# Read the OP, people! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 8, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422 "2019-01-08T19:47:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/41 "2019-01-09T04:03:47Z")
> [@rsat3acr](#): > > who would win a coyote or a tiger? Someone who enters a contest that offers those as prizes. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/42 "2019-01-09T04:19:40Z")
> [@rsat3acr](#): > > who would win a coyote or a tiger? [This](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackal_(vehicle)#/media/File:US_military_truck_in_Afghanistan,_2011.JPG) vs [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_I#/media/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-299-1805-16,_Nordfrankreich,_Panzer_VI_(Tiger_I).2.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/43 "2019-01-09T04:20:35Z")
I’ll buy a ticket to that contest! ---
**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:** [January 9, 2019, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/44 "2019-01-09T04:52:18Z")
Look, say what you will about sequels never living up to the original, but I still think Jar-Jar Binks wasn’t given a fair hearing. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/45 "2019-01-09T04:59:47Z")
There was a [recent thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=866477)in which someone asked about how former U.S. presidents such as Bush, Obama, Clinton, etc. would react to the future death of Trump. Numerous posters in the thread chimed in with comments like, “When Trump dies, _ **I** _ am going to celebrate and do a happy dance…” Not at all what the OP was referring to. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/46 "2019-01-09T05:17:06Z")
Yeah, but what about all that political correctness? I can’t even use my favorite racial slurs without someone crying out, “THAT’S BAD!” fercryinoutloud. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/47 "2019-01-09T06:42:36Z")
Thanks, Obama! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/48 "2019-01-09T06:48:32Z")
::::crickets::::: ---
**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:** [January 9, 2019, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/49 "2019-01-09T07:02:27Z")
How about where someone asks about a fictional character meeting a real-life person who isn’t being played by an actor? And what follows is – predictably – list after list of characters meeting a real-life character who was played by an actor. The OP could have mentioned that. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/50 "2019-01-09T08:16:48Z")
Seriously, some threads seem to veer off to left field. And the OP is answered in a round-about way. We are all guilty of answering a post above ours, completely ignoring the OP. Shit happens. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/51 "2019-01-09T14:52:42Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Someone who enters a contest that offers those as prizes. yep, I left out a comma. :smack: ---
**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:** [January 9, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/52 "2019-01-09T14:59:11Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Seriously, some threads seem to veer off to left field. And the OP is answered in a round-about way. We are all guilty of answering a post above ours, completely ignoring the OP. Shit happens. Just to be contrary, I’m going to answer the post _below_ mine. “Anapestic.” ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/53 "2019-01-09T15:17:51Z")
What is another word for banana? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/54 "2019-01-09T16:12:05Z")
The banana fell down with a splat on the floor. What type of poetic meter did I just use? Hmm, let’s see, four anapestic metrical feet per line, each with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. Could it be a “reverse dactyl”? ---
**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:** [January 9, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/55 "2019-01-09T23:47:42Z")
- squints \* Looks more like a pterodactyl to me. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/56 "2019-01-10T00:46:10Z")
> [@digs](#): > > The banana fell down with a splat on the floor. > > What type of poetic meter did I just use? > Hmm, let’s see, four anapestic metrical feet per line, each with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. Could it be a “reverse dactyl”? I had that once. Doc gave me a ointment. Cleared right up. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/57 "2019-01-10T00:59:10Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > - squints \* > > Looks more like a pterodactyl to me. Even pterodactyls have feelings. They’re tactile pterodactyls. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2019, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/58 "2019-01-10T03:17:42Z")
But that’s not practical! ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/59 "2019-01-10T03:49:05Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I have a long convoluted story about the lil’wrekker that would fit right in the thread title. Wanna hear it? Is it anything like the ones about your Daddy? Cos we’ve heard those. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-the-op-people/827422/60 "2019-01-10T06:36:00Z")
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