# Thin Lizzy--thin thinking **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360 "2005-07-27T04:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/101 "2005-07-29T01:31:01Z")
> [@BayleDomon](#): > > That’s the first time I’ve ever heard it in a pluperfect subjunctive. > > [on preview] I must now declare you my mortal enemy, **Left Hand of Dorkness**. Curse you! : Pulls nose out of my Hansen and Quinn : I don’t think there’s a pluperfect subjunctive… - **Wolfian** , killer of jokes ---
**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 29, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/102 "2005-07-29T02:08:41Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > : Pulls nose out of my Hansen and Quinn : I don’t think there’s a pluperfect subjunctive… > > - **Wolfian** , killer of jokes Cod damn you for spoiling our fun! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/103 "2005-07-29T02:46:05Z")
We shall not flounder! Don’t let that shrimp stop us! He can carp all he wants. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/104 "2005-07-29T02:58:35Z")
Abalone! This chum can’t bait us anymore. ---
**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 29, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/105 "2005-07-29T03:12:50Z")
I’m herring you loud and clear, so don’t clam up on me. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/106 "2005-07-29T03:40:48Z")
All these puns are giving me a haddock. ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/107 "2005-07-29T05:40:37Z")
> [@JimSox5](#): > > All these puns are giving me a haddock. Yeah, they are pretty crappie, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/108 "2005-07-29T11:42:35Z")
Clever punning is one of our morays. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/109 "2005-07-29T11:56:24Z")
Ah… shad up! It was April the 41st, being a quadruple leap year… ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/110 "2005-07-29T12:28:46Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > : Pulls nose out of my Hansen and Quinn : I don’t think there’s a pluperfect subjunctive… > > - **Wolfian** , killer of jokes There is, but in English it’s orthographically indistinguishable from the indicative. 😛 Latin, on the other hand, is perfectly :dubious: cool with pluperfect subjunctives, both active and passive, not that I can remember an example this long after my shaky O-level pass. We now leave you to reel off some more fish puns. ---
**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 29, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/111 "2005-07-29T12:30:43Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > We now leave you to reel off some more fish puns. Oh, yes, do! I’m perched on the edge of my seat. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/112 "2005-07-29T12:31:44Z")
Latin is cooler than English? I am sharked. Sharked, I tell you. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/113 "2005-07-29T12:35:35Z")
Is that trolling? (That’s another pun, you fuckers!) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/114 "2005-07-29T12:38:18Z")
No need to get crabby. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/115 "2005-07-29T12:44:34Z")
Sorry. That was a fluke. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/116 "2005-07-29T12:47:29Z")
There was new poster named Lizzy Whose posts put a mod in a tizzy We had lots of fun Making silly fish puns I don’t think he’s coming back, is he? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/117 "2005-07-29T12:59:51Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Give it a rest. With generalizations like this, you are right there with all the gasbag pundits who slam “Democrats” all day. Limbaugh, Coulter… > This board has higher standards. At least I hope it does. It’s easy to make driveby posts. Thats kind of funny, considering that I find this board of higher standards chock full of gasbag pundits who slam Bushistas and Repugs all day. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/118 "2005-07-29T13:28:58Z")
> [@grienspace](#): > > Thats kind of funny, considering that I find this board of higher standards chock full of gasbag pundits who slam Bushistas and Repugs all day. But the key element is that such pundits don’t go unchallenged. If one’s Bush-bashing becomes too repetitive or ridiculous, one can expect to receive general ridicule or even moderator action. Compare that to other boards where scapegoating is routine and universally supported, i.e. where a thread about “damn lib’ruls” or “Bush is a moron” will invite nothing but cheers of support and anyone who challenges the mob with a few unpopular counter-arguments will be insulted and/or banned. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/119 "2005-07-29T13:46:25Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Clever punning is one of our morays. Social morays? _sings_ When you swim in the creek And an eel bites your cheek That’s a moray… ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/120 "2005-07-29T13:46:32Z")
> [@grienspace](#): > > Thats kind of funny, considering that I find this board of higher standards chock full of gasbag pundits who slam Bushistas and Repugs all day. Well, regardless of the political viewpoint, I’ll take gasbag punditry over the idiot one-liners of **Slender Elizabeth** any day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360.md?page=7)