# The Ron Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417 "2008-12-02T22:39:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/21 "2008-12-03T01:00:00Z")
> [@Susie\_Derkins](#): > > Do you mean each other’s mouths? Because I have a sick feeling you meant each other’s mouths. > > Burger King, HA! yes, i mean each other’s mouths. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/22 "2008-12-03T01:02:52Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > This guy sounds familiar. I mean, really, haven’t we all met a Ron at some point? > > (Would you be honored if Ron becomes an inside reference on the SDMB, as a shorthand name for this kind of character?) I would be so honored to have him live on in such a capacity. > [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Heh. So wait, this is your sister’s flame or your brother’s? You mention your brother in the snippet, so I got confused. yeah, have I mentioned recently I have blonde hair? He was all the lovin’ cuddle bumpin joy of my sister alone. Mostly. . . > [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > And how long has your sister been dating this charming young man? She dated him on and off for several years - then married James - but we won’t go there. > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > From now on, I will always ask myself, “WWRD?” That made me laugh out loud. And throw up in my mouth a little. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/23 "2008-12-03T01:15:29Z")
Did you ever meet Ron’s family? If there’s anything that would be better, it would be a whole passel of Rons. Did his career advance beyond BK? What was Ron’s favorite book? TV show? I’m gone for Ron, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/24 "2008-12-03T01:18:09Z")
I promise to post another story tomorrow - i gotta space these out so y’all get to savor each one individually. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/25 "2008-12-03T01:34:28Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > yeah, have I mentioned recently I have blonde hair? He was all the lovin’ cuddle bumpin joy of my sister alone. Mostly. . . Huh? ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/26 "2008-12-03T02:00:20Z")
More Ron! Hey… more Ron. Moreron. Moron! ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/27 "2008-12-03T02:08:08Z")
Had to post so I can subscribe. I need more Rooooooooooooooooon! ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/28 "2008-12-03T02:14:55Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Huh? I think she means, “I had a blonde moment when I typed “brother” instead of sister” in the original snippet. He and my sister were the only ones groping each other and licking each other’s faces…well, except Ron may have had a few other lucky ladies on the side." That’s how I read it. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/29 "2008-12-03T02:17:40Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Did you ever meet Ron’s family? If there’s anything that would be better, it would be a whole passel of Rons. Would “passel” be the proper collective noun? I would think something more appropriate, like … a swell, or a prick … or maybe a brag. A brag of Rons. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/30 "2008-12-03T02:32:02Z")
Did he have a mustache? I’m totally picturing him with a pornstache. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/31 "2008-12-03T02:43:08Z")
> [@Mindfield](#): > > Would “passel” be the proper collective noun? I would think something more appropriate, like … a swell, or a prick … or maybe a brag. A brag of Rons. That is a perfect descriptions. We had someone like this at work. His name was Ron. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/32 "2008-12-03T02:49:49Z")
Ooh ooh! My ex-mother-in-law’s ex-husband was a Ron! (Or should I call him my ex-husband’s ex-stepfather? Jeff’s mother’s ex-husband, Jay-Ron? That’ll work.) Anyway… Jeff really liked tools. He had a lot of them, and was always buying more. So, one day, Jay-Ron told Jeff that he had access to special deals on tools, and if Jeff wanted, he could hook him up. Jeff said “Great! Tell me more!” So Jay-Ron explained that he was a member of this club, see. A special and exclusive club just for tool conoisseurs. So Jeff asked him the name of the club. “The Craftsman Club,” said Jay-Ron proudly. “Excuse me?” said Jeff. “The Craftsman Club! One of the benefits is that you’re entitled to special deals at Sears.” Jeff shot me a look. I feigned a coughing fit. Sears was sending us “Craftsman Club” membership cards practically every week. The Craftsman Club is about as exclusive as the Shop-Rite Price Plus club. Jeff graciously declined the offer. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/33 "2008-12-03T04:29:15Z")
