# What if the SDMB were . . . older? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 6, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056 "2007-12-06T18:34:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/161 "2007-12-12T10:50:09Z")
[QUOTE=Gala Matrix Fire] **Will the new science of phrenology change the way we order society?** [/QUOTE] “Science”? Well, obviously _someone_ wants his head examined. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/162 "2007-12-12T10:55:09Z")
[QUOTE=alphaboi867] Or telling them the difference between right and wrong so they know it’s wrong to disobey you. [/QUOTE] You talk as though once they knew right from wrong they’d always choose right. If you think that, just watch what happens now (and feel free to put your money where your mouth is). They didn’t need any philosophical insight, they just needed to do as they were told. _ETA_: Oh, in the name of Me, look what Mister Knows-Right-From-Wrong Cain Bar-Adam is getting up to now! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/163 "2007-12-12T11:01:03Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] You talk as though once they knew right from wrong they’d always choose right. If you think that, just watch what happens now (and feel free to put your money where your mouth is). They didn’t need any philosophical insight, they just needed to do as they were told. _ETA_: Oh, in the name of Me, look what Mister Knows-Right-From-Wrong Cain Bar-Adam is getting up to now! :smack: [/QUOTE] Hmmm…so I guess telling them to get off your lawn didn’t work, huh? Oh well, at least now we never need try that again! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/164 "2007-12-12T14:24:58Z")
**1925, Cafe Society:** Anyone read the new book, _Mein Kampf_, by this unknown paperhanger, Adolf Hitler? He has a plan to save Germany, but is he just blowing it out of his ass? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/165 "2007-12-12T14:44:52Z")
Showing up in the Pit- Hv U rd Teh Prot0colz ov Zion?!?! Oh noes!!1! Teh Jo0z R takin 0vr!111 by Doper HnRee 4d ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/166 "2007-12-12T18:55:12Z")
[QUOTE=Musicat] **1925, Cafe Society:** Anyone read the new book, _Mein Kampf_, by this unknown paperhanger, Adolf Hitler? He has a plan to save Germany, but is he just blowing it out of his ass? [/QUOTE] Read it last week, load of bollocks. BTW he wasn’t a paperhanger, he was a piss poor artist. He’ll never get anywhere in this life until he joins a group or summat ---
**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:** [December 12, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/167 "2007-12-12T19:01:12Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Read it last week, load of bollocks. BTW he wasn’t a paperhanger, he was a piss poor artist. He’ll never get anywhere in this life until he joins a group or summat [/QUOTE] Best thing Hitler could do is give up that painting rubbish and go out to a beer hall to socialize. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/168 "2007-12-12T19:06:30Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Read it last week, load of bollocks. BTW he wasn’t a paperhanger, he was a piss poor artist. [/QUOTE] Not according to a friend of mine who raises rooftop pigeons in NYC – Hitler could paint an _entire apartment_ in one afternoon, _two_ coats!! Bet he’ll be famous before long as the fastest painter in Western Austria. I’ve heard his nickname is Craig. Someone that fast should be called _Blitz Craig._ ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/169 "2007-12-12T22:46:23Z")
**Alright! General Custer is finally going to hand those Indians their asses.** ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/170 "2007-12-13T00:09:21Z")
**Now That We Have the Horseless Carriage** We really should get around to naming that little bit of roadway next to your house where you keep it. And those landscaped thoroughfares could probably do with some specialized nomenclature as well. Also, the little strip of grass along the streets. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/171 "2007-12-13T00:35:02Z")
posted late March, 33 AD **am in a quandry - advice needed** by **Jud-eye** My best friend’s ego is getting out of control. His is pissing off the government big time. I love him like a brother but this has got to stop. TPTB offered me a sizeable stipend to turn him in, but I don’t know if I could live with myself if I did that. Help! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/172 "2007-12-13T03:43:52Z")
Posted March 15, 14BC by **Rubicon Crosser** It’s good to be the emperor! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/173 "2007-12-13T05:33:58Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] posted late March, 33 AD **am in a quandry - advice needed** by **Jud-eye** My best friend’s ego is getting out of control. His is pissing off the government big time. I love him like a brother but this has got to stop. TPTB offered me a sizeable stipend to turn him in, but I don’t know if I could live with myself if I did that. Help! [/QUOTE] posted late 1969 by TR&ALW Can we borrow that for a song? “I remember when this whole thing began, No talk of God then, We called you a man- and believe me, my admiration for you hasn’t died…” Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/174 "2007-12-13T09:16:00Z")
[QUOTE=Gala Matrix Fire] **Alright! General Custer is finally going to hand those Indians their asses.** [/QUOTE] Reply posted on June 27 1876 by **CrzyHrse** : Pwned! ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/175 "2007-12-13T13:57:52Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Best thing Hitler could do is give up that painting rubbish and go out to a beer hall to socialize. [/QUOTE] I hear he’s going to Munich, putsching his luck I reckon ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/176 "2007-12-13T15:04:41Z")
I heard that the guy who “sang” Acky Breaky Heart is getting his own TV series. And he is playing a doctor. SHEESH! I guess anybody can get their own television series. Next thing you know, Acky Breaky Daughter will get her own series playing a singer. And it will be a huge success! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/177 "2007-12-13T22:32:33Z")
Posted on December 26, 1814 by **GhentGent** : Big news here a couple of days ago – a treaty was signed by representatives of Great Britain and the United States of America, ending hostilities between the two nations! Posted to same thread on January 10, 1815 by **OldHickory** : Hi all! Sorry I haven’t checked in for a month or so! My forces and I have just routed the bloody British at a battle here in New Orleans! Looks like victory in this war will soon be ours! Posted a few minutes later by **Federalist** : You should really try to keep up with these military threads, **OldHickory** … ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/178 "2007-12-13T22:42:26Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] You should really try to keep up with these military threads, **OldHickory** … [/QUOTE] Anyone would think you’ve been connecting via [carrier pigeon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers)! ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/179 "2007-12-13T22:58:22Z")
**Help me find a good factory job for my seven-year-old.** ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056/180 "2007-12-14T09:01:48Z")
[QUOTE=Gala Matrix Fire] **Help me find a good factory job for my seven-year-old.** [/QUOTE] …or Ask the 6 year old mineworker [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-were-older/429056.md?page=10)