# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/62 "2006-08-29T20:35:29Z")
I wonder if the OP would be willing to post the half page of the super epic book he began to write under the tree? Perhaps then we could get a glimpse into his genius. ---
**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, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/63 "2006-08-29T20:38:36Z")
[QUOTE=Lord Ashtar] I wonder if the OP would be willing to post the half page of the super epic book he began to write under the tree? Perhaps then we could get a glimpse into his genius. [/QUOTE] “It was a dark and stormy night…” 😃 Not only that bad, but that plagerized, I’ll bet! ---
**Author:** ![AngryIrishLass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@AngryIrishLass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngryIrishLass)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/64 "2006-08-29T20:50:32Z")
Me thinks he’s not a virgin by choice. Grow up. ---
**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, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/65 "2006-08-29T20:52:29Z")
[QUOTE=AngryIrishLass] Me thinks he’s not a virgin by choice. Grow up. [/QUOTE] Actually, I’m sure it _was_ by choice… “With _you_? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!” ---
**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, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/66 "2006-08-29T20:58:17Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] 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. 🙂 [/QUOTE] That’s actually why I think he’s on the level. “I’m going to write a novel… There we go, half a page done. Just have to do that 500 more times, then start the editing process. Oh, shit, writing a novel is hard.” ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/67 "2006-08-29T21:03:51Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] “It was a dark and stormy night…” 😃 Not only that bad, but that plagerized, I’ll bet! [/QUOTE] Maybe, “Call me Irving.” ---
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/68 "2006-08-29T21:06:31Z")
I’m pretty sure the novel begins with the immortal words “It was one of those things you read about in _Penthouse Letters_ but never dream it could happen to you. Last week, I was sitting under a tree when these two guys came to me…” ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/69 "2006-08-29T21:08:24Z")
Come on folks, the OP isn’t a troll. The OP is mmature, ignorant, obnoxious, socially clueless, and a thieving child (most likely an only child), who will hopefully look back upon these days as a freshman and cringe. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/70 "2006-08-29T21:12:16Z")
[QUOTE=Klaatu] BTW, what’s the signal these days for the room being “occupied”? [/QUOTE] Hang an upside-down cross on the doorknob, apparantly. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/71 "2006-08-29T21:13:43Z")
**TristramAiblin** s, what will you steal next? Did you steal anything today? ---
**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, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/72 "2006-08-29T21:17:40Z")
[QUOTE=bluethree] **TristramAiblin** s, what will you steal next? Did you steal anything today? [/QUOTE] I think he’s busy sitting under a tree composing his literary masterpiece. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/73 "2006-08-29T21:24:14Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] 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_!” [/QUOTE] Your terribly funny depiction aside, I don’t think this in itself is evidence of trolling. I think he really believes that a half page’s worth of time and effort is laudable. It’s evidence of an immensely slothful personality, as is his expectation to win friends by being seen sitting under a tree reading about the end of days. It’s too darkly pathetic to be a work of trollery. ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/74 "2006-08-29T21:32:20Z")
[QUOTE=TristramAiblins] Well, yes, in my book it is okay to steal. Why not??? Morals? Pfft, out the window. [/QUOTE] Morals don’t apply to you, huh? I’m glad you live in a dorm, I’d hate to see you make the _classic_ brooding student mistake of killing your landlady with an ax because you owe her money. ---
**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, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/75 "2006-08-29T21:56:43Z")
Yeah, it’s the “Steal/Morals/Pfft.” thing that rings my troll alarm, not so much the OP. Not that I don’t think he’s an immature, pretentious, obnoxious, slothful, ignorant theiving twit as well. I do. I just think he’s not only not defending himself, he’s going out of his way to present himself in the worst light possible to get our ire up. That is, he’s an immature, pretentious, obnoxious, slothful, ignorant ,theiving troll. Or not. I just felt like singing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/76 "2006-08-29T21:58:41Z")
[QUOTE=TristramAiblins] Morals? Pfft, out the window. [/QUOTE] Will you still feel that way when you find out your roomie and his girlfriend were fucking in \*your \*bed so he wouldn’t have to worry about a wet spot in his? ---
**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, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/77 "2006-08-29T22:06:31Z")
[QUOTE=Idlewild] …I’d hate to see you .. killing your landlady with an ax… [/QUOTE] One little mistake, twenty years ago, and no one forgets. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/78 "2006-08-29T22:13:18Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] One little mistake, twenty years ago, and no one forgets. :mad: [/QUOTE] Yes, but did you grow up and become less immature, pretentious, obnoxious, slothful, ignorant, and thieving? I do actually feel a little bit sorry for the OP. Being young, clueless, and angsty is hard. All you bitter old folks, don’t you remember how badly being a teenager/young adult sucked ass? (But quit stealing. Stealing is wrong.) ---
**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, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/79 "2006-08-29T22:14:55Z")
[QUOTE=Caffeine.addict] I think he’s busy sitting under a tree composing his literary masterpiece. [/QUOTE] He probably stole that too-plagarism isn’t bad, y’all! ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/80 "2006-08-29T22:33:20Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Being young, clueless, and angsty is hard. All you bitter old folks, don’t you remember how badly being a teenager/young adult sucked ass? [/QUOTE] I remember that I was way younger than the OP when I figured out that angst does not equal depth. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641/81 "2006-08-29T22:37:50Z")
**DianaG** , please tell me that it was around 14, as that is what my daughter will soon be. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-part-of-my-day-was-snakes-on-a-plane/370641.md?page=5)