# Pat, I'd like to buy a shift key ...

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 11, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-id-like-to-buy-a-shift-key/517230 "2009-11-11T21:14:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-id-like-to-buy-a-shift-key/517230/74 "2009-11-13T16:13:59Z")

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> [@koufax](#):
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> you are a pretentious ass, barney fife

If I must choose, I’d rather be perceived as a pretentious ass than an illiterate oaf.

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