# Pat Boone is a fucking asshole

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-boone-is-a-fucking-asshole/498216>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 31, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-boone-is-a-fucking-asshole/498216 "2009-05-31T01:00:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-boone-is-a-fucking-asshole/498216/101 "2015-12-07T19:28:43Z")

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Impressive work but I really didn’t need to be thinking about my Mom’s (or your Mom’s) asshole.

Gives me the willies, it does.

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**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-boone-is-a-fucking-asshole/498216/102 "2015-12-07T19:30:57Z")

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> [@Mollie\_Magill](#):
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> So the final tally is that Pat Boone is a bigger asshole than Ned Flanders, but a smaller one than your Mom.

Checked the math, seems legit.

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**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:** [December 8, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-boone-is-a-fucking-asshole/498216/103 "2015-12-08T01:42:25Z")

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> [@Mollie\_Magill](#):
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> I decided to attack this question scientifically, and by “scientifically” I mean: “I had five minutes and a Google connection.” I searched “Pat Boone asshole”, and got 157,000 results. This thread was the top link.
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> For comparison, I then did the same for some other people, both known assholes and people whom I had thought were generally well liked:
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> That last one was surprising, but it make sense. A lot of people have a beef with the Catholic Church, and he’s the face of it. “I know, everyone likes Neil Patrick Harris,” I said to myself.
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> Not so much, I guess.
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> My faith in humanity shaken, I tried The Donald.
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> Phew.
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> “Whom does everyone admire?” I wondered.
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> I really should have known better. I’m just glad I had safe search on.
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> I was desperate at this point. I tried one last name.  
> So the final tally is that Pat Boone is a bigger asshole than Ned Flanders, but a smaller one than your Mom.

It must be scientific. It has numbers and everything.

Let’s see. The boy was 75 in 2009. That’s old enough to be losing a bit of executive function. My dad was ranting at the TV a good bit before then. Thankfully, he had no public forum.

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