# Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering/237170 "2004-03-29T21:47:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering/237170/21 "2004-03-30T01:17:58Z")
I think so, Brain, but if Jimmy cracks corn and nobody cares, why does he keep doing it? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering/237170/22 "2004-03-30T01:29:40Z")
I think so Brain, but how will we get the Parrot to wear a diaper? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering/237170/23 "2004-03-30T01:38:55Z")
Great. 22 Pinkys without a Brain amongst them. Moving this to MPSIMS. Narf. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering/237170/24 "2004-03-30T01:45:29Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Who’s Brian? First of all, it’s spelled Brain, presumably named after the organ he uses the most. He’s a small white lab rat in a WB cartoon, who along with his friend Pinky (who is considerably less intelligent), is trying to take over the world. Here’s every episode of the show: P: What are we going to do tonight, Brain? B: The same thing we do every night, Pinky: Try to take over the world! \ B: \ P: \ B: Pinky, are you pondering what I’m pondering? P: I think so brain, but \ \ They’re Pinky… Pinky and the Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, NARF! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering/237170/25 "2004-03-30T01:55:39Z")
I dunno, Viaduct? ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering/237170/26 "2004-03-30T01:57:58Z")
I think so, Brain, but Sigourney Weaver and I aren’t on speaking terms these days. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering/237170/27 "2004-03-30T02:09:21Z")
I think so, Brain, but how could we get the yak to use a towel? ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering/237170/28 "2004-03-30T02:47:20Z")
I think so Brain, but pants with horizontal stripes makes me look chubby. ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering/237170/29 "2004-03-30T03:05:39Z")
I think so Brain, but if we didn’t have ears we’d look like weasels. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering/237170/30 "2004-03-30T03:09:36Z")
**TJdude825** , thanks for the recap, but it was an intentional misspell. I’ve _heard_ of the show, but have never seen it. I didn’t pick up the reference in the thread title, so until **Hal Briston** mentioned Pinky, my mind was tricking me into reading Brain as Brian. I made my post to make the (apparently) two other people on the board who have never seen the show, who clicked on this thread, and who said to themselves “Fighting ignorance, my ass. They can’t even spell Brian,” feel better about their lack of hipness. Every now and then, one of my jokes misses. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering/237170/31 "2004-03-30T03:19:14Z")
I think so, Brain, but where are we going to get 500 pounds of macaroni? I think so, Brain, but I don’t think dogs will watch that much television. I think so, Brain, but where are we going to find two trucks, 15 miles of rubber hose, and a shovel? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering/237170/32 "2004-03-30T03:20:36Z")
ITSB, but elephants and aardvarks just don’t get along. ITSB, though nobody ever said being a commie mutant traitor was a safe job. ITSB – five pages or five days, whichever comes first. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering/237170/33 "2004-03-30T03:38:16Z")
I think so Brain, but last time I did yoga, my legs were stuck behind my head for a week. I think so Brain, but I can’t keep up with 8 groupies an hour. I think so Brain, but donkeys don’t like you touching their hind-corners. ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering/237170/34 "2004-03-30T03:53:17Z")
I think so, Brain, but aren’t those nice men from Alabama still upset at us? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-pondering-what-im-pondering/237170.md?page=1)