# What is with you? Shut my threads down again. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931 "2010-04-21T23:02:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Super\_Kapowzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/1 "2010-04-21T23:02:48Z")
It seems the thing to do these days is shut down the K-to-the-Z. Help, Help, I’m being repressed! Wow, you guys get to respond with the most inane references, and the more obscure and inane the better, it seems. You battle for it. You shut down my last post because, oh, 'Powz went obscure and such, maybe a little more than a D&D/WoW shutin is used to enduring. Here is the hidden premise to the most recent post, lockeddown/erased/shunned, by those who are afraid of text, and I will be as clear as possible since I do not want to confuse you. Push-button, airblower handdryers in men’s restrooms, back in the late 70’s and 80’s had the following directions: 1. PUSH BUTTON 2. RUB HANDS GENTLY UNDER WARM AIR. 3. DRYER STOPS AUTOMATICALLY. The “thing” to do, as young, graffiti-slanted males will do is take a pocket knife to the directions leaving: 1. PUSH BUTT 2. RUB HANDS UNDER ARM 3. DRYER STOPS A T ALLY. And the one always scratched into the paint. “4. WIPE HANDS ON PANTS.” I wanted to know if chicks were doing the same thing in their bathrooms, or were hanging out in the men’s room. The best way to ask without tipping my hand was through inference. If this is supposed to be all Star Wars and who has the sharpest lightsaber let me know. Sorry for thinking there could be little more to this site than evaluating the flight charateristics of the millenium falcon and shit. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/2 "2010-04-21T23:08:33Z")
I realize the futility of posting this in one of your threads, but despite that, what are you talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/3 "2010-04-21T23:10:40Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I realize the futility of posting this in one of your threads, but despite that, what are you talking about? Like you’re going to understand his explanation, either. From what I can make out, he thought that we were all geniuses with the obscure references, so he thought he’d post a thread using the most obscure reference he could think of- the graffiti on supposedly all the hand dryers in mens’ bathrooms. And he wants to know, do women have this same graffiti on their hand dryers? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/4 "2010-04-21T23:11:51Z")
1. push button 2. receive bacon ---
**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:** [April 21, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/5 "2010-04-21T23:15:58Z")
Bye-bye, fry fry. ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/6 "2010-04-21T23:16:11Z")
If it happens in ladies’ rooms, I haven’t seen it. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/7 "2010-04-21T23:17:15Z")
Cattle mutes, damn it! Cattle mutes is what happens in ladies’ rooms. Everybody knows that. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/8 "2010-04-21T23:17:51Z")
Cocaine is a hell of a drug. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/9 "2010-04-21T23:18:15Z")
Purple monkey dishwasher. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/10 "2010-04-21T23:30:48Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > Purple monkey dishwasher. And shit. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/11 "2010-04-21T23:44:21Z")
Aluminum falcon? What the hell’s an aluminum falcon? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/12 "2010-04-21T23:56:00Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Aluminum falcon? What the hell’s an aluminum falcon? It’s kind of like a [copper pheasant](http://www.arkive.org/copper-pheasant/syrmaticus-soemmerringii/info.html). Only aluminum. And, you know, a falcon. ---
**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 22, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/13 "2010-04-22T03:35:57Z")
Man, you are trying way too hard here. If you would read the notes and the FAQ and back your bad self down a little bit you might have a better chance of reaching people on this board and ultimately fitting in. Lots of folks have made a bad start and then turned things around. You could do it too. It’ll be too bad if you can’t. Just saying. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/14 "2010-04-22T03:39:24Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Just saying. and shit. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/15 "2010-04-22T03:42:42Z")
I think he’s doing fine - he’s nice and random, and I like him. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/16 "2010-04-22T04:03:10Z")
So uh I guess he wants to know: Do chicks vandalize the girl’s bathrooms in various ways? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/17 "2010-04-22T04:17:25Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Man, you are trying way too hard here. > > If you would read the notes and the FAQ and back your bad self down a little bit you might have a better chance of reaching people on this board and ultimately fitting in. > > Lots of folks have made a bad start and then turned things around. You could do it too. It’ll be too bad if you can’t. > > Just saying. Da Goddess of Da Big Horn be testifying, yo. If you down with dat, it’s all good my man. Gellin like a felon, word. Otherwise, my brother gonna be rooming with Elvis down the Heartbreak Hotel. That’s a lonely street, dog. ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/18 "2010-04-22T04:51:54Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Man, you are trying way too hard here. > > If you would read the notes and the FAQ and back your bad self down a little bit you might have a better chance of reaching people on this board and ultimately fitting in. > > Lots of folks have made a bad start and then turned things around. You could do it too. It’ll be too bad if you can’t. > > Just saying. What are you talking about? He’s funny! I mean, sure, he’s more on dope than the Straight Dope and shit, but… He’s funny! Really, we could use more like this guy. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/19 "2010-04-22T05:02:35Z")
I don’t dislike the guy. It’s just that gimmick posters don’t work here. To fit in, you have to be a real person, not a bad SNL skit. Being a little weird is cool. Being a whole lotta weird, all the damn time, gets old quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931/20 "2010-04-22T05:06:36Z")
I think he just used two star wars references and seven unique insults to ask “do ladies’ restrooms have graffiti?” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-you-shut-my-threads-down-again/536931.md?page=2)