# ALERT ALERT, JILL MAKES MISTAKE

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-jill-makes-mistake/1233>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 9, 1999, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-jill-makes-mistake/1233 "1999-10-09T00:44:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 1999, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-jill-makes-mistake/1233/1 "1999-10-09T00:44:00Z")

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I just think we need another thread about it - to handle all the complaints.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 1999, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-jill-makes-mistake/1233/2 "1999-10-09T00:53:00Z")

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F. I. T.

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Saint Eutychus  
[www.disneyshorts.org](http://www.disneyshorts.org)

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 1999, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-jill-makes-mistake/1233/3 "1999-10-09T01:12:00Z")

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Why thank you!

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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 1999, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-jill-makes-mistake/1233/4 "1999-10-11T14:17:00Z")

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How could you even **think** of wearing **those** shoes with **that** top?

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 1999, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-jill-makes-mistake/1233/5 "1999-10-11T21:45:00Z")

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[[How could you even think of wearing those shoes with that top?]]

Huh. I thought adidas and tee shirts went together.

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**Author:** ![BenDover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@BenDover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BenDover)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 1999, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-jill-makes-mistake/1233/6 "1999-10-12T03:32:00Z")

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Jill, did you actually make a mistake, or were you just testing the knowledge of the Teeming Millions? 😉

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The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. - Henry Van Dyke

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 1999, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-jill-makes-mistake/1233/7 "1999-10-12T19:49:00Z")

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There ya go, Ben. I learned that from Cecil.  
(and I think I do prefer a silent forest to one full of lousy singing…)

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**Author:** ![BenDover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@BenDover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BenDover)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 1999, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-jill-makes-mistake/1233/8 "1999-10-15T04:02:00Z")

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Well, gee, Jill, you just blew my deep, thought-provoking sig line out of the water in one swell foop - now I laugh every time I see it!

How about this one?

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Too many freaks, not enough circuses.