# Shodan... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 13, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704 "2004-08-13T16:31:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/61 "2004-08-14T06:48:13Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > I should also point out that our numbers are growing by the, uh, month! Why when I first came on here nine months ago, there were only about three of us. Now just 9 months later, our numbers have swelled to seven or eight. Like those anti-Kerry attack ads, all this means is Karl Rove’s getting more desperate. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/62 "2004-08-14T07:20:11Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Like those anti-Kerry attack ads, all this means is Karl Rove’s getting more desperate. Uh… **.rjung**? Are you reading my posts at least somewhat carefully? I was talking about the increase in the number of conservative posters to this board. I have had no contact with Karl Rove. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/63 "2004-08-14T07:37:49Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > …I have had no contact with Karl Rove… Oh! So you are willing to swear you never once saw _Pinky and the Brain_? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/64 "2004-08-14T08:05:39Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Is **Shodan** the one who thinks The Band sang off-key? Or was that **duffer** or **Brutus** or **Starving Artist**? I tend to mix all those guys up. > > If it’s him, then I pit him, too! So all of a sudden we all believe the same things. We’re all 4 marching lock-step? There are plenty of things I’ve posted where the other 3 you mentioned must have thought “shut the fuck up, duffer, you’re not helping.” Don’t pin my idiocy on them. I expected better from you, **Ike.** ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/65 "2004-08-14T09:42:55Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > There are plenty of things I’ve posted where the other 3 you mentioned must have thought “shut the fuck up, duffer, you’re not helping.” No, more likely I thought “They’ve got us surrounded, the poor bastards!” With two of us in the same thread, they don’t have a chance. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/66 "2004-08-14T09:51:08Z")
Does anyone else think it’s a bit like shadow boxing when all these old-timers call each other names? Reminds me of grannies assaulting each other with handbags at dawn and then sitting down together to breakfast at a diner. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/67 "2004-08-14T10:13:11Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Does anyone else think it’s a bit like shadow boxing when all these old-timers call each other names? Reminds me of grannies assaulting each other with handbags at dawn and then sitting down together to breakfast at a diner. If you ever find my ass up at dawn it’s because I haven’t been to bed yet. And besides, how could a whipper-snapper like you even know about Roger Thornhill? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/68 "2004-08-14T10:57:11Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > No, more likely I thought “They’ve got us surrounded, the poor bastards!” > > With two of us in the same thread, they don’t have a chance. 😃 Guess it depends on how much I’ve had to drink. Pretty sloshed now so I’ll refrain from adding to the lefties arsenal. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/69 "2004-08-14T11:41:18Z")
Only got a minute before I am off to pick up the Lovely and Talented Mrs. **Shodan** and the **Shodan** -ettes for vacation, but I thought I would pop in and see what’s developed. I seem to have been accused of blind partisanship and the desire to see my candidate win regardless of the legitimacy or otherwise of the vote. I’m wondering if any of my accusers ever started a thread like [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=46412) about the 2000 Presidential elections. Note the date. 😉 And **Ukelele Ike** , I would never say anything as offensive as that about the Band. My vintage copy of the soundtrack from The Last Waltz would come to life and hurt me. Have fun while I’m gone, y’all. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/70 "2004-08-14T13:32:27Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > You really must try to develop a little discernment. We’re not all the same just because we share a political ideology, you know. As for, I didn’t make the comment about The Band. Short of a hit or two thirty some odd years ago, I haven’t given them a moment’s thought. Steely Dan and smooth jazz (and believe it or not, a lot of hip-hop) are more my speed. Smooth jazz? Yeah, figures . . . ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/71 "2004-08-14T13:48:45Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > So all of a sudden we all believe the same things. We’re all 4 marching lock-step? There are plenty of things I’ve posted where the other 3 you mentioned must have thought “shut the fuck up, duffer, you’re not helping.” Don’t pin my idiocy on them. > > I expected better from you, **Ike.** We are supposed to be marching goose-step, but it appears someone hasn’t recieved the latest memo… ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/72 "2004-08-14T17:22:47Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Smooth jazz? Yeah, figures . . . But what about Steely Dan and hip hop? And oh, yeah…Paul Hardcastle kicks ass! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/73 "2004-08-14T21:39:17Z")
> [@Brutus](#): > > We are supposed to be marching goose-step, but it appears someone hasn’t recieved the latest memo… I’m always the last to know. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/74 "2004-08-14T22:40:43Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I would never say anything as offensive as that about the Band. My vintage copy of the soundtrack from The Last Waltz would come to life and hurt me. Damn! Maybe it was **Sam Stone**. Profound apologies to all you right-wingers, running-dog imperialists, and Social Darwinists who keep _Music from Big Pink_ on your gramophones. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/75 "2004-08-14T22:42:56Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Reminds me of grannies assaulting each other with handbags at dawn and then sitting down together to breakfast at a diner. **Duffer** and **elucidator** always hog th’ maple syrup. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/76 "2004-08-14T23:06:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Damn! Maybe it was Sam Stone. Profound apologies to all you right-wingers, running-dog imperialists, and Social Darwinists who keep Music from Big Pink on your gramophones. Okay, now you’ve gone too far. Attack my politics, kick my dog, whatever… But now you’re impugning my love of _The Band_. It’s pistols at dawn, sir. Good Canadian boys, mostly. Great music. I have _The Last Waltz_ on album, CD, and the concert on DVD. When other little kids were listening to Sesame Street, I was listing to _Music from Big Pink_. So take the load off me, or you’ll be up Cripple Creek! ---
**Author:** ![Silocke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Silocke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silocke)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/77 "2004-08-14T23:17:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Attack my politics, kick my dog, Yes sir. I _will_ kick your dog. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/78 "2004-08-15T00:25:01Z")
You’ll pull back a bloody stump. ---
**Author:** ![Silocke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Silocke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silocke)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/79 "2004-08-15T00:43:23Z")
Aw heck, I’ll just shoot the son-o-a-bitch then. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704/80 "2004-08-15T01:48:58Z")
She’s already been [threatened](http://happyfunpundit.com/hfp/images/katiegun.jpg). It didn’t work. (yes, that’s my dog) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan/259704.md?page=5)