# Woody Allen Is A Scumbag (rant) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 29, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489 "2003-09-29T15:35:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/101 "2003-09-30T20:19:56Z")
Earlier I had a post written out but I had to leave for a few hours. Now that I am back and have read the newest from Isabelle, I deleted everything and would just like to say - Isabelle, you’re just a fucking idiot. also - > [@](#): > > I’m with autz. As for “one-way scumitis”, I think there is a big difference in intellect between Woody Allen and a girl my age. She was pretty easily led. Woody Allen may be more guilty of scumminess, but she certainly deserves to take some credit. She would have to be comatose to not understand what she was doing and how it would affect her mother. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/102 "2003-09-30T20:30:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Woody Allen may be more guilty of scumminess, but she certainly deserves to take some credit. She would have to be comatose to not understand what she was doing and how it would affect her mother. I agree And as far as the idiot comment. To each his own. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/103 "2003-09-30T20:35:13Z")
I think that we have a new candidate for the Jean Teasdale of the SDMB. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/104 "2003-09-30T20:41:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Isabelle \* > \*\*And as far as the idiot comment. To each his own. \*\* We each get our own idiot? Um, can we form a group, trade in our idiots, and maybe get a loaf of bread? Julie ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/105 "2003-09-30T20:51:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Isabelle \* > **I did get my kids names from the Bible.** Seamus is a Biblical name too - just in a different language. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/106 "2003-09-30T21:05:55Z")
**jsgoddess** , Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out the mouth of your assigned idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/107 "2003-09-30T21:15:20Z")
> [@](#): > > To each his own. Can I have a pet rock instead? It’s gotta be smarter than you. ---
**Author:** ![Apricot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Apricot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apricot)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/108 "2003-09-30T23:05:27Z")
I think it’s mean to change a kid’s name from Satchel to Seamus. Satchel is just an unusual name. Seamus has the double problem of being pronounced like “shame” and looking like the word “seamen.” I wouldn’t choose it because of those associations for me. Somehow it’s different if the kid is old enough to question, “why are you changing my name to one with that’s weird?” than if the child in question is an infant. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/109 "2003-09-30T23:20:54Z")
> [@](#): > > I think that we have a new candidate for the Jean Teasdale of the SDMB. - **gobear** you’re my hero! I’ve been thinking this for a while, but I couldn’t put it into words. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/110 "2003-09-30T23:21:11Z")
What’s wrog with “seamen” ? Those brave boys of the Navy are out there every day protecting your freedom, you ungrateful swine! Now, if you meant “semen”, that’s altogether different. ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/111 "2003-09-30T23:42:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*Seamus is a Biblical name too - just in a different language. \*\* And I’m pretty sure that the Mother of God was never called “Mary” in her lifetime. So Seamus is certainly as biblical a name as Mary. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/112 "2003-10-01T01:28:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > \*\ ***jsgoddess** , Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out the mouth of your assigned idiot. \*\* No man is an island, entire of itself… but my idiot’s head is pretty darn close. Julie ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/113 "2003-10-01T02:29:00Z")
To be fair… the name Jason is found in the bible, in Acts XVII; it’s the name of a Thessalonian Greek who hosts Paul and some other apostles. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/114 "2003-10-01T02:35:44Z")
To be fair… the name Jason is found in the bible, in Acts XVII; it’s the name of a Thessalonian Greek who hosts Paul and some other apostles. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/115 "2003-10-01T02:41:54Z")
To be fair… the name Jason is found in the bible, in Acts XVII; it’s the name of a Thessalonian Greek who hosts Paul and some other apostles. ---
**Author:** ![Ulterior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/85f322/32.png) [@Ulterior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulterior)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/116 "2003-10-01T02:50:56Z")
It’s found in the Bible, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/117 "2003-10-01T02:51:10Z")
I ain’t sayin’ nuthin. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/118 "2003-10-01T03:43:03Z")
I just caught this, way back on page two: > [@](#): > > My friend just adopted a girl and named her Sydney after his uncle. You know, that’s one of my [favourite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=3868043#post3868043) [euphemisms](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=205997). ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/119 "2003-10-01T04:16:15Z")
Other than the fact that Jason’s not an angel at all, I guess you’re okay on the name front… ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489/120 "2003-10-01T11:32:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tdn \* > \*\*And yet, the man has more sweet babes lining up to kiss him than I’ll ever see in my lifetime. \*\* I bet Bill Gates has a few lined up too. I think it has something to do with him being rich and powerful. Without the fame and influence, Allen, I think, would be regarding as something of a toad. But that’s a personal opinion [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489.md?page=7)