# Pets, the Yankees, Xians, McCain, Mods **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911 "2010-12-21T02:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/1 "2010-12-21T02:56:23Z")
Five subjects I won’t be discussing again this year. Too much time wasted on this crap. I’ll rethink my posting habits. Also I’ll try to figure out what people mean when they call me a one-trick pony. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/2 "2010-12-21T04:18:53Z")
Fuck the Yankees. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/3 "2010-12-21T04:39:47Z")
So 12 days from now it’s business as usual? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/4 "2010-12-21T04:40:44Z")
You can’t be too much of a one-trick pony - I don’t know what your one trick is. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/5 "2010-12-21T05:54:17Z")
Good on ya,\*\* PRR.\*\* ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/6 "2010-12-21T05:56:27Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You can’t be too much of a one-trick pony - I don’t know what your one trick is. I can think of what we usually like to call that trick around here. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/7 "2010-12-21T06:18:23Z")
So what’s the purpose of this thread? To tide you over through the last eleven days of the year? ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/8 "2010-12-21T11:08:15Z")
Well, if you announce it, and then you go back to discussing one of the verboten subjects, it’s obvious that the subjects have control over what you discuss, not you. So I’m seeing how tough it is for me to restrain myself. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/9 "2010-12-21T11:59:41Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Well, if you announce it, and then you go back to discussing one of the verboten subjects, it’s obvious that the subjects have control over what you discuss, not you. So I’m seeing how tough it is for me to restrain myself. And I’m sure some Dopers will be glad to call you on it, too. Social shame can be a good motivator. ---
**Author:** ![KevinShi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@KevinShi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KevinShi)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/10 "2010-12-21T12:32:26Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Fuck the Yankees. ``` Short...but sweet. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/11 "2010-12-21T15:51:08Z")
I think I’ll join you and not talk about the Yankees, xtians, McCain or the mods for the rest of the year. I can’t make any promises about pets though. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/12 "2010-12-21T16:20:25Z")
Fuck the Christian Yankees with McCain’s mods. And their pets. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/13 "2010-12-21T16:23:36Z")
**Pets, the Yankees, Xians, McCain, Mods** [JazzHands] The Aristocrats! ! ! [/jazzhands] ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/14 "2010-12-21T16:29:22Z")
I’ll join in . . . I’m not going to talk about my mother-in-law. Unfortunately, I have to talk to my mother-in-law. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/15 "2010-12-21T20:57:04Z")
Let’s go, Yan-kees! Let’s go! Let’s go, Yan-kees! Let’s go! Don’t let the haters get you down. Nothing wrong with being a Yankees fan. I’m a Yankees fan. My mom’s a Yankees fan. Her dad’s a Yankees fan. His dad was just an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/16 "2010-12-21T21:03:08Z")
[McCain Backs Red Sox As “Sentimental Favorite”](http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/10/mccain_backs_re.html) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pets-the-yankees-xians-mccain-mods/564911/17 "2010-12-21T21:46:27Z")
I say good for you. For my own self there is one particular type of post that seems to annoy the heck out of me. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve started a reply that basically said: _For fuck’s sake, don’t you have a life?_ So far I’ve been able to stop myself by asking: Did that post \*really \*change the quality of your life? Since the answer is always no, I have so far been able to just walk away.