# Stupidest Reasons for a Fight that You've Witnessed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2000, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-reasons-for-a-fight-that-youve-witnessed/44328 "2000-12-06T17:26:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-reasons-for-a-fight-that-youve-witnessed/44328/41 "2000-12-09T08:45:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wonko The Sane \* > Elizabeth… That explains it all. \*\* Yeah, right. . . New York City, _that_ explains it all . . . Tripler From Jersey, and damn proud of it! ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-reasons-for-a-fight-that-youve-witnessed/44328/42 "2000-12-10T11:43:32Z")
I work as a Bouncer in a bar on Staten Island. Nothing but college kids, wanna-be wiseguys, and 40 year old adolecents. I’ve seen fights start because of a dirty look, a misunderstood comment, and just for no reason I could see. Almost without exception, every one was stupid. In my experience, every person should have a label on their necks reading “Instant Asshole-Just Add Alcohol”. ---
**Author:** ![dewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@dewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dewt)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-reasons-for-a-fight-that-youve-witnessed/44328/43 "2000-12-10T16:46:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chocobo \* > \*\* …There wasn’t any reason, except that they kept score of who won each time. And these weren’t just playful punches, these were ‘I’ll send you home in a box’ kind of punches. They’d come to class with bleeding cuts, bruises and everything. Funniest thing was they were best friends. Go figure. \*\* I think this may have been Zap and I. Best friends indeed, and our favorite pass-time was (and still is) beating the heck out of each other. We had lots of fun. One game we played in college, “It ain’t nerf” consisted of standing about 30 feet from each other and throwing a big stick back and forth. An interesting variation, “Tree it ain’t nerf” was developed. One of us would climb 10 feet into a tree and the other would try to knock the climber out of the tree with the previously mentioned big stick. It’s all fun and games till somebody loses an eye. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-reasons-for-a-fight-that-youve-witnessed/44328/44 "2000-12-10T16:53:03Z")
Once one of my husband’s redneck friends threatened another of their friends with a gun, because the guy had hit on me, three months previous. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-reasons-for-a-fight-that-youve-witnessed/44328/45 "2000-12-10T20:38:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Giraffe \* > \*\*The first guy comes back in, all bruised and bloodied, and triumphantly declares to the bar: “Rush is _not_ a good band!” \*\* I hope that idiot got kicked some more 😃 That’s the only reason I can think of to kick someones ass. Well, at least untill I read: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spiritus Mundi \* > **…a few pitchers of Guinness…** Pitchers of Guinness? And you call this an _Irish_ bar? The horror! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-reasons-for-a-fight-that-youve-witnessed/44328.md?page=2)