# Anybody Who Knows Me At All Knows That . . .

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-who-knows-me-at-all-knows-that/530313>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 24, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-who-knows-me-at-all-knows-that/530313 "2010-02-24T21:15:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-who-knows-me-at-all-knows-that/530313/61 "2010-02-27T23:10:41Z")

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… if you ask me a question, I’ll either answer it honestly or not answer it at all.

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**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-who-knows-me-at-all-knows-that/530313/62 "2010-02-28T18:03:25Z")

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… I’ll see the funny side of it.

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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:** [February 28, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-who-knows-me-at-all-knows-that/530313/63 "2010-02-28T18:16:48Z")

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Anybody who knows me at all knows that:

- My name is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_
- I’m a white guy.
- I’m well past my twenties.

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**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-who-knows-me-at-all-knows-that/530313/64 "2010-03-01T10:44:13Z")

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… to use my full/complete name, don’t use the shortened version.  
And **never** , **never** add “ie” , _except_ in moments of great passion 😃  
(which will be corrected during the afterglow)

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**Author:** ![HotSmoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d9b06d/32.png) [@HotSmoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotSmoke)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-who-knows-me-at-all-knows-that/530313/65 "2010-03-01T19:31:36Z")

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…I am not to be trifled with when I am angry.

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**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-who-knows-me-at-all-knows-that/530313/66 "2010-03-02T05:20:29Z")

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… I’ve relied on my literate/linguistic intelligence for so long that the parts of my brain dealing with math and such have probably been eaten away to nothing.

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**Author:** ![La\_Beldame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@La\_Beldame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_Beldame)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-who-knows-me-at-all-knows-that/530313/67 "2010-03-02T18:02:22Z")

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> [@dba\_Fred](#):
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> … to use my full/complete name, don’t use the shortened version.  
> And **never** , **never** add “ie” , _except_ in moments of great passion 😃  
> (which will be corrected during the afterglow)

…the '70s pretty much shorted out my short-term memory. Right, Freddie?

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**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-who-knows-me-at-all-knows-that/530313/68 "2010-03-03T22:27:30Z")

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**La Bel** , you owe me some passion and afterglow! 😉

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