# The Mermaid **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 27, 2002, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201 "2002-06-27T08:24:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/1 "2002-06-27T08:24:06Z")
> [@](#): > > ## quote: > > ## Originally posted by blowero That’s cute. The popups are annoying as hell, though. > > Well the pop ups are part of the territory when using geocities. But geocities is free so I think it’s a pretty fair trade off. > > I’m glad you took the time to bring it to my attention that there are pop ups on my free geocities web page. > > Pop ups are the price you pay for a free site. > > Having to listen to rude comments such as yours is the price I pay for taking the time to acquire the picture, create a page, start a thread and post a link to it. > > Are you sure you wouldn’t like to complain about the background color, the placement of the pic or the wording of the thread while you are on a roll? What the fuck is your problem? You don’t have to take every comment anyone makes **personally**. It’s not a reflection on **you** if I said something about the popups. You even got your panties so wadded up that you felt compelled to give me shit in two seperate posts. Are you always this defensive? Maybe you need to get laid, or pull the stick out of your ass, so you wouldn’t be such an uptight cunt.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zigaretten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/91b2a8/32.png) [@zigaretten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zigaretten)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/2 "2002-06-27T09:05:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blowero \* > \*\* > Maybe you need to get laid, or pull the stick out of your ass, so you wouldn’t be such an uptight cunt.🙂 \*\* I know it’s none of my business, but somehow I don’t think that smiley is going to do you any good on this particular occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/3 "2002-06-27T09:56:23Z")
Can we have a link here? ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/4 "2002-06-27T10:04:37Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=122362](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=122362) It’s a strom in an egg cup. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/5 "2002-06-27T10:17:58Z")
Hmmmm. Indeed. OK, since the Pit is not my turf, I’ll go out on a limb and post as ah, well, poster. **TheMermaid** , you took offense way too easily. **blowero** , you call someone an uptight cunt way too easily. Anyone for coffee? ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/6 "2002-06-27T10:56:01Z")
Cream and sugar, clogboy ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/7 "2002-06-27T11:08:32Z")
Coldfire: You dismiss these two members passions too easily, you,you…big DISMISSER,you! I was hoping for a bloody bar brawl to distract me from thinking about cigarettes, which I quit 5 days ago. So Mermaid and Blowero, help me out here and decimate each other. If you have to get into slamming user names,feel free. Don’t listen to that Coldfire. Those mods get coffee cups for cooling brush fires. What do you get? LET’S GET READY TO blah,blah. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/8 "2002-06-27T11:13:08Z")
Oh yeah? well **ageless6** , you, errr, um… oh, nothing. ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/9 "2002-06-27T11:20:30Z")
Mangetout: I love you,honey. Was that what you were trying to say? ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/10 "2002-06-27T12:24:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by London\_Calling \* > \*\*It’s a strom in an egg cup. \*\* So that explains where Senator Thurmond’s been hiding lately. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/11 "2002-06-27T12:26:58Z")
What’s with everyone posting in ‘the morning after’ pairs, how come I got the sofa and what’s that floating in the hot tub - ewww, it looks like december’s rug ? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/12 "2002-06-27T12:30:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\* > > Anyone for coffee? \*\* I dunno, given the head-up-the-ass hysterics, maybe coffee’s not a good idea… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/13 "2002-06-27T12:44:40Z")
I thought the pop-up was annoying too because it WOULDN"T CLOSE. But I now know better than to ever, ever say anything about it, especially if there are mermaids in the area. No coffee for me…is there any juice? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/14 "2002-06-27T12:46:36Z")
I would seriously discourage anyone from attempting to drink coffee while they have their head up their ass; nothing good can come of it, mark my words. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/15 "2002-06-27T12:51:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kittenblue \* > No coffee for me…is there any juice? I think I’ve got some apple juice - has anyone got any muffins? ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/16 "2002-06-27T13:04:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*I would seriously discourage anyone from attempting to drink coffee while they have their head up their ass; nothing good can come of it, mark my words. \*\* Actually, I’ve heard some people swear by coffee enemas. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/17 "2002-06-27T13:07:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blowero \* > \*\*…You even got your panties so wadded up that you felt compelled to give me shit in two seperate posts. Are you always this defensive? \*\* Erm…Mermaids don’t wear panties. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/18 "2002-06-27T13:14:22Z")
I think I’d swear if given a coffee enema. Co-incidentally, there’s news this lunchtime from the BBC that the best way to kill garden slugs is not to use pesticides but caffeine. Researchers in the US have discovered the most effective method is to sprinkle/spray a 2% solution, which, for normal human beings, is about 40 times stronger than the average mug of mud. No details on how they discovered this but police are looking for a highly wired scientist with a love of roses. Okay that last sentence is made up. Death by Latte – who knew ? And would someone _please_ fish decemeber’s rug out the hot tub ! ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/19 "2002-06-27T13:15:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by London\_Calling \* > \*\*…what’s that floating in the hot tub - ewww, it looks like december’s rug ? \*\* 😃 Thanks for the laugh **L\_C**. I can imagine the thread that would be written: Terrorist supporting Europeans sank my hairpiece (Warning: Really bad poetry). ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_of_the_Lake)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201/20 "2002-06-27T13:55:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kittenblue \* > \*\*I thought the pop-up was annoying too because it WOULDN"T CLOSE. But I now know better than to ever, ever say anything about it, especially if there are mermaids in the area. > > No coffee for me…is there any juice? \*\* Heya 🙂 It actually will close, but them there advertisement people are tricky… At the bottom of the annoying ad is the word close and one would think clicking this word (as one can do with any other program) would do the trick. Nay I say! Verily one must click this word twice to send it to the infernal caverns of rejected ads! (In non-tired and lacking caffeine speech: clicking it twice makes it go away) If that doesn’t work there’s always stripping naked and doing a dance to the God of Vengeance…but that’s a hard one to pull off gracefully at work… As to this rant… _Viv begins to mutter to herself: I will not get involved. I will not get involved. I will not get involved. I will not get involved._ Okay, well that didn’t work. I really don’t like the word you’re using to describe her smiley or no… Also, she didn’t purposely post twice to you…she mentioned in the thread that it was her cable going wacky (double posts and other odd things happen to all of us…) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mermaid/116201.md?page=2)