# Why taken is shit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 21, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026 "2003-01-21T19:06:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026/21 "2003-01-22T00:43:53Z")
Uncle Beer–Isn’t that just going to be the bestest show _ever_? I love Penn and Teller and their wacky skeptical antics. I can hardly wait for “Bullshit!” ::doing the happy skeptic dance:: ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026/22 "2003-01-22T00:52:18Z")
My name is Torgo, I drive a Yugo. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026/23 "2003-01-22T01:23:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*No. _This_, is Bullshit. \*\* Interesting … I tried to look at this link, and got a [page](http://www.showtimeonline.com/lockout/us.cfm): saying that it’s only intended for viewing by Americans. This wouldn’t be describing how you’re going to invade Australia, would it? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026/24 "2003-01-22T02:20:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HenrySpencer \* > \*\*Interesting … I tried to look at this link, and got a [page](http://www.showtimeonline.com/lockout/us.cfm): saying that it’s only intended for viewing by Americans. This wouldn’t be describing how you’re going to invade Australia, would it? 😉 \*\* I got that too: “We at Showtime Online express our apologies; however, these pages are intended for access only from within the United States.” What the hell? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026/25 "2003-01-22T02:28:19Z")
Apparently Colorado is no longer part of America, 'cause that’s the page I get too. Maybe Colorado is the staging ground for the upcoming Australian invasion? Fenris ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026/26 "2003-01-22T02:40:29Z")
Fenris, my part of Colorado got in. Are you from Boulder? We all know the Boulder people are from a different…ah…country. TV ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026/27 "2003-01-22T07:32:50Z")
**Ryan** , I didn’t know you English people got Fox, much less **watch** it…there are only two reasons I’d watch it, and one is to laugh at American Idol 2. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026/28 "2003-01-22T11:10:45Z")
Taken is being shown on the BBC. Heaven knows why they bought it. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026/29 "2003-01-22T11:38:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TV time \* > \*\*Fenris, my part of Colorado got in. Are you from Boulder? We all know the Boulder people are from a different…ah…country. > > TV \*\* Nah, Golden. You’re a Boulderite? :: eyes \*\*TV time warily :: :dubious: 😛 Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026/30 "2003-01-22T12:44:56Z")
I’m still trying to work out why a spacecraft reverse-engineered and used by the military is different from a military spacecraft. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026/31 "2003-01-22T13:42:32Z")
We dont have Fox, but some Fox proigrammesw are shown on Channels in Ireland and the UK. Primarily, Sky One (being owned by BSkyB, a division of News International) is the main offender in “Showing Butter Shite Programmes made by Fox.” ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026/32 "2003-01-22T14:00:47Z")
Ya know, I never could figure out why they call it taking a shit when you are actually leaving one. huh? ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026/33 "2003-01-22T14:07:53Z")
Well at least I now have _some_ idea what the thread was talking about. Probably the most confusing title I’ve ever seen. Thanks for nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![keithnmick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90db22/32.png) [@keithnmick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keithnmick)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026/34 "2003-01-22T14:21:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ryan\_Liam \* > \*\*It felt false, the acting by that general really pissed me off. why don’t they gang probe more tramps?😛 \*\* - Just in case any ststeside dopers were getting the wrong idea from this post, in the UK the word “tramp” means “hobo”. Not “slut”. My guess is that the BBC won’t run the episode where they gang probe the sluts. ---
**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026/35 "2003-01-23T05:41:28Z")
I thought most sluts like being gang-probed, right? ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026/36 "2003-02-01T14:50:54Z")
Sorry for the thread title, and sorry for taking so long to reply, my internet time ran out after I replied to this thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taken-is-shit/150026.md?page=1)