# Opal, what the fuck is your problem? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 16, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368 "2008-12-16T06:10:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/321 "2008-12-17T01:39:24Z")
> [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](#): > > Also, I don’t have a problem with clustered holes, nor much of one with rashes, but combine the two and put in on a breast… that I have a problem with. :shudder: I don’t have a problem with clustered holes. I don’t have a problem with rashes. I don’t have a problem with breasts. I have a problem with FUCKING WORMS GROWING INSIDE YOUR LIVING FLESH AAAAAAAAAH however. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/322 "2008-12-17T01:44:16Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > ETA: [Knock yourself out!](http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/breastrash.asp) I knew it was going to be that picture! Saw that years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/323 "2008-12-17T01:45:31Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Two: Those IRL who are close enough to me to understand that I don’t show remorse by uttering magic words but rather by trying to do something to make the situation better. (Similarly, if it’s a situation where I’m supposed to be apologized to for some reason, they know I don’t put truck in magic words but I _do_ understand their remorse and am sympathetic and will work with them sincerely to find ways to make the situation better.) > -FrL- Upon careful consideration, I think I’d much rather know someone who works to take corrective action for wrongdoings than someone who insincerely apologizes. So even though I’m a chronic apologizer myself, I can respect where you’re coming from. I think as long as everyone involved is aware that it’s not your style, no harm done. But the learning curve might be steep for those who don’t know. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/324 "2008-12-17T01:46:32Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > This thread has everything! :: blues brothers drive through thread :: ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/325 "2008-12-17T01:47:39Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > And dammit, **Aesiron** , I take PRIDE in being one of the punching bags of the SDMB, mmkay? Seriously? That’s good to hear. I was starting to feel really bad for you when the pile-on started in the other thread and almost posted as much. It’s good to know that you were enjoying yourself. Knock yourself out. You’re doing a great job! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/326 "2008-12-17T01:52:50Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > I don’t know what to say. I don’t ask for apologies. If you did something bad to me, that is in the past. I don’t care what you say about how you feel about it now. Rather, I care what happens in the future. If memory serves me (which it might not in this case), I think that there’s a thread or at least several posts where **Frylock** explains this, that he wrote a while ago, perhaps a year and a half ago or so. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/327 "2008-12-17T02:00:10Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I did. And then I accidentally opened it two more times while closing some tabs. That picture has become a movie in my head. The little buggers have made it all the way to her navel, and now I’m remembering a scene from _Smilla’s Sense of Snow_. > > ETA: [Knock yourself out!](http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/breastrash.asp) Well, that was gross. It didn’t get to me that much, since I was prepared for something pretty bad, and knew it was fake beforehand. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/328 "2008-12-17T02:03:48Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > :: blues brothers drive through thread :: _::iampuhna runs naked through thread::_ Now it has everything. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/329 "2008-12-17T02:04:27Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > That one way down on lower Chapala? I always wondered if the tacos de ojo are real or maybe there is a different meaning we don’t know about. Yeah, Lucy’s. The sign says in English, eyeballs, so I assume it’s the real thing. A friend says an acquaintance of hers eats them all the time. I suppose you mean something like huevos versus testicles. Whatever you do, don’t order the huevos rancheros! Actually, every time I’m at Coors Field I order Rocky Mountain oysters. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/330 "2008-12-17T02:04:44Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > And it’s almost Christmas! C’mon, people. I was leaning toward, “3. Buckeyes!” myself but our distinguished seated colleague convinced me. She’s right, so right. This updates a horridly stale chestnut (note vegan-friendly nut reference) that has plagued the board for too long as it is. “Vegan friendly”?! Are you on crack woman?!? “CHEST”-“NUT” TWO(2) Parts of a human (or worse! A chicken and a bull!) body! It’s reminds me of BRUTALLY DISMEMBERED chicken breast and a SEVERED bull testicle. I’ll NEVER call them that. Maybe hot round roasty open fire thingies. And the stuff inside isn’t “nut-meat” (bull-testicle meat)it’s tree-fruit wood! You’re really, REALLY insensitive. :: sniff :: ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/331 "2008-12-17T02:08:51Z")
