# Are you really shocked, SHOCKED? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2005, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377 "2005-01-06T13:29:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/41 "2005-01-06T18:04:43Z")
> [@TwistofFate](#): > > Indeed. he should be put in a cell. Be sure it’s a dry one. Alternaterly, a wet one. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/42 "2005-01-06T18:07:57Z")
Which would mean you are both AC and DC? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/43 "2005-01-06T18:10:51Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Which would mean you are both AC and DC? I resistor that idea. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/44 "2005-01-06T18:12:08Z")
_sigh_, routed again… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/45 "2005-01-06T18:13:53Z")
But is he amply endowed? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/46 "2005-01-06T18:16:57Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Ohm, my God, sir, that was truly re-volting and had nothing to do with the current discussion. Correct, and one would hope this current waveform has finally reached amplitude. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/47 "2005-01-06T18:18:00Z")
> [@MinniePurl](#): > > How many people agree with me that he’s pretentious, Me. > [@](#): > > pedantic, Me. > [@](#): > > and not terribly funny? See, this is where you lose me. Trunk cracks me up because of, not in spite of, the other two qualities. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/48 "2005-01-06T18:19:20Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > _sigh_, routed again… **Maureen** , me Darlin girl, I love you for your puns. Would you be at least semi-conductive to the idea of eloping? I’d climb up a Jacob’s Ladder to your window… 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/49 "2005-01-06T18:24:09Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Worst of all, you’ve devalued my normal amount of shock. > > “I’m shocked that you would urinate on my carpet.” Well, that carpet really tied the room together. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/50 "2005-01-06T18:25:37Z")
Why, **Bosda**! I’m truly grounded! Er, floored. I didn’t think a girl like me would stand a chance with a live wire like you. But I think Mrs. Di’Chi of Trichor might have some angry charges… ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/51 "2005-01-06T18:27:48Z")
ooh ooh Can I be _triple dog_ shocked? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/52 "2005-01-06T18:30:30Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Why, **Bosda**! I’m truly grounded! Er, floored. I didn’t think a girl like me would stand a chance with a live wire like you. But I think Mrs. Di’Chi of Trichor might have some angry charges… There is no Mrs. There are also no little charges, because when I’m with a lady, I always use a surge protecter. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/53 "2005-01-06T18:45:31Z")
Well, then, I’m totally juiced! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/54 "2005-01-06T18:45:56Z")
I farad the discussion here might becolomb positively charged. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/55 "2005-01-06T19:06:43Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Well, then, I’m totally juiced! 😃 good, 'cause I’d hate to think that we needed to jumpstart our relationship. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/56 "2005-01-06T19:11:50Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Oy fuck. ahem. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/57 "2005-01-06T19:24:32Z")
**Oy!** , watt’s with the static interruption? **Bosda** , I’ve always had a slight bias toward men who can hold their own in a pun contest… I was warped by Spider Robinson at a young age. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/58 "2005-01-06T19:36:47Z")
> [@fessie](#): > > ooh ooh > > Can I be _triple dog_ shocked? No. That would just be stupid. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/59 "2005-01-06T19:39:52Z")
Yeh, you might get a lot of static, not to mention some high tension. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-really-shocked-shocked/283377/60 "2005-01-06T19:53:51Z")
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