# The Passion of the Idiot **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-idiot/236072 "2004-03-24T03:43:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-idiot/236072/1 "2004-03-24T03:43:33Z")
[Man attempts to crucify himself.](http://nypost.com/news/nationalnews/21043.htm) Pity he didn’t succeed. > [@](#): > > “When he realized that he was unable to nail his other hand to the board, he called 911,” said Lt. Pierre Boucher, adding it was unclear whether the man was seeking assistance for his injury or looking for help in nailing down his other hand. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-idiot/236072/2 "2004-03-24T04:01:11Z")
Oh, _sure_- get help from the Romans, and you’re dying for our sins, but do it _all by yourself_ and you’re just some idiot. I see how it is. ---
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-idiot/236072/3 "2004-03-24T05:14:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Asked if he’d recently seen “The Passion of the Christ,” the 23-year-old man, from Hartland, Maine, answered no, but said he had been “seeing pictures of God on the computer.” Maybe it was [Ted](http://tedjesuschristgod.org). ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-idiot/236072/4 "2004-03-24T05:21:19Z")
There’s always one, isn’t there? In a way, maybe it’s a good thing certain people watch movies and then do stupid things based on those movies to get themselves killed. Those people seem very obviously on the shallow end of the gene pool, so what’s the harm of letting them opt out? ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-idiot/236072/5 "2004-03-24T06:25:22Z")
Any day now we’ll be hearing about somebody who’s gone on an epic quest to throw his or her wedding ring into Mount Etna. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![sportshoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@sportshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sportshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-idiot/236072/6 "2004-03-24T07:24:32Z")
There has also been someone who wanted to be DANCES WITH WOLVES He was then known as Was bitten by wolves Later he was know as Died by wolves bytes And will always be remembered as Crapped out by wolves ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-idiot/236072/7 "2004-03-24T12:05:16Z")
I just laughed looking at the quote and then **Tuckerfan** ’s sig line. hehehehe ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-idiot/236072/8 "2004-03-24T12:51:03Z")
I was just reading an old Young Ones thread and this couldn’t be more appropriate, it’s just like what Neil says when he finds Rik on the wall outside the house: > [@](#): > > NEIL: Hey Rik, man, what are you doing with my crucifix, man? > > RIK: I’m protesting! > > NEIL: Yeah but I really think I should lay this one on you, man, that’s a really negative way to kill yourself, you know, like, I’ve tried it, hundreds of times. There’s no way you can hammer in the last nail.