> [@ShelliBean](#): > > That is a perfect descriptions. Oh! Oh! I know! I’ve got it. A Mo of Rons. Oh, and he has to have a stache. In fact, I kind of picture him as something closely related to Gunther. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/34 "2008-12-03T04:30:01Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > I think she means, “I had a blonde moment when I typed “brother” instead of sister” in the original snippet. He and my sister were the only ones groping each other and licking each other’s faces…well, except Ron may have had a few other lucky ladies on the side." > > That’s how I read it. Ahhh, gotcha. And count me in as wanting to read more Ron as well! ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/35 "2008-12-03T05:50:46Z")
> [@Mindfield](#): > > Would “passel” be the proper collective noun? I would think something more appropriate, like … a swell, or a prick … or maybe a brag. A brag of Rons. Well…there is this game going on in The Game Room. Run it up the flagpole… > **[Make up your own collective nouns (fiction AND nonfiction)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=495278)** > > (A collective noun is something like “a murder of crows” or “a \*pride \*of lions” or “a \*shiver \*of sharks”) Here’s how this game goes: I’ll post an animal/thing below and the next person creates a new collective noun for a group of it AND ends... I rarely go into this forum, but this one and the Sitcom/Movie cliche game are well worth your time! ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/36 "2008-12-03T06:14:47Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > From now on, I will always ask myself, “WWRD?” Yeah! Maybe it can even replace my last one, WWSD? ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/37 "2008-12-03T12:49:51Z")
I knowa Ron. if you caught a 5 lb trout he caught not a 6 lbs , but an 11 lb one. At work, he interupts the woman who is having a lumpectomy to tell about the ingrown hair he had. He makes fun of me for only having “one” credit card when he has a whole bunch of them. when I mention that I owe less than $300 on it, and pay it off every month he laughs and goes on about oweing nearly $100,000… (we make the same wage) He "knows`that smoking dosen`t cause cancer… its al the chemicals `they`put in tobbaco… His girlfriend is a `model` ( she once had her picture in a calender, but works in a donut shop. I could go on, but I know a`Ron` and he can do it better all by himself… regards FML ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/38 "2008-12-03T13:40:21Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > I think she means, “I had a blonde moment when I typed “brother” instead of sister” in the original snippet. He and my sister were the only ones groping each other and licking each other’s faces…well, except Ron may have had a few other lucky ladies on the side." > > That’s how I read it. bingo! ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/39 "2008-12-03T14:27:18Z")
> [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](#): > > His girlfriend is a `model` ( she once had her picture in a calender, but works in a donut shop. So?.. maybe she’s a hand model and her mitts were in a drug store catalog holding some Dove moisturizer. Huh? Huh? Didn’t think of that, did you? I like Ron. As long as there are Ron’s in the world, I can still be a total ass but look like a nice guy in comparisson. And I vote for “a brag of Rons” as the plural. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417/40 "2008-12-03T14:36:42Z")
There’s a Ron in my life, but he’s more of an asshole/sadsack than a twit. Of course, his mama had his sorry ass thrown in jail for selling drugs, so maybe there’s a significant twit aspect to him, as well. In high school, he bought my comic book collection off me for less than half its actual value because he knew I needed the money. Then he never managed to actually scrounge up the total we had agreed on, so I wound up with even less than the hold-up price we had agreed on. (And of course, I needed the money so I could take my girlfriend at the time to the prom, but then she dumped me, so I was left with no comics, no girlfriend, and not nearly enough cash to make either of those two things less painful, but that’s a different story.) Several years later, he was in the armed forces (I forget which) and went in for a hernia operation and came out half-vasectomized. Snerk. Then, there’s the going to jail part, but that’s totally a brought-it-on-himself. Word to the wise: if you owe your mama money and you’re coming by that money by selling drugs and she knows that and she’s a Grade A Bitch … _keep those payments pretty timely_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417.md?page=3)