# Witness haters--are you happy now? :( **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 2, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221 "2013-10-02T23:02:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 37
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/721 "2014-07-01T20:47:21Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > IT"S A JOKE. Someone says they prefer classical music so IT’S FUNNY that a classical composer who writes music we we think is high-brow also made a silly song to play at parties. > > It’s ok to laugh at yourself a little bit and not get so offended at everything. “Humor. It is a difficult concept”.-Lt Saavick ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/722 "2014-07-01T21:01:40Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > “Humor. It is a difficult concept”.-Lt Saavick 🙂 But our illustrious OP likes to make snide comments and digs at other people (title of this thread is my cite), but gets outraged, OUTRAGED I tell you, at small jokes tangentially at his expense. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/723 "2014-07-01T23:08:07Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > 🙂 > > But our illustrious OP likes to make snide comments and digs at other people (title of this thread is my cite), but gets outraged, OUTRAGED I tell you, at small jokes tangentially at his expense. You should what happens when they’re hyperbolic. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/724 "2014-07-01T23:23:42Z")
Should the missing word be “see”, in the third place in the sentence? (don’t you hate it when you do that?) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/725 "2014-07-02T00:04:08Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > 🙂 > > But our illustrious OP likes to make snide comments and digs at other people (title of this thread is my cite), but gets outraged, OUTRAGED I tell you, at small jokes tangentially at his expense. This. X10. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/726 "2014-07-02T00:21:06Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > I said technical problems. Can you read, or do you have opposable big toes? Oh hell, this made me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/727 "2014-07-02T13:16:44Z")
Og on a stick dougie, are you 12? It’s like you get your comebacks from Pee Wee Herman. “Well at least my mom’s human. Too bad yours isn’t. Pblpblpblpblpblp!” ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/728 "2014-07-02T13:45:45Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Only at this late date have I been able to follow that link to Wikipedia. What does this mean? Were you rereading the thread, and by chance you happened upon that link? Or were you actually unable to follow that link before, and you’ve been biding your time _just waiting_ for Wikipedia to become a little more accessible? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/729 "2014-07-02T14:46:56Z")
No, I have had constant difficulties with Internet access on my computer, including a blocked modem and telephone service outage; and it hasn’t been high on my list of priorities anyway. **Posthumous comment to Mozart:** anything is prettier than your face! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/730 "2014-07-02T14:52:08Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > **Posthumous comment to Mozart:** anything is prettier than your face! Going for baroque, hey? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/731 "2014-07-02T14:54:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Og on a stick dougie, are you 12? It’s like you get your comebacks from Pee Wee Herman. “Well at least my mom’s human. Too bad yours isn’t. Pblpblpblpblpblp!” That kind of reminds me of Al Capp’s Joe Btfsplk or Don Martin’s “Bfrrlllsssp!” ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/732 "2014-07-02T14:54:44Z")
I started out being pretty ambivalent towards Jehovah’s Witnesses. Reading this thread has really made me much more supportive of shooting at them on sight. Thank you , **dougie\_monty**! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/733 "2014-07-02T15:04:38Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Going for baroque, hey? _snaps **kayaker’s** paddle_ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/734 "2014-07-02T16:11:52Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > No, I have had constant difficulties with Internet access on my computer, including a blocked modem and telephone service outage; and it hasn’t been high on my list of priorities anyway. Yet somehow you were able to continue posting in this thread for two weeks after **andros** posted that link. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/735 "2014-07-02T16:43:36Z")
That wikipedia page was blocked by his parental control software. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/736 "2014-07-02T17:00:26Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > That wikipedia page was blocked by his parental control software. And you know this how? All he’s said is “technical problems”. If it was parental controls: > [@running\_coach](#): > > There is more than Wiki for information. I’ve even heard rumors of a new kind of website called a “search engine”. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/737 "2014-07-02T17:32:21Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > And you know this how? All he’s said is “technical problems”. This thread is where jokes go to die. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/738 "2014-07-02T17:35:18Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > And you know this how? All he’s said is “technical problems”. Twas a joke, Skippy. I guess I should have included a smiley. ETA: I see someone got it. Thanks for mentioning it **jsgoddess**. You’ve kept me from thinking I was going crazy(ier). ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/739 "2014-07-02T17:43:27Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > I started out being pretty ambivalent towards Jehovah’s Witnesses. Reading this thread has really made me much more supportive of shooting at them on sight. Thank you , **dougie\_monty**! Thank you, Death. Well, that gives your prosecutor premeditation and motive… ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/740 "2014-07-02T17:45:10Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > You should what happens when they’re hyperbolic. I laughed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221.md?page=38)