# Pat Robertson Pit Thread Number 342: "Dover, Watch Your Bloomin' Arse!"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 10, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474 "2005-11-10T21:30:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/141 "2005-11-14T17:02:27Z")

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Next year, of course, Kansas will be free of tornados. Sprint and Applebee’s stock will soar, and Boeing in Wichita will be hiring thousands of new workers. :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/142 "2005-11-14T20:25:42Z")

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> [@Tuckerfan](#):
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> Pat Robertson Sued  
> Interview @ H.P - Heaven Press
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> In response to Reverend Pat Robertson’s recent remarks, a lawsuit has been filed in the highest court of the land for defamation of character.  
> …

I thought posting without [attribution](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/11/13/0013/1710) was considered a no-no. Not to mention a copy-right violation.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/143 "2005-11-15T03:51:48Z")

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> [@askeptic](#):
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> I thought posting without [attribution](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/11/13/0013/1710) was considered a no-no. Not to mention a copy-right violation.

Ah, thank you. Someone emailed it to me without the source link, and I did do some googling to try and find it’s origin, but came up empty handed.

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**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/144 "2005-11-15T11:56:00Z")

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> [@Baldwin](#):
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> Not that I’m defending them, but this would only be true if the “Intelligent Design” proponents acknowledge Pat Robertson as somebody who speaks for them. Come to think of it, is there any central organization fighting to get ID into schools?
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> No offense, Pat, but I wouldn’t pee in your mouth if your guts was on fire. 'Course, I ain’t a Christian.

Well, there was the Dover school board, but they’ve been voted out.

I think that the whole thing will die down in about six months, give or take.

Robin

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**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/145 "2005-11-15T14:12:41Z")

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> [@MsRobyn](#):
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> Well, there was the Dover school board, but they’ve been voted out.
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> I think that the whole thing will die down in about six months, give or take.
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> Robin

Unfortunate phrasing I think, you will regret this when the hurricane/tsunami/earthquake/volcanic eruption/other act of a vengeful god called upon the godless sinners, hits.

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/146 "2005-11-15T16:44:04Z")

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It just occurred that Pat Robertson views God in much the same way as Chris Rock views O.J.: “I ain’t saying it’s right… _but I understand!_”

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/147 "2005-11-15T23:07:50Z")

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> [@Sampiro](#):
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> It just occurred that Pat Robertson views God in much the same way as Chris Rock views O.J.: “I ain’t saying it’s right… _but I understand!_”

Yeah, but Chris Rock can be intentionally funny, Robertson on the other hand. . .

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