# The "Let's play nice in the Pit" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 16, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106 "2009-02-16T15:55:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/61 "2009-02-16T19:20:52Z")
A few we missed - 1. I call naming my musical entourage after this 2. 1920’s style uncomfortable feeling ray 3. I warming you dog 4. Hi woman named for a mineraloid gel found mainly in Australia and employed in jewelry ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/62 "2009-02-16T19:25:57Z")
We should like to acquire your bases, should that meet with your approval. ---
**Author:** ![Bambro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Bambro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambro)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/63 "2009-02-16T19:41:45Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > 1. Hi woman named for a mineraloid gel found mainly in Australia and employed in jewelry I give up. 😕 ETA: never mind. I got it as soon as I hit submit. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/64 "2009-02-16T19:43:56Z")
> [@Bambro](#): > > I give up. 😕 > > ETA: never mind. I got it as soon as I hit submit. ETA: me too. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/65 "2009-02-16T21:25:27Z")
I grow weary of these unsatisfactorily erudite people of troubled ancestry who feel such a need to metaphorically release fecal material during an otherwise engaging discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/66 "2009-02-16T21:29:37Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > I refer you to your socks, the holes in which you might find useful for sieving the larger of your teeth after I have knocked them from your tedious head. Shit! I blew the quote! It’s from J. P. Donleavy, and it goes like this – \*Sir, I refer you to your socks, the holes in which you might find useful for sieving the larger of your teeth for museum exhibit after I have knocked them from your tedious head. \* ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/67 "2009-02-16T21:48:40Z")
Bless your heart. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/68 "2009-02-16T21:49:23Z")
May your backup drive be unrecognizable by all known means of connection. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/69 "2009-02-16T22:13:15Z")
God only hummed on the day you were born. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/70 "2009-02-16T22:15:42Z")
The old ones are often the best: Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/71 "2009-02-16T22:21:06Z")
I… I… disagree. - Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. I _do_ disagree. Now, I said it. ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/72 "2009-02-16T22:23:39Z")
You can’t have any candy. No, that would be mean. One piece. \ ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/73 "2009-02-16T22:44:30Z")
> [@Wakinyan](#): > > I… I… disagree. - Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. I _do_ disagree. > > Now, I said it. Please stop it! They’re all looking at us. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/74 "2009-02-16T22:46:52Z")
Not only did all of you clearly order breakfast from the stupid food menu, you ordered it from the stupid food _children’s_ menu. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/75 "2009-02-16T23:16:17Z")
Each day here is better than the next. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/76 "2009-02-16T23:19:56Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Bless your heart. Well _aren’t you sweet?_ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/77 "2009-02-16T23:20:40Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > The old ones are often the best: Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! I refer you to post #24 sirrah! You are a cad and a bounder, with poltroonish tendencies! ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/78 "2009-02-16T23:24:11Z")
You’re all gay. Except the gay ones, you’re all straight. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/79 "2009-02-16T23:29:10Z")
I hope that every political partisan on the Dope from either side accidentally votes for the wrong party. ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/80 "2009-02-16T23:43:47Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > You’re all gay. > > Except the gay ones, you’re all straight. And you, dear sir, have a rather more-so-than-generally-regarded-as-safe-and-effective predilection for the porridged oats. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106.md?page=5)