# sailor's Warning in the Chinese Rover Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 17, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579 "2013-12-17T18:43:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/1 "2013-12-17T18:43:42Z")
I’m not arguing the suspension considering the other jerky comments, but when I first read **sailor’s** reply to **lieu’s** post I took it as playing off the same high school graduation analogy that he/she had used a few posts earlier, not as a personal attack on **lieu’s** daughter. Anyone else? In post 26 **sailor** reacts to the tone of the thread with this statement: > [@](#): > > I feel those with this attitude would react to being told a kid graduated high school with “high school, huh? Wake me up when he discovers the cure for aids”. In post 35 **bump** says: > [@](#): > > Putting a man in orbit or landing an unmanned lunar rover is small potatoes by comparison, and nothing to get excited or worried about. Good for them, but it’s not like it’s particularly impressive. In post 38, **BrainGlutton** points out the technological strides China has made in the last half a century: > [@](#): > > It is when you consider what a technologically backward country China was in 1949. In post 39, **Omar Little** wins the thread with a joke about TANG. 🙂 In post 40, **lieu** responds to **BrainGlutton’s** post to point out that the Chinese have stolen technology. **sailor** chimes back in in post 42 with: > [@](#): > > Don’t you just hate it when it’s others who are doing the stealing? > > I’m so glad your daughter finally graduated from high school. It’s too bad she was caught doing drugs and got pregnant by that loser boyfriend of hers but I’m glad at least she’s graduated. To me it seemed that the first part was responding directly to **lieu** , and the second was an expansion on the earlier high school graduation analogy with the Chinese being the high school fuckups who still managed to graduate/land on the moon. It’s uh, not the best analogy, but unless **lieu** has posted about a troubled daughter, I’d chalk the fact that **lieu** has a daughter up to coincidence and not malice. Or maybe sailor is a creep, stalker, jerk? I don’t know:confused: ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/2 "2013-12-17T19:07:17Z")
nevermind, this isn’t the pit ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/3 "2013-12-17T19:15:09Z")
I think you’re generally right in your analysis. I further think it’s possible (but unlikely) that sailor was using the general ‘you’ and further hadn’t actually looked at lieu’s profile. I feel that’s unlikely enough to not have a problem with the warning. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/4 "2013-12-17T19:21:39Z")
Perhaps, if that was the case, **sailor** could have explained that way his meaning. Since he didn’t contradict the interpretation, I have no reason to do so either. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/5 "2013-12-17T20:01:10Z")
The way the post was written, it looked to me as though the second line was directed to **lieu** , just as the first was. I have heard nothing from **sailor** trying to persuade me that that was not so. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/6 "2013-12-17T20:08:53Z")
I think the aggravating factor in this case was that there was a red sky this morning. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/7 "2013-12-17T20:11:50Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I think the aggravating factor in this case was that there was a red sky this morning. Reported ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/8 "2013-12-17T20:13:49Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I think the aggravating factor in this case was that there was a red sky this morning. 😃 You beat me by 5 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/9 "2013-12-17T20:15:06Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I think the aggravating factor in this case was that there was a red sky this morning. > [@74westy](#): > > Reported I has a sad ☹ at not being one of the cool kids. Can somebody explain these last two posts to this old fogey? ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/10 "2013-12-17T20:17:39Z")
> [@Nancarrow](#): > > I has a sad ☹ at not being one of the cool kids. Can somebody explain these last two posts to this old fogey? [The common phrase “Red sky at morning” is a line from an ancient rhyme often repeated by mariners during the past centuries: [1] Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight. Red sky at morning, shepherd take warning;[2][3][4]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_sky_at_morning) Although, it’s oft repeated as sailor instead of shepherd: Red sky at morning, sailors take warning; Red sky at night, sailors’ delight. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/11 "2013-12-17T20:21:04Z")
Red sky at morning, sailors take warning Red sky at night, sailors’ delight. If the sky is red in the morning, it’s going to storm. If it’s red at night, the next day will be calm. Supposedly. The joke here is that rather than be on the lookout for bad weather, the red sky in the morning means that posters named sailor must accept their mod-given admonitions. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/12 "2013-12-17T20:24:51Z")
> [@Nancarrow](#): > > I has a sad ☹ at not being one of the cool kids. Can somebody explain these last two posts to this old fogey? Huh. I would have thought “old fogies” were exactly the type of people who would know about that. 🙂 Anyway, I think the OP offers a possible explanation for an otherwise, totally _non sequitur_ post by **sailor**. Whatever it was, and if it was a reference to his earlier post, it was very sloppy writing, and I don’t blame the mods for cracking down. He should have explained himself. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/13 "2013-12-17T20:26:25Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I think the aggravating factor in this case was that there was a red sky this morning. _Lacks the reach to slap **Sicks Ate.** _ _Kneecaps him._ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/14 "2013-12-17T20:28:57Z")
> [@Nancarrow](#): > > I has a sad ☹ at not being one of the cool kids. Can somebody explain these last two posts to this old fogey? In addition to the old adage, 74westy’s “Reported.” line is an oft-used post when someone says something especially groan-worthy (i.e. a bad pun). ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/15 "2013-12-17T20:29:20Z")
Someone remind me when his suspension is up. I want to post “Hello, sailor” somewhere before he gets banned. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/16 "2013-12-17T20:39:58Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Someone remind me when his suspension is up. I want to post “Hello, sailor” somewhere before he gets banned. I wouldn’t. He gets a little tetchy when you give him your regards. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/17 "2013-12-17T20:55:13Z")
I can maybe see how **sailor** was a bit peeved at some of the comments, but he went overboard. I can’t fathom why he couldn’t just keep an even keel about the whole thing. Regardless of his reasons, now he’s being judged by his piers. O.K., I’ll stop now ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/18 "2013-12-17T21:13:42Z")
I think I like where this is is going. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/19 "2013-12-17T21:21:48Z")
This thread is taking a tack for the worse. But what the hell… might was well let the wind take us where it will!! ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailors-warning-in-the-chinese-rover-thread/676579/20 "2013-12-17T21:24:09Z")
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