# 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:** ![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 18, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/141 "2009-02-18T02:53:51Z")

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May your chewing gum harden on your bedpost overnight.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/142 "2009-02-18T03:27:28Z")

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I don’t _positively_ hate you _all_ of the time.

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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 18, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/143 "2009-02-18T17:12:33Z")

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You give love a bad name.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/144 "2009-02-18T17:47:38Z")

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Your kitty pix are **not** cute.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/145 "2009-02-18T17:50:56Z")

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> [@Guinastasia](#):
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> May you keep getting “PC Load Letter” on your printer-even AFTER you refill the paper tray.

What does that even mean?!

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**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 18, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/146 "2009-02-18T18:26:16Z")

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> [@Snickers](#):
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> What does that even mean?!

That, Snickers, you will never know. If we choose to set you free when we have finished with you, and if you live to be ninety years old, still you will never learn the answer to that question. As long as you live it will be an unsolved riddle in your mind.

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**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 18, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/147 "2009-02-18T19:49:14Z")

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May your “flair” be ugly and fall off.

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**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/148 "2009-02-18T19:50:50Z")

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> [@Shodan](#):
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> Your kitty pix are **not** cute.
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> Regards,  
> Shodan

You jest, but I can see this hurting certain people to their very souls.

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/149 "2009-02-18T20:04:26Z")

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Vile wretches, may your searches always hang and your posts go unviewed.

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**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 18, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/150 "2009-02-18T20:11:01Z")

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> [@HongKongFooey](#):
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> Vile wretches, may your searches always hang and your posts go unviewed.

Pfft… I call such occasions “weekdays”.

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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 18, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/151 "2009-02-18T21:09:20Z")

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Vile wretches, may your searches always hang and your posts go unviewed.

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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 18, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/152 "2009-02-18T21:35:01Z")

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> [@Liberal](#):
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> Vile wretches, may your searches always hang and your posts go unviewed.

Spookily identical to two posts earlier than yours.

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**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/153 "2009-02-18T21:41:17Z")

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[I’ll say!!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y)

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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 18, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/154 "2009-02-18T21:44:39Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Spookily identical to two posts earlier than yours.

Sorry. Didn’t see it.

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**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/155 "2009-02-18T21:46:20Z")

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> [@Liberal](#):
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> Sorry. Didn’t see it.

May your eyesight slowly improve to the point that you need reading glasses.

And may you always lose them on a Sunday night at 8 PM, right after the drugstore closes.

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/156 "2009-02-18T21:52:21Z")

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> [@Liberal](#):
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> Sorry. Didn’t see it.

Well-played suh! 😃

ETA: Did you sabotage my search as well?

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/157 "2009-02-18T21:56:03Z")

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I am less than completely delighted to be in your company.

Your mother is significantly less slender and agile than a gazelle.

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**Author:** ![grayhairedmomma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/47e85d/32.png) [@grayhairedmomma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grayhairedmomma)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/158 "2009-02-18T22:01:28Z")

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> [@Guinastasia](#):
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> May your google searches yield zero results.

This is just cruel.

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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 18, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/159 "2009-02-18T22:41:30Z")

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> [@HongKongFooey](#):
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> Well-played suh! 😃

Thank you. And congratulations on the catch.

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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 18, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lets-play-nice-in-the-pit-thread/486106/160 "2009-02-18T23:07:18Z")

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> [@Liberal](#):
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> Thank you. And congratulations on the catch.

I give up. What am I (and others) missing here?

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