# Quick, Giraffe, before some asshole locks this.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 19, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949 "2009-01-19T05:36:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/82 "2009-01-23T15:51:00Z")

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We’ve had this discussion in the past. We don’t draw distinctions between real threats, implied threats, hypothetical threats, metaphorical threats, or any other kind of threat. There are few lines you can’t cross in the Pit but this is one of them. No threats.

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