# The Straight Hope **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577 "2006-03-01T05:31:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/21 "2006-03-02T20:29:48Z")
Do not write and post to an internet message board after taking this medicine. Side Effects: May result in shellacking, heartburn, fart references, poo reference, WTF moments, humiliations galore, Nazi Grammar Spellcheck Goosesteppers, Penis Ensues, Flying Spagetti Monster, Mariana’s Trench for Twenty Minutes, Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, Pie, Burning Dog, Future Embarrassement and obscure references to the Simpsons/Star Trek/and the other dark corners of Geek Culture. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/22 "2006-03-02T20:31:08Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Do not write and post to an internet message board after taking this medicine. > Side Effects: > May result in shellacking, heartburn, fart references, poo reference, WTF moments, humiliations galore, Nazi Grammar Spellcheck Goosesteppers, Penis Ensues, Flying Spagetti Monster, Mariana’s Trench for Twenty Minutes, Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, Pie, Burning Dog, Future Embarrassement and obscure references to the Simpsons/Star Trek/and the other dark corners of Geek Culture. What do you have against pie? ---
**Author:** ![MessyPaint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@MessyPaint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MessyPaint)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/23 "2006-03-02T20:34:11Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > So, did you have a question to ask, or did you want to make a speech? > > 🙂 i’m not really sure yet. 🆒 I’ll have to get back to you on that Carnivorous, I’ve forgotten what I was talking about for the moment. It’ll come back around. It usually does. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/24 "2006-03-02T20:35:35Z")
Wheeeeeeee!!! I’m bouncing on my philanthropistic mattress!!! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/25 "2006-03-02T20:36:51Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > Wheeeeeeee!!! > > I’m bouncing on my philanthropistic mattress!!! Man, I think I missed out on the good stuff. Don’t Bogart that jay man. Jim ---
**Author:** ![MessyPaint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@MessyPaint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MessyPaint)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/26 "2006-03-02T20:44:30Z")
hahaha, my oh my. Where has this thread gone * * * ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/27 "2006-03-03T15:10:50Z")
> [@MessyPaint](#): > > hahaha, my oh my. Where has this thread gone > > * * * wandering slowly around the bend… ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/28 "2006-03-03T15:12:49Z")
Pssst… Pass that over this way, man… ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/29 "2006-03-03T16:17:45Z")
Around the bend and off the deep end? The really really really deep end? ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/30 "2006-03-03T16:48:19Z")
**MessyPaint** : Did you bring enough to share with the rest of the class? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/31 "2006-03-03T19:32:21Z")
so…where all the white women at? no seriously though, where are the fart jokes? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/32 "2006-03-03T19:48:18Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > no seriously though, where are the fart jokes? They have become understandably unpopular since the Tragic Accident. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/33 "2006-03-03T19:58:44Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > They have become understandably unpopular since the Tragic Accident. oh…i see. is that the Tragic Accident that resulted in a…how do you say…turd? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/34 "2006-03-03T20:25:41Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > how do you say…turd? No, no, no. **That** was the tragic accident. The Tragic Accident resulted in third degree burns. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/35 "2006-03-03T21:07:59Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > No, no, no. **That** was the tragic accident. The Tragic Accident resulted in third degree burns. the accident with the acetylene torch? the one that twickster told us to never speak of again? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/36 "2006-03-03T21:15:21Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > the accident with the acetylene torch? > > the one that twickster told us to never speak of again? Yes, when the goat died. Great, thanks for bringing that up! Now we’ll all be banned or fletched or something. ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/37 "2006-03-03T21:29:16Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Yes, when the goat died. > Great, thanks for bringing that up! > Now we’ll all be banned or fletched or something. I’d kinda like to be fletched… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/38 "2006-03-03T21:32:42Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > I’d kinda like to be fletched… Good gad! We found our patsy! ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577/39 "2006-03-04T08:18:54Z")
I was discussing Monty Python with a friend once, and we realized that even the stupidest jokes in that show, you have to be pretty smart to get them. Which is not to say they’re smart jokes, because they most certainly are not. But there’s a link between very childish humor and intelligence. Though not always. The point I was trying to make in this post is left as an exercise for the reader. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-hope/346577.md?page=1)