# What Crawled Up Eutychus's Ass? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 4, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484 "2001-11-04T23:26:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/61 "2001-11-05T01:52:35Z")
[Lest there be any doubt:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=92751) > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by John487 \* > **anyhow, i’m bored tonight, anyone up for some pointless invective?** ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/62 "2001-11-05T01:57:06Z")
Yep reprise I _TOTALLY_ understand that! I’m just pissed off with people pointing out the obvious. Of course people with 2 autie kids know about respite care! I don’t use it because my parents pick up the slack but it bites my bum to see someone assume that Euty wouldn’t know about it. I’ll be honest and say that most respite care would do my kids more harm than good so I don’t use it for that reason. ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/63 "2001-11-05T01:58:27Z")
OK. I just figured why I got so cranky. Respite care is a fucking pathetic band-aid which doesn’t fix the underlying problem. And that sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/64 "2001-11-05T01:59:01Z")
Excuse my ignorance, but what is respite care? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/65 "2001-11-05T02:02:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*Excuse my ignorance, but what is respite care? \*\* It is when a trained person comes in to relieve the care giver for a while. ---
**Author:** ![GKW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@GKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GKW)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/66 "2001-11-05T02:02:28Z")
Prima & reprise- So sorry, didn’t mean post something condescending or in bad taste. Just trying to offer helpful suggestions. If you feel my post would hurt his feelings, please have it removed. Sorry Mr. E ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/67 "2001-11-05T02:04:40Z")
It’s care offered in the home or offered in a group setting or offered in someone else’s home to give the parents of kids with special needs a break. It’s often not very flexible and or the parent doesn’t necessarily get much say in who offers the care. With autistic kids, often the disruption after the kids come home can be more anguish that it is worth. You might get 2 hours off and then spend the next 48 hours settling the kid back down. Sorry for the hijack. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/68 "2001-11-05T02:18:53Z")
Just stop feeding it. It’ll go away eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/69 "2001-11-05T02:29:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GKW \* > \*\*Prima & reprise- > > So sorry, didn’t mean post something condescending or in bad taste. Just trying to offer helpful suggestions. If you feel my post would hurt his feelings, please have it removed. > > Sorry Mr. E \*\* It was obvious that your heart was in the right place, but consider that telling someone with self confessed self esteem problems to get a pity fuck might not be the best way to express it. Besides, look at the response in this thread, **Euty** dosen’t need a pity fuck, he’s got legions of fans. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/70 "2001-11-05T02:40:44Z")
[SNL] Judging from the looks of this > [@](#): > > I don’t need any fucking snot-nosed knock-kneed four-eyed dipwad cockflanger asshole 50-post-count dry-heaving vomitous-pile-of-turkey-dung wretched-bilious-pile-of-crap Richard-Marx-listening flop-jawed gerbiling JERK telling me how to do my job and the only thing that keeps me from going completely ballistic on your soggy-bottom ass is that I’m listening to Molly by Mike Oldfield right now which always tends to calm me down. It’s a wolverine. 😃 [/SNL] Euty that was just great. I love you. ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/71 "2001-11-05T02:46:30Z")
That was the best. I love you man, and I want you to know that. I sent you a personal e-mail, if it makes you happy. **EUTY RULES!!!** [sub]Boy, I’ll bet this is one of the only times a mod will be CONGRATULATED in a pit thread. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/72 "2001-11-05T02:48:05Z")
In a funny (and I mean this in the nicest possible way) way, perhaps this thread has opened a window for **Euty** which he wasn’t aware of before. He now knows that there are enough people out there who care and who have walked in similar (if not identical) shoes that he doesn’t have to “settle” for a couple of hours here and there of inadequate respite care. He now knows that there are homes within this community where himself and his children can go and be welcomed and nurtured and loved for as long as they need it. My only regret is that it took a troll for **Euty** to know that. The rest of us have known it all along. I never once thought that trolls could achieve good, but it seems that in this case - at least - one has. ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/73 "2001-11-05T02:51:03Z")
I now have a new mantra, thanks to Euty: > [@](#): > > **Flop Jawed gerbiling jerk** Rolls off the tongue nicely, and concatenates well. And it’ll help me think of Euty when I’m stressed and realise my life is damned good. b. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/74 "2001-11-05T03:07:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by John487 \* > where’s a violin when you need one? \*\* Oh, I got something for you right here. your humble TubaDiva Administrator invoking Rule No. 2 ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/75 "2001-11-05T03:10:37Z")
God love ya, Tuba. From all of us, thanks. And from me, nice work. Billy Rubin. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/76 "2001-11-05T03:22:21Z")
You owe me a new keyboard now **Tuba**. 🙂 And happy new house. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/77 "2001-11-05T03:36:35Z")
Thank you, TubaDiva! ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/78 "2001-11-05T03:37:22Z")
But…but… I just went to get a snack. I wasn’t done with the obnoxious swineherd. I think I’ll start a pit thread entitled, "Why was this blight on the Straight Dope Message Board banned by the lovely trigger finger of the adorable Ms. **TubaDiva?** Nah. Too long. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/79 "2001-11-05T03:42:23Z")
Once again, **TubaDiva** shows her Goddess-ness. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484/80 "2001-11-05T05:37:43Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **omni-not** _ > > Just stop feeding it. It’ll go away eventually. Sadly, it keeps coming back. Judging by the warm reception {cough cough} he got at Dopetoberfest, I’m surprised he hasn’t disappeared completely, but, like a bad marksman, he keeps missing the point. Esprix [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crawled-up-eutychuss-ass/91484.md?page=5)