some kind of produce pedo? You want to wrap salad in some-sort of salad burqua? Why do you hate America? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/92 "2011-09-01T18:37:36Z")
> [@Toucanna](#): > > Post reported\* for inflammatory language and being insulting to a SDMBer. > > If _Naked Juice_ and _Naked Lunch_ are legal, then conflating “baby spinach” with “naked salads” disingeniously implies an impropriety that exists only in the minds of extremist anti-vegetarianists. Are you one of those?!? > > Baby _carrots_ on the other hand, should be banned, as their phallic shapes incite otherwise decent people to unspeakable acts. I refuse to answer this question on the grounds it may incriminate me. And before you ask the NO VEGGIE ZONE signs and 1000 lbs of hamburger in the garage were a gift from my aunt. Oh, yeah, Big Bugzy Rabbit and Fuzzy Walnuts from the National Rabbit Carrot Love Association want a word with you out in the alley. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/93 "2011-09-01T18:40:02Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > You want to wrap salad in some-sort of salad burqua? Why do you hate America? > > 😃 I wasn’t talking about tabbouleh salad! Quit moving the goalposts! 😃 (I’m enjoying this way too much) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/94 "2011-09-01T18:43:22Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > I wasn’t talking about tabbouleh salad! Quit moving the goalposts! 😃 > > (I’m enjoying this way too much) Ditto. I’m sorry to say that this thread has been the highlight of my day… ---
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/95 "2011-09-01T18:52:02Z")
Why would the salad dressing be next to the cereal? That doesn’t make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/96 "2011-09-01T19:08:08Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Oh, and for the omniforal thread… I agree, just so long as you add a multi-option poll, with no comments allowed, unless you are of a non-white race and you flunked an IQ test. Contributors will be allowed to have an avatar, but only if it’s a goat doing something naughty to a kitteh, with a pie. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/97 "2011-09-01T19:08:25Z")
> [@conway](#): > > Why would the salad dressing be next to the cereal? > > That doesn’t make sense. Oh man, you’ve never tried Thousand Island on Lucky Charms? You’ll never go back to milk after that. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/98 "2011-09-01T19:18:53Z")
I would agree completely with what **John DiFool** said, except that I’m not participating in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/99 "2011-09-01T19:38:34Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:98, topic:594781”] I would agree completely with what **John DiFool** said, except that I’m not participating in this thread. [/quote] If \*\*Wombat \*\*isn’t participating in this thread, then I refuse to participate further. But, if I were to participate, QFT and + 1 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781/100 "2011-09-01T19:57:34Z")
> [@conway](#): > > Why would the salad dressing be next to the cereal? > > That doesn’t make sense. Someone should really move it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-is-there-favoritism-in-great-debates-thread/594781.md?page=6)