# Which old-timer has never been pitted? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631 "2004-12-02T03:30:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/81 "2004-12-03T20:38:03Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > A good way to make sure it doesn’t happen is to spell **Lynn Bodoni** ’s name right. 😉 Shh! I’m trying to get Pitted here! ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/82 "2004-12-03T20:39:33Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Me, but I think it’s mainly because I come across as Doris Day with a penis. ::wincing:: Geez, fella… I oughta Pit you for that visual… ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/83 "2004-12-03T22:06:14Z")
I used to pit _myself_ a lot when I was a clueless newbie, but I’ve made it to clueless old-timerdom without being pitted by anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/84 "2004-12-03T22:31:39Z")
Another 99’er here. I used to go to the Pit, haven’t been in maybe…2 years? Self-banned. Healthier that way. AFAIK I have never been Pitted in an OP. Pissed some folks off within threads there back in the day, but never been called out. If I have been, it was after T.G.S.B. ( The Great Self-Banning )… Cartooniverse ---
**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 3, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/85 "2004-12-03T22:56:29Z")
AFAIK I’ve never been pitted, either. I usually kill threads, not inspire new ones. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/86 "2004-12-03T23:42:41Z")
Not an old-timer, but… AFAIK I haven’t been pitted, but then again I haven’t checked the Pit regularly in a while. I’ve probably deserved it several times. I do have some views that some people would regard as extreme. I’ve been roasted on a pit-like device on #straightdope , though–quite well-deserved–and I learned my lesson. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/87 "2004-12-03T23:57:24Z")
Summer of 2000 here, and while I’ve been in any number of knock-down, drag-out fights in and out of the Pit, I’ve never been Pitted. Though at times, it hasn’t been for lack of trying. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/88 "2004-12-04T00:06:35Z")
Most of you have never been pitted because you’re seedless. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/89 "2004-12-04T01:38:58Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Most of you have never been pitted because you’re seedless. I assume you’re excluding the Doris-Day-cum-penis character. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/90 "2004-12-04T02:06:36Z")
I have had some doozy of arguements with people too stupid or narrow minded to live, but my only actual name on the invitation Pitting was a semi-joke. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/91 "2004-12-04T02:07:05Z")
Heh. He said " Doris Day cum penis ". Heh heh. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/92 "2004-12-04T02:13:32Z")
I think I qualify as an “old timer”. And I don’t think I’ve ever been Pitted. Don’t know what that means. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/93 "2004-12-04T02:41:41Z")
Frequently ignored, never pitted. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/94 "2004-12-04T03:20:37Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I have had some doozy of arguements with people too stupid or narrow minded to live, but my only actual name on the invitation Pitting was a semi-joke. No it wasn’t. _p’taQ_. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/95 "2004-12-04T04:44:33Z")
I’m a '99er and AFAIK have never been pitted, but I don’t meet the OP’s criteria for having a reasonable post count. I obviously don’t post enough to inflame the passions of my fellow dopers. My dream is to someday break 1000 posts. And be pitted. Yer all a bunch o’ no good sissie intellectuals! How’d I do - am I ready for my pitting yet? ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/96 "2004-12-04T05:34:27Z")
Never been pitted, either. I guess one must be _noticed_ before being pitted. I sort of blend into the background. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/97 "2004-12-04T08:13:59Z")
'noter '99er never noted. But I don’t post enough to cause much trouble. I’ve been part of really ugly Pit threats and had insults hurled my way – by **peace** (with **tomndebb** and **Collounsbury** , fighting the good fight) and **Jack Dean Tyler** (for you newcomers, perhaps the strangest SDMB troll ever) amongst others. But I kind of slip under the radar for the most part. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/98 "2004-12-04T08:26:52Z")
I’ve never been pitted, and I hang out in the pit a lot. But nobody pays much attention… ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/99 "2004-12-04T08:29:28Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > I’ve never been pitted, and I hang out in the pit a lot. > > But nobody pays much attention… Too bad. “I Pit spooje!” would make for a great thread title. Not to mention the sequential possibilities. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631/100 "2004-12-04T08:31:18Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > Too bad. “I Pit spooje!” would make for a great thread title. Not to mention the sequential possibilities. There may be such a thread title. But it would probably mention a sticky substance and not me… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-old-timer-has-never-been-pitted/277631.md?page=6)