# You are present to witness the downfall of civilization. What's your witty one-liner? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213 "2010-12-15T06:02:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/61 "2010-12-15T19:36:10Z")
“I win, Student Loan Corporation! HAHAHAHAHAHA!” ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/62 "2010-12-15T21:16:10Z")
…Or was it the _blue_ wire…? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/63 "2010-12-15T21:28:15Z")
Gee, I wish I’d spent more time at the office… ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/64 "2010-12-15T21:28:20Z")
“Last Call, gents” ---
**Author:** ![HeadNinja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b4bc9f/32.png) [@HeadNinja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeadNinja)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/65 "2010-12-15T21:38:10Z")
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto ---
**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:** [December 15, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/66 "2010-12-15T21:43:10Z")
If I’m not immortal: " I really should have banged more chicks and a heroin addiction might have been pretty cool too." If I am like Winslow: “Again? Well back to practicing my Tuvan throat singing.” ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/67 "2010-12-15T22:32:27Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > Yog, I hate you and you know why. Ummm…I don’t. Am I being whooshed? Did we have an argument in another topic? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/68 "2010-12-15T22:34:15Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Ummm…I don’t. Am I being whooshed? Did we have an argument in another topic? 😕 If I had to guess, I’d say because you ninja’d his line… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/69 "2010-12-15T22:34:54Z")
Four quadruple whiskeys please. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/70 "2010-12-15T22:35:01Z")
“You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.” ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/71 "2010-12-15T22:49:34Z")
I \*told \*you not to press that button! ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/72 "2010-12-15T23:29:10Z")
As one of four Yorkshiremen: “I’ve had worse!” ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/73 "2010-12-16T00:03:11Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Winslow comic. The panel I refer to is #5 on this page: > > [http://www.thugdome.com/images/foglio/ma5\_winslow3.png](http://www.thugdome.com/images/foglio/ma5_winslow3.png) > > The whole comic: > > [Winslow](http://www.thugdome.com/slagblah_winslow.htm) > > (Although this page and thee Wikipedia entry say this was first published in 1985, it actually appeared before that, in 1982 in the URcon IV program, which is where i first saw it, and met Foglio: > > [URcon](http://www.rochesterfantasyfans.org/URcon.html) > > ) The whole comic is also posted in a slightly larger format at Foglio Studios at the end of the Buck Godot comic reprint, [here](http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php?date=20090623). Somewhere on that website is also a photo of the actual Winslow. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/74 "2010-12-16T00:21:07Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > “Khaaaaaaaaaan!” > [@descamisado](#): > > Yog, I hate you and you know why. > [@YogSosoth](#): > > Ummm…I don’t. Am I being whooshed? Did we have an argument in another topic? 😕 > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > If I had to guess, I’d say because you ninja’d his line… Sorry, should have been clearer; **kaylasdad** was correct, I had just decided (after making sure to read the entire thread) that would be _the_ perfect one-liner, when I saw your post. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/75 "2010-12-16T00:25:55Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > Sorry, should have been clearer; **kaylasdad** was correct, I had just decided (after making sure to read the entire thread) that would be _the_ perfect one-liner, when I saw your post. You can still post it, and direct the line towards me. It would be…logical. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/76 "2010-12-16T00:57:31Z")
Oh Man. I just had acquired 15 pigs on Farmville. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/77 "2010-12-16T01:06:47Z")
> [@yogsosoth](#): > > you can still post it, and direct the line towards me. It would be…logical. 😉 Yoooooogggggg!!! ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/78 "2010-12-16T01:10:28Z")
**Maus** , I hate you . . . ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/79 "2010-12-16T01:24:11Z")
Fuck it dude, let’s go bowling. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/80 "2010-12-16T01:38:55Z")
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