Frylock, explain something to me. Why not say you’re sorry, if indeed you are? Correcting your mistakes is part of the process if you’re contrite, but you’re better off informing the offended party that you truly are, indeed, _sorry._ I don’t see where there are games being played. If you don’t want to accept apologies, that’s one thing, but to not offer them or dismiss them out of hand is a little cold. Also, a good apology goes beyond merely saying you’re sorry. It involves an explanation and displays your remorse, it’s a vow that you’ll never do it again, and also an act of asking for forgiveness, so that no hateful grudges are formed. Apologies are a very important aspect to human interactions. Correcting your mistakes is a part of this, but not all of it, and more times than not, your offenses cannot _be_ corrected by actions. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/332 "2008-12-17T02:15:16Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > And it’s almost Christmas! C’mon, people. I was leaning toward, “3. Buckeyes!” myself but our distinguished seated colleague convinced me. She’s right, so right. This updates a horridly stale chestnut (note vegan-friendly nut reference) that has plagued the board for too long as it is. > > Do it for Nzinga. Do it because you know it’s _right_. I’m pretty sure if you post “3. Lick my hairy nutsack you crazy ass bitch” in a **Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share** thread you’d be tempting a mod smack-down. Besides, “3. Buckeyes” has a classy ring to it. Sorry, **Seated**. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/333 "2008-12-17T02:21:56Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Upon careful consideration, I think I’d much rather know someone who works to take corrective action for wrongdoings than someone who insincerely apologizes. Opal does neither, so it’s a moot point. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/334 "2008-12-17T02:23:59Z")
[QUOTE=Fenris] You’re really, REALLY insensitive. :: sniff :: ☹ [/QUOTE] Gasp! Omigod, you’re right. How could I have missed the obvious boobular and testicular features of chestnuts? “Roasting o’er an open fire…” I’ve even _hummed_ that little musical ode to tree fruit slaughter. ::shudders:: I suck. The Offenderati are getting sillier by the day. This ridiculous trainwreck was about making candy, not slaughtering and field-dressing Bambi’s mother. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/335 "2008-12-17T02:25:45Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > Is there something that looks like a flattened buckeye nut? I’ve got memories of something about that diameter, burnt umber in color, with a light spot, but flatter and indented. [Toffeefay](http://www.candydirect.com/Store/Detail.aspx?id=11966)? ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/336 "2008-12-17T02:34:39Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > This thread has everything! Almost. If it had a shoe it would have everything. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/337 "2008-12-17T02:40:44Z")
By the way, what do you call a fish with no eyes? a fsh ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/338 "2008-12-17T02:45:03Z")
> [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](#): > > I’m pretty sure if you post “3. Lick my hairy nutsack you crazy ass bitch” in a **Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share** thread you’d be tempting a mod smack-down. Besides, “3. Buckeyes” has a classy ring to it. Sorry, **Seated**. Could we not have both? We could reserve “3. Buckeyes” for anything outside of the Pit, and “3. Lick my hairy nutsack you crazy ass bitch” in the Pit. Seriously, that last phrase is making me giggle like a 12-year-old. I support **Nzinga, Seated** ’s request. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/339 "2008-12-17T02:51:20Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > Yeah, Lucy’s. The sign says in English, eyeballs, so I assume it’s the real thing. A friend says an acquaintance of hers eats them all the time. It probably is real. I’ve never been there but the dude in the cube next to me raves about it. He told me about the ojo tacos but I didn’t realize that it was listed in English too. > [@](#): > > Actually, every time I’m at Coors Field I order Rocky Mountain oysters. I had Rocky Mountain oysters once but it was in SLO town. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/340 "2008-12-17T03:14:34Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > Am I the only oedne who’s still debating whether to dig back through the thread to find the link to the picture that’s sent everyone over the edge? Don’t do it! I’m not very squemish and it made me gag a little. The odd thing about the photo is is that isnt the typical messy/nasty gore type of picture. Its oddly fairly neat, orderly, and organized and clean. If it was a picture of rock, many would find it pretty. But it aint no rock and creeps me out for sure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368.md?page=18)