# Posters you can't stand. Pit rules f\*\*\*ing apply! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 20, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003 "2008-12-20T00:14:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/441 "2008-12-24T03:28:37Z")
Took me a while, but I thought of one, or a type, really. From the fetid bowels of Hell come posters who cut and paste something from a dictionary like they’re making some sort of fucking point, Jesus, but I hate that! Why did you make me think about that! If I get any more pissed off, another mime has to die tonight, and they are getting very wary and hard to sneak up on. I just hope you can live with that. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/442 "2008-12-24T03:39:32Z")
mime    /maɪm, mim/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [mahym, meem] Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, mimed, mim⋅ing. –noun 1. the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime. 2. an actor who specializes in this art. 3. an ancient Greek or Roman farce that depended for effect largely upon ludicrous actions and gestures. 4. a player in such a farce. 5. mimic (def. 4). 6. a jester, clown, or comedian. –verb (used with object) 7. to mimic. 8. to act in mime. –verb (used without object) 9. to play a part by mime or mimicry. Origin: 1610–20; \< L mīmus \< Gk mîmos imitator, mime, akin to mīmeîsthai to copy, imitate Go wild. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/443 "2008-12-24T03:44:38Z")
I do that too. But usually it’s when people claim I don’t know what a word means or when they claim it means something other than it does. Admittedly that’s the kind of point I’m generally making when I do that. I mean that’s what dictionaries are for, right? luci? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/444 "2008-12-24T03:54:52Z")
**silenus** got me there with Mime, but I’ll go further. Bwahaha! **fetid** \fet-id\ adj; having an offensive smell ; stinking And now, the _Thesaurus!_ (No, not the _Thesaurus!_ Anything but that!) fetd adj syn see malodorous rel loathsome, repugnant, repulsive, revolting con aromatic, balmy, odorous, redolent ant fragrant So my point, you stupid twat ( 😉 ) is that you could have said “stinking bowels of hell”, but Nooooo! you just had to use fetid. Bastard. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/445 "2008-12-24T04:09:44Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Took me a while, but I thought of one, or a type, really. From the fetid bowels of Hell come posters who cut and paste something from a dictionary like they’re making some sort of fucking point, Jesus, but I hate that! > > Why did you make me think about that! If I get any more pissed off, another mime has to die tonight, and they are getting very wary and hard to sneak up on. > > I just hope you can live with that. [elucidator](http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=elucidator) Elucidator (Page: 481) E_lu"ci_da`tor (?), n. One who explains or elucidates; an expositor. I’ll help defray your expenes if you’ll off a mime tonight. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/446 "2008-12-24T04:31:35Z")
A mime is a terrible thing to Naw, can’t do it, just can’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/447 "2008-12-24T04:53:28Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > expenes expenes ex-pe’-nes n. pl. Former penises. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/448 "2008-12-24T05:30:16Z")
I just want to state, for the record, that any amount of cultural vulgarity is a small price to pay for a society in which Ricky Nelson could not possibly have a successful music career. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/449 "2008-12-24T07:05:21Z")
Wow, 1500 posts and I don’t annoy anyone right the hell out yet? I must not be trying hard enough! Let logic not dissuade you from believing into the one true GOD and trust in Him and His guidance in all things. Instill him upon ur children through their lower orifices and let them trust not the fags, the evolutionists and those who oppose the one true GOD. In addition, George W. Bush r0xx0r5 my s0xx0rz. JrAgOn If I put that on the end of every post will people start hating me? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/450 "2008-12-24T07:44:42Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > JrAgOn > > If I put that on the end of every post will people start hating me? 😛 No, but you might get banned. Then no one on the Dope will hate you ever again. ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/451 "2008-12-24T07:45:48Z")
_likes **Jragon** more_ Haha, you fail. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/452 "2008-12-24T13:23:59Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > A mime is a terrible thing to > Naw, can’t do it, just can’t do it. The tradition is quite old, ancient Hebrew texts speak of King Solomon’s Mimes… (Me, on the other hand, I have no problem. Going to Hell anyway, so bugger all…) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/453 "2008-12-24T15:54:56Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > If I put that on the end of every post will people start hating me? 😛 You just missed out on my hatred by not including the various glurgey colors and fonts/sizes. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/454 "2008-12-24T19:52:52Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > [CrafterMan](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=498526) I love you too, **Guin**! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/455 "2008-12-24T20:55:10Z")
If Marcel Marceau has to work on Christmas, does he get mime and a half? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/456 "2008-12-24T20:57:38Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > If Marcel Marceau has to work on Christmas, does he get mime and a half? Nah, he gets double mime. Good union. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/457 "2008-12-25T00:19:45Z")
> [@atomicbadgerrace](#): > > If I knew how to say “that’s incredibly fucking annoying, put your goddamn “peace out” blurb in the fucking sigline box, please” in Latin, I would. Well, I’ll give it a shot. Futuens molestantissimum, pone deodamnatam “pax eo” istius lemmam in futuenti sigillo arca, si placet tibi. A little loose, but I think it works. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/458 "2008-12-25T00:35:10Z")
I noted minor faults in declension, but over all passable. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/459 "2008-12-25T00:38:30Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I noted minor faults in declension, but over all passable. Well, that was street Latin, y’see. ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003/460 "2008-12-25T01:01:18Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > Well, that was street Latin, y’see. Yes, I thought it was quite vulgar. _badum-chi_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-you-cant-stand-pit-rules-f-ing-apply/478003.md?page=24)