# Who else thought the Grapist prank was funny? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 9, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226 "2003-05-09T23:33:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/1 "2003-05-09T23:33:11Z")
Sure, it got old seeing it thread after thread. But the first time I saw it, “this post has been graped by the grapist”, that was just hilarious and had me dyin’ the first time around. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/2 "2003-05-09T23:41:06Z")
The thing is, s/he was probably a returning troll. “The Hamburglar” was one of the previous incarnations, and I think there were more. Basically the same thing, but a different inane thing done to each post, usually removing a given letter (all the "r"s). Not a bad idea for an isolated joke, but tiresome. However, you may find his/her thread in the Pit pretty funny, since it’s spawned a bunch of parodies. ---
**Author:** ![Ben\_Hicks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Ben\_Hicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ben_Hicks)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/3 "2003-05-09T23:45:59Z")
I thought it was pretty funny but it was also the kinda thing that gets real old, real fast. Stuff like that’s best nipped in the bud early IMO. At least that way we can all make truly _atrocious_ puns before the joke turns umm…sour 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/4 "2003-05-09T23:54:02Z")
Looks like y’all feel like I did. It was pretty funny, but I probably wouldn’t find it nearly as amusing a few weeks from now if it had continued. Good thing it was stopped. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/5 "2003-05-09T23:56:51Z")
I thought it was idiotic and promptly reported it to the Mods. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/6 "2003-05-10T00:02:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ParentalAdvisory \* > \*\*Sure, it got old seeing it thread after thread. But the first time I saw it, “this post has been graped by the grapist”, that was just hilarious and had me dyin’ the first time around. Anyone else? \*\* Hilarious? No way. I was mildly entertained (if it is possible to modify mildly and save VERY mildly, then let me so modify it), but to say it got old after … etc, is an understatment. It was annoying very quickly. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/7 "2003-05-10T00:06:27Z")
I only thought it was funny because I knew the Grapist would be banned pretty soon. It would be a lot less funny if it lasted. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/8 "2003-05-10T01:11:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hajario \* > \*\*I thought it was idiotic and promptly reported it to the Mods. \*\* The Reporter has reported this post to the mods! sorry ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/9 "2003-05-10T01:25:43Z")
not amusing even the first time. more irritating as time went on. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/10 "2003-05-10T01:53:45Z")
Everytime I saw it I laughed for at least 10 minutes. I wish he was still around. ---
**Author:** ![lurker\_anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@lurker\_anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurker_anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/11 "2003-05-10T02:05:00Z")
i just logged on and found that my post from last night had been “graped”. is this a “hazing” thing? man, i thought i spent too much time on message boards… ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/12 "2003-05-10T02:17:56Z")
Wow. Some people are amused by the most inconsequential things. ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/13 "2003-05-10T02:19:17Z")
I was scrolling through a thread and noticed something in purple, and caught a vague “I’ve done something to this post!” vibe as I scrolled by. This caused me to back up and read it. I was mildly amused, and at that point I noted that he was already banned. Thus, an intriguing little diversion; whenever you see a post on the boards that completely stands out like that, by existing completely outside the SDMB scene, its an interesting pher-nom-eee-non. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/14 "2003-05-10T02:30:13Z")
Funny for about .05 picoseconds. Thanks, **Haj**. ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/15 "2003-05-10T02:34:59Z")
I thought it was funny, if for no other reason than the Onion reference. But, only once. After that, it’s just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Skillet38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Skillet38](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skillet38)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/16 "2003-05-10T03:31:16Z")
I thought it was childishly amusing, until I saw the spew of responders jumping on the pun bandwagon, then I thought it was funny, then I got disgusted, then I took my pill (the purple one) then I mellowed out and it didn’t bother me that people would feen said poster’s ego by going on and on about it, like I am. ---
**Author:** ![Skillet38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Skillet38](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skillet38)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/17 "2003-05-10T03:33:16Z")
or feed it either ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Crunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Chief\_Crunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Crunch)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-thought-the-grapist-prank-was-funny/174226/18 "2003-05-10T03:53:55Z")
I liked it. I thought of it more or less as reactionary humor. That is, watching people’s initial reactions of mild amsument, which slowly degraded into firey indignation as the gimmick continued with no change or variation. It’s kind of funny to watch people get so throughly discomposed over something so trivial. Juvenile? Sure.