# Tomndebb is one weaselly mother fucker… **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 12, 2007, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569 "2007-03-12T06:48:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/521 "2007-03-15T19:56:06Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] No, he is right, by being a ‘jerk’, BC indirectly brought a poster out of retirement to refute him. That is $14.95 paid to the SDMB due to BC. Give him credit where credit is due. Jim [/QUOTE] Although I think the lion’s share does go to BC, in all fairness, I did see that some of my favorite posters (DtC, Mangetout, Liberal - ie, Libertarian, Lord Ashtar, etc, etc) were still posting. Had no one any clue as to who Badchad was talking about, I might not have signed back up. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/522 "2007-03-15T20:00:57Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Oh my god! 😃 Well, since we’re sharing… [My best prepositional phrase.](http://www.self-aggrandizingjackass.com/) [My best metaphor.](http://www.self-aggrandizingjackass.com/) [My best usage of punctuation.](http://www.self-aggrandizingjackass.com/) [My best subjunctive interrogative.](http://www.self-aggrandizingjackass.com/) [My best presentation of tabular data.](http://www.self-aggrandizingjackass.com/) [My best refutation of Special Relativity.](http://www.self-aggrandizingjackass.com/) [My best solution to the Riemann zeta-hypothesis](http://www.self-aggrandizingjackass.com/) [/QUOTE] **Liberal** , you _SO_ need to find another outfit to handle your archiving needs. The folks at self-aggrandizingjackassdotcom appear to have absconded with your storage fees, and memory dumped your best work. I’m guessing they sold their server on ebay, and portions of it are one day going to come leaking their way out through the blog of some whiney emo kid with an outsized assessment of his own data storage requirements. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/523 "2007-03-15T20:02:23Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] I think his reasons for leaving the faith are his business and I wouldn’t dream of sitting in judgment of them. He certainly hasn’t asked for my opinion. [/QUOTE] Eh, they’re decent reasons, but I certainly don’t find them hugely compelling anymore and I wouldn’t expect anyone to find them convincing. I’ve actually read a lot more philosophy since then and I think there are better developed reasons/argumentation. In fact, I think there is a certain reasonableness to both sides of the theological debate - a concession I’m not sure BC would share with me. Theists can be reasonable and they can come up with some good argumentation. I still do disagree with them, ultimately, on those reasons. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/524 "2007-03-15T20:02:39Z")
[QUOTE=Meatros] Although I think the lion’s share does go to BC, in all fairness, I did see that some of my favorite posters (DtC, Mangetout, Liberal - ie, Libertarian, Lord Ashtar, etc, etc) were still posting. Had no one any clue as to who Badchad was talking about, I might not have signed back up. [/QUOTE] BTW: Welcome back to the boards. I joined since you left. Thank you for clearing this up. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/525 "2007-03-15T20:04:15Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] BTW: Welcome back to the boards. I joined since you left. Thank you for clearing this up. Jim [/QUOTE] No problem. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/526 "2007-03-15T20:13:49Z")
Nice to see you again, **Meatros**. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/527 "2007-03-15T20:15:06Z")
Does anyone else keep looking at the title of the thread and thinking it could almost be a compliment if it started with the word _That_? ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/528 "2007-03-15T20:16:00Z")
Yeah, welcome back. Though you’re being awfully damn reasonable for the Pit . . . 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/529 "2007-03-15T20:17:04Z")
My last to **Meatros** obviously. Not that **Cisco** isn’t a ray of sunshine as well. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/530 "2007-03-15T20:34:39Z")
What does ETA mean, in the context that I have been encountering it lately on the SDMB? ---
**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:** [March 15, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/531 "2007-03-15T20:35:47Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] What does ETA mean, in the context that I have been encountering it lately on the SDMB? [/QUOTE] “Edited to Add.” At least, that’s my WAG. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/532 "2007-03-15T20:37:00Z")
[QUOTE=badchad] I’m just trying to figure out if you are admitting to trolling [/QUOTE] Then you don’t know what “trolling” means. Trolling is throwing out general antagonism in hopes of getting a response _from anyone_. I’ve simply demonstrated that with a bit of mockery and a dash of Socratic irony, I can get _you specifically_ frustrated and spewing obscenities. It was so easy an accomplishment, in fact, I can’t even view it of any real value. I’m mildly hoping others will follow the example because I think you have a compulsion to answer any seemingly-sincere query out of fear that _not_ answering will give the other person a “last-word” advantage. Thus, you’re helpless in the face of Socratic irony and can only fall back on personal attack and your “Christ is a cunt” standby. All the users have to do is ask you a few simple questions about your beliefs, gradually introducing a mocking tone, and the thread will be far more entertaining as we watch you dance. This isn’t trolling; it’s puppet-mastering. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/533 "2007-03-15T20:37:39Z")
[Wiki says](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETA_%28disambiguation%29) you’re right, **Miller** , unless **What Exit** were making a reference to the SDMB disassociating with militant Basque separatists, a sentiment with which I’d agree 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/534 "2007-03-15T20:40:02Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] “Edited to Add.” At least, that’s my WAG. [/QUOTE] I was going to start a thread about that but I found it on Acronym Finder. It annoys me because ETA has been Estimated Time of Arrival my whole life. It was probably the first acronym I ever learned. This might be worse than when FTW went from Fuck The World to For The Win. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/535 "2007-03-15T20:43:50Z")
[QUOTE=Meatros] Theists can be reasonable and they can come up with some good argumentation. [/QUOTE] Damn good to see you again. Whatever change has taken place in your worldview, the honesty and integrity have remained the same. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/536 "2007-03-15T20:52:45Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] “Edited to Add.” At least, that’s my WAG. [/QUOTE] Thank you so much. You’ve fought ignorance today, **Miller**. ETA What does WAG mean? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/537 "2007-03-15T21:10:52Z")
Wild Ass Guess ---
**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:** [March 15, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/538 "2007-03-15T21:24:03Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] Wild Ass Guess [/QUOTE] No, I use it to mean “Wonderful Armored Gondola.” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/539 "2007-03-15T21:35:07Z")
Yeah? Me too! Of course, I _pronounce_ that “Throat-Warbler Mangrove.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569/540 "2007-03-15T21:41:04Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] No, I use it to mean “Wonderful Armored Gondola.” [/QUOTE] That hovercraft thing from _Moonraker_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-one-weaselly-mother-fucker/395569.md?page=28)