# Stupidity reaches a new zenith **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 4, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558 "2003-09-04T17:30:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/41 "2003-09-05T21:40:32Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209087](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209087)]Here is your link. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/42 "2003-09-05T21:42:32Z")
Mmmm, let me try that again. [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209087). ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/43 "2003-09-05T21:54:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > \*\*If I did, you can be relatively certain that I won’t have a firecracker in my ass at the time. \*\* I just have to say, this retort struck me as particularly hilarious! (in a near keyboard killing way) ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/44 "2003-09-05T22:16:44Z")
So was this guy rendered Jackassless? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/45 "2003-09-05T22:43:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by drewbert \* > \*\*So was this guy rendered Jackassless? \*\* I would question the terminology about this, but I don’t want to get anal about it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/46 "2003-09-05T22:45:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by drewbert \* > \*\*So was this guy rendered Jackassless? \*\* Well, the ass is gone. It’s the jack part what’s the problem, and I beleive that his is still intact. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/47 "2003-09-05T23:01:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by township \* > **I salute you, Mr. Firecracker up-the-ass guy.** I think he should run for Governor of California. “Elect me! I promise to serve only one term! No, it’s not for any reasons of political philosophy. I just can’t sit in one place for very long.” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/48 "2003-09-06T00:15:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Troy McClure SF \* > \*\*Well, the ass is gone. It’s the jack part what’s the problem, and I beleive that his is still intact. \*\* Actually, it’s not. At least, I believe he is no longer capable of “jacking”. ---
**Author:** ![Hinten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@Hinten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hinten)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/49 "2003-09-06T00:22:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Derleth \* > \*\*Actually, zenith can be used in this context. For example, what movie gets the top spot in a list of the worst movies of all time? The absolute worst, of course. So the absolute worst becomes the zenith, due to the nature of the listing. \*\* But it shouldn’t. It makes as little (much) sense as saying: Slow the car up. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/50 "2003-09-06T00:43:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by township \*\*\* > I salute you, Mr. Firecracker up-the-ass guy. \*\* [Cheesy rock ballad singer in Bud Light commercial] _Mr. Firecracker up-the-ass guy_ [/Cheesy rock ballad singer in Bud Light commercial] ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/51 "2003-09-06T00:46:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Faruiza \* > \*\*Wouldn’t be falling down with a firecracker up my ass. No way. Not happ’nin’. \*\* Wouldn’t be prudent. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/52 "2003-09-06T04:12:30Z")
At **any** juncture. ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/53 "2003-09-06T04:49:06Z")
Even if it wasn’t sideways. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/54 "2003-09-06T04:55:08Z")
But you´ve got to admit that going down in flames is glamorous… well it _used_ to be anyway… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/55 "2003-09-06T04:57:47Z")
I see nothing on the package about lighting a whole string and placing it on my eyes. By the way, what kind of “firecracker” causes a fractured pelvis? Not enough milk? Hand grenade? Dynamite? “Pipe” bomb? [sub]sorry, Mr. Ashcroft. Just a little joke about explosives up the ass.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/56 "2003-09-06T05:18:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Beagle \* > \*\*I > > By the way, what kind of “firecracker” causes a fractured pelvis? > > .[/sub] \*\* The kind you put up your ass (and then sit on after you fall down) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/57 "2003-09-06T05:30:47Z")
Nice retort, **county**. A bottle rocket might skin my finger like a banana, but it would be hard-pressed to break a Triscuit, let alone one of the strongest bones in my body. My mother fell off an exceptionally tall Quarter and _cracked_ her pelvis, just FYI. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/58 "2003-09-06T05:39:47Z")
Was this some giant experimental new state quarter, or am I hearing a loud whooshing noise in my general vicinity? ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/59 "2003-09-06T05:47:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. B \* > \*\*Nice retort, **county**. A bottle rocket might skin my finger like a banana, but it would be hard-pressed to break a Triscuit, let alone one of the strongest bones in my body. My mother fell off an exceptionally tall Quarter and _cracked_ her pelvis, just FYI. \*\* Well, I don’t care if this is the pit - I ain’t gonna start talking about your momma. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558/60 "2003-09-06T12:46:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. B \* > \*\*Nice retort, **county**. A bottle rocket might skin my finger like a banana, but it would be hard-pressed to break a Triscuit, let alone one of the strongest bones in my body. My mother fell off an exceptionally tall Quarter and _cracked_ her pelvis, just FYI. \*\* I don’t think you understand the nature of explosives. Just because a firecracker makes an amusing little pop in open air, doesn’t mean it lacks force, particularly in a confined space. Just a few grains of powder is enough to propel a small a caliber bullet, so I hope we can agree that the stuff is potentially dangerous. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-reaches-a-new-zenith/199558.md?page=4)