# The Jellyman doesn't look sorry for what he did **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582 "2004-12-07T18:21:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/1 "2004-12-07T18:21:31Z")
[Va. man ordered to pay damages for motel mess - Room was coated with petroleum jelly](http://www.pressconnects.com/today/news/stories/ne120704s134661.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/2 "2004-12-07T18:51:03Z")
According to the police report, he left a crack pipe in the room, and another one was found in his possession when he was arrested. He’s lucky he didn’t face any drug charges. Oh yeah - a motel room, some porno, a little rock cocaine, and fourteen jars of petroleum jelly. That’s a night out, alright. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/3 "2004-12-07T19:59:43Z")
We had somebody do that here in Murfreesboro a few years back. I wonder… ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/4 "2004-12-07T20:02:18Z")
Hm. If I were going to do such a thing, I think I’d use something tastier than petroleum jelly. Just sayin’ … ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/5 "2004-12-07T20:03:38Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Hm. If I were going to do such a thing, I think I’d use something tastier than petroleum jelly. > > Just sayin’ … Have you ever visted Murfreesboro, **Draelin]**? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/6 "2004-12-07T20:13:07Z")
O. K. Why… Why wou… What the _fuck_? Graet! Now, I’m confused, \*and \*I have to work on my quantitative analylis! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/7 "2004-12-07T20:16:48Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Have you ever visted Murfreesboro, **Draelin**? :dubious: Of course I … no. No, I haven’t. Nuh-uh. Not me. And I certainly didn’t visit with a vat of caramel. Nope. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/8 "2004-12-07T20:21:41Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Of course I … no. No, I haven’t. Nuh-uh. Not me. And I certainly didn’t visit with a vat of caramel. Nope. Caramel, eh? Hmmm. What about… butter? :dubious: 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/9 "2004-12-07T20:25:05Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > What about… butter? Well, it all depends on whether you’d rather be greasy or sticky … And how did I know it would be only a matter of minutes before you found this thread? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/10 "2004-12-07T20:29:12Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Well, it all depends on whether you’d rather be greasy or sticky … > > And how did I know it would be only a matter of minutes before you found this thread? 😃 Well, I read the preview window for the thread when it first came up, and passed on it… but then I saw you’d replied, and was just compelled to see what you’d said. I haven’t met my innuendo quota today, yet. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/11 "2004-12-07T20:48:19Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > I haven’t met my innuendo quota today, yet. 😉 And what better place to do that than a thread about vaseline? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/12 "2004-12-07T21:38:16Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > And what better place to do that than a thread about vaseline? 😉 Yeah, I figured it’d fit in perfectly. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/13 "2004-12-07T21:57:37Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Yeah, I figured it’d fit in perfectly. Well, if it fit perfectly, you wouldn’t _need_ the vaseline in the first place … ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/14 "2004-12-08T23:18:06Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Well, if it fit perfectly, you wouldn’t _need_ the vaseline in the first place … You know, I was making a subtle pun there. 😉 ---
**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:** [December 9, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/15 "2004-12-09T04:53:20Z")
Damn, I guess that there is such a thing as too much lube after all… ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/16 "2004-12-09T17:21:55Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > You know, I was making a subtle pun there. 😉 Trust me, honey, it wasn’t _that_ subtle. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/17 "2004-12-09T20:37:01Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Trust me, honey, it wasn’t _that_ subtle. 🙂 Awww. But it was clever, right? ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/18 "2004-12-09T20:42:44Z")
Damn. I was hoping this thread would be about [this](http://www.ebaumsworld.com/aicha.html). Although, now I think about it, I guess that’s spelled GellieMan. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/19 "2004-12-09T20:49:37Z")
So now there’s photographic evidence out there of the aftermath of a 'Doper Initiation Rite… ---
**Author:** ![PinguinoX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@PinguinoX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinguinoX)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582/20 "2004-12-09T20:55:57Z")
> [@JimSox5](#): > > Damn. I was hoping this thread would be about [this](http://www.ebaumsworld.com/aicha.html). Although, now I think about it, I guess that’s spelled GellieMan. Although this is a very humorous and terrible translation of the song, I think the allure will still be there much like this actual story. Maybe it won’t because it is so stupid though. Maybe it is in reference to the same event, as it would require someone to be on crack to dance like he does. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jellyman-doesnt-look-sorry-for-what-he-did/278582.md?page=2)