# Please Don't Respond - Just Let This Thread Sink Like a STONE **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 12, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250 "2003-04-12T13:44:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/21 "2003-04-12T19:13:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aslan2 \* > \*\*What is a partisan? \*\* It is a kind of very hard, strongly-flavoured cheese from Italy, some people say it smells of sweaty feet, but usually that is because they have only tried it in pre-grated form; in the natural ungrated state it smells of vomit instead. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/22 "2003-04-12T19:16:31Z")
Then why is everyone in Iraq screaming GO YANKS! ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/23 "2003-04-12T19:28:46Z")
NEWSREADER: Baghdad has fallen – VIEWER: GOOOOOAL!!! GOOOOOOOOOAALLL!!! GOOOOAAALLLLLLLLLLL! Whoops, wrong sport. ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/24 "2003-04-12T20:41:54Z")
“Grab Saddam. C’mon ya jerks! Tackle him. Hit him! Get him! Aww, jeez you lousy idiots. Wake up down there! Throw a long bomb!! Aw cripes…if we leave now we can beat the traffic.” ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/25 "2003-04-12T20:48:37Z")
This war ain’t over until Helen Thomas sings. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/26 "2003-04-12T22:08:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lucwarm \* > **I’m so freaking tired of partisans.** I believe you mean _Parisians_. And don’t worry about it. No one likes the French. ---
**Author:** ![chattywine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@chattywine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chattywine)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/27 "2003-04-12T22:22:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ferrous \* > \*\*It’s a special unit that can be built after the discovery of Guerilla Warfare. They’re similar to Alpine Troops in that they treat all terrain as a road, so they always move 3 spaces. There attack and defense isn’t as good, but they ignore Zones of Control, so they’re good explorers and infiltrators. \*\* hehe many times your city has them but ya don’t know, till it’s been captured and they valiantly come to the rescue, or is that loot the German embassy… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/28 "2003-04-13T03:08:11Z")
What is a partisan? It is japanese for someone who likes to attend festivities. Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/29 "2003-04-13T03:18:25Z")
Yep. Sinking like a stone, all right. Like a pumice stone. Pumice floats ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/30 "2003-04-13T03:18:50Z")
Isn’t a partisan a Japanese person at a birthday ? ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/31 "2003-04-13T03:24:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Atreyu \* > \*\*_Take me out to the war zone > take me with the Marines > Buy me some tanks and some heavy ack-ack > I don’t care if they ever shoot back > And it’s BOOM, BOOM BOOM in the kill box > If we don’t win it’s a bore. > Cause’s it’s one, two, three bombs you’re out > of the whole bloody war!_ \*\* I am mobilizing all the might of Royal Oak to invade Troy. Mark my words: Such terrible songs cannot be allowed to threaten this great land. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/32 "2003-04-13T03:38:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ferrous \*\*\* > > \>snip\< > Guerilla Warfare > \>snip\< > > \*\* Damn Dirty Apes! ---
**Author:** ![headshok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@headshok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headshok)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/33 "2003-04-13T04:54:58Z")
It’s the bottom of the fifth, men in scoring position in Karbala and Kut, and the Air Force has been called in with a couple of JDAMs… the windup, and the pitch… oooh, juuust a bit outside! While they clean up the mess on the field, we’ll ask you to check your programs for this inning’s winning number, NQ23756. If you have this number, please report to the main concession area for your free gift, a priceless treasure looted from the Iraqi National Museum. Congratulations! And… wait a minute… yes, we’ve just received word that although the war is only three weeks old, the Cubs have already been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Oh, too bad. Maybe next year! On with the game… ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/34 "2003-04-13T05:48:20Z")
You’re right. Baseball isn’t as fun to watch as this is. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/35 "2003-04-13T05:49:44Z")
> [@](#): > > I am mobilizing all the might of Royal Oak to invade Troy. Mark my words: Such terrible songs cannot be allowed to threaten this great land. Hah! I’m sure that Troy can call on Ferndale and Hazeltucky to help offset any threat from Royal Oak. (Besides, you’d never make it through Clawson unless they repaved Crooks or Rochester Rd.) ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/36 "2003-04-13T05:55:19Z")
And we have a treat tonight, folks! Now coming onto the field is Britney Spears, here to sing the national anthem and then to throw out the first grenade! ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/37 "2003-04-13T06:27:56Z")
The war is more fun to watch than baseball, there’s not all that yukky scratchin’ going on. unclviny ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/38 "2003-04-13T06:37:47Z")
Underpants. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/39 "2003-04-13T13:35:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*Underpants. \*\* _TOOTHPASTE!_ ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250/40 "2003-04-13T14:24:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*Underpants. \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*_TOOTHPASTE!_ \*\* Bad combination. It would chafe. Hey! You don’t suppose _that’s_ why baseball players are always scratching down there, do you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-respond-just-let-this-thread-sink-like-a-stone/168250.md?page=3)