# Pat Buchanan, Again **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-buchanan-again/509656 "2009-09-11T06:33:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-buchanan-again/509656/42 "2009-09-14T06:15:05Z")
Of course, there’s also the fact that Columbus didn’t discover the continent (the people already living here pretty much did that ;)). And Columbus wasn’t even the first European to discover America. Or the first person east of the Atlantic. Or the first person west of the Pacific. But boy was he ever one heck of an adventurous, slave-trading murderer. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-buchanan-again/509656/43 "2009-09-15T05:47:11Z")
Sounds like Pat has succeeded in proving his head is flat. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-buchanan-again/509656/44 "2009-09-15T06:26:34Z")
There’s a whole group of them. They call themselves the Flat Patters. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-buchanan-again/509656/45 "2009-09-15T12:20:50Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > There’s a whole group of them. They call themselves the Flat Patters. And the people who write about them on this board are the Flat Patter Pitters. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-buchanan-again/509656/46 "2009-09-15T15:55:37Z")
We are the Mad Patters. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-buchanan-again/509656/47 "2009-09-15T17:06:34Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > And the people who write about them on this board are the Flat Patter Pitters. And if the posters on this board use an iPhone on the green, they are the Flat Patter Pitter Putters. and, if those posters are insane when they post on the green, they are the Flat Patter Pitter Putter Nutters. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-buchanan-again/509656/48 "2009-09-15T17:19:49Z")
And if they compose 140-character updates on their current thoughts, you can call them Flat Patter Pitter Putter Nutter Twitters. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-buchanan-again/509656/49 "2009-09-15T17:20:18Z")
and if the posters follow you, they are the Flat Patter Pitter Putter Ritter Nutters. And if they detest the shape of the world today like most patters they are the Flat Patter Pitter Putter Ritter Bitter Nutters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-buchanan-again/509656.md?page=2)