# And You May Find Yourself Living in a Shotgun Shack

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 28, 2002, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146 "2002-05-28T07:39:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/1 "2002-05-28T07:39:27Z")

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**And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack,**

And you may find yourself in another part of the world…

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**Author:** ![Dieter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dieter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dieter)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/2 "2002-05-28T07:44:48Z")

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**THIS IS NOT MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE!!!**

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**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/3 "2002-05-28T08:30:02Z")

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Don’y you miss it! Don’t you miss it!

_some of you people have just about missed it…_

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**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/4 "2002-05-28T09:44:11Z")

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Same as it ever was.  
Same as it ever was.  
Same as it ever was.  
Same as it ever was.

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/5 "2002-05-28T09:45:46Z")

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And you may ask yourself:  
Well…

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**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/6 "2002-05-28T09:51:00Z")

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Three Hun-Dred Six-ty Five De-Grees . . .

\*\*BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE! \*\*

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/7 "2002-05-28T10:13:43Z")

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Psycho Chicken-- “What the f-ck?”

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/8 "2002-05-28T10:56:17Z")

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Do I smell, I smell home cooking.  
It’s only the river, only the river.

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**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/9 "2002-05-28T11:49:30Z")

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Lost my shape trying to act casual.

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**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/10 "2002-05-28T11:58:59Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Why A Duck \*  
> \*\*Lost my shape trying to act casual. \*\*

That’s what you get for wearing such a big suit.

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**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/11 "2002-05-28T12:10:13Z")

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I don’t have to prove…that I am creative!

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/12 "2002-05-28T12:25:45Z")

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[Saturday Night Live parody] You may ask yourself: Why the big suit?  
You may ask yourself: Doesn’t he have a tailor?[/SNLP]

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**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/13 "2002-05-28T13:02:20Z")

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Baby baby, he’s just a baby,  
I’m gonna’ make him stay up all night.

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**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/14 "2002-05-28T13:08:50Z")

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We’re on a road to nowhere

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/15 "2002-05-28T13:19:35Z")

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say something once, why say it again

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**Author:** ![tetsusaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@tetsusaru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tetsusaru)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/16 "2002-05-28T13:43:56Z")

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We burned our notebooks - what good are notebooks?

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**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/17 "2002-05-28T13:48:33Z")

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This used to be real estate, now its only fields and trees…

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**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/18 "2002-05-28T13:49:08Z")

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Self: What have I done?!

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/19 "2002-05-28T14:01:05Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Biggirl \*  
> \*\*[Saturday Night Live parody] You may ask yourself: Why the big suit?  
> You may ask yourself: Doesn’t he have a tailor?[/SNLP] \*\*

And you may ask yourself: didn’t that store have a mirror?

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-may-find-yourself-living-in-a-shotgun-shack/111146/20 "2002-05-28T14:21:39Z")

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Anyone besides me heard Big Daddy’s melding of the lyrics to “Once in a Lifetime” and the tune to “The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)”? Sheer genius.

_Saaaaaaaaaame old…  
Saaaaa-aaaaa-aaaame old…  
Same old way that it ever was…_

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