# Thank you, Rooves, for your correction.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-rooves-for-your-correction/199047>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 2, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-rooves-for-your-correction/199047 "2003-09-02T01:34:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-rooves-for-your-correction/199047/21 "2003-09-05T02:56:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Miller \*  
> \*\*[Nitpick]Flies. You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar. Bees aren’t interested: they’ve got all the honey they need.[/Nitpick] \*\*

[Double nitpick]Bees LOVE honey and sugar syrup, and will try to get it whenever they can. Just ask a beekeeper.[/double nitpick]

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**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-rooves-for-your-correction/199047/22 "2003-09-05T03:02:17Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \*  
> \*\*[Double nitpick]Bees LOVE honey and sugar syrup, and will try to get it whenever they can. Just ask a beekeeper.[/double nitpick] \*\*

[triple nitpick]No one wins the nitpick game[/triple nitpick]

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-rooves-for-your-correction/199047/23 "2003-09-05T03:57:02Z")

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[quadruple nitpick with a half-twist]Do nits like honey? Then we wouldn’t have to pick them in the first place.[/quadruple nitpick with a half-twist]

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-rooves-for-your-correction/199047/24 "2003-09-05T04:20:56Z")

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[quintuple nitpick]At any rate, if you really want to attract flies, forget the honey and get yourself a steaming pile of dogshit. Or maybe a carcass of some kind.[/quintuple nitpick]

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**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-rooves-for-your-correction/199047/25 "2003-09-05T04:47:01Z")

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[sextuple nitpick] Isn’t this thread supposed to be about what an ass I am? ( sex-tuple, heheheh)[sextuple nitpick]

Can’t you people just let my shame be over?

Okay, I made that up. I have no shame.

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**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-rooves-for-your-correction/199047/26 "2003-09-05T04:57:06Z")

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Oh, for the love of dogshit and honey…

Bees = honey. However, that’s not the point. The saying relates to FLIES, not bees. :smack:

Hey there Rooves…good to see you’re still with us.

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