# What were you THINKING? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 293
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6143 "2025-12-30T23:10:13Z")
OMG!! (Need a sentence apparently, but OMG!) ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6144 "2025-12-30T23:11:31Z")
Hardly. The original Dear Abby was born in 1918, and Yale first accepted women as undergrads in 1969. The current Dear Abby is her daughter and isn’t a Yalie either. Dear Abby’s sister, Ann Landers, also got fake letters from Yale students back in the day. I think it was just something they did. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6145 "2025-12-30T23:45:02Z")
Thanks for the correction ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6146 "2025-12-31T00:22:53Z")
Zoobi, sounds like the exclamation that one would make upon reading such a poem. Zoobi! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6147 "2025-12-31T00:36:56Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Zoobi, sounds like the exclamation that one would make upon reading such a poem. Weirdly, you’re not wrong - “Zoobi” is a minced oath in Hebrew, a way of saying “Zayin” (dick). By itself, it’s mostly used to mean “HELL no!” ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6148 "2025-12-31T00:47:01Z")
I’d call that comment of the year, but I think I’ve seen it before. Definitely best application. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6149 "2025-12-31T01:26:55Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > A forest is a great place to get wood… Really drives home the meaning of the phrase “put some sap in your pistol” (which I guess you will only find in one specific movie, and not from one if the scenes that gets quoted online). ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6150 "2025-12-31T07:26:36Z")
> [@Zoobi](#): > > It reminds me of a poem by Poet Laureate of the West, Dalton Wilcox: Ha! You said _Wilcox_. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6151 "2025-12-31T13:29:36Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Weirdly, you’re not wrong - “Zoobi” is a minced oath in Hebrew, a way of saying “Zayin” (dick). By itself, it’s mostly used to mean “HELL no!” As this is the pit, this seems like a good place to reminisce about the time we were going out to eat with an Israeli coworker, and one of the places we considered was called “Zion schwarma”. He vetoed it, based on the mental image. (Zion and zayin aren’t exactly the same thing, but they sound pretty damn close in English.) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6152 "2025-12-31T15:08:47Z")
My Hebrew is practically nonexistent but I went down a slight rabbit hole because zayin looks like a plural word and I was curious about that. I’m probably getting some of this wrong but Google says that it’s from the word root of weapon or sword. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6153 "2025-12-31T15:50:24Z")
Never mind. Jumped the gun on this one. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6154 "2025-12-31T17:50:43Z")
Zayin is the name is a letter, and the written letter looks like a penis. Zion is spelled with a TS as the first letter in Hebrew, so it wouldn’t be such a weird name for a schwarma shop in Hebrew. But it’s spelled with a Z in English, and is pronounced nearly the same as the name of the letter. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6155 "2026-01-04T17:10:04Z")
For our reading pleasure … > [@Poster Zoobi is Banned following a violation of his last suspension](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-zoobi-is-banned-following-a-violation-of-his-last-suspension/1026330): > > A short time after returning from his 7 day suspension for insulting posters outside of the Pit, he insulted another poster outside of the Pit. The suspension from Late December: This was a quick decision by the Moderators in our loop. They weren’t always a jerk, but they didn’t add much even when playing nicely with others. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6156 "2026-01-04T17:13:46Z")
Just more evidence that the mods only ban conservatives! 😜 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6157 "2026-01-04T17:13:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > They weren’t always a jerk, but they didn’t add much even when playing nicely with others. Yeah, it seemed like a whole lot of their posts were just snark. Won’t be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6158 "2026-01-04T17:20:34Z")
Better late than never. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6159 "2026-01-04T20:17:34Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > They weren’t always a jerk, but they didn’t add much even when playing nicely with others. I’ve been convinced they were a sock from the start and openly accused them of it (directly to them) here in the Pit. They were just way too familiar from day 1, and was kind of a jerk throughout their posting history. I’m even more convinced now. Who they were a sock of, I have no clue, but probably someone else banned for insulting people. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6160 "2026-01-04T20:38:17Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I’ve been convinced they were a sock from the start and openly accused them of it (directly to them) here in the Pit. Ditto. I even mentioned it when mod reporting one of his posts once. He was way too familiar with specific board history. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6161 "2026-01-04T20:39:54Z")
Yes, from day one I thought it was a sock account, but I never figured out who it was. I’m expecting them to come back again. They were banned for behavior though and not moderator suspicion. Otherwise they wouldn’t have last a month. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6162 "2026-01-04T21:38:15Z")
Look at the latest locked thread in FQ. Holy shit that was the epitome of ill advised. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=292) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=294)