# Prayer at graduation thread, part 2
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [June 19, 1999, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240 "1999-06-19T06:27:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 19, 1999, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/1 "1999-06-19T06:27:00Z")
## All right, you may continue arguing here.
Lynn the Packrat
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 21, 1999, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/2 "1999-06-21T13:24:00Z")
No we can’t.
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 22, 1999, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/3 "1999-06-22T00:05:00Z")
That’s not arguing-that’s contradiction.
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 22, 1999, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/4 "1999-06-22T16:28:00Z")
No it isn’t.
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 23, 1999, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/5 "1999-06-23T05:15:00Z")
Yes it is.
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Stoidela
Don’t meddle in the affairs of dragons, cuz, like, you’re crunchy
and taste good with ketchup.
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 22, 1999, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/6 "1999-06-22T18:46:00Z")
Look, I paid to have an argument.
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 22, 1999, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/7 "1999-06-22T18:59:00Z")
Well, if I’m going to argue with you, I must take a contradictory position, mustn’t I?
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 22, 1999, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/8 "1999-06-22T19:57:00Z")
No you mustn’t.
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 22, 1999, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/9 "1999-06-22T20:38:00Z")
Time’s up. Good morning.
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 22, 1999, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/10 "1999-06-22T21:07:00Z")
You just contradicted me!
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 22, 1999, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/11 "1999-06-22T21:53:00Z")
But I was just getting interested!
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 22, 1999, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/12 "1999-06-22T23:35:00Z")
Look, if you want to argue, that’ll be another 5 quid!
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 23, 1999, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/13 "1999-06-23T01:48:00Z")
I heard that this is the place to be if I want to have an argument. That right?
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“We’re gonna have lawyers here. It’ll be a fun time.”
–R.R.S.
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 23, 1999, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/14 "1999-06-23T02:49:00Z")
No.
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 23, 1999, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/15 "1999-06-23T07:21:00Z")
Hey Butthead! Yeah, YOU! Shag off!
(just going with the flow…)
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 23, 1999, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/16 "1999-06-23T14:45:00Z")
I think we should all pitch in for “Getting hit on the head lessons” for C3.
to C3:
DON’T GIVE ME THAT YOU SNOTTY-FACED HEAP OF PARROT DROPPINGS!
SHUT UP YOU FESTERING GOB, YOU TIT! YOUR TYPE MAKES ME PUKE! YOU VACUOUS TOFFEE-NOSED MALODOROUS PERVERT!
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 23, 1999, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/17 "1999-06-23T21:34:00Z")
You really didn’t get any of this thread, did you C3?
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 23, 1999, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/18 "1999-06-23T23:41:00Z")
I didn’t expect the Spanish Inquisition!
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 24, 1999, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/19 "1999-06-24T12:04:00Z")
I fart in all your general directions.
(I know, off-topic).
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 24, 1999, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-at-graduation-thread-part-2/1240/20 "1999-06-24T15:24:00Z")
Noooooone expect the Spanish Inquisition!
Our chief weapon is surprise…surprise and fear…fear and surprise… Our two weapons are fear and surprise…and ruthless efficiency…
Our _three_ weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency…and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.
… Our _four_…no… _Amongst_ our weapons… Amongst our weaponry…are such elements as fear, surprise…
I’ll come in again.
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