# Pitting Amateur Barbarian **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 8, 2015, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554 "2015-07-08T08:05:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/21 "2015-07-08T13:36:41Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > A shame. Such a small bucket dipped into such a deep well. A lesser man would have described it as such a limited perforation zone off a platform with so many horizontal offsets, most of which are completely fracked. Yours is far better. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/22 "2015-07-08T14:24:13Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > A shame. Such a small bucket dipped into such a deep well. > [@lieu](#): > > A lesser man would have described it as such a limited perforation zone off a platform with so many horizontal offsets, most of which are completely fracked. > > Yours is far better. Indeed. I have no opinion on **Amateur Barbarian** , but that was a prettily-turned phrase. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/23 "2015-07-08T14:27:10Z")
Strangely, the OP of this thread has a username not unlike AB’s old username. What was it, NitroPress or something? Just an odd similarity. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/24 "2015-07-08T14:28:45Z")
Dammit, now I WANT a like button. PlainJane, we should have a drink. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/25 "2015-07-08T14:31:25Z")
18-1. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/26 "2015-07-08T14:34:38Z")
> [@Niterover](#): > > Okay I forgot to link. > Have to learn that > Will take my lumps there > Do tell Monty what spelling and I never said I was smart just some of us yankees are trying reading the post pal. > I 'll learn and do better, next time maybe wait untill I cool down a bit. Dear Girls, We hate periods too. Sincerely, Commas ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/27 "2015-07-08T14:35:31Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > Strangely, the OP of this thread has a username not unlike AB’s old username. What was it, NitroPress or something? Just an odd similarity. Wheels within wheels; shadow-puppets. We live in a world where the rocks of the avalanche are real, where the flames of the forest fires are real and where the carnage of the waves from the tsunami leaves hundreds of the dead within its wake. On the other side of this natural reality there is the paper world and those who believe in the force of words-on-paper, to the extent that such things might still be possible. Or coincidence, I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/28 "2015-07-08T14:35:56Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Nah, he doesn’t want to change the world, he’s just looking for a new England. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/29 "2015-07-08T14:38:33Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Fucking Patriots. That’s the only way we can make little Patriots. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/30 "2015-07-08T14:44:49Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Fucking Patriots. Neener neener. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/31 "2015-07-08T14:57:22Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > New England is worse than old England. New England sucks a big one. Well, that’s the case with most sequels. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/32 "2015-07-08T15:07:19Z")
Good lord, of all the annoying smarmy shit **AB** posts ,THIS is what he gets pitted for? Might as well pit Al Capone for tax evasion. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/33 "2015-07-08T15:09:04Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > > [@kayaker](#): > > > > Fucking Patriots. > > Neener neener. Hey Chief, grab a napkin. You got a little Belichick gravy in your goatee. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/34 "2015-07-08T15:09:07Z")
The doublet “New England” ceased meaning New + England a long time ago. It’s essentially a one-word phrase (pronounced new-ING-land). It means the 6 states that comprise the area. Any reference to England; proper, is in the imagination of the speaker. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/35 "2015-07-08T15:21:09Z")
> [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > Hey Chief, grab a napkin. You got a little Belichick gravy in your goatee. Sorry, can’t read that. The Lombardi Trophy is blocking my view. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/36 "2015-07-08T15:27:31Z")
Amateur Barbarian is an insufferable, pedantic nitwit who believes he is a celebrity and _this_ is the pitting he gets. Life ain’t fair, Ma. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/37 "2015-07-08T15:29:01Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Yeah I found that thread a little annoying too. Thing is, it was one (1) thread. The OP draws that one (1) thread out as if it had been going on longer than the work-rants thread. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/38 "2015-07-08T15:36:01Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Sorry, can’t read that. The Lombardi Trophy is blocking my view. Congratulations… you were able to use a bus pass to get to Gilette Stadium and take the tour. That’s gotta blow your entertainment budget for the next couple of months. However, I’m pretty sure that has nothing to do with your lack of reading skills. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/39 "2015-07-08T15:38:49Z")
To repeat: Neener neener. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/40 "2015-07-08T15:42:32Z")
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