# 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:** 7
**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, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/121 "2005-07-29T16:01:34Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Social morays? > > _sings_ > When you swim in the creek > And an eel bites your cheek > That’s a moray… That mushy stuff sounds all ichthy. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/122 "2005-07-29T16:15:38Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > That’s a moray… I remember the first time I felt a moray. I was eel ated. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/123 "2005-07-29T16:33:32Z")
Man, there is just a tuna fish puns in this thread. ---
**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, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/124 "2005-07-29T16:42:10Z")
Yeh, it’s a pike’s peak of puns. ---
**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, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/125 "2005-07-29T17:36:31Z")
Wahoo! Orange you afraid we are a little roughy on\*\* TL\*\*? We may abuse him for the halibut, but he may need a sturgeon after all this! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/126 "2005-07-29T18:06:05Z")
No, no, you’ve got it all wrong, and you left out the libertarians. A Democrat will promise a man a fish, but good luck collecting on it. A Republican will encourage a man to fish, and promise to show him how, if he can get past that starvation thing. A libertarian will respect a man’s freedom to starve. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/127 "2005-07-29T18:21:38Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > 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? I declare **NoClueBoy** the winner of this thread. Thank you, good night, and be sure to tip your waitress. ---
**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 29, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/128 "2005-07-29T18:45:37Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > A Democrat will promise a man a fish, but good luck collecting on it. > > A Republican will encourage a man to fish, and promise to show him how, if he can get past that starvation thing. > > A libertarian will respect a man’s freedom to starve. A Communist will take your fish for “the people” and then eat it himself. ---
**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, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/129 "2005-07-29T20:00:24Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Is that trolling? > > (That’s another pun, you fuckers!) Aw, get down from your perch on that soapbox. ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/130 "2005-07-29T20:01:14Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > No, no, you’ve got it all wrong, and you left out the libertarians. > > […snip…] > > A libertarian will respect a man’s freedom to starve. Damn straight. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/131 "2005-07-29T23:16:11Z")
::::::checks in::::::::looks around:::::reads:::::damn! They _lured_ me out of hiding. God, it’s great to have henchmen. Keep up the good work, boys. You’re checks are in the mail. As for all the fish jokes----keep your day jobs. ---
**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, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/132 "2005-07-29T23:21:13Z")
Whom are you calling “checks are in the mail”? ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/133 "2005-07-30T23:03:34Z")
Hey, I’ve been banned, how do I get pitted? ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/134 "2005-07-30T23:25:22Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > Hey, I’ve been banned, how do I get pitted? Yeah, but you were _unbanned_ again so it doesn’t really count. Gee, some people would complain if ya hung 'em with a new rope. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/135 "2005-07-30T23:29:02Z")
Fuck, there goes my credibility ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/136 "2005-07-30T23:29:09Z")
Displaying gross stupidity in a wholly offensive manner generally works. If you can do it in a way that offends one of our more thin-skinned posters in a Forum outside the **Pit** , you increase your chances astronomically. Of course, performing such acts are also likely to trigger a banning, (based on the proximity of those acts to trolling), so you might want to consider just how much psychological validation being Pitted _actually_ provides. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/137 "2005-07-30T23:32:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Gee, some people would complain if ya hung 'em with a new rope. Of course they would, new rope stretches. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/138 "2005-07-30T23:35:11Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Of course they would, new rope stretches. Is this from personal experience of the moderator initiation? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/139 "2005-07-30T23:49:19Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > Is this from personal experience of the moderator initiation? I think it was just a bit of gallows humor. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-thin-thinking/314360/140 "2005-07-31T00:08:32Z")
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