# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/101 "2009-02-17T04:09:08Z")
May your children all be English majors. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/102 "2009-02-17T04:12:17Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > I say! No, dash it all, I say! That is just not on! One is forced to agree, old chap. Not quite cricket. I say. On a different tack: may your afterlife consist of repeated viewings of Highlander II and Star Trek V. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/103 "2009-02-17T05:59:47Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > On a different tack: may your afterlife consist of repeated viewings of Highlander II and Star Trek V. I’m sorry, but this is _really_ over the top. This thread was all fun a games until you had to bring down hellfire. Not cool. Not cool at all. :mad: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/104 "2009-02-17T08:03:43Z")
Starving Artist is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/105 "2009-02-17T08:22:56Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > May your children all be English majors. Ouch I hope you all get minor nipple chaffing. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f475e1/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slip_1)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/106 "2009-02-17T11:22:56Z")
Hmmm … tell me how that works out for ya. read in a “Minnesota nice” accent ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/107 "2009-02-17T12:27:44Z")
Salutations. As is customary in my country, I would like to offer you my shoes. If you would stand still I will offer you first my left, and then my right shoe. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/108 "2009-02-17T12:42:36Z")
I never thought I would live to see the day when I would see with my own eyes my fellow dopers speaking in such an abhorrent manner– I can’t hold my tongue still no longer… \*\*you are all acting like Australians. \*\* Now, I realize that was uncommonly harsh of me, but that’s how upset this thread has made me. ---
**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, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/109 "2009-02-17T16:46:40Z")
I hope the next time you go to the grocery store, you find out your coupons have expired. ---
**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, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/110 "2009-02-17T17:00:12Z")
You, sir, are a blot upon the bedlinens. ---
**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, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/111 "2009-02-17T17:03:33Z")
Your call is very important to us. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/112 "2009-02-17T17:12:59Z")
Yer mama swims after troop ships. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/113 "2009-02-17T17:33:29Z")
To the masculine posters to this thread, I sincerely hope that your penises never again become erect. To the feminine posters to this thread, I sincerely hope that your batteries expire at the most inopportune moment imaginable. All of the foregoing is offered in the kindest way possible. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/114 "2009-02-17T17:34:56Z")
I find your ideas intriguing, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/115 "2009-02-17T17:44:32Z")
May you find an exciting business opportunity from Nigeria in your mailbox ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/116 "2009-02-17T18:08:14Z")
I cannot presently recall making the statement you’ve attributed to me; however, being prone to fits of forgetfulness, I will assume that your claim was made in good faith, and that I did in fact say that I support the summary execution of all illegal immigrants and the forced starvation of their innocent infant children. If you should chance upon the exact post where I made this statement, please provide a link (unless, of course, it would place undue burden on your task at hand). Meantime, I will begin a sabbatical of indefinite length, in order to reevaluate my value system and consider the ways I might use the wisdom of my betters—you of course included—to redeem myself in the eyes of the world. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/117 "2009-02-17T18:13:51Z")
I detect a faint note of sarcasm. ---
**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, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/118 "2009-02-17T18:18:21Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Your call is very important to us. ::snort:: And it’s only ever uttered on voice mail, never in real time by a real human being. ---
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/119 "2009-02-17T18:42:43Z")
This thread both confuses and infuriates me. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/120 "2009-02-17T18:43:42Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > What a bunch of leotards. An astronaut killed the Dinosoars. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106.md?page=7)