# TheFonz jumps the dinosaur **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 12, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134 "2006-07-12T03:54:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/41 "2006-07-12T15:41:02Z")
> [@wm--](#): > > Dude, if you like that, check out the electric sun thread in Great Debates. I’m learning a lot about how the sun is powered by electricity, and the implications for ancient life on Mars and UFOs at the Crucifixion. What a moron. Everyone knows the sun is solar-powered. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/42 "2006-07-12T15:42:16Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > [Ya think?](http://community.webshots.com/photo/549922534/2816170310000735275pkkzZo) Well, if he ain’t in the horror movie business, he oughta be a rock star with that tongue! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/43 "2006-07-12T15:45:42Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > anybody else get a strange drmark2000 vibe when reading thefonz? Not much, His [photo album](http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/unaguave/?start=40) is unaguave. I am not sure what a Guave could be. The [Urban Dictionary](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=guave) does not help. Otherwise a [Guave is a fruit](http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.atlanta.de/Sites/Deutsch/fruechte/lexikon/liste_g/guave/guave.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=13&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dguave%26num%3D30%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff). I think he might just be a run of the mill Tin Foil hatter. > [@Mangetout](#): > > If he asks for a shrubbery, I’ll kick him in the nuts, then we run, OK? IT sounds like a good plan to me. I am afraid of It. It would be good to run. It, It, It, IT! Jim ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/44 "2006-07-12T15:49:28Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > I am afraid of It. It would be good to run. It, It, It, IT! [You better run fast.](http://community.webshots.com/photo/547893536/2677717890000735275weQhtT) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/45 "2006-07-12T17:55:14Z")
He’s a troll. We’re feeding him. Who’s the bigger idiot? ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/46 "2006-07-12T18:13:25Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > He’s a troll. We’re feeding him. Who’s the bigger idiot? I don’t think he’s a troll. I think he’s a true believer. It’s possible to be contentious and disruptive without being a troll. He’s crossing the line a couple places, but as long as he can be persuaded to behave himself, I think a little mostly harmless kookery is good for the place. The more publically such nonsense is refuted, the better, plus it’s entertaining to watch them sing and dance. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/47 "2006-07-12T18:37:36Z")
> [@Ensign Edison](#): > > I don’t think he’s a troll. I think he’s a true believer. It’s possible to be contentious and disruptive without being a troll. He’s crossing the line a couple places, but as long as he can be persuaded to behave himself, I think a little mostly harmless kookery is good for the place. The more publically such nonsense is refuted, the better, plus it’s entertaining to watch them sing and dance. He pretty much admitted to being a troll in the OP of his dinosaur thread. YMMV, but I find his entertainment value low. You can find Crackpottery all over the web, we don’t need it here. Refuting nonsense is necessary but annoying, like swatting mosquitos. He doesn’t engage with other posters but insults them. Why the mods haven’t banned him is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/48 "2006-07-12T18:41:03Z")
I’m keeping out of this. The man’s working on an invention to punch me in the face over the internet, for Christ’s sake! ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/49 "2006-07-12T18:49:27Z")
> [@nameless](#): > > Open the door. > > Get on the floor. > > Everybody jump the dinosaur. I second **Roland Orzabal** ’s curse. > [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > Boom, boom, ackalackalacka boom! Boom, boom, ackalacka boom boom! Gah! That doesn’t help! ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/50 "2006-07-12T19:42:04Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > What a moron. Everyone knows the sun is solar-powered. Not at night! Duh! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/51 "2006-07-12T21:00:35Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Mangetout is actually glad that this hasn’t happened yet. It has been too long since we had a resident nutcase and this one is at present fairly well-behaved. I agree 100%. 😃 I enjoy an occasional harmless loon. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/52 "2006-07-12T21:53:46Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > What a moron. Everyone knows the sun is solar-powered. Could the sun somehow extinguish itself in a weird sort of solar eclipse? If it cut itself off from its own solar power, it wouldn’t be able to regenerate the energy to keep burning. I’ll leave it to **TheFonz** to explain how it would be Bush’s fault. The twisted logic is making my head 'splode. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/53 "2006-07-12T22:21:11Z")
Hey, no worries, **duffer**. If the sun ever did accidentally shut itself off, it could relight its pilot from the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/54 "2006-07-12T22:27:31Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Could the sun somehow extinguish itself in a weird sort of solar eclipse? If it cut itself off from its own solar power, it wouldn’t be able to regenerate the energy to keep burning. > > I’ll leave it to **TheFonz** to explain how it would be Bush’s fault. The twisted logic is making my head 'splode. Wait,wait,wait! He privatized solar power, too? BASTARD! How does he keep this stuff out of the papers? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/55 "2006-07-12T23:17:53Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > How does he keep this stuff out of the papers? He’s got [“a chess player’s ability to think several moves ahead”](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/11/AR2006071100511.html) Nothing can stand against _that_, even the the most powerful heat source in the solar system. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/56 "2006-07-12T23:20:29Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I agree 100%. 😃 I enjoy an occasional harmless loon. Oh shit! There goes another Irony Meter… ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/57 "2006-07-13T02:06:18Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > anybody else get a strange drmark2000 vibe when reading thefonz? Like **Squink** , the vibe I’'m getting is for an even more infamous loony whose name should not be mentioned. It can be mentioned only softly and with a break in his name so as to not call him via vanity searches: I get a \*\*See-thru-art \*\* vibe from this current loony. 🙂 I’m not saying \*\*TheFonz \*\* is him, only that he is coming from the same mold that makes crackpots of that kind. > [@Larry Borgia](#): > > He’s a troll. We’re feeding him. Who’s the bigger idiot? He behaves like a Troll, but I found out he doesn’t look like one: [http://a-flextechnology.co.nz/fonz.html](http://a-flextechnology.co.nz/fonz.html) Aww, he is so cute as a dino! Can we keep him? 😃 > [@Squink](#): > > He’s got [“a chess player’s ability to think several moves ahead”](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/11/AR2006071100511.html) > Nothing can stand against _that_, even the the most powerful heat source in the solar system. As his last press Q&A showed, I think the Shamosaurus’ rumored second brain in its butt had more smarts than the current Shrub of the White House. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/58 "2006-07-13T02:33:02Z")
> [@nameless](#): > > Open the door. > > Get on the floor. > > Everybody jump the dinosaur. Nitpick time: \*Open the door get on the floor everybody \*_walk \*\* the dinosaur._ > [@Was Not Was](#): > > Boom boom acka-lacka-lacka boom > > boom boom acka-lacko boom boom > > Boom boom acka-lacka-lacka boom > > boom boom acka-lacka boom boom > It was a night like this > fourty million years ago **65** million yers ago! Sheesh! And just to be cursed more by \*\*MrSquishy \*\* and **Roland Orzabal** ’s: 😉 Music on the floor! And the link too: [http://walkthedino.ytmnd.com/](http://walkthedino.ytmnd.com/) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/59 "2006-07-13T02:34:28Z")
**years, years** , Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134/60 "2006-07-13T04:07:08Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Could the sun somehow extinguish itself in a weird sort of solar eclipse? If it cut itself off from its own solar power, it wouldn’t be able to regenerate the energy to keep burning. Will the last person to leave the Solar System please turn off the sun? Thank you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thefonz-jumps-the-dinosaur/364134.md?page=4)