# Thank you. Even if you're a Numpty. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2001, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774 "2001-08-17T17:54:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Verrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@Verrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verrain)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/21 "2001-08-17T21:15:03Z")
How goes the fight against the giant mutant spiders? If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me? Do Canadian females like hockey too? Who put the bop in the bop shu bop? Where were you on the night of 14th? If a train travelling east at 120 mile per hour crashes into a westbound train travelling 150 miles per hour, where do you bury the survivors? Can I see you in your superheroine costume? How about if I beg? Pay you? Get attacked by mutant spiders? Oh and How you doin? Happy 1K Ginger. Here’s wishing you many more. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/22 "2001-08-17T21:21:01Z")
You know, I seriously thought of emailing you and getting a hold of you, but my schedule was so damn tight when I was there (go in Saturday PM, wedding Sunday, left monday AM) I didn’t think I would have time… and I didn’t ☹ Aside though, the Executive Inn has an awsome Sunday brunch and on Tuesday they have a Pizza and Pasta buffet for dinner that is supposed to be great. I strongly suggest you give it a try next time you’re in cowtown. Next time… or like I said, try to drop by my fair city. I promise I’ll _make_ time. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/23 "2001-08-17T21:34:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Loonies are gold. Quarters are Silver. Not in the dim light of the Acme Bar and Grill! I can see you are part of the conspiracy. Canadian tourists are also trying to devalue my area’s economy by slipping their 16 ¢ quarters into circulation; their polite, unassuming demeanor is a cover-up for economic terrorism. ---
**Author:** ![Tyklfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tyklfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyklfe)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/24 "2001-08-17T21:34:54Z")
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/25 "2001-08-17T21:45:41Z")
**Verrain** - Yeesh. Yeah, I’m still battling the killer spiders. Although one snuck into my bed one night last week and bit me. On my FACE. Next - Yes, yes, the same guy who put the Ram in the Ramalamadingdong, being stalked in Banff, in the ground, no, no, NO, and pretty good, you? 😃 **Waverly** - Loonies have a LOON on them. That’s a bird. It also says Dollar, and has slightly flattened sides. It’s an 11-sided coin, really. **Tyklfe** - African or European? ---
**Author:** ![MamaHen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@MamaHen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MamaHen)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/26 "2001-08-18T00:05:00Z")
Ginger, Do you really want to hurt me? Do you really want to make me cry? It’s ok if you do, I just need to know how much make-up to wear ahead of time 😃 I love ya Ginger, Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![FunkDaddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc79bd/32.png) [@FunkDaddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FunkDaddy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/27 "2001-08-18T00:19:39Z")
Congratulations on your 1000+ posts… I’ll chime in with another ‘wow, that’s fast!’ So… coming out east anytime soon? Wanna visit a really cool island? Contrary to popular belief, you can’t see it all in a week. 🙂 FD. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/28 "2001-08-18T00:24:34Z")
Happy 1000th! That’s got to be some kind of record! If I’m paying $2000 a year for health insurance (in Canada! I thought I was pretty well covered) that my employer insists I need, and it expires at age 65 or when I retire, am I getting royally shafted? Or what? (Very few people can make me smile you know. :D) ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/29 "2001-08-18T00:41:09Z")
**MamaHen** - I would _never_ hurt you. You do it too well by yourself 😉 **FunkDaddy** - Only if you’ll take me mummering. **eunoia** - Make me your beneficiary. Done? Ok. Yeah, it is _absolutely_ necessary that you carry that coverage, mmmkay? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/30 "2001-08-18T02:08:34Z")
Can I still call you Betty? When are you coming to Michigan for a visit? Have you ever been to Danny’s in Windsor? Do all Mounties really look like Dudley-Do-Right? Congrats! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/31 "2001-08-18T02:16:08Z")
[sub]…you’re the numpty…[/sub] ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/32 "2001-08-18T02:20:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by screech-owl \* > \*\* > And seriously, how cute are the Canadian guys? And can you send me a couple of 'em (I’ll cover the freight charge, if it’s under US$100). > \*\* I know one that’s really cute 😉 (even if he thinks cute is for bunnies) But you can’t have him! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/33 "2001-08-18T02:21:15Z")
**Al** - Yes, you may still call me Betty. I don’t know when I’m going to come to Michigan again. No, I’ve only ever been to a Tim Horton’s and the airport in Windsor. And YEAH, some of them DO look like Dudley Do-right! **Whammo** - 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/34 "2001-08-18T03:37:18Z")
What do you think of my congratulatory "Good for you. :D"s in post-count parties? ---
**Author:** ![dentarthurdent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@dentarthurdent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dentarthurdent)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/35 "2001-08-18T03:39:14Z")
Congrats! Question 1 If a tree falls in the forest and nobody’s around to hear it… does anyone really give a crap? Question 2 A rig pig? Question 3 How do you find time to post 1000x in 2mos? Finally What if? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/36 "2001-08-18T03:41:42Z")
Boxers or briefs? 😃 Congrats. May you be here for at least as many posts as **handy** has… _d&r_ ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/37 "2001-08-18T03:46:28Z")
**Gunslinger** - I likes 'em! **dentarthurdent** - 1. No 2. Yeah, a Rig Pig. 3. I have a lot of free time. **Airman Doors** - I like boxer briefs best 😃 ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/38 "2001-08-18T05:47:06Z")
Well Ginger (post party aside, and posting is not a measure of a person, damnit) I am glad to have gotten to know you over the weeks. You are a great woman, from what I can tell and I know that the majority of chatters and even the hundreds of normal posters here dig you and love you. \< walking away feeling very dirty now…damn post parties \> \< snort \> ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/39 "2001-08-18T06:04:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by techchick68 \* > \*\*(post party aside, and posting is not a measure of a person, damnit) \*\* Coming from someone with over 4000 posts. Snort. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774/40 "2001-08-18T06:11:39Z")
**Ginger** , Post parties being passe now, I won’t congratulate you on your milestone. I will, however, express my gratitude for the cool sig AND personally thank you for all of the mundane pointless stuff you’ve shared in a few short weeks. Keep up the good work and you’ll be giving **handy** a run for his money any day now. 🙂 As for questions that have been bouncing around in my brain… (1) How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?, (2) What’s the third word that ends in “gry” :D, and (3) Where’s Opal? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-even-if-youre-a-numpty/76774.md?page=3)