# Witness haters--are you happy now? :(

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221>\
**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\
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**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 3, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/761 "2014-07-03T00:26:50Z")

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Have any of you assholes excepted Jesus Christ as your Personal Savior?

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**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 3, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/762 "2014-07-03T01:22:58Z")

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How’s that again? \*Ex-\*cepted?

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**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 3, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/763 "2014-07-03T03:49:50Z")

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> [@simster](#):
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> how is that germane?

Verleumdung.

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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/764 "2014-07-03T03:53:04Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> Verleumdung.

bless you - need a hanky?

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**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 3, 2014, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/765 "2014-07-03T06:26:52Z")

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> [@simster](#):
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> how is that germane?

That’s my point: it _isn’t._

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**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 3, 2014, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/766 "2014-07-03T06:34:34Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> Verleumdung.

That’s “slander.” “Libel” is _Schmähschrift._

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**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 3, 2014, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/767 "2014-07-03T10:47:24Z")

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> [@dougie\_monty](#):
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> That’s “slander.” “Libel” is _Schmähschrift._

dankie.  
Engels is nie my forte.  
my vertroue in Google.

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**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 3, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/768 "2014-07-03T12:14:20Z")

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> [@dougie\_monty](#):
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> That’s my point: it _isn’t._

Then why’d you say it?😕

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/769 "2014-07-03T12:34:05Z")

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> [@dougie\_monty](#):
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> That’s my point: it _isn’t._

Let us be the judge. You got me hooked now.

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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/770 "2014-07-03T14:49:06Z")

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Yanno what I like? I really like that Wikipedia. It seems pretty cool!

I’ve heard some people have had negative experiences with the Wikipedia, though. Gosh, I sure would love to hear _their_ stories, youbetcha.

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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/771 "2014-07-03T15:08:16Z")

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> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#):
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> Then why’d you say it?😕

He likes saying funny words - he’s liable to say libel again and again.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/772 "2014-07-03T15:28:41Z")

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> [@simster](#):
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> He likes saying funny words - he’s liable to say libel again and again.

I get slander. I get libel. I hear words I never heard in the bible. 😉

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**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 3, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/773 "2014-07-03T19:28:57Z")

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> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> I get slander. I get libel. I hear words I never heard in the bible. 😉

And I’m one step away from the county line… 😃

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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/774 "2014-07-03T20:29:03Z")

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> [@dougie\_monty](#):
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> And I’m one step away from the county line… 😃

are you near a railway station?

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/775 "2014-07-03T20:34:42Z")

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are you watching Perry Mason?

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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/776 "2014-07-03T21:41:08Z")

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Are you bigger than a breadbox?

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**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 3, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/777 "2014-07-03T21:42:23Z")

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> [@simster](#):
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> are you near a railway station?

No.

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/778 "2014-07-03T21:52:55Z")

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are you licking your red fox?

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/779 "2014-07-03T22:30:11Z")

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> [@dougie\_monty](#):
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> 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!

A modem?

MODEM? Your fucking MODEM is blocked?

It’s a wonder that your papyrus has not suffered an outage.

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**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/780 "2014-07-03T23:10:19Z")

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> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#):
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> A modem?
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> MODEM? Your fucking MODEM is blocked?
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> It’s a wonder that your papyrus has not suffered an outage.

Well there’s only so much you can do with an IBM PC with 640K of memory.

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