# Weird Dave got burned! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 27, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278 "2004-04-27T14:53:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/1 "2004-04-27T14:53:24Z")
Weirddave had a thread where he was making a creative joke about his pregnant wife getting “high”, meaning he purchased a new box spring so she would be elevated higher and wouldn’t get dizzy. Cajun Man came in and closed the thread after some clueless people stated that they didn’t get the joke: > [@](#): > > Weirddave, you’ve been around long enough to know that misleading thread titles are frowned upon on the SDMB. Don’t do this again. > > Cajun Man > for the SDMB Well, fercrissakes! Just because someone doesn’t get the joke doesn’t mean it’s not funny. Cajun Man, there was no reference to drugs in this thread. It was HUMOR. People have blatantly referenced drug use in other threads and they didn’t get shut down. It wasn’t a misleading title thread. It was creative HUMOR. Get with the program already. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/2 "2004-04-27T14:57:08Z")
GD has a descriptive thread title rule not MPSIMS or am I wrong? I thought it was funny and no harm whatsoever FWIW which isn’t very much I know. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/3 "2004-04-27T15:01:34Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > GD has a descriptive thread title rule not MPSIMS or am I wrong? > > I thought it was funny and no harm whatsoever FWIW which isn’t very much I know. It WAS descriptive…only clever. A few lamebrains actually thought he was getting his wife high? And she’s such a dimwit she actually LET him. Right… What is wrong with you people? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/4 "2004-04-27T15:03:02Z")
Mods, If Dave had included a final sentence in the OP revealing his joke, would the thread have been closed? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/5 "2004-04-27T15:05:42Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > It WAS descriptive…only clever. A few lamebrains actually thought he was getting his wife high? And she’s such a dimwit she actually LET him. Right… I agree but **Cajun Man** talked about rules and how **Weirddave** should know them. I was just saying that the only rule close to what he was talking about is a rule in GD or have more rules been posted somewhere that I don’t know about? I agree with your point 100% ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/6 "2004-04-27T15:09:36Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > It WAS descriptive…only clever. A few lamebrains actually thought he was getting his wife high? And she’s such a dimwit she actually LET him. Right… > > What is wrong with you people? I would hope that people know enough of me after this long that they would know I’m not a dimwit. I am, in fact, quite anti-drug, and allergic to all forms of marijuana. Not to mention - PREGNANT. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/7 "2004-04-27T15:10:04Z")
This thread would mean a whole lot more if **WeirdDave** were actually in it. Seriously, folks. Is this _all_ you have to do today? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/8 "2004-04-27T15:11:38Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > I agree but **Cajun Man** talked about rules and how **Weirddave** should know them. I was just saying that the only rule close to what he was talking about is a rule in GD or have more rules been posted somewhere that I don’t know about? > > I agree with your point 100% I’m sorry, yojimbo. I didn’t mean to sound as if I was jumping your shit, but I guess it may have come off that way. I was agreeing and expanding on your agreement with me (huh?). I don’t start pit threads too often and I’m just a little miffed. My point is that even if there IS a “descriptive titles” rule, he didn’t break the rule. It WAS descriptive. If there wasn’t a descriptive title rule, he was still descriptive. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=253147](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=253147). He DID help his wife get high! Sorry if I sounded unduly harsh toward you Yo. (May I call you “Yo?”). My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/9 "2004-04-27T15:14:11Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > I would hope that people know enough of me after this long that they would know I’m not a dimwit. I am, in fact, quite anti-drug, and allergic to all forms of marijuana. Not to mention - PREGNANT. I have no clue why anyone would have taken Weirddave’s statement seriously. It boggles the mind. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/10 "2004-04-27T15:15:02Z")
You can call me anything you want big boy 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/11 "2004-04-27T15:15:49Z")
Actually, I’m a small woman. But hey, whatever floats yer boat! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/12 "2004-04-27T15:18:41Z")
Doh! Sorry. Strangely enough I’m a big bloke but this isn’t the time or place to talk about such things. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/13 "2004-04-27T15:33:43Z")
Just chiming in. Occasionally I feel the Mods have been a bit too quick to close down threads, but I have previously always been able to see their point. Not so with this one. It was a joke. It didn’t need to be closed down. Good for **Kalhoun** for starting this thread. I’m not a real Pitter, but I had half a mind of commenting myself if she hadn’t beaten me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/14 "2004-04-27T15:49:54Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > I have no clue why anyone would have taken Weirddave’s statement seriously. It boggles the mind. Maybe EVERYONE doesn’t really know Weirddave all that well, or who he’s married to, and what she thinks of drugs. Would it have killed the joke to say “Yeah, that box spring really did the trick!” at the bottom of his OP? I think he was being just a bit too cute with the joke. Warnable offence? That’s a bit much. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/15 "2004-04-27T15:58:09Z")
Too bad Dave didn’t let everybody else in on his little joke at the end of his post and that other people had to 'splain it; that’s what makes it misleading. We have always discouraged people giving their threads names designed merely to inflate posts and/or page views, designed to be inflammatory. I’m glad Ginger is feeling better, that’s the main thing. But Dave knows better than this, too. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/16 "2004-04-27T16:01:55Z")
Inflammatory? Please… It was humor. Now maybe it wasn’t the _funniest_ joke that’s ever been posted, but to the average doper, it was obvious. Whatever. I just think Cajun Man made waaaaaaaay too much of it. I know you mod types probably stick together on these things, but I’d like to know which others would have closed the thread. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/17 "2004-04-27T16:21:42Z")
In **Cajun Man** ’s defense, though, the thread really was misleading. I know Dave and Ginger well enough to know that the subject was misleading, and I still did a double-take. :shrug: Robin ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/18 "2004-04-27T16:23:43Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > This thread would mean a whole lot more if **WeirdDave** were actually in it. Dave’s not here, man. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/19 "2004-04-27T16:37:37Z")
I’m just glad to know that **weirddave** didn’t really suffer any physical harm to his person. I mean, your thread title had me freaked out for a minute, **Kalhoun**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278/20 "2004-04-27T17:00:12Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Dave’s not here, man. Where does that come from? I just saw that on the Simpsons. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dave-got-burned/242278.md?page=2)