# The best part of my day was snakes on a plane **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 29, 2006, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641 "2006-08-29T06:58:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/42 "2006-08-29T17:36:34Z")
[QUOTE=TristramAiblins] Well, yes, in my book it is okay to steal. Why not??? Morals? Pfft, out the window. [/QUOTE] Oh good, we _can_ ban him. _Please?_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Swan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Swan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Swan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/43 "2006-08-29T17:36:58Z")
[QUOTE=DianaG] This would be way more fun if we could play “Keep Away” with his hat. [/QUOTE] Excellent suggestion, though I doubt he actually has said hat. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/44 "2006-08-29T17:40:47Z")
[QUOTE=DianaG] This would be way more fun if we could play “Keep Away” with his hat. [/QUOTE] Yes, it would! 😃 I got a much cooler fur hat (fake fur, with a Soviet hammer and sickle and red star on it) for 18 Euros while I was on vacation. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/45 "2006-08-29T17:45:42Z")
Trollin’ trollin’ trollin’ Keep that mousewheel scrollin’ Another ass is trollin’ Dopewide! Don’t try to understand ‘em Let \*\*Giraffe \*\*gently ban him, And raise a few welts on his hide. With that modstick showin’, His cock will be a-growin’ And soon we will see another try. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/46 "2006-08-29T17:54:25Z")
Can’t we play with him for a little bit, first? ---
**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:** [August 29, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/47 "2006-08-29T17:55:34Z")
[QUOTE=TristramAiblins] Well, yes, in my book it is okay to steal. Why not??? Morals? Pfft, out the window. [/QUOTE] Because people like you drive up prices. It’s the reason why we have those annoying alarm tags on merchandise, and why everyone has to show their receipts on the way out. You’re an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/48 "2006-08-29T17:58:56Z")
There was quite a smart piece of advice given to the OP, a few posts up, wrt the Campus Crusaders. I suggest we follow it, wrt the OP. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/49 "2006-08-29T18:12:25Z")
Let’s keep him around until he starts bragging about cheating on tests or buying term papers off the internet, then blames “the man” (or whatever the current equivalent is) when he gets expelled! ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/50 "2006-08-29T18:13:31Z")
[QUOTE=TristramAiblins] Yes…I know…Trouble is that for the past 6 years I have had one good friend who thought like me and we did stuff pretty much every day. I guess that I am just looking for someone to replace him. Kinda hard to find when everyone around you is talking about the beer and that chick they did last night. I thought that perhaps the people I would like to meet would be interested in someone reading a book under a tree. [/QUOTE] So he has gone off to college to replace one tiny insular world where he isn’t exposed to anything distressing or different with another tiny insular world of “like-minded” people. I bet this guy is great at parties. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/51 "2006-08-29T18:19:05Z")
He did his subscription fee. Do you think that he stole the cash to pay for it? ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/52 "2006-08-29T18:26:14Z")
Okay, I’m not getting where the OP is a troll. He is anti-social IRL, which means he doesn’t know how to handle an assholse evangelist. Unfortunate, but it doesn’t make him a troll. He is hung up about sex. Not the first member to be so. He steals and doesn’t apologize. Okay call him an asshole. Just like everybody on Limewire. I can see not liking the kid, but you know you’re in a thread about what it’s like to be him on his first day of school, right? I don’t think the point of his OP was “I steal shit.” It was incidental to the story he was telling. If you asked him to explain, you can’t very well get him banned because you didn’t like his answers. ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/53 "2006-08-29T18:26:28Z")
[QUOTE=Caffeine.addict] He did his subscription fee. Do you think that he stole the cash to pay for it? [/QUOTE] or his sex fiend roomie’s credit card. ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/54 "2006-08-29T18:28:40Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] Okay, I’m not getting where the OP is a troll. He is anti-social IRL, which means he doesn’t know how to handle an assholse evangelist. Unfortunate, but it doesn’t make him a troll. He is hung up about sex. Not the first member to be so. He steals and doesn’t apologize. Okay call him an asshole. Just like everybody on Limewire. I can see not liking the kid, but you know you’re in a thread about what it’s like to be him on his first day of school, right? I don’t think the point of his OP was “I steal shit.” It was incidental to the story he was telling. If you asked him to explain, you can’t very well get him banned because you didn’t like his answers. [/QUOTE] No, his problem appears to be that everyone else is an idiot except for him. His roommate can’t understand why sex in college is unacceptable, the preachers can’t read his mind that he doesn’t want to talk, and no nice people see a dude reading under a tree and think “I’ll go be his friend, he looks like a fun guy.” Cry me a tear man. Join a fucking club and get yourself a life before college really starts to suck for you. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/55 "2006-08-29T18:32:32Z")
