# Shodan gives us all his regards. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 10, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825 "2012-07-10T19:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/21 "2012-07-10T20:49:14Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’m guessing he read the OP and got sucked into a black hole of mediocrity. He has gotten pretty mediocre, yes. But really, the guy did used to be funny. Somewhere along the line **Vinyl Turnip** degenerated into telling “that time of the year again?” jokes. I’m surprised he didn’t post something about bringing up a lawn chair to a pit thread or begin his post with “In Soviet Russia…” Regardless [sub]heh[/sub], I know damn well that **Shodan** has been taken to task for this before, but I have never read his reason for doing it. I want to hear that answer. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/22 "2012-07-10T20:52:31Z")
Bahhh…a pox on you all! Plastic Vegetable is the Don Rickles of this place! ---
**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 10, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/23 "2012-07-10T20:53:37Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > He has gotten pretty mediocre, yes. > > But really, the guy did used to be funny. Somewhere along the line **Vinyl Turnip** degenerated into telling “that time of the year again?” jokes. I’m surprised he didn’t post something about bringing up a lawn chair to a pit thread or begin his post with “In Soviet Russia…” > > Regardless [sub]heh[/sub], I know damn well that **Shodan** has been taken to task for this before, but I have never read his reason for doing it. I want to hear that answer. If only there was a way for two people to exchange messages with each other. Perhaps someday. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/24 "2012-07-10T20:54:06Z")
In Soviet Russia, lawn chair sits on you!. Hmmm, no. I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/25 "2012-07-10T21:01:31Z")
It helps if you picture him throwing a purple feather boa over his shoulder and strutting out of the room as he says it. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/26 "2012-07-10T21:02:15Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > **Vinyl Turnip** , you used to be funny. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/27 "2012-07-10T21:02:29Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > If only there was a way for two people to exchange messages with each other. Perhaps someday. You honestly want me to PM **Vinyl Turnip** because I think he’s not as funny as he used to be? I’m not doing that. I’m pitting **Shodan** , but I smacked **Vinyl Turnip** because he’s fair game. And why do you want me to take it to messages? Does criticisms in the pit hurt your delicate sensibilities, **Big T**? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/28 "2012-07-10T21:05:04Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Cite? OK, that one’s pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/29 "2012-07-10T21:05:48Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > You honestly want me to PM **Vinyl Turnip** because I think he’s not as funny as he used to be? I’m not doing that. I’m pitting **Shodan** , but I smacked **Vinyl Turnip** because he’s fair game. > > And why do you want me to take it to messages? Does criticisms in the pit hurt your delicate sensibilities, **Big T**? Your OP was good, but your skin is way too thin. When VT or JM make a crack, just say something funny back, it’s not like any of this matters. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/30 "2012-07-10T21:13:39Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Cite? [Here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15258264&postcount=26) ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/31 "2012-07-10T21:13:46Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > So I feel slightly guilty, but I also feel warm and fuzzy inside. Like I just ate a kitten. I bet the only reason this thread exists is because the OP thought up this line and needed a place to use it. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/32 "2012-07-10T21:14:14Z")
A Monkey with a Gun is cheating. He is pretending that VT’s post was a joke. It wasn’t a joke. It was a complaint. The complaint is that it’s dumb for folks to be still pitting the ‘regards’ thing. It’s overdone, it’s old, it’s silly, who cares. It really is time to go into acceptance on this. Shodan has a thing. That’s his thing. It grates on some and he knows it and so sometimes it is meant as more of dig than other times, but nevertheless, it is a tiny two word expression and something that by now we should all have trained our eyes to gloss over. So, that’s it. VT pointed that out, and you tried to paint it as if he was trying to post one of his gut busting ass funny posts that crack me up all the time. Nope. He wasn’t. He was just pointing out your silliness. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/33 "2012-07-10T21:14:29Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > Your OP was good, but your skin is way too thin. > > When VT or JM make a crack, just say something funny back, it’s not like any of this matters. It’s not as thin as you think, buddy. I’m really just having a little fun in the pit. I’m pitting **Shodan** because the sign off is mildly annoying and I do, _seriously_, want his answer as to why he does it. But I will trade some barbs with some people while I’m waiting. I actually like both posters I’m locking horns with here. But locking horns is kinda fun. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/34 "2012-07-10T21:16:58Z")
I’ve never understood why it bothers so many people that he signs off with ‘regards’ and his name. It’s just an idiosyncratic quirk, IMHO…like my own signature at the end of every post. I’ve been doing it so long that I don’t even know WHY I do it anymore…just habit at this point. -XT ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/35 "2012-07-10T21:17:04Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > A Monkey with a Gun is cheating. He is pretending that VT’s post was a joke. It wasn’t a joke. It was a complaint. The complaint is that it’s dumb for folks to be still pitting the ‘regards’ thing. > > It’s overdone, it’s old, it’s silly, who cares. It really is time to go into acceptance on this. Shodan has a thing. That’s his thing. It grates on some and he knows it and so sometimes it is meant as more of dig than other times, but nevertheless, it is a tiny two word expression and something that by now we should all have trained our eyes to gloss over. > > So, that’s it. VT pointed that out, and you tried to paint it as if he was trying to post one of his gut busting ass funny posts that crack me up all the time. Nope. He wasn’t. He was just pointing out your silliness. Crap, now you’re **Big T** , too. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/36 "2012-07-10T21:17:30Z")
I sign off on every post, just like a letter or email. Really find something else to bitch about. **CAPT** ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/37 "2012-07-10T21:19:13Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey > > Shock the monkey > Shock the monkey > Shock the monkey to life > Sincerely Shocked, > Yeti Just be careful…shocking a monkey with a gun might be unhealthy… -XT ---
**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 10, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/38 "2012-07-10T21:20:40Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > I sign off on every post, just like a letter or email. Really find something else to bitch about. > > **CAPT** Watch out. You might be the next **Big T**. Whatever that even means. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/39 "2012-07-10T21:22:47Z")
It bothers me how much hate the fact that I think so frequently about how much I hate people who complain about people that hate the people that complain with a semi-annual frequency about Shodan’s frequent sign-off. On an unrelated note, I like penguins. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-gives-us-all-his-regards/627825/40 "2012-07-10T21:25:44Z")
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