# a buck thirty-nine ... ?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 4, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-buck-thirty-nine/673089 "2013-11-04T20:07:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-buck-thirty-nine/673089/21 "2013-11-05T16:57:39Z")

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“Wool! Hair! Cotton!” ? Sounds like she’s getting flocked.

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-buck-thirty-nine/673089/22 "2013-11-05T17:56:18Z")

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I think I got it: it’s $1 (buck) 3 (tits) with 9 (symbol for hung man). Yep that’s it.

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-buck-thirty-nine/673089/23 "2013-11-05T19:13:03Z")

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I’m a woman, and I had no idea. A google search only pulled up one posisble guess: A pick-up line used by Moe on the Simpsons: “Babe, you owe me a buck thirty-nine: you’re so hot, you curdled the yogurt in my fanny pack.”

Nah, I doubt that’s it either.

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**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:** [November 5, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-buck-thirty-nine/673089/24 "2013-11-05T19:32:29Z")

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> [@bup](#):
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> A buck thirty-nine is 69+70, so it could be a 69, followed by what comes after a 69.

> [@George Carlin](#):
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> There’s 71, which is 69 with two fingers up your ass. Then there’s 68, which is “you do me and I’ll owe you one.” Women hear that one all the time.

😉

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-buck-thirty-nine/673089/25 "2013-11-05T19:38:51Z")

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