# The tenets of Og?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [May 14, 2004, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085 "2004-05-14T06:53:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2004, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/1 "2004-05-14T06:53:54Z")
I’ve wondered about this for awhile. I see a lot of people like to sub Og for God. Fine with me, I can see why you might. But it’s used in the same context of God. As in , “For the love of God/Og”, “And I think to myself, For God’s/Og’s sake!” etc.
So who is this Og you speak of? Is it a higher power? This wouldn’t be appropriate for atheists. Is it some spiritual entity? If you’re atheist and use this, do you beleive in Og or is it just a phrase?
So while it sounds snarky, it really isn’t. Just wondering if there really is some Og people understand, or if it’s really just a phrase.
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### Author:  [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2004, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/2 "2004-05-14T07:36:30Z")
In the beginning…
Og Smash!
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### Author:  [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2004, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/3 "2004-05-14T07:42:08Z")
Ok, serious answer.
A while back, there was some idjit (since banned, I belive. Hopefully someone can find the original thread) blowing a gasket over in the Pit. Nothing noteworthy about him except that he reapeatedly made the same typo when writing “of God”, having it come out instead as “og God”.
He was already starting to be mocked when someone asked who this Og God fellow was, and from there a mock mythology sprang up.
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### Author:  [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2004, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/4 "2004-05-14T07:47:08Z")
Ah, here it is:
> **[You say you are a christian - I say you nead to grow up](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=103615)**
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> How is it possible for a grown person to believe that Jesus is the son of god… and that sort og rubbish ? It seams to me that these kind of people nead to grow up and stop clutching at straws. I often see endless discussion where adults tries to...
It would seem that **racinchikki** was the first to acknowledge the divine nature of Og.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/5 "2004-05-14T13:12:44Z")
> [@Sublight](#):
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> Ah, here it is:
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> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=103615](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=103615)
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> It would seem that **racinchikki** was the first to acknowledge the divine nature of Og.
ALL PRAISE **racinchikki** , PROPHET OF OG!
Actually, the tenents of OG are a pain in the butt. They let their cat mess all over OG’s woodwork.
OG is considering raising their rent. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/6 "2004-05-14T14:20:14Z")
Og not use auxiliary verbs. Og talk like Hulk.
Og smash better, though.
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### Author:  [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/7 "2004-05-14T15:34:53Z")
Any truth to rumours about a production of “The Passion of the Og” in the original languages?
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### Author:  [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/8 "2004-05-14T15:48:44Z")
:: waits for the snickering to die down, so i can regain normal competency at typing ::
there. whew!
oh, that was priceless. thanks so much for the link, **sublight**. i don’t wander in the Pitt that often, so i’d never found that particular gem. and a personal treasure i bring back from my trip:
> [@](#):
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> from **Bhudda**
> First, Jerry “Farawell” (It is actually Falwell, you troglodyte) and the like are promoting their personal beliefs, not the religious beliefs of all of the Southern Baptists in the world. I will openly say right now, as a Southern Baptist that Jerry Falwell is a hamster twat. I would imagine most Southern Baptist I know would think the same, if in a more polite, way about him.
i think this has inspired a secondary sig for me:
“Jerry Falwell is a hamster twat.” – **Bhudda** said it, I believe it, that settles it!
priceless!
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### Author:  [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/9 "2004-05-14T23:19:07Z")
**Sublight** , thanks for the info. Now I understand! 😃
See, everyone? I, too, can learn!! :eek:
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### Author:  [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/10 "2004-05-14T23:53:51Z")
I’ve been wondering about Og for awhile. Thanks for the thread and the link.
🙂 Good stuff.
~S
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### Author:  [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/11 "2004-05-15T04:01:51Z")
> [@lachesis](#):
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> i think this has inspired a secondary sig for me:
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> “Jerry Falwell is a hamster twat.” – **Bhudda** said it, I believe it, that settles it!
:dubious: :dubious: :dubious:
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### Author:  [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/12 "2004-05-17T17:50:51Z")
1. Og wants smart believers. Be not stupid.
2. Og is great. You OK, but not great. Og love you anyway.
3. Do not worship false Ogs, such as Fi’ty Cent or Kid Rock.
4. Coveting thy neighbor’s wife’s ass can be risky; Og gonna watch over you…with amusement.
5. Og much cooler than you. Get over it.
6. Be not jerk. Og love you, but Og Smash!
7. Rob not neighbor’s liquor store. Og’s wife nephew owns one, OK?
8. Pretty sunrise? Work of Og. Praise Og. Og like that. Humor Og.
9. Want Og’s help in your softball game? Forget it; Og very busy Og, you on own.
10. Eat not poison ivy, not fun. If eat snails, Og not want know. Not tell Og.
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### Author:  [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/13 "2004-05-17T18:26:35Z")
> [@AskNott](#):
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> 1. Be not jerk. Og love you, but Og Smash!
> 2. Pretty sunrise? Work of Og. Praise Og. Og like that. Humor Og.
These are my two favorites. Now I’m gonna go around and say “Work of Og. Praise Og. Og like that.” whenever something good happens. Thanks for nothing. :wally:
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### Author:  [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/14 "2004-05-17T19:35:40Z")
Some deities demand burnt offerings from their followers. I hope Og accepts spittakes. (I held everything in until #4.)
Thank you, **Ask** notmoses,butmuchmuchfunnier **Nott**
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### Author:  [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/15 "2004-05-18T23:58:54Z")
1. Og am what Og am.
2. Og made world, Og love you; what you want, egg in beer?
3. Og have eye on sparrow. Sparrow sneaky bird.
4. Some not believe in Og. Og not angry with them. Be not jerk to disbelievers.
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### Author:  [@Senggum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senggum)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/16 "2004-05-19T00:05:17Z")
> [@duffer](#):
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> … Just wondering if there really is some Og people understand, or if it’s really just a phrase.
As the son of Ong, I do …
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/17 "2004-05-19T00:34:35Z")
> [@Senggüm](#):
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> As the son of Ong, I do …
Who this “Ong” fellow? Og not know him,not know his son. They slip over fence on Saturday night?
OG SMASH!
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/18 "2004-05-19T00:48:48Z")
> [@AskNott](#):
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> 1. Og have eye on sparrow. Sparrow sneaky bird.
Tasty, too.
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### Author:  [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/19 "2004-05-19T01:05:37Z")
So Og demands tasty sparrow sacrifices? Burnt or raw?
Dammit, **Ask** stillfunnierthanMoses **Nott** , I’m going to be running out of spit sacrifices by the end of this thread. Yeah it was only a well-deserved, _apres_ work Budweiser, but I am saving the Guinness for a special occasion.
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### Author:  [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tenets-of-og/245085/20 "2004-05-19T01:23:21Z")
What are Og’s worshippers called? Oggiests?
> [@](#):
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> Now I’m gonna go around and say “Work of Og. Praise Og. Og like that.”
If I did that, people would think I was weirder then they already do. Is that possible? _looks down at mixmatched Converse Hi-Tops and weird looking shirt_ Guess not.
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