# Am I juvenile, or are these people oblivious? "Both" is an acceptable option. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895 "2012-05-24T00:10:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/21 "2012-05-24T14:43:57Z")
At one former workplace, we had a project code-named “Bohica”. I and most people thought it was a Spanish word, until someone pointed out that it was an acronym for “Bend over, here it comes again”… ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/22 "2012-05-24T14:48:58Z")
One of the databases with content I’m working on right now has a name that starts out with FAPxxxx (the x’s are numbers). Fortunately I telecommute so nobody can hear the occasional chuckle from my inner 12 year old. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/23 "2012-05-24T16:37:01Z")
At a conference one time the speaker was talking about her co-worker whose first name was “Oral.” She was joking about him and then said “Ahhh, I love Oral.” I swear nobody made eye contact with anybody else in that room lest we all bust out laughing. A few seconds later I heard the girl beside me _snort_ from holding in her laughter. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/24 "2012-05-24T19:27:04Z")
I used to work for a company that sourced all manner of commercial tools and products. One day a very nice, older-sounding woman called me looking for a particular type of food-processing knife. “I need a six-inch boner.” Swear to god. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/25 "2012-05-24T19:42:41Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > “I need a six-inch boner.” That happens in the sandwich shop upstairs. The subs come in large and small, and the chicken breast sandwiches are just called breasts. When sandwiches are made, the person who made them will often loudly call out the name of the sandwiches to give them to the customer. “Who has two large breasts?!?” ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/26 "2012-05-24T22:24:17Z")
[beavis] hehehehehheheeeehhehehe [butthead] uhhhuhhuhuhuhuhhuhhhh… he said “penetrate”. huhuhuhuhuhuhuh. [/beavis and butthead] ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/27 "2013-09-25T00:54:42Z")
Bumping my own thread because I can. Two phrases have popped up recently that are boggling my brain a bit. First, there’s a department manager who occasionally says that we’re “down to short strokes” on a project. He says it in mixed company…large groups…I think he has no real idea what it means. Second, a presenter referred to a slide today in a large group as “the money slide”. I understood what he meant, but I wonder if he understood the analogy he was using. Yeah…I’m still immature. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/28 "2013-09-25T00:59:51Z")
Huh. I just googled that first one for etymology. Apparently I have the dirtiest mind ever…carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/29 "2013-09-25T01:04:19Z")
I still want to know what’s funny about vanilla. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/30 "2013-09-25T01:22:58Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > First, there’s a department manager who occasionally says that we’re “down to short strokes” on a project. He says it in mixed company…large groups…I think he has no real idea what it means. > . I don’t think that one’s sexual, is it? Haven’t you heard of a “broad strokes” (i.e., outline) plan, and then the corresponding “short strokes” (i.e., fine details)? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/31 "2013-09-25T01:30:19Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > I don’t think that one’s sexual, is it? Haven’t you heard of a “broad strokes” (i.e., outline) plan, and then the corresponding “short strokes” (i.e., fine details)? > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Huh. I just googled that first one for etymology. Apparently I have the dirtiest mind ever…carry on. … ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/32 "2013-09-25T01:36:52Z")
Where I’m working, I’ve seen reference to two applications with the acronyms ASS and CUM. I can’t find any way to look them up without setting of the Intranet Prudery Sensor, so I have no idea what they are. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/33 "2013-09-25T01:42:14Z")
Yup. It’s not like he said they were down to vinegar strokes. ETA: response/commentary to Isamu’s post. Got distracted, didn’t preview. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/34 "2013-09-25T02:45:05Z")
I had a professor in a college music appreciation class who kept telling us that for a certain test answer he didn’t want us to give him head (as the answer to some type of question; the “head” is a certain part of songs, in case you don’t know). My friend and I were in the class and we were both 16. All the college-age students didn’t seem to think anything of it (which is weird because it’s not like college kids are mature) and we were trying not to be the juvenile ones the class but we were dying trying not to crack up. Especially because it was both of us together. We managed to not make noise but I think we were still pretty obvious. I wonder if he did that on purpose. He was a weirdo and he really did say it several times. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/35 "2013-09-25T03:22:28Z")
A long time ago (like back when I was still in school) a guy was promoting a various religions get together. He couldn’t spell and didn’t know how to use abbreviations so one of the groups listed on the sign was “Jewish Students’ Ass.” We laughed as we wondered if Balaam and the talking donkey would show up. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/36 "2013-09-25T04:23:43Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > I still want to know what’s funny about vanilla. It isn’t that there is anything especially funny about getting a routine, vanilla medical case in the midst of more complex medical situations. What they thought was funny was the use of a term that is frequently used in a sexual situation being applied to a little old lady, and letting their inner 12-year-old boy out, especially since the person making the comment seemed oblivious to the double entendre. The Southpark Effect, if you will. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/37 "2013-09-25T04:35:40Z")
I’m sure the presenter in the OP put a lot of effort into choosing the most appropriate titles for his slides. And apparently he felt that digital penetration was what hit the right spot. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/38 "2013-09-25T05:24:42Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > _ **I don’t think that one’s sexual** _, is it? Haven’t you heard of a “broad strokes” (i.e., outline) plan, and then the corresponding “short strokes” (i.e., fine details)? (bolding mine) It ain’t?:dubious: Stop and think about it for a second… What do you do (well… maybe not you, but the average male, lets say) start doing right before you climax? Short, fast strokes! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/39 "2013-09-25T11:08:15Z")
Our almost-three-year-old has a Woody toy figure (a character from “Toy Story”) that he calls “Booty,” and my wife and I frequently let out a laugh. Not that “Woody” doesn’t have its own juvenile potential… ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895/40 "2013-09-25T11:14:08Z")
I was in a magazine editorial meeting once when the humourless website manager started talking about having to approach the system “by the back door”. I’d have been fine if I didn’t catch the eye of somebody else who was trying not to laugh - after a few minutes our shoulders were still shaking in silent paroxysms, and I’m sure the guy must have noticed, but he never said anything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-juvenile-or-are-these-people-oblivious-both-is-an-acceptable-option/622895.md?page=3)