# Skald the Rhymer is annoying **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 8, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631 "2012-07-08T21:22:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/61 "2012-07-09T12:16:10Z")
Skald is mostly harmless. Regards lerch ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/62 "2012-07-09T12:22:02Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I am not an ass. I am an ass_hole_. Please get it straight. Mayhaps he meant you’re a mule. Transport any illicit substances lately? Vegemite, say, or 1930s Naughty Postcards. ---
**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 9, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/63 "2012-07-09T12:22:26Z")
The most annoying thing about **Skald** is that he rarely rhymes, which makes him an outright liar. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/64 "2012-07-09T12:26:33Z")
It’s a family name! No one gives Jim Baker hell about not bringing bread and cupcakes to the church picnic do they? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/65 "2012-07-09T12:30:33Z")
I do! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/66 "2012-07-09T12:34:57Z")
But he does make a kickass potato salad. And “Jim Potatosalader” would be a stupid name. ---
**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 9, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/67 "2012-07-09T13:00:35Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > But he does make a kickass potato salad. And “Jim Potatosalader” would be a stupid name. How about “Skald The Burner”? Or “Skald the Kittens”? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/68 "2012-07-09T13:06:35Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > How about “Skald The Burner”? Or “Skald the Kittens”? I’m just waiting for **Skald** to chime in with “…but you shag _one goat_…” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/69 "2012-07-09T13:07:58Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > How about “Skald The Burner”? Or “Skald the Kittens”? Well, **Skald the Annoying** , if the OP has his/her way. Anyway, being annoying is prohibited? That’s annoying. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/70 "2012-07-09T13:10:41Z")
Did she accidentally the whole pink gin though? ---
**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 9, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/71 "2012-07-09T13:24:23Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m just waiting for **Skald** to chime in with “…but you shag _one goat_…” …and scald your cock? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/72 "2012-07-09T13:28:16Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > It’s a family name! No one gives Jim Baker hell about not bringing bread and cupcakes to the church picnic do they? It’s Bakker, not Baker. [/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/73 "2012-07-09T13:40:12Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Skald is a board fixture. You’d be board too if all you did was hang around all day. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/74 "2012-07-09T13:45:20Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > But he does make a kickass potato salad. And “Jim Potatosalader” would be a stupid name. [Ron White]They call me Tater Salad.[/Ron White] I wonder what it is about Skald that makes [new posters just want to pwn his ass.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=637208) a true man of mystery is he. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/75 "2012-07-09T13:52:42Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > More Skalds! See? Hypotheticals can be annoying \*and \*concise. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/76 "2012-07-09T13:54:00Z")
The OP’s pretty obviously a troll, but (s)he’s correct in this instance. Blind squirrels, broken clocks, and all that. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/77 "2012-07-09T14:58:45Z")
Why would a blind squirrel need a broken clock? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/78 "2012-07-09T14:59:36Z")
To find his testicles. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/79 "2012-07-09T15:01:41Z")
Is he allowed to use both hands and/or a flashlight? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631/80 "2012-07-09T15:08:43Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > It’s a family name! No one gives Jim Baker hell about not bringing bread and cupcakes to the church picnic do they? I cannot tell you how often I am expected to be carrying around bundles of grain. Downright annoying, it is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631.md?page=5)