# The post is gone **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 14, 2000, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955 "2000-04-14T02:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Sip\_n\_Fly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/91b2a8/32.png) [@The\_Sip\_n\_Fly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Sip_n_Fly)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/1 "2000-04-14T02:09:00Z")
but you can still access it at [www.angelfire.com/me2/devohouse/index.html](http://www.angelfire.com/me2/devohouse/index.html) * * * “I shot the sherrif, I shot the deputy too. No, it wasn’t in self defense. They both looked at me cockeyed so I capped 'em. Then I shot the mayor, then the firechief, decapitated the librarian, impaled the dog catcher, used a spoon to remove the groundskeepers eyes and sent the leader of the local KKK in full KKK uniform to downtown Manhattan. Then I made sweet love to the sexy 18 yr old intern, and it was all good.” ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/2 "2000-04-14T02:17:00Z")
Now why would you post that on this board, when anyone who wants to, can see it here? I think maybe you should lay off the stupid pills for a while and maybe have a nap or something. ---
**Author:** ![Nanno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nanno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanno)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/3 "2000-04-14T02:22:00Z")
“The post is gone” been here 10minutes still reading (again) “The post is gone” * * * Nanno does not babble ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/4 "2000-04-14T02:55:00Z")
What the hell kind of sig line is that? * * * …for more silky smooth segues, write to “silky smooth segues” 610 n 10th street, Albuquerque NM 87109. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Sip\_n\_Fly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/91b2a8/32.png) [@The\_Sip\_n\_Fly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Sip_n_Fly)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/5 "2000-04-14T04:25:00Z")
really? it’s long gone wally. Why hasn’t Angelfire shut me down yet? (note: my signature is in no way, shape or form the property of “Chicago Reader.” Nothing is, damn capitalist dogs.) * * * “I shot the sherrif, I shot the deputy too. No, it wasn’t in self defense. They both looked at me cockeyed so I capped 'em. Then I shot the mayor, then the firechief, decapitated the librarian, impaled the dog catcher, used a spoon to remove the groundskeepers eyes and sent the leader of the local KKK in full KKK uniform to downtown Manhattan. Then I made sweet love to the sexy 18 yr old intern, and it was all good.” ---
**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/6 "2000-04-14T04:57:00Z")
See, you don’t even understand what’s going on. The post in question is no longer linked on the main page. It does, however still EXIST. Viewing your disturbingly stupid homepage, I discover that you consider Wally properly notified. But, see dumbass, you can’t just notify somone that you’re going to use something they created. You have to have permission. Otherwise it’s stealing. –John * * * [Knights of the Order of Snopes: Above All, Accuracy](http://www.snopes.com) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Sip\_n\_Fly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/91b2a8/32.png) [@The\_Sip\_n\_Fly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Sip_n_Fly)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/7 "2000-04-14T07:31:00Z")
why is it disturbingly stupid? Because it doesn’t have flashy colours? Shiny graphics? Fancy sounds? lots of eye candy? What are websites supposed to be like. Your insulting remarks show you care more about what something looks like that what it is. I never claimed it to be a homepage. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/8 "2000-04-14T08:49:00Z")
For those too lazy to read the small print below, allow me to quote: > [@](#): > > “The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams” is a registered trademark of Chicago Reader, Inc. Contents of the Straight Dope Message Board and the Straight Dope Web site are copyright 1984-2000 by the Chicago Reader, Inc. All rights reserved. By posting on this board you grant the Chicago Reader, Inc., and its successors and assigns a nonexclusive irrevocable right to re-use your posting in any manner it or they see fit without notice or compensation to you. **No material contained in this site may be republished or reposted without express written consent of the Chicago Reader, Inc.** , except that message board users retain the right to republish or repost their own work. (Bolding mine) As for the original, while the Threadspotting link has been replaced, it’s still at [http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005772.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005772.html) . If you want to amuse people without breaking any copyright laws, just provide a link. I couldn’t even begin to guess at the myriad reasons why Angelfire hasn’t shut you down, but I doubt they research the copyright permissions on every page that people have on their servers. I think some of the reasons Yue Han called your page disturbingly stupid are the inane remarks you make about Cuba and your tendency to refer to yourself in the third person. Why do you assume that he was referring to the design and not the content? And then you use this assumption (which is completely unfounded) to base further assumptions about Yue Han on. Lastly, what the hell is that sig supposed to mean? ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/9 "2000-04-14T10:52:00Z")
Give it a little time there Sip, the admin on this board has notified Angelfire, it will be taken down. * * * \*\* _Sigh_. So many men, so few who can afford me \*\* _Original by Wally_ _I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it._ ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/10 "2000-04-14T12:01:00Z")
> [@](#): > > from the website: I would like to apologize in advance to all my loyal fans, who will most likely have to change their favorite list bookmarks if my Random Thoughts moves sites Well, NOW what are the two of them supposed to do? Ping Pong? See a movie? Play videogames? The mind boggles. Zette * * * “If I had to live your life, I’d be begging to have someone pop out both my eyes. Just in case I came across a mirror.” - android209 (in the Pit) [Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) Voted “Most Empathetic”- can you believe that? ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/11 "2000-04-14T14:46:00Z")
