# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/41 "2015-07-08T15:48:39Z")
One thread. So many concurrent conversations. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/42 "2015-07-08T16:46:46Z")
> [@Niterover](#): > > First of all we yankees are pretty smart I ALREADY DID!:mad: ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/43 "2015-07-08T16:55:22Z")
Us Yankees invented lightning! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/44 "2015-07-08T17:10:03Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Sorry, can’t read that. The Lombardi Trophy is blocking my view. Get a snow plow to unblock it :mad: Bill Bellichek is the Richard Nixon of football/hand-egg ball ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/45 "2015-07-08T17:14:25Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Us Yankees invented lightning! Thought Yankees were New Yawkahs :smack: ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/46 "2015-07-08T17:37:01Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Thought Yankees were New Yawkahs :smack: Only the yankees in NY. I’m from Michigan, so I can speak for the yanks. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/47 "2015-07-08T17:44:22Z")
I am the Lahwrax, an’ I speak fa da Yankees. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/48 "2015-07-08T17:47:12Z")
Sock/troll or just troll? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/49 "2015-07-08T17:55:40Z")
Foosball is the Debil’s sport. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/50 "2015-07-08T18:12:58Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Sock/troll or just troll? There are no trolls in Game of Thrones. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/51 "2015-07-08T18:14:24Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > 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. Yes, and that thread was in the Pit, so the OP could have said his piece there, too! ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/52 "2015-07-08T18:17:31Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Sock/troll or just troll? You’ve been around too long to call you a sock, so I’m going with troll. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/53 "2015-07-08T18:43:35Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > There are no trolls in Game of Thrones. You troll or you die. ---
**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, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/54 "2015-07-08T18:59:54Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > There are no trolls in Game of Thrones. Books or movies? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/55 "2015-07-08T19:01:26Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > There are no trolls in Game of Thrones. You could have used a spoiler tag. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/56 "2015-07-08T19:32:30Z")
So is Peter Griffin a typical New Englander? ---
**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, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/57 "2015-07-08T19:36:20Z")
As much as Brian is a typical dog. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/58 "2015-07-08T20:56:24Z")
I actually kind of like the guy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/59 "2015-07-08T23:09:53Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Sorry, can’t read that. The Lombardi Trophy is blocking my view. Meh, come back when you have six. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/60 "2015-07-09T01:11:05Z")
huh. it was quite a rant I grant you, but this was a pretty weak pitting all around. Next time, take a deep breath, pause, and punctuate. Welcome to the Dope. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554.md?page=4)