# Shodan, explain this please **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 2, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054 "2008-07-02T15:37:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/61 "2008-07-02T18:05:11Z")
[QUOTE=Sinaijon] How about this: What’s brown and sticky? A stick, you racist homophobe! [/QUOTE] I don’t get it. Is this about McCain because he has a black baby or about Obama because he’s gay? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/62 "2008-07-02T18:05:55Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] The key to humor is: It’s funny because it’s true. On the Daily Show, they did a piece on Obama backing off his promise to use public financing. John: “Obama is on tape as saying he will use public funds. Why the change in position?” Correspondent: “John, we all say things we don’t mean just before we get rich!” It’s a slam on Obama (a mild one, granted), it’s true, and it’s a damn sight funnier than any Obama-is-a-Muslim crack. [/QUOTE] I guess you and I have a different sense of humor. In fact, I’m not even sure I get that joke. He’s supposed to be “rich” now that he’s getting all those contributions? But that’s not really true, since he’s been the high money raiser for a long time now. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/63 "2008-07-02T18:09:03Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] I’m glad you have a sense of humour - I just noticed you included yourself in that statement, so my post in that other thread may come across (heh!) as an attempted personal insult - didn’t mean it as one (NotThatThere’sAnythingWrongWithBeingGay, of course). I just hate seeing straight lines (heh!) get wasted, that’s all. [/QUOTE] I have no problem laughing at myself, but I do have a problem with other people that cannot occaisonally engage in acts of self-deprecation. ---
**Author:** ![muttrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@muttrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muttrox)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/64 "2008-07-02T18:49:31Z")
[QUOTE=Sinaijon] What’s brown and sticky? [/QUOTE] Speaking of sticks, some people need to get some out of their asses. Lighten up. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/65 "2008-07-02T19:00:24Z")
[QUOTE=pseudotriton ruber ruber] … . mean, what’s the point in telling "Obama’s a Musselman… [/QUOTE] Like Popeye? Never thought he was funny – though Michelle has a slight resemblance to Olive Oyl, which we all know is a Middleeastern product! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/66 "2008-07-02T19:18:41Z")
INRI Obama ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/67 "2008-07-02T19:30:59Z")
Shouldn’t that read, “This man said he was the King of the Democrats?” Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/68 "2008-07-02T19:43:21Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] I don’t find jokes about McCain’s age funny (so far - I’m sure a good one would get a chuckle). [/QUOTE] Some of the [things younger than John McCain](http://www.thingsyoungerthanmccain.com/) are worth a chuckle or two. Especially when you realize they include Mt. Rushmore, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Lincoln Tunnel, Spam (the alleged food, not the email), Scrabble, the PB&J sandwich, penicillin, LSD, Bugs Bunny, duct tape, the ballpoint pen, the six-pack, the LP record, and a host of other things that we basically think of as having been around since practically the beginning of civilization as we know it. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/69 "2008-07-02T19:45:47Z")
I’m a prObama lefty and I thought it was clever. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/70 "2008-07-02T20:37:19Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] Now _that’s_ funny. Regards, Shodan [/QUOTE] I meant critical in the clinical sense. All you are privvy to see are conclusions. You are not privvy to the machinations in my brain as I examine him. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/71 "2008-07-02T20:46:39Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] I meant critical in the clinical sense. All you are privvy to see are conclusions. You are not privvy to the machinations in my brain as I examine him. [/QUOTE] It goes zip when it moves and pop when it stops and whirrrrrr when it stands still… ---
**Author:** ![Sinaijon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Sinaijon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaijon)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/72 "2008-07-02T21:22:37Z")
> [@](#): > > I meant critical in the clinical sense…You are not privvy to the machinations in my brain as I examine him. Liberal: Turn your head to the left. Cough… Excellent… ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/73 "2008-07-02T21:28:16Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] _For Obama:_ I just flew in from Mecca, and boy are my arms tired! _For McCain:_ I just flew in from Hanoi, and I can’t move my arms at all! Don’t forget to tip your waitress. Regards, Shodan [/QUOTE] Okay, those were pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/74 "2008-07-02T21:54:02Z")
But Obama has never even been to Mecca! Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/75 "2008-07-02T21:55:12Z")
Then let Mecca come to Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/76 "2008-07-02T21:58:56Z")
That actually wasn’t too bad! **Shirley** and **RT** will never get it. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/77 "2008-07-02T22:07:10Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] But Obama has never even been to Mecca! Regards, Shodan [/QUOTE] Are you sure? Isn’t that one of the 57 states he’s visited? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/78 "2008-07-02T22:11:52Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] Then let Mecca come to Obama. [/QUOTE] That can’t be funny because Obama isn’t a Muslim. Or so I read somewhere on the internet… ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/79 "2008-07-02T22:15:23Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] That can’t be funny because Obama isn’t a Muslim. Or so I read somewhere on the internet… [/QUOTE] Context is everything. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054/80 "2008-07-02T22:21:47Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] But Obama has never even been to Mecca! [/QUOTE] I have to disagree. If Barack Obama weren’t a Muslim, why would I be getting all these mass emails to the contrary from my wife’s grandmother? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-explain-this-please/455054.md?page=5)