From **Shitting Fly** ’s website: > [@](#): > > On the other hand, a lawsuit might make The Sip’n Fly into a martyr and therefore extremely popular. Esprix thinks that a little less ego and a little more intelligence might make someone a little more popular, but that’s just what Esprix thinks. Esprix * * * ## [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) (or, if you prefer the Jesusfied version, [Asketh the damn Priest Guy!](http://www.askjesus.org/ask.cgi?http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html)) ## “Never assume a malicious intent when stupidity will explain just as well.” {This space reserved for a Genuine WallyM7 Sig™} ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/12 "2000-04-14T16:15:00Z")
A martyr for what? For the right of people everywhere to blatantly steal whatever they want off the web and repost it? I love how he calls copyright protection fascism. I love the “Polemic on Western Fascism, Imperialism and Ignorance” that he has posted. It reads like a post by Mary Hart’s Legs. Damn, it’s going to be sad to see this get taken down. I think I disagree with the Sip’n Fly on every opinion expressed on the site, except for the contention that Wally kicks ass. I think “disturbingly stupid” gives this site too much credit. This is a parody site, right? Please tell me it is. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Sip\_n\_Fly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/91b2a8/32.png) [@The\_Sip\_n\_Fly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Sip_n_Fly)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/13 "2000-04-14T20:31:00Z")
While it still is impossible to copyright a messsage board and Angelfire is NOT going to shut me down no matter how much you bitch. I have decided that the transcript is taking up too much space so and to make Wally happy. Also, I dont give a flying fuck “water” if you disagree with me, at least I have the balls to speak my mind. That post “Polemic on Western Facism” was posted by someone with the Alias “Fundy Monkey” on the Atheist Note Pad message board. I asked permission because it was what I consder “intellectual” property, I received permission. It’s sad to see the internet turn into such a beuracratic mess. If idiots who think they can copyright message boards, and assholes you can’t think for themselves trample over the net… ---
**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/14 "2000-04-14T20:43:00Z")
Wow. You know, you’re ten pounds of stupid in a five pound bag. Hie thee away, demon! Sip’n fly, you’re just a moron. * * * I sold my soul to Satan for a dollar. I got it in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/15 "2000-04-14T20:49:00Z")
Well, at least the Schtuppin’Fly is no longer referring to himself in the third person. * * * Jodi _Fiat Justitia_ ---
**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/16 "2000-04-14T20:59:00Z")
Show me a post where I demanded “eye candy.” Your page is stupid because the ideas expressed ARE THE IDEAS OF AN IDIOT. Or possibly, a smarter-than-average 12 year old. But if you’re an adult, or even a teen, you’re a freakin’ moron. If your ideas were intellignet, your page would be good, without eye candy. But your page sucks. It sucks hard. The only entertaining thing there is Wally’s post, and that’s ILLEGAL. –John * * * [Knights of the Order of Snopes: Above All, Accuracy](http://www.snopes.com) ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/17 "2000-04-14T21:00:00Z")
Even if you don’t think a message board can be copyrighted, surely you can respect the individual copyright that Wally undoubtedly has in a work of his own creation? Hell, I’m a lawyer, but even I think common decency comes first. * * * The Scots - never trust a race whose national dress includes a concealed knife. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Sip\_n\_Fly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/91b2a8/32.png) [@The\_Sip\_n\_Fly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Sip_n_Fly)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/18 "2000-04-14T21:00:00Z")
why? What makes me an idiot? Not thinking like you? What is so wrong with speaking in the third person? I felt like doing that for one entry. Guess what, it was a random thought, unedited, pure. Unlike the censored things you enjoy. * * * “I shot the sherrif, I shot the deputy too. No, it wasn’t in self defense. They both looked at me cockeyed so I capped 'em. Then I shot the mayor, then the firechief, decapitated the librarian, impaled the dog catcher, used a spoon to remove the groundskeepers eyes and sent the leader of the local KKK in full KKK uniform to downtown Manhattan. Then I made sweet love to the sexy 18 yr old intern, and it was all good.” ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/19 "2000-04-14T21:10:00Z")
## Jodi tells the Sip’n Fly that talking about yourself in the third person makes you look pretentious and silly. Jodi tells the Sip’n Fly that the only person capable of speaking in the third person without looking pretentious and silly was Queen Victoria. Jodi tells the Sip’n Fly that Queen Victoria is dead. Jodi tells the Sip’n Fly that idiocy is not filtered out by “random, pure” thoughts, which quite often can be idiotic and can be improved by being made a little less random and pure. Jodi tells the Sip’n Fly that while it may not be technically illegal to steal someone else’s post, it’s not nice. Jodi _Fiat Justitia_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Sip\_n\_Fly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/91b2a8/32.png) [@The\_Sip\_n\_Fly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Sip_n_Fly)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955/20 "2000-04-15T03:19:00Z")
I would much enjoy it if you, Jodi, would point exactly what parts of the site that are supposedly stupid. Come on, there is nothing on that site that is anyway stupid. Very few of you have the balls to be different, to do something the majority doesn’t like. What ideas are stupid? Ideas that hurt your head? Just as I thought. Look if you can’t take reality, and dont’ realise the fact that people don’t do things just for your enjoyment, people do things to for themselves, and for nobody. The world doesn’t revolve around you so kindly stop calling me a “moron” * * * “I shot the sherrif, I shot the deputy too. No, it wasn’t in self defense. They both looked at me cockeyed so I capped 'em. Then I shot the mayor, then the firechief, decapitated the librarian, impaled the dog catcher, used a spoon to remove the groundskeepers eyes and sent the leader of the local KKK in full KKK uniform to downtown Manhattan. Then I made sweet love to the sexy 18 yr old intern, and it was all good.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-is-gone/5955.md?page=2)