# 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:** 3
**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, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/41 "2006-07-12T08:22:18Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] 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. [/QUOTE] You can always take _umbrage_, just never the last swathe of dunny paper. That is just crass. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/42 "2006-07-12T08:33:01Z")
[QUOTE=kambuckta] You can always take _umbrage_, just never the last swathe of dunny paper. That is just crass. [/QUOTE] So does that mean your toilet has enormous numbers of rolls each with a last swathe on, because it would be crass to take it? ---
**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, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/43 "2006-07-12T08:56:02Z")
[QUOTE=Princhester] So does that mean your toilet has enormous numbers of rolls each with a last swathe on, because it would be crass to take it? [/QUOTE] No, we’re crass around here. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/44 "2006-07-12T11:13:02Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] Considering the level of \*\*Cunctator’s \*\* OP, this response was pretty over the top. And, this coming from a guy who knows the value of fire drills, because I used to be the guy who organized fire drills for a group of high-rise office buildings. They’re great, they’re valuable, and they save lives. But, let’s face it, they ARE a disruption. [/QUOTE] I agree. They’re important \*and \* they’re a pain in the ass. But even more annoying, I worked for a cheap-and-sour old muthahfuckah who, when a workerbee hit a gas pipe with his fork truck, stood there looking at his watch for 20 minutes and then sent us all back into the building before the fire department gave the “all clear.” I, of course, stayed outside until the officials told us it was cool. I also worked at a place that was one floor above the cafeteria. They had a REAL FIRE and when I told my boss it was the real deal, _he stayed on the phone and refused to evacuate._ I’ve got nothing against bitching about the inconvenience of a fire drill, but some people really do take it too far. Bitch all you want, but LEAVE THE BUILDING. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/45 "2006-07-12T11:41:22Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] You **do not fuck with fire**. [/QUOTE] I do. People act like FIRE is some crazy evil demon that will go from your stove top to burning down Chicago again in two minutes. It still has to catch on something and unless you’re talking about the heat generated by a forest fire, things that a distance away from fire don’t just spontaneously combust from the heat. I’ve stomped out spreading campfires, put out grease fires, carried a burning pillow out of the house once because I thought the fire extinguisher would be too messy. People run into burning buildings all the time. Anyone see [this](http://www.shortnews.com/shownews.cfm?id=55638&CFID=4916101&CFTOKEN=56190244) story? A pregnant lady ran into a burning building to rescue a woman in a wheelchair. People fuck with fire all the time. I fuck with fire. Bow down. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/46 "2006-07-12T13:05:58Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] 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 [/QUOTE] _quietly lights **Zebra’s** shoes on fire_ ---
**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, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/47 "2006-07-12T14:57:59Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] _quietly lights **Zebra’s** shoes on fire_ [/QUOTE] Did you remember to tie the shoelaces together first? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/48 "2006-07-12T14:59:17Z")
And now you have to pry \*\*Trunk \*\* off his leg. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/49 "2006-07-12T15:20:43Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I also worked at a place that was one floor above the cafeteria. They had a REAL FIRE and when I told my boss it was the real deal, _he stayed on the phone and refused to evacuate._ I’ve got nothing against bitching about the inconvenience of a fire drill, but some people really do take it too far. Bitch all you want, but LEAVE THE BUILDING. [/QUOTE] I always ask for their name “So we can notify the next of kin”. Seems to get the idea across. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/50 "2006-07-12T15:38:22Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] … They had a REAL FIRE and when I told my boss it was the real deal, _he stayed on the phone and refused to evacuate._ [/QUOTE] You say that as if it were a bad thing. 😉 ---
**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, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/51 "2006-07-12T16:16:27Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] _quietly lights **Zebra’s** shoes on fire_ [/QUOTE] It is only fair. You have lighted other parts of me on fire, so you should spread it around a bit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/52 "2006-07-12T18:32:02Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] It is only fair. You have lighted other parts of me on fire, so you should spread it around a bit. 😉 [/QUOTE] Oh, no. I know what you’re doing. You’re trying to get me to flirt with you in the Pit so everyone will come down on me like a ton of bricks. _lights **Zebra’s** hair on fire_ ---
**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, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/53 "2006-07-12T19:54:17Z")
[The Doors] Come on, baby, light my fire Come on, baby, light my fire Try to set the night on… FIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! [/TD] ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/54 "2006-07-12T21:39:12Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Oh, no. I know what you’re doing. You’re trying to get me to flirt with you in the Pit so everyone will come down on me like a ton of bricks. _lights **Zebra’s** hair on fire_ [/QUOTE] Wow, you’re a hard case! Guy tries a little flirting, next thing :poof!: hairs on fire! 😕 \<- kinda like that, except orange. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/55 "2006-07-12T21:41:03Z")
Um, that would be : poof! : hair’s on fire! Stupid sneaky smiley. ---
**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/56 "2006-07-12T21:51:54Z")
Come on baby light my fi-yer! ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/57 "2006-07-12T22:23:44Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7565684), Cunctator takes umbrage at a fire drill. You utter cunt. You **do not fuck with fire**. [/QUOTE] Wow. You’re a great big fucking retard, **Quartz**. Incidentally, some people make a career out of pyrotechnics. Your stupid, incomprehensible overreactions aside, people fuck with fire all the time. Help a guy out - he’s done these sort of voices-in-his-head style pittings before, right? Or am I confusing him with someone else? ---
**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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/58 "2006-07-12T23:50:46Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] Come on baby light my fi-yer! [/QUOTE] :: cough :: Post number 53. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/59 "2006-07-12T23:59:48Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] :: cough :: Post number 53. 😉 [/QUOTE] Yea, but Zebra sings better than you. 😃 ---
**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 13, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083/60 "2006-07-13T00:07:42Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] 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. [/QUOTE] Well, if Quartz plans to hang onto even a shred of credibility, he’s eating umbrage about now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-blithering-fuckwit/364083.md?page=4)