Forget Jesus saving this guy. I have an image of God feeding rope down from Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Swan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Swan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Swan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/56 "2006-08-29T18:43:47Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] Okay, I’m not getting where the OP is a troll. He is anti-social IRL, which means he doesn’t know how to handle an assholse evangelist. Unfortunate, but it doesn’t make him a troll. He is hung up about sex. Not the first member to be so. He steals and doesn’t apologize. Okay call him an asshole. Just like everybody on Limewire. I can see not liking the kid, but you know you’re in a thread about what it’s like to be him on his first day of school, right? I don’t think the point of his OP was “I steal shit.” It was incidental to the story he was telling. If you asked him to explain, you can’t very well get him banned because you didn’t like his answers. [/QUOTE] The amount of bait in his post is evidence enough. 1. Pretentious “I hate all college students who aren’t me” attitude. 2. “Come back after the 2 o’clock class and decide to try and start writing a book.” 3. Mentions “reading under a tree” 34 times. 4. College student paying $100 for a hat. 5. Did you see the hat? 6. Mad about someone having sex. 7. Gratuitous bible thumper. 8. He steals a bunch of stuff. 9. Thinks it’s fine to steal a bunch of stuff & defends the practice. 10. Part of said defence includes the “big-bad chain store” defense. 11. Says he’s a virgin who thinks sex isn’t the end-all (weird). and finally… 1. The fact that he disappeared when called a troll, and will proabably re-appear once he sees that this been pointed out. There’s just too damn much material. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/57 "2006-08-29T19:12:33Z")
[QUOTE=hawksgirl] No, his problem appears to be that everyone else is an idiot except for him. His roommate can’t understand why sex in college is unacceptable, the preachers can’t read his mind that he doesn’t want to talk, and no nice people see a dude reading under a tree and think “I’ll go be his friend, he looks like a fun guy.” Cry me a tear man. Join a fucking club and get yourself a life before college really starts to suck for you. [/QUOTE] Right. He sounds just like what he claims to be. A fucked-up overpriveleged college student who spends way too much time moping around in his own head. Is this really Butte, Montana or… ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/58 "2006-08-29T19:23:46Z")
**flight** , I doubt this guy goes to parties. Just a feeling. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/59 "2006-08-29T19:58:34Z")
[QUOTE=TristramAiblins] No, I do not steal from my friends. I do not steal from individuals, I steal from big places like walmart and borders. (oh, are you trying to justify it???) yes, I am. [/QUOTE] Anybody who can’t understand that organizations are but collections of individuals isn’t smart enough for college. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/60 "2006-08-29T20:22:48Z")
Except for the stealing part, this was my first year of college in a nutshell. I ended up being all lonely and angsty too, I became antisocial and convinced that everyone else was scum. Very Travis Bickle. I ended up losing my scholarship, and actually had to go get a job if I wanted to stay in school. Know what I did then? I grew up and made some friends. Life got better. So grow up already, and stop stealing shit, you fucking jerkoff. And quit your goddamn crying. It’s boring. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/61 "2006-08-29T20:29:30Z")
I agree the guy’s a troll. “Morals? Pfft.” C’mon, the usual bait used by trolls isn’t quite _that_ obvious. But my favorite part of his post? > [@](#): > > Come back after the 2 o’clock class and decide to try and start writing a book. I take a notebook and go find a nice tree to sit under. Get half a page written with plenty more swimming in my head. I then decide to go back to my room and waste time however possible. I envision this “To Do Today” list: “Wash hair. Go to class. Write book.” And then, after immortalizing half a page of brilliance: “Well, that’s enough of _that_! Time to _waste time_!” I think this is how Grisham does it, too. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641.md?page=4)