Why Grant's Tomb?

[Nametag]

@septimus

And while we’re on the subject, is Khufu really buried in this famous tomb ?

Well, he was. Mummies, y’know.

[wedgehed]

Why Grant’s Tomb?
I think a much better question would be…

Why Not Grant’s Tomb?

[Roland_Orzabal]

@smiling_bandit

I did, but I saw it as a serious question with a silly joke alongside.

You clicked the link and still posted that? Hell, I’d have denied that I clicked it and claimed quick-response oversight. Points for honesty. Triple points to JM for the epic whoosh. (No worries, happens to us all, myself included.)

As for the pit-ee, Jinx has been at this shit as long as I’ve been here and will continue until the death of [the board / him-or-herself / the universe], whichever comes first, so there’s not much point in trying. Of course, if you’re just posting this to scream your wrath into the void, then may it bring you the solace you seek.

[Polycarp]

@Frank

The most important question is: who’s buried in it?

No, Who’s not dead, and if he were, he’d be buried in the TARDIS.

[Alessan]

@Nametag

Well, he was. Mummies, y’know.

Are you my mummy?

[42fish]

@Frank

The most important question is: who’s buried in it?

No, Who’s on first, What’s on second and I Don’t Know’s buried in Grant’s Tomb.

[Joey_P]

@Lord_Mondegreen

That should be “that’s half of 'em,” not “that have of 'em.”

Two mistakes in one sentence. Grrr.

I honestly thought you were just going for a British accent when I first saw it (even thought it kind of sounded London/Cockney to me).

[Hamlet]

@Lord_Mondegreen

Two mistakes in one sentence. Grrr.

Yeah. You’s is badly, dummy.

[BubbaDog]

@Lord_Mondegreen

That should be “that’s half of 'em,” not “that have of 'em.”

Two mistakes in one sentence. Grrr.

Mistakes?

Granted, if you rush more, you’ll make one or tomb.

[John_Mace]

@BubbaDog

Mistakes?

Granted, if you rush more, you’ll make one or tomb.

You can pretty much take that for Granted.

[smiling_bandit]

@Roland_Orzabal

You clicked the link and still posted that? Hell, I’d have denied that I clicked it and claimed quick-response oversight. Points for honesty. Triple points to JM for the epic whoosh. (No worries, happens to us all, myself included.)

I admit - after being around this board long enough, I’ve lost my “Someone’s just joking alarm.” Too many people seem totally serious! The fact that I didn’t realize this was a Pit thread didn’t help. :smack:

[mkecane]

@42fish

No, Who’s on first, What’s on second and I Don’t Know’s buried in Grant’s Tomb.

Naturally.

[silenus]

@mkecane

Naturally.

I thought Naturally was cremated?

[Bill_Door]

Isn’t it an above ground crypt and in fact no one is buried in Grant’s tomb?

[pravnik]

@Bill_Door

Isn’t it an above ground crypt and in fact no one is buried in Grant’s tomb?

Yes, that’s why you see the occassional cryptic (heh) answer “nobody is buried in Grant’s Tomb.” Like El Kabong said above, strictly speaking nobody’s “buried” there; Grant and his wife are entombed there.

[mhendo]

Well, this thread has sort of devolved into general tomfoolery and witticisms, but i think it’s something that should be taken more seriously, at least by the staff around here.

In the thread linked by the OP, samclem says:

Jinx. I’ve closed this thread. You’ve been counseled previously to Google answers to simple questions. This would be one.

I’m just wondering how many times Jinx has to actually be told this before you do more than just close the occasional thread? The guy (? not sure of Jinx’s sex) is a fucking retard who has, despite starting literally thousands of GQ threads, scarcely made a single useful contribution to this message board in almost 12 years of posting.

Last July, Colibri closed a Jinx thread, saying:

@Colibri

Considering the number of times you’ve been asked to try Wiki before asking simple questions here, I think my head just exploded.

This is closed.

And just a few days earlier:

@Colibri

Given that this question is easily answered on Wikipedia, and that the OP has on many, many, many occasions been requested to first check Wiki or Google before asking simple questions here, this thread is closed.

About three months before that, samclem made a similar observation:

@samclem

And, since the OP does this crap all the time, this one is closed.

And about a week before that:

@Colibri

You have been asked repeatedly not to ask such easily researched questions in GQ. The second post contains a link you could have very easily found with a very simple Google search. Samclem closed another one of your threads yesterday. Unless you start showing some minimal ability to use Wikipedia and Google, you are likely to find your threads being closed.

Going back a little further, we find that even in 2008 the mods were already noting that Jinx’s idiocy had a long history:

@Colibri

You’ve been asked before to try using other available sources of information before asking such simple and easily answered questions in GQ. Given that the basic question has been answered, I will refer you to the many news sources on the internet, plus other threads on this board. I am going to close this thread.

And:

@Colibri

Jinx, we often overlook excessively simple-minded questions, and let them slide. But you have made something of a career of them. When the question is as easily researched as this one, you might try finding out the answer on your own.

“Simple-minded” is right, and a perusal of Jinx’s GQ OPs shows dozens, probably hundreds, of threads that probably should have been given similar treatment.

When does this fucking moron actually get reined in, or given a warning for all the asinine bullshit, and for refusal to obey mod instructions?

[tdn]

Wow, mhendo, talk about tl;dr!

I’m reminded of the thread where someone asked why the movie Seabiscuit had such a stupid title.

[Dallas_Jones]

@John_Mace

You can pretty much take that for Granted.

No, you take it for Granite, because that’s what it’s made of.

[John_Mace]

@mhendo

Well, this thread has sort of devolved into general tomfoolery and witticisms, but i think it’s something that should be taken more seriously, at least by the staff around here.

In the thread linked by the OP, samclem says:I’m just wondering how many times Jinx has to actually be told this before you do more than just close the occasional thread? The guy (? not sure of Jinx’s sex) is a fucking retard who has, despite starting literally thousands of GQ threads, scarcely made a single useful contribution to this message board in almost 12 years of posting.

Last July, Colibri closed a Jinx thread, saying:And just a few days earlier:About three months before that, samclem made a similar observation:And about a week before that:Going back a little further, we find that even in 2008 the mods were already noting that Jinx’s idiocy had a long history:And:“Simple-minded” is right, and a perusal of Jinx’s GQ OPs shows dozens, probably hundreds, of threads that probably should have been given similar treatment.

When does this fucking moron actually get reined in, or given a warning for all the asinine bullshit, and for refusal to obey mod instructions?

Indeed. I don’t start a lot of Pit threads, and I’ve probably Pitted less than 6 people in my ~ 10 years here, but this guy and ralph are worse than village idiots.

[kaylasdad99]

@El_Kabong

Shouldn’t that be “entombed in it”?

Yup. Burying bodies happens in graves.