# The "Let's play nice in the Pit" thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106>\
**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\
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**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:** [February 16, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/81 "2009-02-16T23:43:53Z")

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May your google searches yield zero results.

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**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, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/82 "2009-02-16T23:47:24Z")

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> [@seodoa](#):
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> And you, dear sir, have a rather more-so-than-generally-regarded-as-safe-and-effective predilection for the porridged oats.

I know you’re living in a foreign country but you shouldn’t have forgotten how to speak English quite so soon.

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/83 "2009-02-16T23:54:17Z")

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I inflatulate in your general direction.

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/84 "2009-02-16T23:56:51Z")

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Are you fornicating well desirous of a portion? Are you, therefore?

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/85 "2009-02-17T00:04:42Z")

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> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#):
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> May your backup drive be unrecognizable by all known means of connection.

You… you heartless _bastard._ I challenge you to a knife fight.

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**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/86 "2009-02-17T00:42:57Z")

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I’d like to wish you much joy in your attempts at self-fornication. And good day to you.

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**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/87 "2009-02-17T00:47:33Z")

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Before I say anything, I need to know whether this is this a thread where Pit Rules apply or a non-Pit rules, Pit thread?

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**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:** [February 17, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/88 "2009-02-17T00:57:15Z")

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Your teeth are ever so slightly off center.

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/89 "2009-02-17T00:57:17Z")

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> [@Clothahump](#):
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> The old ones are often the best: Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

I was all ready to challenge you to a duel, until I realized that you DIDN’T say my mother was an elderberry and my father smelt of hamsters. So never mind.

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**Author:** ![criminey.jicket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@criminey.jicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminey.jicket)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/90 "2009-02-17T00:58:12Z")

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> [@RedFury](#):
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> Before I say anything, I need to know whether this is this a thread where Pit Rules apply or a non-Pit rules, Pit thread?

[purrs] Oh, my. You _are_ a speedy reader, aren’t you? [/purrs]

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/91 "2009-02-17T00:58:37Z")

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> [@RedFury](#):
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> Before I say anything, I need to know whether this is this a thread where Pit Rules apply or a non-Pit rules, Pit thread?

But there, you did say something. Just what are you playing at?

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/92 "2009-02-17T01:38:14Z")

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> [@spoke-](#):
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> Well _aren’t you sweet?_

Y’all come back now!

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**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 17, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/93 "2009-02-17T01:42:11Z")

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> [@George\_Kaplin](#):
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> You, _sir_, are no gentleman!

A calumnious assertion, sir! Retract forthwith or be accused of bestiality!

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**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/94 "2009-02-17T01:53:40Z")

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You, sir or madam, are the exception that proves the rule.

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**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/95 "2009-02-17T02:12:08Z")

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> [@Sefton](#):
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> Oh yeah? OH YEAH? Well why don’t you go take a short walk down a long pier?

A lot of these have been quite funny, but this is the only one that literally made me LOL. 😃

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**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/96 "2009-02-17T03:05:51Z")

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[TheSphinx] You dress in the manner of a male prostitute[TheSphinx]

I verily reckon that I could become accustumed to victorian vituperations.

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**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/97 "2009-02-17T03:36:33Z")

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I might I suggest, per chance, good sirs, and madams, you should consider the merits of a colon examination with a cactus?

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**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/98 "2009-02-17T03:52:31Z")

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Since we’re being nice:

May an acetylene torch (set on it’s lowest heat setting) be applied to your anus (which has been thoroughly swabbed with Preparation H).

How much nicer can I be?

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**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/99 "2009-02-17T03:53:06Z")

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I say! No, dash it all, I say! That is just not on!

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**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/100 "2009-02-17T03:53:24Z")

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May all of your future endeavors and relationships be _almost_ satisfying.

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