# alright children, gather around..
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-children-gather-around/277534
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 1, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-children-gather-around/277534 "2004-12-01T18:04:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-children-gather-around/277534/1 "2004-12-01T18:04:00Z")
any dopers under twelve? are you laughed at/bullied for having unique made-up names in school? (that are not puns, injokes and what nots) i’ll like to know if having a name like ‘Phinneaus’ nowadays will get you any grief in school.
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### Author:  [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-children-gather-around/277534/2 "2004-12-01T18:16:42Z")
I don’t think kids under 13 are allowed to be part of the Straight Dope.
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### Author:  [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-children-gather-around/277534/3 "2004-12-01T19:04:41Z")
well i figured they can use their parents’. after all i know we have a number of cat dopers here.
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-children-gather-around/277534/4 "2004-12-01T20:42:58Z")
I don’t think cats under 13 are allowed to be part of the Straight Dope, either.
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-children-gather-around/277534/5 "2004-12-01T21:20:49Z")
I know my cat posts sometimes when I’m at work, but he’s almost 17, so it’s okay.
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### Author:  [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-children-gather-around/277534/6 "2004-12-01T23:31:22Z")
> [@AHunter3](#):
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> I don’t think cats under 13 are allowed to be part of the Straight Dope, either.
But is that in cat years or human years?
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### Author:  [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-children-gather-around/277534/7 "2004-12-01T23:32:46Z")
I like treats.
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### Author:  [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-children-gather-around/277534/8 "2004-12-01T23:34:25Z")
Stop it, Rocco. Please get away from the computer. Here’s a toy mouse.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2004, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-children-gather-around/277534/9 "2004-12-02T08:10:29Z")
My cat once IMed one of my coworkers with 00000000-.
I was impressed.
I was even more impressed when he destroyed my keyboard with a glass of water. :mad:
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### Author:  [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2004, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-children-gather-around/277534/10 "2004-12-02T10:21:07Z")
_my slave is nuts. why spend so much time in front of the light box when it can be spent grooming **me**?_
_oh, and i personally have nothing against names, so long as i’m not expected to come running like a **dog** ~._
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2004, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-children-gather-around/277534/11 "2004-12-02T11:09:29Z")
Ha hahahah! Puny humans! Bow before the awesome might of [**Scratch Fury, Destroyer of Worlds**](http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20040220)!!!