# A question for all to ponder... **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [August 20, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079 "2000-08-20T19:54:19Z") **Posts on this page:** 17 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo) #### Post date: [August 20, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/1 "2000-08-20T19:54:19Z")
I know that everyone wants to do the right thing, regardless of what that may be, but something troubles me:[ul] **What is the _left_ thing, and why doesn’t anyone want to do it?** [/ul] I eagerly await your answers. [sup]But not without some trepidation.[/sup] ~~Baloo ---
### Author: ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring) #### Post date: [August 20, 2000, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/2 "2000-08-20T19:58:00Z")
it’s the one that’s left over after every thing else is done. case closed. keg open 😃 ---
### Author: ![bovary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@bovary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bovary) #### Post date: [August 20, 2000, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/3 "2000-08-20T20:02:22Z")
anything that is’t right ---
### Author: ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1) #### Post date: [August 20, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/4 "2000-08-20T20:27:34Z")
yeah! and howcome we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? ---
### Author: ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo) #### Post date: [August 20, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/5 "2000-08-20T20:57:37Z")
Well the right thing to do would be to give you an ansewr so … ---
### Author: ![tbea925](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@tbea925](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbea925) #### Post date: [August 21, 2000, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/6 "2000-08-21T00:28:33Z")
DNFTGC ---
### Author: ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr) #### Post date: [August 21, 2000, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/7 "2000-08-21T00:38:00Z")
Who says no-one wants to do it? I have plenty of friends opposed to doing the right thing… ---
### Author: ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo) #### Post date: [August 21, 2000, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/8 "2000-08-21T00:55:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tbea925 \* > \*\*DNFTGC \*\* Huh? Spell it! Even in the military, ackronyms are spelled out before they are referred to only by the abbreviated version. DNFTGC = [A guess][ul] **D** o **N** ot **F** eed **T** he **G** reen **C** ows[/ul]Sage advice or cryptic message from the illuminati? ~~Baloo ---
### Author: ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo) #### Post date: [August 21, 2000, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/9 "2000-08-21T01:00:02Z")
At the risk of sounding _gauche_, it’s just too sinister! (I hope I handled that adroitly). ---
### Author: ![KP235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@KP235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KP235) #### Post date: [August 21, 2000, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/10 "2000-08-21T04:54:15Z")
What do you mean ? Al Gore is all over doing the left thing, and I’ll bet a bunch of people will vote for him too, so many folks will do the left thing. For myself, I’ll stay with doing the right thing. ---
### Author: ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash) #### Post date: [August 21, 2000, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/11 "2000-08-21T05:08:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baloo \* > \*\*I know that everyone wants to do the right thing, regardless of what that may be, but something troubles me:[ul] **What is the _left_ thing, and why doesn’t anyone want to do it?** [/ul] > > I eagerly await your answers. > > [sup]But not without some trepidation.[/sup] > > ~~Baloo \*\* I know you! You are that Andy Rooney dork from 60 minutes. “What I don’t understand is…” ---
### Author: ![SF\_CA\_US](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SF\_CA\_US](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SF_CA_US) #### Post date: [August 21, 2000, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/12 "2000-08-21T06:43:09Z")
Left, right, why can’t we all just get drunk and pass out as brothers!! ---
### Author: ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha) #### Post date: [August 21, 2000, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/13 "2000-08-21T06:49:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aseymayo \* > \*\*At the risk of sounding _gauche_, it’s just too sinister! (I hope I handled that adroitly). \*\* Mon Dieu! ::slaps forehead:: ---
### Author: ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo) #### Post date: [August 21, 2000, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/14 "2000-08-21T06:55:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cooldude \* > I know you! You are that Andy Rooney dork from 60 minutes. “What I don’t understand is…” \*\* [/quote] \ You know what I don’t understaaaaand? How come when you pick your nose and fling the snot at the crackwhores outside, it just fills back up agaaaain? \ ---
### Author: ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21) #### Post date: [August 21, 2000, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/15 "2000-08-21T06:55:43Z")
> [@](#): > > DNFTGC I am a hopeless science geek: Do Not Feed The Gas Chromatograph 😕 ---
### Author: ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo) #### Post date: [August 21, 2000, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/16 "2000-08-21T07:03:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > Mon Dieu! ::slaps forehead:: Are you begging for merci? ---
### Author: ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha) #### Post date: [August 21, 2000, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-all-to-ponder/30079/17 "2000-08-21T08:32:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Myrr21 \* > \*\* > I am a hopeless science geek: > > Do Not Feed The Gas Chromatograph > > 😕 \*\* Chemists! Never met a crazier bunch! 🙂 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aseymayo \* > \*\* > Are you begging for merci? \*\* Oui! Merci,…merci! Argh!