# Rant **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 26, 2002, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959 "2002-12-26T12:48:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/41 "2002-12-26T18:10:37Z")
wonders, “can’t we all just get along?” mumbles something about giant squids. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/42 "2002-12-26T18:24:42Z")
Impassioned plea to _“Consider the children!”_\* Coding error. ---
**Author:** ![Ulterior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/85f322/32.png) [@Ulterior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulterior)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/43 "2002-12-26T18:30:22Z")
Wonders what the hell giant squids have to do with anything, with a newbie’s plea for someone to explain it to me. ---
**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/44 "2002-12-26T18:35:05Z")
Lament that this thread is unsuited for Threadspotting because of all the profanity. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/45 "2002-12-26T18:42:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Wonders what the hell giant squids have to do with anything, with a newbie’s plea for someone to explain it to me. Reference to [a thread in another forum](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=151926) that may explain things, with a side note that poster is not totally sure because he has no intention of opening up a thread that is 5 pages long. ---
**Author:** ![Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smashed_Ice_Cream)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/46 "2002-12-26T18:46:22Z")
Snarky comment pointing out that the OP is a big chicken because he hasn’t returned to the thread except to make a smartass retort to the first poster. Lame use of phrase “the terrorists have already won” that doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. Begins countdown to OP’ers meltdown. ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/47 "2002-12-26T18:56:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Wonders what the hell giant squids have to do with anything, with a newbie’s plea for someone to explain it to me. Ignores earlier answer. Link to specific [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=2757799#post2757799) mumbles something about The Clique[symbol]ä[/symbol] ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/48 "2002-12-26T19:18:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by This Year’s Model \* > \*\*Comparison of moderators, especially those living in Europe, to Nazis. \*\* Tirade against the quoted comparison as being unfair and derogatory towards the Nazis. Thread hijack to criticize various organizations that make the Nazis look decent. Plea for a special, this-post-only smiley. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/49 "2002-12-26T19:26:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by This Year’s Model \* > \*\*Denigrates **NoClueBoy** , stating argument is too puerile to counter. > > \*\* Posts real life Name, address, phone number of **This Year’s Model**. Vague reference to cheese. Asks inane question of OPer, and flames him out of spite for supposed slight in other thread not linked to. Attempt at sexist or racist humor to underscore point, noting that this post is sure to edited by evil Mods. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/50 "2002-12-26T19:31:13Z")
Self-righteous plea in the name of all that is holy. Condemnation of everyone whose moral code is unlike mine. Invocation of Deuteronomy. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/51 "2002-12-26T19:45:30Z")
Claims extreme offense taken at invocation of Deuteronomy. Asserts my Deity is better than your Deity. Lists 17 scriptural verses out of context with one or more words **bolded** in each text. [reading bolded words from top to bottom spells out extremely viscious insult] Pleas with all to join my cause/religion/sexuality because Deity will smite you all, so there! ---
**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/52 "2002-12-26T19:45:56Z")
Detailed description of a utopia founded on the principles of a political theory that the general populace assumes that only potheads are into. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/53 "2002-12-26T19:58:55Z")
Mocks OP for being late to his own funeral. Accuses OP of being black/jewish/gay/straight/unobservant/right wing/left wing/ various other incompatible positiosn, having carnal knowledge of various farmyard implements/non-corporeal beings. Claims intimate knowledge of various other posters’ parentage. ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/54 "2002-12-26T19:59:40Z")
Og smite! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/55 "2002-12-26T20:12:09Z")
Sarcastic comment about OPer’s returning after promising to leave. ---
**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/56 "2002-12-26T20:26:26Z")
Question about “Deuteronomy” being one of the characters in the musical Cats. Idle wondering about what catfood his breath smells like. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/57 "2002-12-26T21:05:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by This Year’s Model \* > \*\*Sarcastic comment about OPer’s returning after promising to leave. \*\* Excuse #1. Excuse #2. Emotional appeal to pity. Long and irrelevant story about unhappy childhood. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/58 "2002-12-26T21:14:08Z")
Attempted witty comment about OP still being in childhood fails to amuse anyone. Harangues OP over comment made in post made two years ago. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/59 "2002-12-26T21:35:54Z")
Drive-by witness by poster with single-digit postcount. witness consists of long strings of words, no paragraph breaks, lots of exclamation points and is the religious equivalent of whipped cream in a swimming pool. Annoying, but it’ll dissolve soon enough and you won’t see it after. * * * sig line; horrible translated passage about stinking feet to high heaven and “waiting for him to come wash mine”. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959/60 "2002-12-26T21:42:38Z")
Refers to pulling up forbidden item of outdoor furniture in which to relax and observe the combatants. Tiresome invocation of someone called “Opal”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant/144959.md?page=4)