# You blithering fuckwit! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 11, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083 "2006-07-11T20:40:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/21 "2006-07-11T22:50:26Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] I never said he ignored it; I said he took umbrage at it. [/QUOTE] Well there is definately a blithering fuckwit in this thread and it is not Cuncatator… Jesus H. Christ, you’re whining about somebody taking “umbrage” at a fire drill? Whats next? You gonna implore us to think of the children? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/22 "2006-07-11T23:03:25Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] I never said he ignored it; I said he took umbrage at it. [/QUOTE] Did he pay for the umbrage, or did he just take it? Cuz if he just took it, I can see how you would be upset and all. That’s theft! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/23 "2006-07-11T23:14:17Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] I never said he ignored it; I said he took umbrage at it. [/QUOTE] Actually you posted: [QUOTE=Quartz] Consider how a fire officer might feel about you if he’d climbed all those steps - in full kit mind - to deal with a real fire only to be confronted by a group of people who say, “We ignored the alarm because we thought it was only a drill.” [/quote] and [QUOTE=Quartz] Consider also that failure to respond to a fire alarm can endanger your colleagues. [/quote] plus [QUOTE=Quartz] Consider also that failure to evacuate can be classed as gross misconduct. [/quote] **All of which clearly imply that the fire drill was ignored**. Clearly you owe someone an apology. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/24 "2006-07-11T23:33:20Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Did he pay for the umbrage, or did he just take it? Cuz if he just took it, I can see how you would be upset and all. That’s theft! [/QUOTE] If he puts the umbrage back where he found it, will that satisfy you? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/25 "2006-07-11T23:42:26Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] If he puts the umbrage back where he found it, will that satisfy you? 🆒 [/QUOTE] ewwwwwwwww. Used umbrage. Gross! ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/26 "2006-07-12T00:14:52Z")
[QUOTE=wring] ewwwwwwwww. Used umbrage. Gross! [/QUOTE] It’s completely umbrageous. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/27 "2006-07-12T00:17:02Z")
Consider also, consider also, consider also … God damn it! I have had it up to HERE -------------\> (imagine an appropriate gesture) with overuse of a word or phrase within the same OP/reply! God damn it! I’m a Doper, not a thesaurus! Find your own substitute phrases! God damn it! On top of the lack of imagination in word choice, the OP is a lame Pitting! God damn it! I feel like running this into the ground just for the hell of it! fuck ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/28 "2006-07-12T00:21:24Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] I never said he ignored it; I said he took umbrage at it. [/QUOTE] Bullshit. Your OP, as **glee** points out, clearly implies that he ignored the drill. If you want to start a Pit thread about people who actually ignore fire drills, go right ahead. I’m sure most of us would agree with you. But that’s got nothing to do with what **Cunctator** ’s post was about. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/29 "2006-07-12T00:51:52Z")
Personally, I think a calm descent of the staircases, facing forward and in an orderly manner, is the best way to evacuate a dangerous situation. Quartz’s demonstration of his backpedalling technique is unconvincing. I mean, you’d keep hitting the railing and missing the turns and what good will that do anybody? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/30 "2006-07-12T01:31:22Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Is it just me or are people easily pissed off lately? It’s just a fire drill. It’s normal to be a little irritated at the interruption. [/QUOTE] You stupid god-damn fucking bitchwich. Did your two function brain cells actually get together and have a thought? A once in a decade occurance and you waste it on this fucking bullshit? You better be able to link to a chart, showing pissed off rates and how they have climbed recently or you can just go to hell. :wally ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/31 "2006-07-12T01:38:56Z")
Anybody else want to make a poo joke about evacuation? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/32 "2006-07-12T02:19:46Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] Anybody else want to make a poo joke about evacuation? [/QUOTE] With a _drill_? :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/33 "2006-07-12T03:14:35Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] With a _drill_? :eek: 😃 [/QUOTE] Fire at will! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/34 "2006-07-12T03:16:40Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] Fire at will! 😃 [/QUOTE] why? what did he do? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/35 "2006-07-12T03:18:40Z")
[QUOTE=wring] why? what did he do? [/QUOTE] Wouldn’t let Jean-Luc beam down, if you know what I mean… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/36 "2006-07-12T03:21:36Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] Wouldn’t let Jean-Luc beam down, if you know what I mean… :dubious: [/QUOTE] so that was why Number One took the bridge. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/37 "2006-07-12T05:32:56Z")
Oh, come on. This thread is perfectly understandable. You should never pause to gather supplies in a fire drill. If it were a real fire, and he’d stopped to take umbrage, he would have put people’s lives in danger! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/38 "2006-07-12T05:55:39Z")
And besides, you should always take your own umbrage with you whenever you go out. You never know, it might rain and pour. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/39 "2006-07-12T07:50:11Z")
Can I use this thread to take umbrage at people who pit people who take umbrage? Yes? OK then. **Quartz** , I am umbraged. Thankyew. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/40 "2006-07-12T08:04:53Z")
Is there any umbrage left, or has it all been taken? I might like to take me some umbrage, but my mother always taught me never to take the last umbrage as it’s impolite. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083.md?page=3)