# UncleBeer and Coldfire are jackbooted Nazis! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 17, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102 "2003-10-17T21:31:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/1 "2003-10-17T21:31:37Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=217923](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=217923) Ok, not REALLY, but GODDAMN!!! It was a tongue in cheek game! What about “The Hijack thread: win nothing but your insanity!” Think that did much for the board’s speed? [Bad Jim Carrey Movie]EXCUUUUUSE\_ME![/Bad Jim Carrey Movie] ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/2 "2003-10-17T21:40:14Z")
Tongue in cheek in what way? ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/3 "2003-10-17T21:41:33Z")
Padding your post count is viewed by many here as an infantile and counterproductive activity. Inviting many people to do so simultaneously is pretty much a direct slap at the mods. I’d recommend against starting any such threads again. The same goes for post count parties. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/4 "2003-10-17T21:44:35Z")
No, it was a stupid game - more stupid than most. Also, see TubaDiva’s post in the following thread re: Post Padding. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=198275](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=198275) ---
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/5 "2003-10-17T21:45:15Z")
I would like to take this opportunity to thank **Coldie** and **Uncle Beer** for effective moderating. **Ilsa** consider that not every synapse that fires in your brain is worth sharing. I just want to make sure you know that it wasn’t just the mods who found the OP to be less than laudatory. Might be in your best interest to let the accompanying Pit thread die. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/6 "2003-10-17T21:46:15Z")
The idea was that the game was _just the same_ as the hijack game. What would the difference be? ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/7 "2003-10-17T22:02:19Z")
If it was “just the same,” then why do we need another one? ---
**Author:** ![presidebt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@presidebt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/presidebt)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/8 "2003-10-17T22:05:03Z")
Geez, as if the boards weren’t _already_ too slow… ---
**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:** [October 17, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/9 "2003-10-17T22:05:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ilsa\_Lund \* > \*\*[Bad Jim Carrey Movie]EXCUUUUUSE\_ME![/Bad Jim Carrey Movie] \*\* Steve Martin did it first. > [@](#): > > **The idea was that the game was just the same as the hijack game.** As **Porcupine** said, isn’t one such thread enough? ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/10 "2003-10-17T22:13:18Z")
**Ilsa** , do everyone (including yourself) a favor and request that this thread be locked. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/11 "2003-10-17T22:18:54Z")
Okay, but Lynn has to lock it! Not Coldfire! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/12 "2003-10-17T22:19:49Z")
Ten bucks on Coldie locking this. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/13 "2003-10-17T22:23:56Z")
Done. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/14 "2003-10-17T22:26:48Z")
I’ve met **Coldfire** , and he definitely wasn’t wearing jackboots at the time. Neither did he have one of those little Hitler mustaches. I’m afraid the whole “jackbooted Nazi” thing just doesn’t hold up. (Although, thinking of the mustache thing, I’m starting to wonder about Michael Fish.) Speaking of lengthy and pointless threads, why the hell are the “Good News/Bad News” and “Scalar Weapons” threads still going? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/15 "2003-10-17T22:48:45Z")
You are probably mistaking them for UncleFire and Coldbeer. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/16 "2003-10-17T22:58:50Z")
That makes sense, because everybody knows fire isn’t c-c-c-cold. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/17 "2003-10-17T23:11:08Z")
Ponies? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/18 "2003-10-17T23:15:32Z")
Are you done now? ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/19 "2003-10-17T23:18:46Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclebeer-and-coldfire-are-jackbooted-nazis/208102/20 "2003-10-17T23:22:27Z")
Alrighty then. $10 for **imthjckaz**.