# Yes, I was nice to you. Stop following me around like a damn puppy. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 18, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-was-nice-to-you-stop-following-me-around-like-a-damn-puppy/260344 "2004-08-18T03:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-was-nice-to-you-stop-following-me-around-like-a-damn-puppy/260344/21 "2004-08-18T16:06:00Z")
While piling on **Agent Foxtrot** , I think people are forgetting to slam the **Asbestos Mango**. Isn’ t that what’s being done in the pit? So I guess I have to do that: **Mango** , if you don’t want to flirt, tell the poor guy, instead of just dropping cryptical hints like “I don’t need help, do your job.” Oh and what’s so bad about flirting anyway? With that, I’ll leave the field to the more proficient flame-meisters on here. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-was-nice-to-you-stop-following-me-around-like-a-damn-puppy/260344/22 "2004-08-18T16:33:43Z")
> [@Agent Foxtrot](#): > > [impotent rantings that stem from either an inability to get laid, or severe constipation] Damn, you’re a pissy little bitch, aren’t you? I thought the OP was quite funny. But I suppose when you saw Cervaise’s famed telemarketer post, you thought he should have just written, “I don’t like telemarketers”? Loser. ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-was-nice-to-you-stop-following-me-around-like-a-damn-puppy/260344/23 "2004-08-18T16:37:04Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > I was thinking some sort of exotic bird or maybe a dolphin. But I couldn’t figure out how a dolphin could vacuum. SOLDIER #2: It could be vacuumed by an African swallow! SOLDIER #1: Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow. That’s my point. SOLDIER #2: Oh, yeah, I agree with that. SOLDIER #1: But then of course, uh, African swallows are non-migratory, so why would they need the wristbands? ---
**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:** [August 18, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-was-nice-to-you-stop-following-me-around-like-a-damn-puppy/260344/24 "2004-08-18T16:44:35Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > It was a rather grandiose bit of storytelling, but it was at least moderately amusing. What really tweaked Agent Foxtrot’s tail was your superior overtone, because maybe, just maybe, he’s been in that guy’s shoes. Just plain clueless, in other words. Or maybe **Agent Foxtrot** was the one who was supposed to be emptying the trash instead of following the OP around like a lost puppy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-was-nice-to-you-stop-following-me-around-like-a-damn-puppy/260344/25 "2004-08-18T17:46:36Z")
> [@Optihut](#): > > While piling on **Agent Foxtrot** , I think people are forgetting to slam the **Asbestos Mango**. That’s one good thing about the clooless guy…at least he wasn’t _Slamming the Asbestos Mango_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-was-nice-to-you-stop-following-me-around-like-a-damn-puppy/260344/26 "2004-08-18T18:03:30Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > I was thinking some sort of exotic bird or maybe a dolphin. But I couldn’t figure out how a dolphin could vacuum. 😕 Dolphins smart. Dolphins use Roomba. Look, no hands! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-was-nice-to-you-stop-following-me-around-like-a-damn-puppy/260344/27 "2004-08-18T18:13:38Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > I was thinking some sort of exotic bird or maybe a dolphin. But I couldn’t figure out how a dolphin could vacuum. 😕 > 😉 I was thinking of a replica of a tropical fruit, made out of fire-resistant but carcinogenic fiber, mysteriously imbued with intelligence, mobility, opposable thumbs, and a pretty respectable sense of humor. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-was-nice-to-you-stop-following-me-around-like-a-damn-puppy/260344/28 "2004-08-18T18:30:16Z")
> [@The Devil's Grandmother](#): > > Dolphins smart. Dolphins use Roomba. Look, no hands! You’re lucky I’d already swallowed my mouthful of tea before I read this. Hot chai tea out the nose woulda _hurt_. Not to mention a nasty mess on the keyboard. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-was-nice-to-you-stop-following-me-around-like-a-damn-puppy/260344/29 "2004-08-18T18:35:08Z")
The Pit has a rich history of threads such as this: wordy, amusing and biting. I see nothing wrong with the OP. I found it to be funny and fitting the Pit tradition. _Counting_ the words in the OP and saying that there were too many of them was beyond absurd. (Reminds me of the King saying, “Too many notes.” in _Amadeus_.) > [@Optihut](#): > > So I guess I have to do that: **Mango** , if you don’t want to flirt, tell the poor guy, instead of just dropping cryptical hints like “I don’t need help, do your job.” What’s so cryptic about telling him to go away and do his job? Only a moron would not figure out that she wanted him to go away and do his job. > [@](#): > > Oh and what’s so bad about flirting anyway? Uh, perhaps the fact that he wasn’t being _paid_ to flirt, he was being paid to do his job, which he wasn’t doing. Oh, and that the supervisor is looking to fire (or severely reprimand? something bad, anyway) employees who are socializing when they are really supposed to be, you know, _doing their job_? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-was-nice-to-you-stop-following-me-around-like-a-damn-puppy/260344/30 "2004-08-18T19:12:49Z")
The guy in the OP is probably composing a post about how he is “too nice” and the bitch is probably going off to get picked up by an abusive drunken biker who’ll treat her like crap and toss her aside like a cigarette butt out of his Camaro and girls just don’t appreciate nice guys. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-was-nice-to-you-stop-following-me-around-like-a-damn-puppy/260344/31 "2004-08-18T19:27:56Z")
> [@The Asbestos Mango](#): > > Yes, at the beginning of the night’s work, I did explain to you that the reason we have to wear the stupid plastic wristbands is so that the scientists in the convention center can track our migration patterns. Are you suggesting that mangos migrate? Actually, the one thing I took from the OP was that you’re far too intelligent to be employed just pushing a vacuum cleaner. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-was-nice-to-you-stop-following-me-around-like-a-damn-puppy/260344/32 "2004-08-18T19:31:17Z")
> [@Agent Foxtrot](#): > > No offense, but get over yourself. Most unintentionally ironic statement of the day. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-was-nice-to-you-stop-following-me-around-like-a-damn-puppy/260344/33 "2004-08-18T20:10:21Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Are you suggesting that mangos migrate? > Actually, the one thing I took from the OP was that you’re far too intelligent to be employed just pushing a vacuum cleaner. Yeah, well, tell that to the dozens of other potential employers I applied to before I finally broke down and took the temp job. I take the National Certification Exam for Massage Therapy this Friday. Then I get to start the whole licensing process. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-was-nice-to-you-stop-following-me-around-like-a-damn-puppy/260344.md?page=1)