When come back, bring Og
I’m not always a fan of in-jokes, but I like them here. Besides, it’s not like they aren’t explained to newcomers here.
I like the use of Og. He’s a good placeholder divinity for a group that has many names for God, Allah, G-D, the gods, etc. More about
Og.
Besides, he beats Cthulhu heads down.
BTW, the ACC is also known as The Hangar. 
Is this opposites day? You’re in the Pit, man! Spit it out!
I wonder if it’s the same as mine, which has to do with predatory pack behavior.
That said, Og doesn’t bother me. I’m not sure why it should. I suppose given enough repetition it might begin to fill me with a kind of ennui, but it doesn’t seem to be at that level.
Didn’t I say? I don’t *want *to type God. I *like *in-jokes on this message board. And because I feel like it.
Why do you do (insert thing you do here)? Does there have to be a reason?
In my case, it’s largely to piss you off.
OpalCat, actually. And you don’t put “Hi Opal!” at the end – it’s always the third item of the list, even when the list is seven items.
–Cliffy
Actually, while everything I said before is true, I’m adding this reason, too. I do it to piss **Excalibre **off.
Yes, that’s right. It’s one of the ones I don’t do, so I forgot the details. Thank you.
Um, there usually is a reason for the things I do, yeah. I didn’t know that that was unusual.
:rolleyes:
To clarify: you know, sort of like the ‘Knights who say Ni’ scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 
I like how you just quoted the last part of what I said.
I gave you reasons.
And your rolleyes smiley has reduced me to tears! I have no answers and no defense! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Yeah, because that was the part I was replying to. Astonishing!
“Does there have to be a reason?” is a reason?
Anaamika, your petty hatred of me is becoming tiring. And I fear I’m interrupting your schedule of desperately rubbing your vagina on people’s faces.
If you really intentended to keep it to yourself, you would not have posted, and I wouldn’t be replying. For what it is worth, inside jokes tend not to be exclusionary in intent, as I’ll assume you believe since you won’t voice your issue with them, rather they tend to be flags or badges identifying the joker as belonging to some smaller set then the group as a whole. However, this doesn’t necessarily raise them in the pecking order over non-members, it is just a membership card.
I have a theory about people who allude to something, and then demur on the premise that it would not be nice to voice it out load…
Oh, I don’t think they’re exclusionary. They’re markers of identity. I called it a “pet theory” but that’s probably too strong a phrase; my observation has been that people who are fond of repeating in-jokes long after they stopped being funny is that they’re sort of desperate to feel they belong to a group - that is, it’s not the people who have much going on in their lives who are really into in-jokes.
They’re amusing at first, but they tend to stop being so amusing after a while.
Holy shit, how did I miss this? Where do I sign up?
Worst. Dismissive complaint. Ever.
Okay, that one was funny.
That’s got to warrant some variation on the old “I went to the fights the other night…” joke.
In view of the fact that there was a Celtic fertility god named Angus Og, with the relevant turgid appendage, that’s funny.
Actually, what many people here seem to be saying is that the typical “SDMB in joke” was funny once. For 20 minutes. in 1960. While listening to Rio by Duran Duran. Armed with a 1920’s style “Death Ray.” With penis ensuing immediately after the requisite greeting of Opal. (Have I gotten annoying enough yet?)
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What the Hell is an athiest? Do you mean that you’re athier than anybody else?