# Ask the bandwagon-hopping #3 chick **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051 "2003-02-01T04:52:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/1 "2003-02-01T04:52:05Z")
Aren’t these “ask the…” threads annoying? Yet I couldn’t help myself. So ask me anything. answers may or may not represent the opinions of OpalCat, and may or may not be accurate. No guarantee is stated or implied. Void where prohibited. May cause abdominal pains and/or anal leakage. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/2 "2003-02-01T05:28:38Z")
Will I ever find true love? Now what? Do I shake you and turn you upside down? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/3 "2003-02-01T05:34:31Z")
True love will find you. Sounds cliché but it’s usually true. It will probably happen eventually. I’m probably still too heavy for that. Try again in a few months. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/4 "2003-02-01T05:53:38Z")
Lists of only two things: ## -the moons of Mars -digits in the binary system Ha…betcha thought I was gonna make a big long list, didn’t you? Didn’t you? don’t hurt me please! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/5 "2003-02-01T06:11:35Z")
How do you feel about mentions of the name Opal in works of art and music, such as the comic strip “Pickles” or Frank Zappa’s “Lonesome Cowboy Bert” ? ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/6 "2003-02-01T06:20:07Z")
Why do you choose to open this thread here instead of at Fathom? And I’m not trying to be sarcastic or anything else. This pops into my head everytime I see a thread started by you here, and I’m curious. ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/7 "2003-02-01T06:42:44Z")
Eat dung, donkeyoatey. Anyway, BH#3C, Does Hamburger Helper _really_ help you when you need a helping hand? I’m trying in vain to swap out this motherboard, and that f#@king box is just _sitting_ there like a paperweight… ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/8 "2003-02-01T06:46:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AskNott \* > \*\*How do you feel about mentions of the name Opal in works of art and music, such as the comic strip “Pickles” or Frank Zappa’s “Lonesome Cowboy Bert” ? \*\* It infuriates me. I go into a near murderous rage. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/9 "2003-02-01T06:47:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by donkeyoatey \* > \*\*Why do you choose to open this thread here instead of at Fathom? > And I’m not trying to be sarcastic or anything else. This pops into my head everytime I see a thread started by you here, and I’m curious. \*\* Because the “Ask the…” threads are here, not there. I do sometimes open identical threads on both boards, but some threads I put here, some there. Just how I feel at the time. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/10 "2003-02-01T06:50:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Inky- \* > \*\*Anyway, BH#3C, Does Hamburger Helper _really_ help you when you need a helping hand? I’m trying in vain to swap out this motherboard, and that f#@king box is just _sitting_ there like a paperweight… \*\* It doesn’t at all. It’s such a huge media lie! In fact, I think a class-action lawsuit has been started. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/11 "2003-02-01T06:52:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Inky- \* > \*\*Eat dung, donkeyoatey. > > \*\* What’s your problem? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/12 "2003-02-01T07:14:47Z")
I suspect he was teasing you for only having a 2 item list. ---
**Author:** ![petcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@petcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petcat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/13 "2003-02-01T07:19:01Z")
Ok, BH#3C, I have a good friend, who has longed for a girl for many years. She’s coming to visit me soon for a show here in town. Coincidentally, he has just invited me to a party on the same night. The next day she is going to a party where another girl will be. The other girl just visited me last month. Chances are good everyone will know where everyone else (was) next weekend… is there any way of saving face here? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/14 "2003-02-01T07:21:23Z")
When you say she is “coming to visit” do you mean in a romantic/sexual way? ---
**Author:** ![petcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@petcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petcat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/15 "2003-02-01T07:25:14Z")
We seem to be able to be intimate, or not. Perhaps, I cannot read women’s minds. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/16 "2003-02-01T07:34:00Z")
So which are you worried about? That your friend will be hurt because you brought a girl he likes to the party? Or that the two girls will have a problem with having visited so close together? Or is it something else entirely? ---
**Author:** ![petcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@petcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petcat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/17 "2003-02-01T07:46:10Z")
First I’ll say we’ve all been friends a long time, second that gal #1 and I aren’t going to the party, but to a show and that she’s driving a long way…I’d have to decline the invitation to the party (and Tyson’s BTW-LOL) Also that all of us live in different cities. I don’t think Gal #2 will be happy either. The tangled web… The girl I Really like is in Seattle… ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/18 "2003-02-01T07:55:08Z")
I’d say that if you don’t act like anything is strange, then no one else will think it is strange. Face saved. ---
**Author:** ![petcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@petcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petcat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/19 "2003-02-01T07:58:40Z")
You are right, thanks. Uh…where does one leave the offering? Do I have to burn some candles now? Sacrifice anything??? How about the cat?..he can be a pain. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051/20 "2003-02-01T08:01:41Z")
Be nice to the cat. Send chocolate hedgehogs. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-bandwagon-hopping-3-chick/152051.md?page=2)