# To the father of my beloved:

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-father-of-my-beloved/321886>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 16, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-father-of-my-beloved/321886 "2005-09-16T00:20:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Giant\_Spongess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Giant\_Spongess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giant_Spongess)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-father-of-my-beloved/321886/21 "2005-09-16T17:29:28Z")

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Okay, thanks for the nitpicking, but I was just letting off steam. Please don’t respond any more.

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-father-of-my-beloved/321886/22 "2005-09-16T17:31:57Z")

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> [@Giant\_Spongess](#):
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> Okay, thanks for the nitpicking, but I was just letting off steam. Please don’t respond any more.

The hugs, kisses, tea, and sympathy forum is thataway ^

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**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-father-of-my-beloved/321886/23 "2005-09-16T17:37:37Z")

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> [@Giant\_Spongess](#):
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> Okay, thanks for the nitpicking, but I was just letting off steam. Please don’t respond any more.

I’ve heard that Live Journal is a good place to let off steam when you don’t want anyone to reply. You can configure your blog to not allow comments.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-father-of-my-beloved/321886/24 "2005-09-16T23:57:00Z")

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> [@LaurAnge](#):
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> Being right or wrong does not an asshole make. It’s all in the delivery.

It must be hard work. Finding comments to be offended by, I mean… :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-father-of-my-beloved/321886/25 "2005-09-17T00:06:09Z")

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Lucky for me, there are people like you around who make it easy.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-father-of-my-beloved/321886/26 "2005-09-17T00:44:43Z")

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De rien. 😛

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